Bruin digest: Jim Harrick named scout and coaching assistant for the Denver Nuggets
Former UCLA men’s basketball coach Jim Harrick was hired Monday by the Denver Nuggets as a scout and coaching assistant. Harrick resigned from the head coaching job at Georgia in March after accusations were made involving academic fraud and improper payments to players. Harrick has also coached at Pepperdine and Rhode Island. He won a national championship while at UCLA in 1995 but was fired in 1996 after lying on an expense report.
WATER POLO: UCLA junior driver Brett Ormsby has been named MPSF/Mikasa Player of the Week in men’s water polo. Ormsby tallied five goals in two weekend victories for UCLA, a 5-3 win over No. 5 UC San Diego on Sept. 26, and a 12-8 win over No. 9 UC Irvine on Sunday. Ormsby, who attended Valhalla High School, has now received the MPSF/Mikasa Player of the Week honor four times in his UCLA career. He leads the team in scoring with 19 goals, and has scored at least one goal in 40 consecutive matches, dating back to the 2001 season.
FOOTBALL: Former Bruin quarterback Cory Paus has signed with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. He will serve as the team’s third-string quarterback. Paus, who played for the Bruins from 1999-2002, is second on the Bruin career passing list with 6,877 yards.
BASKETBALL: According to the Akron Beacon Journal, the Cleveland Cavaliers are expected to sign former UCLA men’s basketball player Jelani McCoy on Thursday. McCoy, a five-year NBA veteran, averaged 10.4 points per game for the Bruins from 1996-1998.
MEN’S SOCCER: Washington sophomore midfielder Leo Totev was named the Pac-10 Men’s Soccer Player of the Week for Sept. 23-29. Totev registered two goals and an assist in the Huskies’ 3-0 upset of No. 11 South Carolina in the Husky Fever Classic on Sunday. No. 22 Washington (6-0-1) hosts UCLA on Oct. 5.
WOMEN’S SOCCER: USC freshman forward Rosa Anna Tantillo was named the Pac-10 Women’s Soccer Player of the Week for Sept. 23-29. Tantillo scored twice and assisted once as the No. 23 Trojans upset No. 13 Santa Clara 3-0 on Sept. 26.
Compiled by David Regan, Bruin Sports Senior Staff. With reports from The Associated Press.
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