Webb receives honor
Idaho senior golfer Gordon Webb was honored as the Western Athletic Conference Golfer of the Month for October. Webb, a Malta, Mont., native and Western New Mexico Community College transfer, finished in the top five in two tournaments last month.
He finished fourth at the Jim Colbert Intercollegiate in Manhattan, Kansas, Oct. 1-2, hitting a nine-over par 225 (78-77-70) en route to helping the Vandals to a second-place team finish.
His success continued at the Price’s Give ‘Em Five Invitational at El Paso, Texas, where Webb won the individual title with an eight-under par 208 (70-68-70) and led the Vandals to a team title.
CoSIDA honors Small
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) honored Idaho senior soccer player Chelsea Small as a Capital One Academic All-District honoree on Friday. It is the third time Small has received the honor.
Small has had success on the field as well as in the classroom during her career as a Vandal. She recently finished her Idaho career as the soccer program’s career and single-season leader in goals, points, game-winners and shots, and was voted First-Team All-District 7. Small is also on the national ballot for Academic All-America honors that will be decided later this year.
Farquhar named Lou Groza Award semifinalist
Every year, the Lou Groza Award honors college football’s best kicker. This year, Idaho senior kicker Trey Farquhar is one of the 20 semifinalists. After starting all four years for Idaho, Farquhar is the Vandals’ all-time field goal percentage leader and Idaho’s all-time leader in field goals of 50 or more yards with three games left this season. He currently leads the nation in 50-yard-plus field goals with nine. Finalists with be announced Nov. 19 and the winner will be unveiled at the 21st annual Lou Groza Place-Kicker Awards Banquet at West Palm Beach, Fla. The winner will also be recognized at the Home Depot ESPN College Football Awards Show on Dec. 6.
Men’s tennis schedule announced for spring
The Idaho men’s tennis team starts its spring 2013 schedule on Jan. 20 at Eastern Washington. The schedule includes several regional teams including Nevada, Whitworth, Gonzaga, Oregon and Montana in addition to the WAC slate and a couple of teams coming across the nation to compete in the Pacific Northwest. Besides travelling to Hawaii at the end of the year, every Vandal match will take place in a state adjacent to Idaho. The men finished up their fall season Thursday at the National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships.