Sports Briefs – Fall 2016
Digits
1972
Year CU last hosted aconference championshipin men’s golf. CUhosts the Pac-12 ChampionshipsApril 28-30 atBoulder Country Club.
$25,000
Pac-12 fine for first-timeoffenders of a new ruleforbidding storming thecourt or field.
2
Former Buffs on theU.S. Olympic trackteam in Rio.
3,161
Total workers involvedin the now finishedChampions Centerconstruction project.
TWO
Months CU lacrossegoalie Paige Soenksen(Chin, IntAf’17) spent inChina last summer withoutspeaking any English.
3.44
Emma Coburn’s(Mktg’13) historic marginof victory in the U.S. OlympicTrials’ 3,000-metersteeplechase, in seconds.
Reunited
ThePaul twins of CUmen’s golf havereunited for afinal season togetheras Buffs.After taking a yearoff from CU toevaluate pro possibilitiesat home inGermany, YannikPaul (Bus’17)planned to returnto campus and rejoin twin brother Jeremy (Mgmt’17)as mainstays of the Buffs golf team.
Believed to be the first twins to play golf for CU,the brothers — the top-ranked amateurs in Germany— started as freshmen in 2013. After his year off, Yannikhas two years of eligibility; this will be Jeremy’sfinal collegiate season.
Before starting their last hurrah in Boulder, thebrothers got a taste of pro life over the summer andmade a footnote in sports history: In June they becamethe first twins ever to play in the same European Tourevent, the BMW International Open in Germany.
The twins were the only amateurs in the field,which included pros Sergio Garcia of Spain and Sweden’sHenrik Stenson, who won the tournament andwent on to win the British Open.
Jeremy made the cut and finished at 2 over par andtied for 56th place. Yannik, who played in the sametournament in 2015, missed the cut this year.
“It’s a testament to Yannik and Jeremy’s ability,”CU golf coach Roy Edwards said of the twins’role in the event.
The rest of the Buffs golf team also enjoyed anoverseas jaunt last summer. Edwards and the teamspent part of June practicing in Ireland while thetwins were competing in Germany.
Buffs Bits
Senior quarterback Sefo Liufau(Econ’17) was one of five captains named for the2016 football season. He is just the second Buff toserve as a football team captain for three seasonsand the first in more than a century. The other, PatCarney (Law1896), was a team leader in 1891-93.…Madison Krauser (Art’17) signed a contract toplay professional soccer for ASJ Soyaux-Charente inFrance’s top division. … Former CU golfer AlexisKeating (Comm’17) has been nominated for the 2016NCAA Woman of the Year Award. The winner will beannounced Oct. 16 in Indianapolis.Buffs big manJosh Scott (Soc’16) was not picked during the recentNBA draft but is still chasing the pro dream. The6-foot-10 forward/center from Colorado Springs wason the Denver Nuggets summer league roster. Formerteammate Askia Booker (Comm’15) played for thePhoenix Suns squad in the Las Vegas summer league.
Photo courtesy Casey A. Cass