DuquesneSports Newstand - a week's worth

It's been a good while since the last newstand. From now on, mostly daily updates. This one includes stories on DU recruits and some who considered Duquesne, alumni news including All-American Chuck Cooper's NBA draft anniversary, a football alum who's in the pros in Baltimore, an EPA award to Duquesne which was the only A-10 school to participate, alums running for political office ...

but first ...

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Parents of slain Pittsburgh officer Sciullo want good to come from death

Paul J. Sciullo II ... was nearly a scratch golfer and played on scholarship at Duquesne University

Duquesne U. student died after collapsing

Joseph J. 'Murph' Irwin from Bethel Park died suddenly of heart disease

Our condolences to family, friends
and the Duquesne U. & Pittsburgh communities

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DuquesneSports.net Newstand
April 20 thru April 27, 2009 (4 p.m)

BASKETBALL

• Men's
  • Rating the draft prospects
    Best of the rest: Scottie Reynolds, Villanova; Aaron Jackson, Duquesne.
  • On This Date - April 24, 2009
    1950: Charles Cooper, an All-American from Duquesne playing with the Harlem Globetrotters, becomes the first black to be picked in the NBA draft when he's taken by the Boston Celtics.
  • Big things expected of Tull
    Central Connecticut State has made a commitment to Jonathan Tull, but no promises. That part is up to him. ... garnered interest from notables such as Duquesne, George Washington, Iowa State and New Hampshire ...
  • Belardo, a guard, commits to Canisius
    ... guard Gaby Belardo, who will transfer to the school from South Florida ... choose USF over Hofstra, Duquesne, Virginia Commonwealth, Central Florida, Florida International and SMU. ... The 6-foot-2, 180-pound Belardo .. will have three seasons of eligibility remaining ... A native of San Juan, Puerto, Belardo spent his senior season at Notre Dame Prep in Fitchburg, Mass. ...
  • Florida Gator Basketball Hires Coach Pitino's Son
    Richard Pitino ... spent two years on Ron Everhart’s staffs at Northeastern (2005-06) and Duquesne (2006-07).
  • The Columbine effect: A horrific roster of school shootings since 1999
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 17, 2006. Five Duquesne University basketball players are wounded, one critically, after a shooting on campus following a dance, the first such incident in the 128-year history of the University.
• Women's
  • Recruiting
    Duquesne checked out 6-1 forward Danielle Everson from Central Dauphin East in Harrisburg, Pa. who recently signed with Siena.
  • These individuals shined on, off field
    Major Corley, longtime head girls basketball coach at Monessen High School ... Roy Gillespie Memorial Special Award ... produced four NCAA Division I players - Gina Naccarato (Duquesne), Tish Williams (West Virginia and St. Francis), Charel Allen (Notre Dame) and Christina Chukwuedo (Bucknell).
  • A Return West
    (Doug) West ... four years in the high school coaching ranks ... one year at Duquesne University on the women's basketball staff ... assistant (men's basketball) coach at Villanova

FOOTBALL

• Wins Big School Game
  Damon Cotton and Ben Rawding each played the final game of their basketball careers ... as Class AAA defeated Class AAA 132-131 in the 2009 Roundball Classic ... Cotton, who will play football at Duquesne next year ...
  • Listed in DU's 2009 Football Recruiting Class
• Bison prepare for autumn
  Bucknell opens the 2009 season on Sept. 5 at Duquesne.
• American Indoor Football Association (AIFA) Baltimore Mariners
  Players to Watch: The DBs shined against Reading. DB Armar Watson (5'11", 180, Duquesne) led the team with nine tackles, all solo, and picked off a pass to stall an early Express drive. Armar is now tied for third in the league with four interceptions.

BASEBALL

• The Diamond Market
  Jason Radwan joins an impressive list of WNY players who have signed NCAA Division I scholarships. According to collegebaseballinsider.com other signees are: ... P/3B Ryan Balbierz (Frontier), Duquesne ...
• Beetles sign two new coaches for 2009
  The Alexandria Beetles (MN) baseball team ... With the addition of Scott Chisholm, the Beetles coaching staff is complete for the 2009 season. Chisholm, who coaches at Oakland City University in Indiana ... ... Coach Chisholm, a Pittsburgh native, and Duquesne University graduate ...
• Red Raiders' slugger walking through season (State College area)
  Matt Fisher ... Duquesne did offer a 25 percent scholarship, but he said the cost of tuition at the private school was a tad too hefty. Jefferson State (Community College-AL), meanwhile, offered to foot the entire bill ...

LACROSSE

• A-10 All-Conference Teams, Awards
  Duquesne junior Meghan Frederick ... was named Atlantic 10 women's lacrosse Co-Offensive Players of the Year ... Duquesne senior Ashley Wood was tabbed the Midfielder of the Year ...
  • DU press release | Katie Rekart Named to womenslacrosse.com Honor Roll

TRACK & FIELD

• Area track stars run away with titles
  Bishop McCort runner Jim Spisak ... record-setting victories ... Duquesne-bound

SWIMMING

• Two P. H. Patriots stars prepare to head to next level (Roanoke, Va. TV station)
  ... standout swimmer Miriam McGeath who finished sixth this year in the state in the AAA 200 meter individual medley ... chose Duquesne ...

Other

• EPA awards Duquesne University for 'green' electricity use
  For the second year in a row, Duquesne University has been recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency for buying more electricity from environmentally low-impact sources than any other institution in its athletic conference.
  • EPA press release | Complete list
    No other A-10 school enterd - DC
• The Honorable Joy Flowers Conti and The Honorable Louis H. Pollak Share the American Inns of Court’s 2009 Professionalism Award for the Third Circuit
  Judge Conti graduated from Duquesne University School of Law summa cum laude ... accepted a position as a member of the faculty of the Duquesne Law School and eventually became a tenured professor of law ... (bachelors degree from DU and an Alpha Phi)
  College Debating
  Ball State University's debate team won its third national championship in 10 years by taking the National Educational Debate Association (NEDA) national tournament ... Other teams participating included ... Duquesne University ...
• An outsider, Robinson gets into the fight for mayor
  During her next six years on the force, Ms. (Carmen) Robinson also attended law school at Duquesne ... 2004 charged her with attending classes while on duty University ... denied the charges ... the issue prompted her to resign from the force ... She earned her law degree in 2005 ...
• May 5 vote: Two Democrats hope to be Crestline mayor
  Incumbent Joe Polito is being challenged by former educator Jan Maddy ... Polito graduated from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh in 1976 ...
• Top 25 Women in Healthcare
  Mary Grealy ... received her law degree from Duquesne University
• Education
  Eileen Zungolo was reappointed to a three-year term as dean of the School of Nursing at Duquesne University.
• Business
  Dr. Alan R. Miciak was named to another three-year term as Duquesne University's dean of the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business.
• Reclaiming Sacred Art
  Elizabeth Lev, a professor of art history at Duquesne University and longtime ZENIT collaborator, was invited by Shovlain to host the program.
• U of Scranton names Rowe CASE Professor
  William V. Rowe, Ph.D., professor of philosophy, its CASE Professor of the Year ... a Ph.D. from Duquesne University

Pittsburgh Area

• E-town's McNeil commits to Robert Morris
  Elizabethtown senior gunslinger Kyle McNeil ...
  • Profile
• Great American Breweriana: What it's like ... building a Pittsburgh bar in your basement?
  It is a museum of brewing history -- and just plain history -- of western Pennsylvania. An homage to Pittsburgh and brewers such as Iron City, Duquesne, and Fort Pitt, and to the neighborhood culture that quenched the thirst of generations of working men, like his father.