BRUINS IN THE HUNT FOR NEW SOCCER COACH.Byline: LEE BARNATHAN UNIVERSITY BEAT When Nick Paneno and Pete Vagenas decided to play soccer for UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , they did so in part because of coach Sigi Schmid Siegfried "Sigi" Schmid (born March 20 1953 in Tübingen, West Germany) is a soccer coach who currently heads the Columbus Crew. Schmid moved from Germany to Torrance, California in 1962. He received a B.S. in economics from UCLA in 1976, and an M. . But they also knew that such a high-profile coach might not be around for their entire college careers. ``He's got bigger aspirations, like the rest of us,'' said Vagenas, a St. Francis graduate and the Daily News' 1996 Player of the Year. ``We've come to realize he's a coach in demand,'' said Paneno, a La Canada graduate. ``It's a matter of time before he got offered a job he couldn't turn down.'' That time came when Schmid told his players April 21 that he accepted the head coaching job with the Galaxy. ``Everyone wished him the best of luck,'' Paneno said. ``We were happy for him. It's been one of his goals. It was an emotional sendoff send·off n. 1. A demonstration of affection and good wishes for the beginning of a new undertaking. 2. A farewell: gave our guests a hearty sendoff at the airport. .'' The players are busy with spring practice under first-year assistant Steve Rammel Steve Rammel is a retired U.S. soccer forward. He spent five seasons in the U.S. and German lower divisions before playing two seasons in Major League Soccer. After retiring from playing in 1997, he served for many years as both an assistant and head coach for both college and . Associate athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Betsy Stephenson said she hopes to name a successor by the end of May. Schmid's replacement could be assistant coach David Vanole David Charles Vanole (February 6 1963 - January 15 2007) was a U.S. soccer goalkeeper and coach. He spent his professional career in the Western Soccer Alliance and its successor league, the American Professional Soccer League. He also earned 14 caps with the U.S. , although former Bruins and current Loyola Marymount coach Paul Krumpe also might be considered. ``It'd be an honor to be in the running to be the coach at UCLA,'' Krumpe said. ``It's one of the top five positions in the country, so I realize how strong the interest would be. And I'm interested in developing what I've got going here at LMU LMU Ludwig Maximilians Universität (München) LMU Loyola Marymount University LMU Leeds Metropolitan University (UK) LMU Lincoln Memorial University LMU Location Measurement Unit .'' Moneymaker: UCLA gymnast Heidi Moneymaker won the vault and finished third in the all-around competition at last week's NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association championships. When Utah's Theresa Kulikowski turned down a spot on the U.S. team that will compete in the World University Games this summer, Moneymaker got the berth thanks to her all-around finish. Moneymaker, 21, has said she wants to use college as a springboard to international competition, and the World University Games will be her first appearance on a national team. Moneymaker also became the first gymnast in school history to earn the maximum five first-team All-America honors (all-around, vault, bars, beam, floor) at the NCAAs. They made it: USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. and UCLA's women's water polo teams qualified for the nationals May 7-9 in Davis. Softball awards: This season, the Pacific-10 might as well rename the softball Player of the Week award the Bruin Award because a UCLA player wins it just about every week, and it's usually Stacey Nuveman. Nuveman won the award for the fourth time after going 10 for 12 with four home runs and 10 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in in doubleheader sweeps of Cal and Stanford. She's batting .500 with 25 home runs and 73 RBI. No one else has won the award more than three times. Nuveman also won the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Player of the Week award for the first time. UCLA pitcher Courtney Dale won the Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week award after beating Cal and Stanford. She is the only undefeated pitcher in the nation. Volleyball awards: Pepperdine's George Roumain repeated as Mountain Pacific Sports Federation The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation is a college athletic conference whose member teams are located in the western United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I. Player of the Year, and USC's Brook Billings won the Freshman of the Year award. Highland graduate Ryan Millar, playing for Brigham Young, made the first team,as did UCLA middle blocker Adam Naeve, Pepperdine outside hitter Scott Wong and UCLA setter Brandon Taliaferro. USC setter Donald Suxho made the second team along with UCLA outside hitter Danny Farmer. BYU's Mac Wilson, a Highland graduate, and UCLA outside hitter Mark Williams made the third team. THIS WEEK AT HOME Saturday Softball: Oregon at UCLA (DH), 11 a.m. Track: UCLA at USC, 1 p.m. Sunday Softball: Oregon State at UCLA (DH), 1 p.m. CAPTION(S): Box Box: THIS WEEK AT HOME (See text) |
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