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l and 18. . .Former University of Kentucky point guard Mlke Williams, and linebacker  
i Saul Smith, son of Wildcats coach Tubby Smith, is now an Dustin Williams, were named to  
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I Golden Eagles coach Mike Sutton, a former UK assistant released by the league OffiC€_ ,
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i 49ers)   Congratulations to Dale Brown who received Dustin Williams was one of the . I   l
I his degree in May. Brown, completed his degree ten years ;;;2g;gv;?s;(§€5; ggcfglg SEC last   i i
i after the end of playing days . . . Steve Flesch won his first Bums also has bgén selected A
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l 65 put him into a playoff with Bob Estes which he Southegsfern Football Sgtnrklayg, . .   it  
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promptly ended on the first playoff hole by sinking a 35- ]L;’”””$h”’;Ne‘€’S· ggllofzh,  
foot putt for a birdie . . . John Holmes won his match to tl.1;l%%gl§/IC(;§a?agI£ th§§E5’ V k  
help the American team clinch a 32-28 victory over Team Coaches.   .
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best of the day . . . In mid-July freshman high jumper Mrke Kentucky golf Coach Brian Craig     §
Mason won the men’s high jump, collecting Canada’s first has had 3 passion fel- golf slnee      
medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships in he Was 10 Y€3T$ old and had big s e  
Grosseto, Italy. Mason, who lives in Nanoose Bay, B.C., is PPPPFPP SO far those dreams are C J  
coming true. He played golf at   l
a member of the UK track and field team . . .An0ther Ashton College and then profes- Dustin Williams  
Canadian, Sheray Thomas, played basketball with the SIOHKHY b¢f¤r¢ t¤k1¤s_th€1¤b at I
U d 21 C d. d . . t t. I ft. UK three years ago. Since then he has become one of *
n cp am mn Squa m m cmg mm compa I Km the country’s most successful coaches, leading the Uni-
this summer. versity of Kentucky to a top-10 finish at the NCAA _
Division I men’s golf championships in June. In 2003,  
Kentucky advanced to the NCAA championships for l
the first time in 15 years, finishing in 26th place. This  
. year, the squad won its first NCAA Central Regional T
championship and entered the last round of NCAA
championship play in second place, before eventually
finishing eighth.That’s the highest finish in school his-
tory. Every starter from that team returns for the 2005
season.
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