COLLEGE FOOTBALL Arkansas offers Rogers linebacker
Linebacker Zack Wary of Rogers received a scholarship offer from Arkansas during an in-home visit from tight ends coach Barry Lunney Jr. on Sunday but didn’t go public with the news until Tuesday night.
Wary, 6-4, 215 pounds, also has scholarship offers from Arkansas State, Air Force, Illinois State, Memphis, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Missouri State and others. Oklahoma State and Auburn are showing interest and plan to visit the school soon.
“I was very excited,” Wary said of his offer from Arkansas. “I was like, wow, this is a big deal. I thought it was pretty cool. It gives me more to think about. I guess we’ll see how things go.”
Wary plans to make an official visit to Arkansas on Dec. 13. He also has visits planned for Arkansas State on Jan. 17 and Air Force on Jan. 24 and wants to weigh his offers and interest from other schools before making a decision.
Wary, who ran the 40-yard dash in 4.45 seconds at the Arkansas’ Elite Prospect camp in July, has a 4.0 grade-point average and has scored a 33 on the ACT.
- Richard Davenport
BASKETBALL ASU’s Johnson gets conference honor
Arkansas State senior guard Melvin Johnson III was named the Sun Belt Conference’s men’s player of the week Tuesday.
Johnson scored a season-high 26 points in a 95-89 victory over Lamar on Saturday and followed that with 10 rebounds and seven points against Niagara on Monday.
He leads the Red Wolves in scoring (17.9 points per game), three-pointers made (27), three-point percentage (64.3 percent) and field goals made (41).
GOLF ASU women get signee
Emma Miller from Wales signed a national letter of intent Tuesday to play at Arkansas State next season.
Miller had a second-place finish in the Monmouthshire Girls County Championships, earned the Newport Ladies Singles Knockout Competition championship and finished sixth in the Welsh Girls Championships, which earned her a spot in the Home Internationals. During the Internationals, she won the Jane Roberts Cup, which is awarded to the player scoring the most points.
WRESTLING OBU signs Andrews
Blake Andrews of Grapevine, Texas, has signed a letter of intent with Ouachita Baptist.
Andrews, the brother of OBU wrestler Jacob Andrews, finished in second place as a junior in the Texas state tournament. He is a two-time state freestyle champion and three-time state Greco-Roman champion. Andrews has also been named a USAW Cadet Freestyle All-American.
“We are fired up to be bringing in a kid with his size, athleticism and work ethic,” OBU Coach Kevin Ward said in a release. “He is a very coachable kid who works hard and has a very competitive side to him.”
VOLLEYBALL Walker earns regional honor
Arkansas-Fort Smith outside hitter Michelle Walker was named to the Daktronics All-Region second team Tuesday.
Walker, a 5-11 junior, was one of 14 players selected from the South Central Region and one of only two players selected from the Heartland Conference. She led the Lions in five categories on the way to a 22-9 record, a regular-season conference title and a runner-up finish in the conference tournament. She was also the Heartland Conference Hitter of the Week three times.
Sports, Pages 23 on 12/04/2013