Howard Moore, who has spent the previous four seasons as an assistant coach at Bradley University, has joined the Ball State men's basketball staff as an assistant coach. Moore replaces Tracy Webster, who accepted a similar position at Purdue.

Moore started his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at the University of Chicago in 1999, before moving to Bradley as an administrative assistant prior to the 1999-00 season. He became a full-time assistant coach in 2000.

Moore played college basketball at Wisconsin from 1990-95. He was a two-time Most Improved Player at Wisconsin and served as team captain his senior year.

Wright receives CoSIDA Award

Jim Wright, '69MA70, a member of the NCAA staff for the last 28 years, was recently selected by the College Sports Information Director's of America for the Arch Ward Award.

Wright, a director of NCAA statistics, has worked at the NCAA since 1975 and has served as the media coordinator for the College World Series since 1977. He works with a staff of eight statisticians at the NCAA.

Wright has served as media coordinator at 32 national championships in his NCAA career, more than any past or present NCAA employee. He has worked the Division I wrestling championship, the Women's Final Four, and the College World Series for the past 25 years. Wright also served as the media coordinator for the inaugural NCAA Women's Basketball Championships.

Following graduation from Ball State, Wright became a full-time assistant sports information director at the Air Force Academy in 1970. In 1974, he became the sports information director at the University of Southern Colorado, and joined the NCAA staff in 1975.

King inducted into football Hall of Fame

Bill King, '50, most valuable player of the 1947 and 1948 Cardinal football team, recently was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame.

King lettered four years for coach John Magnabosco, serving as captain his final three seasons. An offensive and defensive tackle, he helped Ball State to 14 straight victories, including the school's only undefeated and untied season in 1949, when the Cardinals were 8-0.

In 1950, King was drafted by the Cleveland Browns. After two weeks of practice, he returned to Ball State to serve as an assistant coach for the freshman football team and scouting assistant for the varsity squad.

King, who served two years in the Army, has been a partner in Mish Manufacturing Incorporated of Mishawaka since 1953. In addition to serving on the Ball State Alumni Council, King was the first president of the BSU Alumni Letterman's Association.

In 1976, he was honored as a charter member of Ball State's Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1979 he received the Distinguished Alumni Award.

Lorenzo Scott signs with Orioles, continues football at Ball State

Ball State junior Lorenzo Scott (St. Louis, Mo./Lutheran North H.S.) has signed a contract to play professional baseball with the Baltimore Orioles organization. However, Scott will retain one year of eligibility with Ball State's football team during the 2003 season.

According to NCAA regulations, Scott can still participate on the football team, despite a professional baseball contract, as long as he declines his scholarship for the current season.

A three-year letter winner in baseball, Scott finished the 2003 season with a .231 (9-for-39) batting average in 32 games, with five starts. Of his nine hits, four were for multiple bases. He tallied ten RBIs and nine runs scored during the season.

Over his baseball career at Ball State, Scott has a .256 (61-for-238) batting average with 11 doubles, two triples, and seven home runs.

A three-year letter winner in football, Scott led the team in tackles in the past three seasons. In 2002, he started all 12 games to increase his starting streak to 30.

Four other members of the 2003 Ball State baseball team were selected in the 2003 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft. They include Brad Snyder, 18th pick, first round for the Cleveland Indians; Brian Lynch, '03, 23rd round for the Colorado Rockies; Ben Schroeder, '03, 26th round for the Florida Marlins; and Mike Johnston, 41st round for the San Francisco Giants.

Shea honored with prestigious NCAA post-graduate scholarship

Katie Shea, '03 (Royal Oak, MI/Royal Oak Kimball H.S.), a four-year letter winner of Ball State's softball program, is the recipient of an NCAA post-graduate scholarship.

Shea is one of just 174 student-athletes from Division I, II, and III schools across the nation chosen to receive the $6,900 award. To be eligible, a student-athlete must have an overall grade-point average of at least 3.2, must have performed with distinction both academically and athletically, must have completed his or her final year of eligibility, and must intend to continue work as a graduate student.

A starter in all 39 games at shortstop last spring, Shea topped the team with a career-high .387 batting average. She led the Cardinals with 22 runs scored and a .563 slugging percentage.

Shea also was second with 46 hits, ten doubles, and 15 RBIs. In 21 games versus Mid-American Conference opponents, Shea accumulated a conference high .455 batting average and .667 slugging percentage. She totaled 15 multiple hit games in 2003.

A four-year starter, Shea garnered first-team all-league accolades in 2002 and 2003 after earning second-team laurels in both 2000 and 2001. She is one of only two players in school history to reap MAC Player of the Year honors. She concluded her career as Ball State's all-time leader in batting average (.357), hits (203), doubles (39), and total bases (265).

Shea was selected to the 2003 Verizon Academic All-American First Team, marking the second-straight year she has achieved the honor. She is one of only five BSU student-athletes, over the past 30 years, to earn First Team Academic All-American duplicate times in a career.