Senior Katie Follett recently wrote a piece for GoHuskies looking back on her record-setting career and also how she rebounded from the disappointment of the NCAA final earlier this month. She does the same for Flotrack.org this week, as the site features Follett for a 10-minute interview right outside of Drake Stadium where the U.S. Championships were held last week.

Follett admits that she may have put too much pressure on herself heading into the final and that negatively affected her performance. She then touches on her USA effort where she placed 13th, and discusses signing with Brooks Running, a local Seattle company, to be able to run professionally.

"I'm so optimistic about the future and them as a company," Follett says about her new partnership.

Here is the full interview on Flotrack.

If you haven't turned on ESPN or surfed the internet in a few days... you may not have heard that Jake Locker trekked across the U.S.A. to visit a number of media outlets (including ESPN headquarters at Bristol, Conn.) to talk about his decision to stay at the UW for his senior year, the upcoming season and his teammates. Check out these stories on Montlake Jake's big trip east:

 Locker takes part in an ESPN 'Car Wash' - GoHuskies.com

Locker, Locker Everywhere; what are we to think? - Ted Miller, ESPN

Understated Jake Locker impresses on national stage - Jerry Brewer, Seattle Times

Locker has a simple goal: go bowling - John Taylor, NBC Sports

Jake Locker Heisman tour goes to New York - Kevin McGuire, The Examiner

Jake Locker's East Coast Trip - 710 am ESPN Seattle

Locker Room - ESPN's First Take

And don't forget to follow Jake's every move on the official twitter page of Husky Athletics!

Danielle isn't the only Lawrie having success on the field. Her younger brother, Brett, was chosen for the second time (in a row) to play in the Futures game on July 11. Only 20 years old, he has advanced to the Double A level in the Brewers' system.

Click here to read the complete article in the Vancouver Sun.

Check out the awesome video just released on the Recruiting landing page of GoHuskies.com. The video was a collaborative effort between the athletic department and row27 videos. Go Dawgs!

UW alum Ryan Brown will compete in the 800-meters at the USA Track & Field Championships this week in Des Moines, Iowa, with the first round this afternoon. Brown won two NCAA titles in the 800m as a Husky, and has since made a name for himself on the pro circuit.

Brown's biggest professional moment was taking third at USAs last year to make Team USA for the World Championships in Berlin. But while he hoped that World Championship appearance would propel him on to another level, Brown describes this past year as a "roller coaster" with allergy problems and the departure of his longtime training partner Austin Abbott, who decided to give up the sport after graduating last year as a six-time All-American.

Despite having only three races under his belt this outdoor season, Brown thinks he'll be able to compete well this weekend, and talks about his body going into auto-pilot for races.

It's an insightful interview on the challenges of training as a pro track athlete without attaching oneself to the few professional groups that dot the country.

Track and Field Videos on Flotrack

CROMWELL, Conn. -- Nick Taylor and Alex Prugh compete in the PGA Tour's Travelers Championship starting tomorrow at the TPC River Highlands course located outside of Hartford, Conn. Taylor, who earned an exemption for the tournament, will be competing in his first PGA event this year and is the only amateur playing. He will have Husky assistant Garrett Clegg on his bag. Prugh will have his normal caddy, former UW teammate Zach Bixler, on his bag.

Taylor will be in the last pairing of the day and tee off from the 10th hole at 2:06 p.m. ET. Prugh will start his day much earlier, teeing off at 7:00 a.m. ET in a threesome that includes John Daly and Lee Janzen.

The best way to follow all the action online is at PGATour.com.

Soon-to-be Husky Kayla Stueckle has been named the Tacoma News Tribune's High School Athlete of the Year across all sports. Stueckle, the state's top hurdler while also a standout soccer player, will bring her many talents to UW this fall.

Stueckle, an Emerald Ridge graduate, collected five 4A state track titles during her career, including three wins this season in the 100m hurdles, 300m hurdles, and the long jump, while also taking third at 200-meters.

Current ESPN Pac-10 blogger Ted Miller also checks in with a breakdown of the strength coaches in the conference. In the Washington blurb, Ivan Lewis is noted for his work in slimming down the offensive line, a few by as many as 20-30 pounds. The article also notes Lewis works directly with QBs, and he's been instrumental in the strength maintenance of Locker, helping the Huskies quarterback develop a stronger core compared to upper-body bulk.

Several Husky women's golfers will be playing in tournaments in Washington and Minnesota today.

Darcie Richmond and incoming freshman Kelli Bowers are both competing in the Washington State Women's Amateur in Sequim. Heading into today's second and final round at The Cedars at Dungeness Course, Richmond is tied for 10th at 4-over-par 76 and Bowers is 12th at +6. Pamela Burneski leads the tourney after a first round 2-under-par 70. Follow live scoring from Sequim here.

UW sophomore-to-be Brittany Tallman and incoming freshman A Ram Choi are each participating in the Women's Western Golf Association's 110th National Amateur Championship at Rochester Golf & Country Club. Here is a look at Wednesday's pairings.

KINGSTON, Wash. - Chris Williams shot a first round 3-under 69 at the Washington State Golf Association Men's Amateur Championship being held at Kingston's White Mountain Golf Course and is tied for second after day one.

Williams is one stroke behind University of Idaho's Jarred Bossio, who shot a 4-under 68. Husky alum Derek Berg is the next highest golfer with UW ties tied for fifth at +2.

Charlie Hughes, who just wrapped up his freshman season, is tied for 14th at +4. Dylan Goodwin is tied for 24th at +6 and Jens Bracht is tied for 37th at +8.

UW All-Americans Courtney Thompson and Tamari Miyashiro went straight from helping Team USA to the silver medal in Montreux, Switzerland last week down to Tijuana, Mexico for the Pan America Cup.

Team USA is in the midst of pool play and is 4-0 with one pool match remaining tonight. The tourney serves as qualification for the 2011 FIVB World Grand Prix.

After not seeing much action during the first three matches, both Miyashiro and Thompson were instrumental in leading UW to a lopsided sweep over Costa Rica on Monday. Miyashiro started at libero for the first time in her international career. She posted seven digs and Team USA led Costa Rica in total digs, 28-11.

Thompson came off the bench in the second set and then started at setter in the third set, when UW ran away with a 25-2 set win. Thompson started at the service line for Team USA in the third set and led them on a 14-point run with two aces tossed in.

The USA Volleyball site is the best way to keep up to date with Thompson and Miyashiro's national team exploits.

For the fourth time in his career, former Husky All-American Robert Kendrick faced a Top-10 opponent in the early rounds of Wimbledon, and he put up another fantastic fight but ultimately fell in four sets today at the All England Club.

Kendrick and 10th-seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were the first match on Court 1 today. Kendrick had to win three qualifying matches in order to make the main draw for the fifth time in his career.

Both of the first two sets went all the way to tiebreakers, but Tsonga prevailed in each, 7-2 and then 8-6. But Kendrick refused to give up despite the misfortune of being down two sets despite playing Tsonga even. He came back to win the third set, 6-3, before Tsonga closed out the 2.5-hour-long match with a 6-4 win in the fourth set.

Kendrick has taken at least a set in each of his Top-10 Wimbledon match-ups, going five sets against Rafael Nadal and Tommy Robredo in the past, and four sets against Andy Murray last year and now Tsonga.

Former Husky All-American Robert Kendrick has once again qualified for the main draw at Wimbledon, the fifth main draw appearance of his career. Kendrick will open on Tuesday at 5 a.m. Pacific time against 10th-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in what will be the first match of the day on Court No. 1. Expect this match to get a lot of air time on ESPN2 or watch online on ESPN3.com.

Kendrick has also reached the main draw of the most storied tournament in tennis in 2003, 2006, 2007, and 2009. Last year he faced Brit Andy Murray in the first round and took a set before falling in four sets. Kendrick has been notoriously pesky on the grass against several top-ranked players. In 2004 he made the second round then lost a five-set marathon to Rafael Nadal as Nadal went on to reach the final. He also went five sets with 7th-seed Tommy Robredo in 2007.

To reach the main draw Kendrick had to win three qualifying matches, as his world ranking has dropped to 161. He defeated Filip Krajinovic of Serbia, Josselin Ouanna of France, and Ryan Sweeting of the U.S. to make the main draw.

Kendrick was an All-American in singles and doubles for the Huskies in 1999 under current head coach Matt Anger. He made the National Indoor Championship final, losing to fellow future pro James Blake.

GALLOWAY, N.J. -- For a second consecutive day, Husky alum Paige Mackenzie shot a 3-over-par 74 at the ShopRite LPGA Classic to end up tied for 72nd overall at +4 (69-74-74-217).

Mackenzie's scorecard in Sunday's final round from the Bay Course at Dolce Seaview Resort had four birdies on it, but also had five bogeys and a double bogey on the par-4 second hole. She will pocket $2,843 for her week's efforts.

Ai Miyazato shot a 7-under 64 in today's final round and finished with a two stroke win at 16-under 197 overall.

Husky track recruits Sean Krinik and Mackenzie Carter joined Megan Goethals as national champions this weekend as the Newbalance Outdoor Nationals concluded in Greensboro, North Carolina. Goethals won the 2-mile run Friday with the second-fastest time in history.

Krinik, the U.S. leader at 800-meters this season and California State Champion, proved his poweful finishing kick works just as well on the East Coast, as he won the top heat in a time of 1:49.57. Krinik stayed patient through the first lap, then moved up on the outside and blew past the field down the stretch.

Here is the race video of Krinik's win on Flotrack

And here's a post-race interview with the soon-to-be Dawg.

Carter ran the third leg for her high school, Fayetteville-Manlius (New York), in the 4x800-meter relay. Her split was timed at 2:10.48 and put FM in position to post an upset win over another New York squad, Garden State, which had defeated Fayetteville-Manlius at the state meet. Carter's crew finished in 8:46.98, the second-fastest time in U.S. history and a new meet record.

Here is a video of the FM girls discussing their win and the college destinations for the three seniors.

Carter's time gives UW four incoming women who have run 2:10 or faster this year in the 800, along with Goethals, Katie Flood, and Chloe Curtis. Curtis also competed in Greensboro this weekend, anchoring Redondo Union to second-place in the 4xMile relay on Saturday morning with a sub-five-minute mile split, before coming back to take 11th in the 800-meter final later that night in 2:10.18.

One other future Husky in competition this weekend was Ashley Schnapp in the women's pole vault. Schnapp tied for 9th with a clearance of 11-10.

Leaderboard | Mackenzie's Scorecard | Friberg Scorecard

GALLOWAY, N.J. -- Former Husky All-American Paige Mackenze made the cut for the ShopRite LPGA Classic at Dolce Seaview Resort and is tied for 67th at +1 overall for the 54-hole tournament.

Mackenzie was unlucky in Saturday's second round with a 3-over-par 74 but was just good enough to squeak by and make the cut right at the line. She would have been even for the day but was forced to count a triple bogey on the par-4 fifth hole.

Fellow UW alum Louise Friberg missed the cut by two shots. She was +3 overall for the tourney after following a first round 72 with a second round 73.   

UW recruit Megan Goethals has collected a third national title in her senior season, as she won the 2-mile run at the New Balance Nationals on Friday in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Rochester, Michigan native posted the second-best 2-mile time in U.S. history, running 10:01.16, barely missing the national record of 10:01.08 set in 2002 by Molly Huddle, one of the top women's professional runners.

Here's an interview with Goethals after the race. She talks about how excited she is to join the rest of UW's stellar recruiting class, and says why she chose UW. Here is the complete race footage thanks to Flotrack.

Goethals says that win will be her final prep race and she'll now start getting ready to run cross country for the Huskies in the fall. It caps an epic senior year in which she won the Footlocker Cross Country National Championship in the fall, then won the 2-mile title at Nike Indoor Nationals in March. She was named the Gatorade National Cross Country Athlete of the Year. Also just a week ago Goethals won two titles at the Midwest Meet of Champions, lowering her 1600m PR to a U.S.-leading 4:43.05 and her 800m PR to 2:10.58.

GALLOWAY, N.J. -- Paige Mackenzie shot a 2-under par 69 in the first round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic at Dolce Seaview Resort and is tied for 31st overall. Fellow Husky alum Louise Friberg is 1-over par and tied for 78th after shooting a 72 on the par-71 Bay Course.

Mackenzie was two over-par after six holes but was able to get back to even with birdies on No. 7 and No. 9. She had one more bogey on No. 11, but was able to end strong with birdies on holes 13, 17 and 18.

Friberg, who started her round from the 10th tee, went birdieless and had three bogeys until No. 7 and 8 where she would card back-to-back birdies.

The tournament is just 54 holes and the top 70 golfers will advance to Sunday's final round after tomorrow's 18 are played.

The Milwaukee Bucks media relations staff passed along some quotes from Quincy Pondexter after his workout with the team. First are Quicy's followed by Milwaukee General Manager Billy McKinney.

Pondexter

On being a gritty player...
"I think that describes Coach Skiles' type of play too. Every time you come on the basketball court, you have to come out and compete at 110 percent and that's something I've believed in since I was a kid and that's something I'm going to contribute to whatever organization takes me next week."

On matching up with Damion James...
"That's a good match up. He's a tremendous player. He's really talented, he has good size and we're both old, grizzly veterans. We're two seniors, we've seen each other in some other workouts and we've been following each other's careers since we were in grade school. So it was fun to come out here and compete against him again."

On his hopes for draft night...
"I'm trying not to think about it too much but there's no choice. You get bugged with it a lot and I'm just real anxious to see where I end up, what city I'll be living in next year and the teammates I'll have. It's something I've been dreaming of since I was a kid and it's just a real blessing that it's only around the corner."

On breaking a lot of Marquette fans' hearts with his play in the NCAA tournament...
"I heard that from the time I got off the plane yesterday and I told them 'Hey, if it wasn't for that I might not be here in your city working out for the Milwaukee Bucks'. But I'm sorry for making that shot. Even Lazar Hayward admits it was a lucky shot but hey, he should have double-teamed me. They could have tried a little bit better but Lazar said he went to double-team and I went the other way. It was a great shot, a shot that no one would forget."

On what position he'll play in the NBA...
"I'm going to be a small forward in the NBA, I'm going to be a shooting guard in the NBA. At Washington I had to change my game a little bit, I had to play some four because of how our team was made, our look of our team and in order to win games. So when I get to the NBA it's going to be my comfortable position, my natural position as a wing player. I'm going to compete as hard as I can and hopefully win a lot of championships."

On how his shot is coming...
"It's a lot better than a lot of people think. Just because I didn't take many threes didn't mean I couldn't shoot threes in college. It's coming along great. It kind of surprises people that haven't really seen me play in a workout setting like this. It needs work still. I'm not a Ray Allen-type shooter but I'm pretty decent. I want to get to be able to consistently knock down that three-point shot."

On Skiles liking players like Luc Richard Mbah a Moute who play tough defense...
"Mbah a Moute is a tremendous player. He works extremely hard on the floor and those defensive players, they seem to stick around the league a lot more than the offensive players and it's a lot easier to get a role on the team. I think when you play defense, you win games, you're able to contribute in so many ways that's bigger than just going out and scoring."

Billy McKinney - Bucks Director of Scouting

Opening statement...
"Speaking of the draft, before I comment on our workout today, yesterday we received a phone call from a couple of agents and a couple of teams saying that we had promised a player that we're going to draft him at 15. One of the first things I wanted to do today was to address that just to say that we haven't made any promises to anybody about us taking them at 15. Last year, when we had the 10th pick, there was a lot of uncertainty about the pick. We did not make a guarantee to anybody at 10 last year and certainly with the complexity of the draft this year, we haven't made a promise to anybody at 15. So I wanted to, in case any of you became aware of that, I wanted you to know that up front.
We had several calls from agents and a couple teams as well and we thought it was important that we address it not only with them but we address it publicly, so I wanted to take the opportunity to do so today."

On the uncertainty with last year's draft because Brandon Jennings didn't have a promise...
"Well absolutely and I can recall years ago when I was the GM with the Pistons, I knew there was a player we were going to take with the 10th pick in the draft. I knew his agent very well, I also knew that teams were trying to move up to take this particular player and I couldn't even tell his agent that I was going to take him. I didn't want to disrupt our plan so we haven't made that promise to anybody in this draft. It's a wide-open draft for us. We had a good group of guys in today, we had six players in. Three of those six players will probably be first round picks today in this year's draft. Quincy Pondexter out of Washington, Damion James of the University of Texas and Devin Ebanks out of West Virginia, those are the guys that will probably go in the first round that came in to work out for us today."

On Devin Ebanks and Quincy Pondexter...
"Yeah, I'll talk about Ebanks, a sophomore out of West Virginia. He missed an early portion of this year I believe due to some academic issues, but he's a very talented small forward. He's a guy that can handle the ball out on the floor, he needs to improve his shooting a little bit, but I think one of his best assets, he does a really good job of defending on the perimeter and some of the games that I watched him play this year, I saw him defend point guards out on the floor. He's long, he's agile, he's got a great feel for the game. Pondexter, on the other hand, he reminds me of a former Buck and a former player that I used to work with in Seattle, Ruben Patterson. He's just has a pit bull mentality. When he gets out there on the court, he comes at you, he grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go until after the game is over and sometimes when the game is over, he still has a hold of you."

On if Pondexter is more of a forward than a guard...
"Absolutely. The one thing that I would say, all those players, when I look at James and Ebanks and Pondexter, the one thing that they have to do to improve their chances of being an effective small forward is to handle the ball a little bit better. But when you talk about size, 6'6" is a great size. They can defend shooting guards as well as small forwards."

On the quality of small forwards in the draft...
"It's more of a forwards draft, last year it was point guards, and now you've got a really good set of small forwards and power forwards in the draft this year. So we're looking at all the possibilities of players that could be there, not only at 15, but some of these guys could possibly fall into the second round. Every year one of the things you hear from NBA executives is it's not a deep draft. Because of the amount of underclassmen that declared for the draft this year, it's going to be a very good draft and we really feel confident that we're going to get a good player not only at 15 but at 37 and 47."

On the importance of the Bucks picks...
"People want to talk to us about giving up the 15th pick and right now, because we're not sure who's going to be there, we want to hold on to that pick to see who's going to be there. If there's one of the players in our group range that will be there that we'd like to take. That is unless a team makes us an offer so great that a veteran player was included that would help us and we could move down in the draft, but we like where we are at 15 and certainly feel like we're going to get a good player at 37 and 47."

There was much debate as to the merits of the new Regional format for track and field which made its debut this season, but athletes will have the same system in place for at least one more season, as the NCAA Division I Championships/Sports Management Cabinet ruled that the proposed new system needed more evaluation.

This year, the country was split in two with the West gathering in Austin, Texas and the East in Greensboro, North Carolina for NCAA preliminary rounds. Athletes had to finish in the top-12 in their respective region to move on to the semis or finals in Eugene, Oregon. Arguments against the system included travel costs, and a heavy workload on some athletes, especially distance runners.

The NCAA Cabinet was considering a proposal termed "24/8" which would send the top-24 athletes in every event straight to NCAAs based on best marks from the year, just as NCAA Indoor qualifying works. Then the top-eight conference champions not among the top-24 in each event would be added to round out the field. But that proposal will have to wait at least another year.

Schools will now bid to host the 2011 West and East NCAA Preliminary sites in advance of the NCAA Championships next year in Des Moines, Iowa.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (AP) -- Former Washingtoon Husky and Sacramento King center Spencer Hawes was traded today along with forward Andres Nocioni to the Philadelphia 76ers for center Samuel Dalembert.

"We are excited to add two players in Spencer Hawes and Andres Nocioni who will help us immediately and provide us with additional frontcourt depth," Sixers general manager Ed Stefanski said in a statement. "Spencer is a young seven-footer who will provide us with versatility at the center position, while Andres will provide us with a tough veteran presence."

Hawes, a 7-1 center, averaged 10 points and 6.1 rebounds last season. He was Sacramento's first-round draft pick in 2007.

Nocioni and Hawes join a rebuilding team that missed the playoffs last season and has the No. 2 overall pick in next week's draft.

The Sixers have a new coach in Doug Collins and some talented players already on the roster. They expect to improve significantly after an awful 27-win season.

Hawes, the 10th overall pick three years ago, has averaged 8.8 points and 5.5 rebounds in his career.

Here is a photo gallery of Hawes from his Sacramento days by the Sacramento Bee: Click here

Recently, Augustavo realized her goal when she was named an assistant coach at Sacramento State. She'll take on the responsibilities of a full-time coach, with her duties ranging from budgeting, scheduling, and recruiting, along with player development.

Augustavo played two seasons Washington, having transferred back home from the University of San Diego. While the Bothell native and former Bishop Blanchet star was a deadly outside threat, she made it quite clear to everyone around the program that she was destined for a future in coaching. Two years ago, she spoke with GoHuskies.com about the topic, noting how she used to pepper Huskies coach Tia Jackson with questions whenever she was around the basketball offices. The two would even break down game film during the early morning hours.

"To know that she now gets to start this new venture in her life makes me proud," Jackson said. "There is no doubt in my mind that she will do fabulously."

Once Augustavo graduated from Washington after the 2009 season, she set about tapping into Jackson's extensive network of contacts in the profession. Augustavo then moved to Seattle U, where she served as an intern for the women's hoops program in 2010.

It's a similar path to the one former student-athlete Sami Whitcomb also hopes to forge. The two-time All-Pac-10 honoree is interning with the Huskies over the summer, and during the season she was a frequent guest in Jackson's office, where the two would discuss goals and the steps necessary to achieve them.

NCAA Interim President Jim Isch said a report released Thursday by the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics coincides with ongoing NCAA reform efforts, and he urged presidential members of the commission to initiate legislative proposals through their conferences to effect further change.

Isch said the Knight Commission's latest report, "Restoring the Balance," advances positions that the NCAA "not only agrees with but also has taken meaningful steps to advance and implement across the Association."

While those positions align with the NCAA reform philosophy, Isch indicated that many of the actual recommendations the commission is proposing would have to be vetted through the NCAA governance structure.

Sports websites have fun with NFL and NBA mock drafts, so Golfweek.com decided to come up with their own drill of a PGA Tour mock draft. Now, which teams would draft the golfers, that is another question, but this mock draft is based on what they feel is pro potential.

Four experts -- an East Coach coach, a West Coach coach and two agents -- were asked to each rank a list of top-10 seniors or juniors who declared their intetions to turn pro. Nick Taylor was first on both agents lists and the West Coast coach's list, while he was ranked second by the East Coast coach.

Richard Lee was ranked No. 5 on the list of both agents. The East Coast coach ranked Lee seventh and he was 10th by the West Coast coach.

To read the entire rankings and comments by the four guest panelists, click here.

BOSTON -- Nate Robinson and the Boston Celtics are one win away from capturing the NBA Championship after a 92-86 win in game five over the Los Angeles Lakers. The Celtics lead 3-2 and will head back to LA for game six and game seven if necessary.

Robinson had four points and four assists in 10 minutes of action on Sunday.

In Sunday's Seattle Times, columnist Jerry Brewer wrote a great feature on Nate-Rob saying that he is proving that he is more than just a goof.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Good news for Husky hoops fans in that incoming freshman Desmond Simmons, who signed a letter intent back in the early period, has been invited to the U-18 USA National Team trials. He will be joined by Abdul Gaddy in Colorado Springs for the tryouts, which start next Monday.

Nineteen American hopefuls will audition for a shot at 12 open spots for the team that will compete in the FIBA Americas U18 Championship later this month in San Antonio.

Here are a couple of stories regarding the tryouts:

 • MaxPreps.com story: click here

 • SportsPageMagazine.com story: click here

"We're proud of our Northwest roots, and we really feel like it's served us well," Nordstrom said.

Much like his dedication to the Seattle-area, Nordstrom is a proponent of the Husky rowing program. His father, Bruce ('55), also rowed at UW when the team still featured a lightweight boat, and was recently honored with one of the most distinguished awards the UW bestows on a graduate - the 2010 Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus.

In the wide-ranging interview, Blake Nordstrom touches on a variety of topics that have affected the company in the modern business climate. But he remains committed to Nordstrom's core values, such as a positive shopping experience for the customer.

"We take great pride in being a part of something that we think is pretty special," Nordstrom said.

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. -- Jennifer Greggain, a 1999 graduate of the University of Washington, won the 2010 Washington State Women's Open at Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club on Wednesday. She shot a two round total of 1-over 145 to win the tournament by one stroke.

Greggain shot a first round 2-under-par 70 and then held on after a second round 3-over 75. She won by one stroke over Katy Jarochowicz.

Fellow former Husky Sung Ea Lee finished sixth overall.

The Husky men's golf team can take solace in that they ended up second in the final Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings that were released on June 8. Although they technically tied for fifth at the NCAA Championships, they are only behind Oklahoma State in the Golfweek rankings.

National champion Augusta State was fifth, while Oregon was seventh. See the complete list....click here.

Individually, Nick Taylor was third in the final rankings. He trailed only Georgia's Russell Henley and UC-Irvine's John Chin. Richard Lee was 26th and Chris Williams 27th in the final rankings. Darren Wallace came in at 123rd, while Charlie Hughes was 133rd. See the complete list....click here.

UW Libraries have received some interesting press lately for their rendition of singer Lady Gaga's popular song, Poker Face. Sarah Wachter, a graduate student of the UW Information School,  created the music video parodying Lady Gaga's "Pokerface" for the iSchool's first iSight Film Festival. With the help of celebrity gossip columnist Perez Hilton, the video has already received over 437,000 views!

To see what UW's The Daily had to say, click here.

To see Perez Hilton's review, click here.

The Seattle Times' Percy Allen had a nice breakdown of the non-conference foes on the Huskies 2010-11 basketball schedule. Check out his preview here.

Here is also a quick story by the Everett Herald's Scott Johnson.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Nick Taylor, Richard Lee and Chris Williams, who all qualified for the U.S. Open Sectional at Columbia Edgewater Country Club, failed to finish in the top three out of 48 players and failed to advance to the upcoming U.S. Open at Pebble Beach.

Taylor and Lee were two strokes away from qualifying at 3-under 139 overall and tied for sixth, while Williams was one stroke behind his UW teammates and tied for 10th.

Kent Eger was 8-under, while Jason Allred and Matthew Richardson were 5-under to qualify for the three spots at Pebble Beach.

A number of Husky track recruits closed out their careers with big bangs over the weekend, led by state titles for Sean Krinik and Chloe Curtis in California and a trio of titles for Megan Goethals in Michigan.

Krinik of Valencia High in Yorba Linda, Calif. astonished with a new U.S.-leading mark in the 800-meters of 1:48.20, nearly a full second faster than the time he posted just a week ago which also led the country at the time. That time is the eighth-fastest high school mark ever run, and earned him his second-straight state title at the distance. If Krinik merely matches that time next season, he would rank sixth in UW history.

"Seeing that time makes me feel so accomplished," said Krinik to OCVarsity.com. "I never thought I would be there and it felt awesome to run that time."

Curtis, out of Redondo Beach, also led the nation at 800-meter on the women's side for much of the year but chose to focus on the 1,600m at state. She did not have the top time coming in, but she again proved to be the class of California's mid-distance crew as she turned in a new PR of 4:46.63 to take the win.

Curtis told local paper The Dailiy Breeze that her runner-up finish from 2009 fueled her all season and especially in Saturday's final.

"This year, I came a lot more focused. I was desperate to win that title. This was my last race," Curtis said. "There was no way I was letting someone run away with this race. In that last 200, no one was going to run with me. I had a year of boiling over it in my head to think about this race."

Also turning in fantastic finishes at the CIF finals were Liberty Miller (Canoga Park, Calif.) and Megan Morgan (Del Mar, Calif.) in the 3,200-meters. The future U-Dubbers were the top two senior finishers at the longest distance. Miller was second in 10:23.00 while Morgan was right behind in third in 10:29.70.

In Michigan, Megan Goethals closed her record-setting career in proper fashion, winning state titles in the 1,600-meters, 3,200-meters, and on the 4x800-meter relay. Every one of her runs resulted in a new state meet record. She won the 1,600m in 4:47.37, six seconds ahead of her nearest competitor. She took the 3,200m in 10:22.75, breaking a 14-year-old record, and led off the 4x8 relay with a 2:11 split.

Goethals gave the following interview to MileSplit last week following her incredible 10:00.15 3,200-meter effort.

VICTORIA, B.C. -- Former Husky All-American Brock Mackenzie holds the lead after three rounds of the Canadian Tour's Times Colonist Open being held at Uplands Golf Course in Victoria, B.C. Mackenzie is 10-under par after Saturday's third round and holds a one stroke lead over Aaron Goldberg.

On Sunday, he will be seeking his first win on the Canadian Tour. The winner takes home a payday of $40,000.

Read more about Mackenzie's effort from Canam.com.

In other professional golf news, albeit a little late, Alex Prugh failed to make the cut at the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio this week. He was 10-over par for the tournament.

On the Nationswide Tour, 2003 UW grad Troy Kelly failed to make the cut of the Melwood Prince George's County Open in Maryland.

Dubs was on hand for the second day of cap and gown pick-up to take pictures with upcoming graduates and fans alike.

With the sunny afternoon today, the line had already started to snake around the HUB lawn before Dubs even arrived! Despite the gloomy weather yesterday, over 150 people came out for a photo op with the UW mascot. Because he is still a puppy, Dubs was available for photos for one hour both days.

When Dubs arrived, his handlers quickly cued him up and it was quite evident that Dubs definitely loves the camera, striking a statuesque pose! Woof.

One side note to how the Huskies finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships next week is that as long as they score on both sides, both the men's and women's team should be in line for another impressive finish in the USTFCCCA Program Of The Year standings.

The awards, named for John McDonnell on the men's side and Terry Crawford on the women's side, are in their second year of existence, and average out a school's finish at the NCAA Championships in cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track, to show which overall program earned the most distinction over the full year. The only requirement is competing and scoring at all three championship events; two out of three doesn't cut it.

Last year the UW women's program took ninth in the final standings. Right now they sit in 10th place following a 3rd-place finish in cross country and a 28th-place finish in indoor track. They are second among Pac-10 teams behind Oregon.

The Husky men are 12th overall heading to Eugene, following a 10th-place Program Of The Year finish in 2009. The men's cross country squad was 18th at nationals, followed by a 20th-place finish in indoor track. Oregon and Arizona State are the only Pac-10 teams ahead of the Dawgs.

New weekly outdoor rankings were also released by the USTFCCCA prior to next week's showdown at Oregon. The men's team moved up two more spots to 18th in the nation, boosted by PRs from James Alaka in the 200m, Zack Midles in the hammer, and Joe Zimmerman in the javelin. The women ticked up one spot to 41st as Mel Lawrence and Falesha Ankton made NCAAs with season-bests.

Nate Robinson will make his NBA Finals debut on Thursday at 6 p.m. when his Celtics travel to Los Angeles to play the Lakers.

Robinson will be the first Husky since Todd MacCulloch to play in the finals. That year MacCulloch's New Jersey Nets lost to the Lakers.

Robinson has not played much in the playoffs, but he did play an integral part in Boston's Eastern Conference Finals clinching win over Orlando.

One of the most legendary days in Washington track and field history, and all of UW athletics history for that matter, was the 1963 Modesto Relays, 47 years ago this week. At that meet, within an hour of each other, Husky teammates and roommates Phil Shinnick and Brian Sternberg each set new world records in the long jump and pole vault, respectively.

But as this AOL Fanhouse story by John Hickey details, the day has had a black cloud lingering over it since. Sternberg, who cleared 16-7 in the pole vault at the meet and later raised the record to 16-8, was paralyzed in a trampoline accident just five weeks after Modesto. Shinnick's record-setting jump of 27-feet, 4-inches, has been seeking ratification for decades, as there was no wind reading taken for his jump. Wind requirements had just been instated that year, and as this excerpt explains, the officials simply weren't expecting to need one.

"Shinnick's Pac-8 credentials weren't enough that anyone in Modesto had any real clue who he was. He was a sophomore at the University of Washington and hadn't competed in his freshman year -- the NCAA didn't allow freshmen to compete in any collegiate sports in those days. So he was in just his fourth or fifth competition since graduating from high school in Spok ane almost two years earlier. Most of the jumpers knew him, but the officials didn't. He certainly wasn't somebody who should be breaking world records. All of a sudden, instead of celebration time it was inquisition time.

"The officials didn't know what to do," Shinnick says. "They measured and re-measured. Each time they did, they kept breaking the sand where my right foot had landed, and little by little it went from 27-5 to 27-4. "They took me into the stands and said, 'Who are you?' I said, 'Well, who are you? I don't know you, either.' I had to yell at them to stop re-measuring and breaking more sand each time."

It turned out that the off-the-field inquisition was the least of the irregularities surrounding the jump. The event's officials had been told that Boston was the only jumper who had a chance at a record, so no wind gauge was in use when Shinnick jumped. That wasn't unusual in 1963."

The story is a must-read for all fans of Husky history. Both Sternberg and Shinnick have been enshrined in the Washington Hall of Fame. As the story details, Shinnick's mark was eventually recognized as an American record, but the governing body of international track continues to hold out.

For what it's worth, Shinnick's spot on the Washington Top-10 is secure. Whereas new technology has taken vaulters up above 19-feet, including American record-holder Brad Walker, another UW alum, Shinnick's mark would still rate among the best in the world event today. 27-4 would have won this year's Pac-10 Championships by a foot and a half, and taken second at the Beijing Olympics, as the story points out.