Top Dawg
April 15, 2005
Fans that visit gohuskies.com can vote for the Top Dawg from the previous week's sporting action. Each sport that competed during the week will have an athlete nominated, and then fans will cast their vote as to who they believe was the overall top performer. Return to the gohuskies.com front page and cast your vote today on the fan poll located on the lower-right side.
Top Dawg nominees:
Baseball
Nick Batkoski (Senior, Federal Way, Wash.)
In four games last week (a win over Portland and two wins and a loss at UC Riverside), Batkoski went 10-for-14 (.714) at the plate with eight runs scored and seven runs batted in. He had three doubles and a home run and slugged a whopping 1.143. He also had two walks and was hit by a pitch, good for a .722 on-base average. In the win over Portland, he was 4-for-4 with two doubles and a homer.
Women's Golf
Paige Mackenzie (Senior, Yakima, Wash.)
Mackenzie led UW to the title at the Peg Barnard California Collegiate at the Stanford Golf Course. Mackenzie posted rounds of 71 and 72 to finish at 1-over 143 during the 36-hole event to finish second. Mackenzie's finish was her best of the season. She had placed fourth at the Spartan Invitational in March. It marked the Mackenzie's fifth top-10 finish this year and the 16th in her career.
Gymnastics
Carly Dockendorf (Senior, Port Moody, BC.)
Dockendorf finished her Husky gymnastics career by finishing seventh in the all-around at the West Regionals in Bank of America Arena on April 9. She finished .075 behind Boise State's Lindsay Ward for the last of two spots automatic qualifying spots for the NCAA Championships. Dockendorf finished third on floor with a 9.9. She ended her career with a Husky record 24 floor titles, including five 10s.
Softball
Aimee Minor (Junior, San Jacinto, Calif.)
Minor hit .333 and led the softball team with five hits and six RBIs in five games last week. She hit her second grand slam of the season and 11th home run agaisnt Simon Fraser. She went 2-for-4 vs. Stanford with a RBI-single. Her 11 home runs tie Kristen Rivera for the team lead.
Men's Tennis
Alex Slovic (Sophomore, Pancevo, Yugoslavia)
Slovic was perfect in two singles matches and two doubles matches as the Huskies went 2-0 with wins over Arizona and Arizona State. Slovic teamed with Daniel Chu to topple the Wildcats' doubles team of Roger Matalonga and Colin O'Grady, ranked 19th in the nation. He then went on to defeated O'Grady in singles, 6-2, 6-0. Against the Sun Devils, Slovic once again teamed with Chu to win at doubles and then he took down the No. 122 singles player, Chris Letcher 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
Men's Track and Field
Shane Charles (Junior, St. Andrews, Grenada)
Charles put his talents in the 400-meter hurdles on display for
the first time Saturday at Oregon's Pepsi Invitational, clocking a time of
51.84 seconds that ranks sixth in UW history, and is the fastest by any
Husky in the event since 2002. A native of Grenada, Charles transferred to
Washington in the fall of 2004 from Central Arizona Junior College, where he
earned JC All-American honors in the 400-meter hurdles last season. Charles'
lifetime-best of 50.94 seconds in the event, set in 2004, would rank second
all-time at UW, and would have earned the junior a spot at last year's NCAA
Track Championships.
Women's Track and Field
Kate Soma (Senior, Portland, Ore.)
Soma took the 2005 NCAA outdoor lead Saturday with
a vault of 14 feet, 0 inches at the Oregon Invitational, her second 14-foot
vault of the season and the third of her UW career. The mark leads all NCAA
competitors outdoors in 2005, and is the fourth-best mark by an American
woman of any age during the 2005 outdoor season. A four-time All-American,
Soma will be seeking her first NCAA title in June after placing second at
each of the past two NCAA Championship events.
Previous Top Dawg Winners:
Week of Oct. 11-17: Caitlin Shortt, Swimming
Week of Oct. 18-24: Courtney Thompson, Volleyball
Week of Oct. 25-31: Dallon Williams, Cross Country
Week of Nov. 1-8: Dea Sumantri, Women's Tennis
Week of Nov. 9-15: Dana Ryan, Women's Crew
Week of Nov. 16-22: Paige Mackenzie, Women's Golf
Week of Nov. 23-29: Nate Robinson, Men's Basketball
Week of Nov. 30-Dec. 6: Kayla Burt, Women's Basketball
Week of Dec. 7-13: Sanja Tomasevic, Volleyball
Week of Dec. 14-20: Brie Hagerty, Volleyball and Brandon Roy, Men's Basketball
Week of Dec. 21-27: Bobby Jones, Men's Basketball
Week of Dec. 28-Jan. 4: Tre Simmons, Men's Basketball
Week of Jan. 5-11: Tre Simmons, Men's Basketball
Week of Jan. 12-17: Dea Sumantri, Women's Tennis
Week of Jan. 18-24: Dinka Hadzic, Women's Tennis
Week of Jan. 25-31: Tara Simpson, Women's Tennis
Week of Feb. 1-7: Natalie Gillan, Gymnastics
Week of Feb. 8-14: Mugette Ahn, Women's Tennis
Week of Feb. 15-21: Dea Sumantri, Women's Tennis
Week of Feb. 22-March 1: Tre Simmons, Men's Basketball
