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CU’S ROBERSON NAMED PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Dec 17th
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – University of Colorado junior forward André Roberson has been named the Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 10-16, the conference office announced Monday afternoon.
Roberson tallied his fifth double-double of the season in Colorado’s only game of the week, a 50-43 win at Fresno State. Roberson scored a game-high 17 points and grabbed a career-best 20 rebounds. He shot 7-of-12 from the field with an additional three assists and one steal on the night.
Roberson grabbed his first PAC 12 honors for a 20-rebound night.
The San Antonio, Texas, native is the first Buff to have 20 boards in one game in more than a decade. His total is the most by a Pac-12 player this season and the most for a Pac-12 player in four years. The first road win of the season moved the Buffs to an 8-2 record, matching its best start since the 2001-02 campaign.
This is Roberson’s first career Pac-12 Player of the Week honor, and the third all-time selection for Colorado. He is the second CU player to be named conference player of the week this year.
Roberson is also looking to become the school’s first player since Shaun Vander (1989-91) to average a double-double in back-to-back seasons. Entering Friday’s home game against Northern Arizona (Dec. 21, 6:30 p.m. MT, Pac-12 Network), Roberson is averaging 12. 1 points and 12.3 rebounds per game.
The 20-rebound performance against the Bulldogs was the 17th 20-rebound performance in CU history and tied for the fourth-most in a game away from home. It’s also the first 20-rebound performance in a CU road game in almost 52 years, since Roger Voss had 27 at Missouri on Feb. 4, 1961, and most away from home since Jamahl Mosley had 20 versus Baylor in Kansas City on March 8, 2001.
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Balanced Buffs Take Care of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Nov 24th
BOULDER – Colorado had three players in double-digits and used a late run to pull away from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 75-48, in the second game of the 2012 Omni Hotels Classic at the Coors Events Center.
Colorado improves to 3-0 and will play San Diego State in Saturday’s championship game set for 7:30 p.m. San Diego State defeated Auburn 78-57 in the first game. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (0-5) will play Auburn in Saturday’s consolation game at 5 p.m.
Freshman forward Arielle Roberson scored a game-high 16 points on 6-of-14 shooting. Senior guard Chucky Jeffery nearly missed a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds. Sophomore Jasmine Sborov tied a career-best with 10 points.
““I thought for the second straight game we had great contribution from everybody on our team,” head coach Linda Lappe said. “They all did their job and they played their role. Many of them came in and gave us some great energy, whether it was to start the game, start the half, or when they came in off the bench. But I thought they did a fantastic job of really playing together.”
Seven players had at least five points as the Buffaloes hit 70 for the third straight game to open the season. The Buffaloes also had seven players with three or more rebounds and six players with multiple assists.
“It’s awesome,” Jeffery said on her team’s depth. “To have a number of players that can come off the bench and replace players on the floor without disrupting the flow is great. We know the game isn’t going to change when we sub because we have confidence in getting the ball to our post players.”
The layups in the post weren’t falling like they did in Kansas City last weekend, but the Buffaloes were able to hit the outside shot.
Sborov, making her first start of the season set the tone early for the Buffaloes. She scored all 10 of her points in the first half on 5-of-7 shooting, most on smooth looking 12-15 foot jumpers.
“Chucky [Jeffery] did a great job at drawing in the defense and I was just hitting shots off of reversals and kick-outs,” Sborov said. “We worked on that religiously in practice so I think that opened up a lot of our inside game in the second half.”
The Buffaloes built a 35-24 halftime lead by scoring 11 points off turnovers and turning in their best half from the line this year, hitting 8-of-10.
CU shot below its season average of 44 percent, making just 12 of 30 in the first 20 minutes, but Lappe lauded the team’s ability to shake off the early misses and keep hammering away down low.
“I liked how we stayed composed tonight,” Lappe said. “Our inside game wasn’t going well at the beginning, but we were getting great shots. The thing I liked about tonight is that we didn’t shy away from using our posts, our guards kept feeding the ball down there, they kept offensive rebounding, and they kept at it. When you do that, those easy shots are going to eventually fall.”
Jeffery ran a solid point game, contributing four assists and four steals, and notably just one turnover against an aggressive Islanders defense.
Colorado led by double-digits most of the game, but still only led by 10 when Trish Amboree hit three free throws with 9:28 left to make the score 53-43.
Roberson responded with five straight points and Jeffery followed with a transition layup to put CU up 60-43. The Buffaloes ran from there, ending the game on a 22-5 run.
Colorado dominated the boards, by a count of 49-23. Roberson had eight, Sborov had six.
Janae Blount led Texas A&M-Corpus Christi with 13 points and six rebounds. Ashley Darley pitched in 12.
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Director of Public Works for Utilities Ned Williams announces retirement
Jun 13th
The City of Boulder’s Director of Public Works for Utilities Ned Williams announced that he will retire as of Oct. 28, 2011. The City of Boulder will initiate a hiring process to fill this key position in the organization.
Williams joined the city organization in 1980. From 1980 to 1990, Williams worked as the coordinator of projects and as a project manager with the Transportation and Utilities divisions of the Public Works Department. He was an assistant director from 1990 to 2001 and has been the Director of Public Works for Utilities since 2001.
Prior to working for the City of Boulder, Williams was a project engineer at Shive-Hattery & Associates in Davenport, Iowa, and a design/project engineer at HNTB in Kansas City, Mo.
Williams has a bachelor’s of science degree in civil engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is a licensed professional engineer and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Public Works Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation. Williams is also a past officer in local chapters and professional societies. Williams has authored, published and presented technical papers for regional and national conferences.
”I’ve been fortunate to work with many knowledgeable and experienced members of the public and city staff during my time with the city,” said Williams. “Together, we’ve been able to develop, implement and advance several key programs that are very important to the health and safety of the community; rebuild major components of our infrastructure, secure a healthy and positive financial status in each utility, implement a conservation-focused billing system using water budgets, and achieve significant results in water conservation.”
“The city’s water, wastewater and stormwater and flood management utilities are well managed and I thank Ned for all he has done for the city,” said City Manager Jane Brautigam. “The director of Public Works for Utilities is a challenging position and we will proceed with a national hiring search. Executive Director of Public Works Maureen Rait will be working with me to hire the next director. I value inclusive hiring processes and will appreciate the involvement of key stakeholders, including the Water Resources Advisory Board and staff.”
“I’ve enjoyed working with Ned and will continue to rely on his expertise during this transition,” said Rait. “In addition to filling this key position, over the next four months, Ned and I will work with City Council, the Water Resources Advisory Board and staff on several flood studies, the consideration of a critical facilities ordinance, and a water utility master plan.”
A hiring decision involving the city’s next director of Public Works for Utilities is anticipated to be made during September.