WUSTL finishes 7th in Director’s Cup
The University finished seventh in the 2005-06 United States Sports Academy Directors’ Cup Division III final standings, as announced by National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, United States Sports Academy and USA Today.
The seventh-place finish marks the Bears fourth-straight top-10 appearance: 2002-03 (fifth), 2003-04 (ninth) and 2004-05 (third).
WUSTL totaled 579.50 points and had five top-10 finishes in 2005-06: women’s cross country (third), volleyball (fifth), women’s swimming and diving (fifth), men’s swimming and diving (sixth) and women’s basketball (ninth).
Fayne earns postgraduate scholarship
Senior Zack Fayne of the men’s tennis team is one of 58 NCAA student-athletes to receive a postgraduate scholarship of $7,500 for the spring sports season, as announced June 27 by the NCAA.
Fayne joins senior men’s swimmer Alex Antilla as the two postgraduate scholarship recipients from WUSTL in 2005-06.
Fayne posted an 11-1 mark playing No. 5 singles for the Bears.
He went 16-3 overall in singles play and registered an 18-6 record in doubles action for an overall record of 34-9.
He also earned first-team all-University Athletic Association (UAA) accolades at No. 5 singles after posting a 2-0 mark at the UAA Championship.
Fayne finished his career with a 134-66 overall record, including a 60-30 mark in singles and a 74-36 record in doubles.
Fayne, who graduated in May with a 3.95 grade-point average in economics and psychology, both in Arts & Sciences, was a 2006 ESPN The Magazine Third-Team Academic All-America selection.
Fayne was also a three-time Academic All-UAA selection and a two-time ESPN The Magazine first-team Academic All-District VII honoree.
He is the second men’s tennis player in school history to be named Academic All-America, joining Michael Doyle (1998, 2000).
Badowski 2nd-team Academic All-American
Junior Natalie Badowski garnered ESPN The Magazine second-team Academic All-America (College Division) honors for cross country/track and field, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors Association.
A biology and philosophy-neuroscience-psychology major, both in Arts & Sciences, Badowski, who also earned third-team Academic All-America honors in 2005, is just the second WUSTL women’s track and field student-athlete to garner the accolade twice.