He had 42 total tackles, including five sacks, last season.

Named after Hall of Fame defensive back Ronnie Lott, the trophy goes to the college defensive player of the year who has the biggest impact on and off the field.

Baseball

• San Diego sophomore second baseman Keoni Ruth (Kamehameha '03 of 'Aiea) hit the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the 16th inning in a 7-6 win Saturday against Pepperdine.

Ruth finished the three-game series 5 for 17, with a double, two runs and two RBIs.

• Hawai'i players at San Francisco played integral roles in a three-game sweep against Saint Mary's College last weekend.

Junior Travis McGaughy (Iolani '01) drew a bases-loaded walk with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning to force home senior second baseman Royce Fukuroku (Maui '01) with the game-winning run in an 8-7 victory Friday.

Fukuroku, who finished the day 2 for 4, reached base by hitting a one-out single.

In the ninth inning, pinch runner McGaughy tied the game after a teammate singled to left field.

Junior Patrick McGuigan (Mid-Pacific '02) picked up the win in relief to improve to 3-1.

Fukuroku batted 2 for 4 with a double, RBI and three runs in a 10-6 win Saturday.

In a 7-2 win Sunday, San Francisco senior Cy Donald (Mililani '01) sparked a six-run eighth inning with the Dons down 2-1. Donald led off the inning with a pinch-hit single, and later scored when Fukuroku was hit by a pitch to drive in the tying run. Fukuroku later scored the third run of the inning.

• Brigham Young junior designated hitter Apana Nakayama (Moloka'i '00 of Kaunakakai) drove in the tying and winning runs in the ninth inning with his third double of the game in a 13-12 win over San Diego State. The game was played in front of 2,369, the seventh-largest crowd in the four-plus-year history of Larry H. Miller Field.

Nakayama went 4 for 6 with a run.

"The crowd was awesome," Nakayama said on the school's Web site. "I just went to the plate looking for something to drive."

Strombach, who is batting .314, leads the team in hits (49), runs (32) and stolen bases (12).

Softball

• Creighton freshman outfielder Mandy Yoshizu (University High '04) scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat Indiana State, 1-0, in the second game of a doubleheader Saturday.

Yoshizu walked to lead off the inning, then scored on a bases-loaded walk.

In the first game of the double header, she had a pinch-hit RBI single in the fifth inning to score the sixth run in an 8-1 win for No. 22 Creighton.

She is batting .267 (4 for 15), playing in 14 games mainly as a pinch hitter.

Women's Golf

• Nebraska senior Merynn Ito ('Aiea '01) was named to her third consecutive Big 12 All-Academic first team, for players with a 3.20 grade point average or higher.

Ito is a news-editorial major.

• Jackson State (Miss.) sophomore Kellie Kawahara (Waiakea '03 of Hilo) finished third in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Championships to earn all-conference honors for the second straight season.

Kawahara shot 79-84—163 to help lead Jackson State to the conference title.

Track and Field

• Duke freshman Tia Ferguson (Seabury Hall '04) placed 32nd in the 5,000-meter run, in 17:28.15, at the Mt. San Antonio Relays in Walnut, Calif., last weekend.