Moos promotes

athletics directors
The Oregon Athletic Department has promoted associate athletics directors Renee Baumgartner and Dave Heeke to the positions of senior associate athletics directors as part of the refinement within the University’s department of intercollegiate of athletics administrative staff, Athletic Director Bill Moos announced Saturday.
The moves, initiated because of the retirement of Sandy Walton as the department’s senior associate athletics director for the past 10 years, are designed to improve the department’s efficiency.
Heeke, who is in his 14th year of involvement with intercollegiate athletics at Oregon, will continue managing the department’s external operations, which includes the areas of marketing and promotions, sponsorships, ticketing, radio and television liaison, football and basketball scheduling, as well as media services. In addition, he remains involved with the overall fund raising efforts of the department as well as oversees the Ducks’ women’s soccer and softball programs.
Baumgartner has served as the Athletic Department’s senior women’s administrator since 1999 and will continue in that capacity in addition to retaining responsibility over women’s basketball, volleyball, men’s and women’s golf as well as men’s and women’s tennis.
Additional promotions include the elevation of Steve McBride from assistant athletics director to associate director and Tom Larson from director of finance to assistant athletics director for business and finance as the department’s chief financial officer.
McBride, who has assumed a variety of responsibilities within the Athletic Department over the past 24 years, has overseen all of the department’s recent facility improvements, including the current $90 million renovation of Autzen Stadium. Larson has headed the Athletic Department’s business office since 1994.
Among personnel experiencing the greatest shift in responsibilities is Mike Marlow, who has assumed the new title of assistant athletics director for development.
Additional alterations to current duties have been awarded to Herb Yamanaka as associate athletics director and special assistant to the director, and Jim Bartko as assistant athletics director for community and corporate relations.

Cho finishes 63rd

in NCAA Regional
After a promising 75 in Thursday’s opening round that left her tied for 17th, Oregon’s Kathy Cho struggled to a 79 Friday and an 83 Saturday to tie for 63rd at 21-over 237 after the final round of the NCAA West Regional, played at the par-72 Stanford Golf Course.
UCLA overcame a second round three-stroke deficit to tie for first with Pepperdine at a 19-over 883. California was six shots off the pace at 889 to place third, while Arizona was fourth at 890. Other NCAA qualifiers include fifth place Stanford (901), sixth place finishers Arizona State and Washington (904) and eighth place USC (908).
Arizona’s Lorena Ochoa shot three straight 2-under 70s to grab the individual title at 6-under 210. Katherine Hull of Pepperdine shot par Saturday and tied for second with USC’s Mikaela Parmlid at 215. Pacific-10 Conference champion Jimin Kang of Arizona State placed fourth, one stroke behind Hull and Parmlid at 216.
Individual NCAA qualifiers are New Mexico State’s Alena Sharp, who tied for fifth overall with a 2-over 218 and New Mexico’s Kristi Larson, who carded a 4-over 220.
The West Regional qualifiers will compete at the NCAA Championships May 21-24 at the Washington National Golf Club in Auburn, Wash.

— from staff and wire reports