Women's basketball player Schuye LaRue announced May 25 that she will not return to Virginia for her junior season. LaRue, the 1999 ACC Rookie of the Year, will opt to pursue a professional basketball career in Europe.
LaRue garnered many awards during her two years at Virginia, including Virginia women's basketball player of the Year and All-ACC first team honors in 2001 and All-ACC second team honors in 2000. She also was one of three finalists for ESPN's power forward of the year award this past season.
LaRue led the Cavaliers in scoring and rebounding in both of her seasons, averaging 18.1 points and 11.8 boards per game. She scored 1,070 points, becoming just the 18th Virginia player to accumulate 1,000 career points. LaRue also led Virginia to an 18-14 finish and NCAA Tournament appearance last season.
Mason conquers the World
After participating in the USA Basketball Men's Trials held June 1-3 in Colorado Springs, Colo., Virginia men's basketball player Roger Mason, Jr. became one of the 16 finalists selected to compete for a spot on the 2001 USA Basketball World University Games Team.
Mason, a 6-5 junior guard, will have the chance to make the final 12-member team during a training camp held August 10-17 at the Denver Nuggets' practice center in Denver. The World University Games will be held in Beijing, China, from Aug. 22-Sept. 1.
Mason led Virginia in scoring, averaging 15.7 ppg, and garnered third-team All-ACC honors this past season as a sophomore. He also led the ACC in free throw shooting last season, making 88.4 percent of his attempts.
Rowing finishes strong at NCAAs
The women's rowing team finished in seventh place overall at the NCAA tournament on May 26. The second varsity eight boat finished fourth with a time of 6 minutes, 52.13 seconds, and the varsity four crew finished sixth with a time of 7:44.93 to give Virginia 22 total team points and seal the top 10 finish for the Cavaliers.
Virginia has placed in the top seven in the last five NCAA Women's Rowing Championships. The Cavaliers finished fourth in 1997, third in 1998, second in 1999 and third in 2000.
Driscoll to go to Walker Cup
The U.S. Golf Association picked former Virginia golf player James Driscoll as part of the 10-member team that will represent the United States in the Walker Cup. The Walker Cup, an amateur version of the Ryder Cup pitting the United States against a team from Great Britain and Ireland, will be held August 11-12 at Sea Island, Ga.
Driscoll, the current U.S. Amateur runner-up, had a great first-round showing at the Masters on April 6. He shot a 4-under-par 68 to post the lowest first-round score by an amateur at the Masters since 1983, which put him in second place, three strokes behind leader Chris DiMarco. However, Driscoll failed to make the cut after the second round, where he shot a 6-over-par 78.
As a Cavalier, Driscoll earned first team All-ACC and Honorable Mention All-America honors and finished ninth at the NCAA national championships in 2000. He also placed second at the NCAA East Regionals and seventh at the ACC championships. During his career at Virginia, Driscoll led all Cavaliers with a 71.22 stroke average.
Six others, including Georgia Tech's Bryce Molder and U.S. Amateur champion Jeff Quinney, were also selected. The remainder of the 10-man squad will be selected in July.
MLB chooses Benick and Wyant
In the 2001 Major League Baseball draft, the San Diego Padres chose Virginia senior Jon Benick, and the Florida Marlins picked senior Hunter Wyant. Benick was the 270th overall pick in the ninth round, while Wyant was the 482nd pick in the 16th round.
During the 2001 season, infielder Benick batted .297 in209 at-bats and recorded 62 hits, 57 RBI, and 37 runs. He posted 18 home runs and 14 doubles. In addition, Benick gathered 88 putouts and 46 assists and posted a .937 fielding percentage.
As a shortstop for the Cavaliers, Wyant batted .363 in 237 at-bats and recorded 86 hits, 50 RBIs, and 48 runs. He tallied 16 doubles, eight home runs and seven triples as well. His batting average, hits, runs, doubles, triples, 142 assists and 140 total bases totals were all team-highs this past season.
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