Oct. 4, 2004
PORTLAND, Ore. - Kevin Beavers (Men's Golf) and Christine Sinclair (Women's Soccer) have been named University of Portland Male and Female Athletes of the Month for September.
Beavers finished in second-place of the Vandals Classic after firing the second best 54-hole individual score in Pilot history at 5-under 205 (68-68-69). He finished without a bogey for the tournament and led UP to a new 54-hole tournament record score of 845, good for second place behind tourney host Idaho. At the Northwest Collegiate Classic in early September, Beavers finished second among Pilot golfers at 5-over 221 (69-77-75) and tied for 41st among the 11-team field. He has a team best scoring average of 71.0 and low rounds of 68 in the first and second rounds at the Vandal Fall Classic.
Sinclair leads the WCC in September with 28 points, 11 goals, 6 assists and 6 game-winning goals. She is a two-time WCC Player of the Week (9-6, 9-27), and two-time Soccer America Team of the Week selection (9-8, 9-28). Sinclair was the Nike Portland Invitational Most Outstanding Offensive Player after tallying three goals in wins over Weber State and UAB. She also made the UConn Adidas Classic all-tournament team after notching two goals and two assists in wins over UConn and Harvard. She had four multi-goal games for the month, and five game-winners in a six-game span. The Burnaby, B.C. native also had a six-game goal scoring streak and seven-game point streak during the month. She recently moved into third-place on Portland's career scoring list, with 137 points and eclipsed the 50 career-goals plateau with a strike in UP's season-opening, 2-1 win vs. Ohio State. Currently, Sinclair is number 3 on the UP goals scored charts with 60.
MALE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH
KEVIN BEAVERS, junior, men's GOLF
BATTLE GROUND, WASH./BATTLE GROUND HS
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2002-03: Counted five of nine rounds played ... shot a career-best 73 at the Nevada Classic ... 54-hole best 224 (76-75-73) at the Nevada Classic, good for 49th place.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters for coach David Bennett ... two-time first-team all-Greater St. Helens League ... team MVP as a senior, and twice was named team's Mr. Consistent ... led team to 2001 District championship ... career low round of 62 ... member of the 2001 Americas Junior Cup and Hogan Cup teams ... 2001 Scholastic Athlete award.
PERSONAL: Born Feb. 14, 1984 in Portland, Ore. ... parents are Dan and Debbie Beavers ... major is mechanical engineering with a math minor.
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH
Christine Sinclair, rs-junior, women's soccer
Burnaby, british columbia/bueno hs
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2003: Sat out collegiate season to participate in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2002: Soccer America and Soccer Buzz Player of the Year ... Honda Award winner for top women's collegiate soccer player ... Honda-Broderick Cup nominee for collegiate women's Athlete of the Year ... MAC-Hermann Finalist ... Bill Hayward Amateur Athlete of the Year (Oregon's top amateur athlete) ... NSCAA, Soccer America and Soccer Buzz first team All-American ... NSCAA and Soccer Buzz all-West Region first team ... West Coast Conference Player of the Year ... all-WCC first team ... WCC all-Academic list ... CoSIDA/Verizon Academic all-District 8 first team ... 2002 College Cup offensive MVP ... College Cup all-Tournament team ... NCAA Playoff tournament record with 10 goals in six tournament games ... 21 points in 2002 NCAA Playoffs broke previous record of 16 held by Mia Hamm in 1993 ... led nation in goals with 26, fifth in goals per game at 1.24.
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2001: NSCAA, Soccer America and Soccer Buzz first team all-American ... Soccer America Freshman of the Year ... West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year ... NSCAA and Soccer Buzz first team all-West Region ... top scoring freshman in the country, finishing fifth overall with 23 goals and eight assists (54 points) ... 23 goals rank tied for fourth on Portland season list ... 54 points are sixth on season list ... eight game-winners tied for second all-time.
PERSONAL: Born June 12, 1983 in Burnaby, B.C. ... parents are Bill and Sandra Sinclair ... major in Life Science ... B.C. Soccer Junior Athlete of the Year award in 1999 and 2000 ... placed ninth in voting for Canada's Female Athlete of the Year (2000) ... voted one of the top 25 most influential people in Canadian sports by Globe and Mail (2002).