Faces in the Crowd

Kristin Erb
READING, PA. > Softball
Erb, a freshman righthander at Lock Haven, pitched a two-hit shutout in a 3--0win over Slippery Rock. She is 19-0 with 144 strikeouts and an 0.16 ERA in129.1 innings. She was named Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference WestDivision pitcher of the week three times this season.

LuisaCowper
SUTTON COLDFIELD, ENGLAND > Tennis
Cowper, a senior at Armstrong Atlantic State, led the Lady Pirates to a 25-0record and a No. 1 national ranking this season, and she repeated as Peach BeltConference player of the year. She went 15-0 in singles play and is thesecond-ranked singles player in the country.

Brian Bell
DEATSVILLE, ALA. > Wheelchair Basketball
Brian, a junior at Holtville High, led his team, the Lakeshore Lakers, to a66-40 victory over the Milwaukee Wheeling Wizards in the final of the 2006National Wheelchair Basketball Association junior division nationalchampionship. He was named the tournament's MVP and the championship game'smost outstanding player.

GeorgeRhynedance
WOODBRIDGE, VA. > Gymnastics
Rhynedance, a junior at West Point, scored 9.35 to win the individual title onthe high bar at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships. Healso became half of the Black Knights' first father-son duo to have won anEastern title. In 1980 George Sr. was Army's first champion in the floorexercise.

EmilyVitrano
COCKEYSVILLE, MD. > Lacrosse
Vitrano, a junior midfielder at The College of William & Mary, scored threegoals in the Tribe's 16-12 win over George Mason and followed that with acareer-high six goals and three assists in a 12-6 victory over James Madison.She was named Colonial Athletic Association women's player of the week.

DavisBentley
MILL VALLEY, CALIF. > Cycling
Davis, 13, an eighth-grader at Mill Valley Middle School, won the 19-milecross-country mountain bike event in the junior beginner 14-and-under divisionat the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, Calif. He had a division-best time of1:41:07, and he plans to compete at the USA Cycling nationals this summer.

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