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Purdue names athletes of
month
Sophomore Shaun Guice of the track and field team
and senior Katie Douglas of the basketball team have earned honors as
the Purdue athletes of the month for March.
Guice excelled in the high jump during the month
of March. At the USA Indoor Championships in Atlanta on March 3, Guice
jumped 7-3 3/4 for a third-place finish behind a 2000 Olympic team jumper.
He also ran on the 1,600-meter relay team that ran a season-best time
of 3:11.10 for a third-place finish.
At the NCAA Indoor Championships, Guice earned
his third All-America honor and second indoors. He was runner-up with
a mark of 7-5 for a new lifetime best and school record. Guice’s
mark also ranks in the top five in the country and top 10 in the world.
He is the youngest jumper on both lists.
Douglas led the Boilermakers to their third appearance
in the Women’s NCAA Final Four. The native of Indianapolis averaged
19.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.5 steals per game in leading
Purdue to Big Ten Tournament and NCAA tournament runner-up finishes.
During the first and second rounds of the NCAA
tournament, Douglas totaled 35 points, with 21 over LSU. She turned
in a team-high 18 against No. 13 Texas Tech. Against No. 12 Xavier in
the regional final, she recorded a game-high eight assists. She closed
the month with 25 points, seven rebounds, two steals and two assists
against No. 15 Southwest Missouri State. On the first day of April,
in the national championship game against No. 2 Notre Dame, Douglas
scored a team-high18 points and added seven rebounds and five assists.
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