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Wild About AZ Cats
Note, from what little i know, this is a troubled kid, but HOSTILE might be able to fill us in on him if worthwhile next year in the draft if need be;
http://tucsoncitizen.com/wildabouta...on-one-of-the-most-noteworthy-in-uas-history/
Roundball Recruiting Roundup & the Rest
by Javier Morales on Jun.23, 2010, under Sports
Dean’s suspension one of the most noteworthy in UA’s history
Delashaun Dean is one of many UA athletes over the years who encountered trouble off the field that resulted in discipline or dismissal from a team (Photo by US Presswire/Mark J. Rebilas)
Arizona has a long history of suspended players in various sports — which school does not? — but few carry the weight of what happened to senior receiver Delashaun Dean over the weekend.
Dean, 21, reportedly was arrested Saturday by Tucson police and charged with one count of misconduct involving a weapon. He is scheduled to appear in a Tucson court next week. UA football coach Mike Stoops suspended Dean indefinitely from the team — the official word from the school to this point, although some outlets have reported that Dean was kicked off the team.
WildcatSportsReport.com is reporting that Dean is looking to transfer to a Division II program, possibly West Texas A&M or Abilene Christian, so he does not have to sit out a year.
Arizona has a solid group of receivers, led now by junior Juron Criner, but Dean’s absence will still be felt. Dean had 22 career starts; Criner has eight. The man behind Dean on the depth chart — senior Travis Cobb — has no career starts and he caught only one pass for 15 yards last season.
Sophomore Terrence Miller, and juniors Dave Roberts, David Douglas and William “Bug” Wright are also capable receivers. They combined for 99 receptions last year (led by Roberts’ 43).
If healthy and consistent, Dean could have played himself into an all-conference selection this season. He has the height, size and athleticism at 6-4 and 210 that NFL scouts like. He caught 42 passes for 396 yards in the UA’s balanced receiving attack last year. He was not necessarily a big-play receiver — his longest gain last year was 30 yards — but as a senior he could have filled that role.
Is the loss of Dean the biggest long-term suspension or dismissal in Arizona history involving the law?
The worst series of offenses by far involved the UA football team in 1989. Eight players were disciplined or dismissed that season for transgressions off the field. How much was Arizona affected by these supposedly unsettling events? The Cats still finished 8-4 — including four wins vs. Top 25 teams — and advanced to the Copper Bowl, their first bowl under third-year coach Dick Tomey.
Here are some notable off-the-field incidents overall that jog the memory:
•Highly-regarded nose tackle Paul Glonek, a transfer from Iowa, was suspended indefinitely by Tomey on Aug. 15, 1989, after the school learned Glonek was charged with assault in Iowa City, Iowa. Glonek, who committed to Notre Dame out of high school but did not qualify academically, was charged with punching an Iowa student in the face following an argument earlier that summer. Glonek missed the entire 1989 season but was reinstated the following year and completed his career with the Wildcats.
Former UA coach Dick Tomey, shown here coaching San Jose State, had to weather a tumultuous 1989 season in which eight players were disciplined or dismissed from the team (Photo by US Presswire/Phil Carter)
•Melvin Smith, a senior receiver, was suspended for the remainder of the 1989 season, effectively ending his career, after he shot four rounds at a crowd outside a roller-skating rink just a few hours after helping the Wildcats upset No. 11 Washington on Sept. 23, 1989. He caught three passes for 93 yards, including a 43-yard touchdown pass, in the UA’s 20-17 win over the Huskies.
•Freshman running back Devon Robinson was arrested the same week as the Melvin Smith incident for allegedly kidnapping, assaulting, threatening and intimidating a girlfriend on campus. Tomey told reporters, “Obviously, it looks like a trend (of anti-social behavior within his team), but I still refuse to believe that it is.” Robinson, a stud recruit out of Phoenix South Mountain, never lettered for Arizona after also having academic issues.
•Long before the 1989 season started — March of that year — four freshman football players were arrested in connection with a series of campus assaults. The players — offensive lineman Michael Bundy, defensive back Samuel Edwards, quarterback Sean Hutson, and walk-on wide receiver Jeffrey King — were arrested March 9, 1989, and were charged with misdemeanor assaults. The players were accused of 10 random attacks on campus over two hours. Eleven people were beaten in the attacks. Police said several were treated at local hospitals for injuries, including one with a broken nose. The scholarship players were suspended from the school for two years by the university’s dean of students. Only Bundy returned, and he lettered only in 1991. Hutson was the most promising of the group. He transferred to Utah.
•UA football players Mikal Smith, a starting safety, and Leland Gayles, a reserve cornerback, were suspended indefinitely after their June 1997 arrest for fraud. They pleaded guilty to stealing reportedly 60 textbooks from an athletic department bin and reselling them. They paid $3,000 in restitution. After having to sit out the 1997 season, Gayles returned in 1998 for his last two years with the Cats. Smith left the program and enlisted in the Marines.
•Senior cornerback Derrick Stewart, a projected starter, was suspended from the team in 1995 after being indicted on a charge of aggravated assault using a deadly weapon and on a charge of causing serious injury – both felony counts — involving a fight with a Davis-Monthan Air Force Base airman. The airman suffered a broken jaw. Three other players — tailback Gary Taylor, strong safety Brandon Sanders, and free safety Shawn Parnell — were cited for assault and disorderly conduct but were not suspended from the team. Stewart was ultimately sentenced to two years’ probation. The charge originally was filed as a felony, but a Pima County judge designated it a misdemeanor at the sentencing.
•Sterling Lewis, a linebacker from Copperas Cove, Texas, was suspended for the Las Vegas Bowl in 2008 after being arrested the week before the game on an extreme DUI charge. Lewis was stopped at about 2 a.m. after officers saw him driving on the wrong side of the road on Tucson’s east side. Lewis was issued a misdemeanor citation on charges of DUI, DUI above .08, extreme DUI and driving the wrong way on a divided highway and released at the scene. Lewis returned for his senior season last year and registered 38 tackles, including four for lost yardage and two sacks.
•Isaiah Fox, a junior center for the Cats’ basketball team in 2004, served a very moderate two-game suspension — both exhibition games — that year after he admitted to shoplifting $2.58 worth of snack food at a campus convenience store. Fox performed 15 hours of community service, paid a $90 fine and took a class in civic responsibility as his legal punishment.
•Arizona guard Hassan Adams was suspended in 2006 by former coach Lu
te Olson for the Pac-10 tournament after the senior was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. The Wildcats managed to beat Stanford but lost in the semifinals to UCLA. Adams rejoined the team for the NCAA tournament.
This blog does not even touch on critical team-induced disciplinary actions, such as All-American Carrie Dolan’s dismissal from the 1997 Arizona softball team before the Women’s College World Series (that forced Nancy Evans to pitch every game), or Chris Rodgers’ well-publicized suspension in the 2005-06 basketball season, to name only a couple.
One former hoops player, Rolf Jacobs, was kicked off the team by Olson on Nov. 15, 1986, for two separate elbowing incidents during practice.
Disciplinary actions stem from all types of transgressions, with every single major college program in America. The turmoil of 1989 aside, these incidents are few and far between at Arizona. The microscope is now on Dean (with the hope he gets back on track personally), while the focus for Stoops should be on the returning players.
If Tomey could weather 1989, quite impressively, Stoops can keep things straight and narrow with only one bump on the road at this point.
Anthony Gimino contributed to this report
elashaun Dean, Dick Tomey, Hassan Adams, Lute Olson, Mike Stoops, Sterling Lewis
Note, from what little i know, this is a troubled kid, but HOSTILE might be able to fill us in on him if worthwhile next year in the draft if need be;
http://tucsoncitizen.com/wildabouta...on-one-of-the-most-noteworthy-in-uas-history/
Roundball Recruiting Roundup & the Rest
by Javier Morales on Jun.23, 2010, under Sports
Dean’s suspension one of the most noteworthy in UA’s history
Delashaun Dean is one of many UA athletes over the years who encountered trouble off the field that resulted in discipline or dismissal from a team (Photo by US Presswire/Mark J. Rebilas)
Arizona has a long history of suspended players in various sports — which school does not? — but few carry the weight of what happened to senior receiver Delashaun Dean over the weekend.
Dean, 21, reportedly was arrested Saturday by Tucson police and charged with one count of misconduct involving a weapon. He is scheduled to appear in a Tucson court next week. UA football coach Mike Stoops suspended Dean indefinitely from the team — the official word from the school to this point, although some outlets have reported that Dean was kicked off the team.
WildcatSportsReport.com is reporting that Dean is looking to transfer to a Division II program, possibly West Texas A&M or Abilene Christian, so he does not have to sit out a year.
Arizona has a solid group of receivers, led now by junior Juron Criner, but Dean’s absence will still be felt. Dean had 22 career starts; Criner has eight. The man behind Dean on the depth chart — senior Travis Cobb — has no career starts and he caught only one pass for 15 yards last season.
Sophomore Terrence Miller, and juniors Dave Roberts, David Douglas and William “Bug” Wright are also capable receivers. They combined for 99 receptions last year (led by Roberts’ 43).
If healthy and consistent, Dean could have played himself into an all-conference selection this season. He has the height, size and athleticism at 6-4 and 210 that NFL scouts like. He caught 42 passes for 396 yards in the UA’s balanced receiving attack last year. He was not necessarily a big-play receiver — his longest gain last year was 30 yards — but as a senior he could have filled that role.
Is the loss of Dean the biggest long-term suspension or dismissal in Arizona history involving the law?
The worst series of offenses by far involved the UA football team in 1989. Eight players were disciplined or dismissed that season for transgressions off the field. How much was Arizona affected by these supposedly unsettling events? The Cats still finished 8-4 — including four wins vs. Top 25 teams — and advanced to the Copper Bowl, their first bowl under third-year coach Dick Tomey.
Here are some notable off-the-field incidents overall that jog the memory:
•Highly-regarded nose tackle Paul Glonek, a transfer from Iowa, was suspended indefinitely by Tomey on Aug. 15, 1989, after the school learned Glonek was charged with assault in Iowa City, Iowa. Glonek, who committed to Notre Dame out of high school but did not qualify academically, was charged with punching an Iowa student in the face following an argument earlier that summer. Glonek missed the entire 1989 season but was reinstated the following year and completed his career with the Wildcats.
Former UA coach Dick Tomey, shown here coaching San Jose State, had to weather a tumultuous 1989 season in which eight players were disciplined or dismissed from the team (Photo by US Presswire/Phil Carter)
•Melvin Smith, a senior receiver, was suspended for the remainder of the 1989 season, effectively ending his career, after he shot four rounds at a crowd outside a roller-skating rink just a few hours after helping the Wildcats upset No. 11 Washington on Sept. 23, 1989. He caught three passes for 93 yards, including a 43-yard touchdown pass, in the UA’s 20-17 win over the Huskies.
•Freshman running back Devon Robinson was arrested the same week as the Melvin Smith incident for allegedly kidnapping, assaulting, threatening and intimidating a girlfriend on campus. Tomey told reporters, “Obviously, it looks like a trend (of anti-social behavior within his team), but I still refuse to believe that it is.” Robinson, a stud recruit out of Phoenix South Mountain, never lettered for Arizona after also having academic issues.
•Long before the 1989 season started — March of that year — four freshman football players were arrested in connection with a series of campus assaults. The players — offensive lineman Michael Bundy, defensive back Samuel Edwards, quarterback Sean Hutson, and walk-on wide receiver Jeffrey King — were arrested March 9, 1989, and were charged with misdemeanor assaults. The players were accused of 10 random attacks on campus over two hours. Eleven people were beaten in the attacks. Police said several were treated at local hospitals for injuries, including one with a broken nose. The scholarship players were suspended from the school for two years by the university’s dean of students. Only Bundy returned, and he lettered only in 1991. Hutson was the most promising of the group. He transferred to Utah.
•UA football players Mikal Smith, a starting safety, and Leland Gayles, a reserve cornerback, were suspended indefinitely after their June 1997 arrest for fraud. They pleaded guilty to stealing reportedly 60 textbooks from an athletic department bin and reselling them. They paid $3,000 in restitution. After having to sit out the 1997 season, Gayles returned in 1998 for his last two years with the Cats. Smith left the program and enlisted in the Marines.
•Senior cornerback Derrick Stewart, a projected starter, was suspended from the team in 1995 after being indicted on a charge of aggravated assault using a deadly weapon and on a charge of causing serious injury – both felony counts — involving a fight with a Davis-Monthan Air Force Base airman. The airman suffered a broken jaw. Three other players — tailback Gary Taylor, strong safety Brandon Sanders, and free safety Shawn Parnell — were cited for assault and disorderly conduct but were not suspended from the team. Stewart was ultimately sentenced to two years’ probation. The charge originally was filed as a felony, but a Pima County judge designated it a misdemeanor at the sentencing.
•Sterling Lewis, a linebacker from Copperas Cove, Texas, was suspended for the Las Vegas Bowl in 2008 after being arrested the week before the game on an extreme DUI charge. Lewis was stopped at about 2 a.m. after officers saw him driving on the wrong side of the road on Tucson’s east side. Lewis was issued a misdemeanor citation on charges of DUI, DUI above .08, extreme DUI and driving the wrong way on a divided highway and released at the scene. Lewis returned for his senior season last year and registered 38 tackles, including four for lost yardage and two sacks.
•Isaiah Fox, a junior center for the Cats’ basketball team in 2004, served a very moderate two-game suspension — both exhibition games — that year after he admitted to shoplifting $2.58 worth of snack food at a campus convenience store. Fox performed 15 hours of community service, paid a $90 fine and took a class in civic responsibility as his legal punishment.
•Arizona guard Hassan Adams was suspended in 2006 by former coach Lu
te Olson for the Pac-10 tournament after the senior was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. The Wildcats managed to beat Stanford but lost in the semifinals to UCLA. Adams rejoined the team for the NCAA tournament.
This blog does not even touch on critical team-induced disciplinary actions, such as All-American Carrie Dolan’s dismissal from the 1997 Arizona softball team before the Women’s College World Series (that forced Nancy Evans to pitch every game), or Chris Rodgers’ well-publicized suspension in the 2005-06 basketball season, to name only a couple.
One former hoops player, Rolf Jacobs, was kicked off the team by Olson on Nov. 15, 1986, for two separate elbowing incidents during practice.
Disciplinary actions stem from all types of transgressions, with every single major college program in America. The turmoil of 1989 aside, these incidents are few and far between at Arizona. The microscope is now on Dean (with the hope he gets back on track personally), while the focus for Stoops should be on the returning players.
If Tomey could weather 1989, quite impressively, Stoops can keep things straight and narrow with only one bump on the road at this point.
Anthony Gimino contributed to this report
elashaun Dean, Dick Tomey, Hassan Adams, Lute Olson, Mike Stoops, Sterling Lewis
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