BASEBALL

Killian gets start for Team USA

Arkansas right-hander Trey Killian will start for Team USA tonight in the fifth game of its Red, White and Blue Tour of games on the East Coast.

Killian, a 6-2 junior from Mountain Home, will take the mound against the Wilson Tobs, of the Coast Plains League, in Wilson, N.C.

"My mentality is just to go out there and do what I have done all year," Killian said in a University of Arkansas release. "I can't really worry about if I make the team or not, I've just got to do my best every time out, and hopefully it's enough for the guys selecting the team."

Arkansas Coach Dave Van Horn is the head coach of the collegiate national team, and his assistants are Texas A&M's Rob Childress, New Mexico's Ray Birmingham and Pepperdine's Steve Rodriguez.

Killian had a 2.03 earned run average and 4-9 record in 94 innings for the Razorbacks.

Team USA took a 3-0 record into Tuesday's night game in Fayetteville, N.C. They have outscored their opponents 28-12.

The national team roster currently includes 33 players, though four of them play for Vanderbilt and Virginia, who reached the College World Series final this week in Omaha, Neb. The roster is scheduled to be trimmed to 24 players on Sunday.

TRACK AND FIELD

Nelvis named award semifinalist

Arkansas State's Sharika Nelvis was named one of 10 semifinalists for the women's Bowerman Trophy as the nation's top female collegiate track and field athlete Tuesday.

Nelvis, the outdoor national 100-meter hurdles champion and indoor national 60-meter hurdles champion, is the first athlete from the Sun Belt Conference, regardless of gender, to be named a semifinalist for the award.

Three individuals from the 10 women's semifinalists will be announced on July 10. Voting to determine the award recipient, which includes an online fan vote, begins July 28. The winner will be announced December 17 at the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Convention.

MISCELLANEOUS

Arkansas announces Hall of Honor class

Golfer Stacy Lewis, football safety Kenoy Kennedy and basketball guard Pat Bradley headline the UA Sports Hall of Honor class announced Tuesday in Fayetteville.

Former men's tennis coach Robert Cox, offensive lineman Freddie Childress, two-time Olympian Graham Hood, Hot Springs native Shameka Christon, tight end Pat Morrison and quarterback Louis Ramsay round out the class. They'll be inducted during the Hall of Honor weekend, Sept. 5-6, which includes a golf tournament at Fayetteville Country Club and an induction banquet in Springdale. Inductees will also be recognized during halftime of Arkansas' football home opener against Nicholls State.

MOTOR SPORTS

Results to run Thursday

The local motor sports results that normally run in Wednesday editions will run in Thursday’s editions instead because of space considerations.

Sports on 06/25/2014