Top 10 Countdown this issue in Sports: top ten events you won't be watching as an AU student.
The Eagle Sports Desk discusses the end of the women's lacrosse perfect record and the recent accomplishments of AU runner Kiera Carlstrom.
Jeff Jones, head coach of the AU Men's Basketball team, made it to the Final Four in a different capacity this year - as a father. Putting aside painful memories of a third straight loss in the Patriot League Championship game, Jones took his 10-year-old son, Jeff Jr., to San Antonio for his first Final Four.
In a season that saw them come so close so many times, the end result came as a surprise to no one. The AU Men's Golf team finished in fifth place at the Patriot League Championship at Colgate's Seven Oaks Golf Course, its final tournament of the year.
In 1989, while most students were returning home from elementary school to watch Disney Afternoon, Adu was born in Ghana. When 14-year-old sensation Freddy Adu joined the D.C. United this season, he became the youngest player in Major League Soccer history. He is also the highest paid player, who signed a $500 thousand a year contract.
Sports columnist Adam Montgomery reflects on the year in sports at AU and finds many positive and negative changes.
Solutions by The State News