Sports Shorts

Tech stands tall in Director's Cup

Tech sports matched their previous-best showing in the Director's Cup, placing No. 31 in the nation.

The Director's Cup awards points to schools in 10 men's sports and 10 women's sports. Tech sponsors 17 total sports, but only 15 that are involved in the Director's Cup.

Tech athletics saw 14 of its 17 teams make postseason play in the previous year.

Tech is the only school in the NCAA that achieved a win in a football bowl game, a men's basketball tournament game and a men's baseball tournament game.

Stanford won the Director's Cup for the 11th consecutive year.

Hoops recruits go to Global Games

Incoming freshmen Alade Aminu, D'Andre Bell and Lewis Clinch have all been selected to the U.S. team that will play in the sixth annual Global Games in Frisco, Texas.

The event begins on July 24 and continues through the medal around on July 30.

Chris Bosh and Jarrett Jack previously participated in the event that will showcase the Tech signees.

This year's field includes junior national teams from the USA, Lithuania, Nigeria, Slovenia and Ukraine. Team Africa and the Texas/U.S. Select team will also participate in the competition.

Baseball sends pair to play for USA

Tech baseball is once again sending players to the USA Baseball National Team.

Third baseman Wes Hodges and utility player Matt Wieters have been named to the roster for this year's team.

Tech has sent 17 players to the national team since 1984-the second-greatest number of selections for any program in the country behind Stanford, which has produced 24 players for the team.

Stanford had placed a member on the team each year since 1986 until this summer, which will be their first in 18 years without a representative.

Watch lists include Tech football trio

Running back P.J. Daniels has been named to the 2005 watch list for the Maxwell Award for Collegiate Player of the Year.

Defensive end Eric Henderson and linebacker Gerris Wilkinson have been named to the watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award for the Defensiver Player of the Year in college football.