NW Briefs | Sudden-death playoff lifts Tom Phillips to amateur win

BLAINE — Seattle's Tom Phillips of Seattle defeated Keith Crimp of Ellensburg in a sudden-death playoff to win the 44th Pacific Northwest Senior Men's Amateur, held at Loomis Trail Golf Club and Semiahmoo Golf and Country Club.

Phillips, who held a two-stroke lead heading into the final round, and Crimp, who had led after the first round, both finished at 6-over-par 222.

In the playoff, Phillips hit his drive on No. 18 right down the middle and Crimp put his tee shot in the right fairway bunker. Crimp's second shot out of the bunker hooked into the lateral water hazard on the right side of the green, allowing Phillips to still make bogey and win the championship.

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The Washington men's team picked up several Pac-10 awards, with Michael Callahan named coach of the year, Heath Allen men's athlete of the year and Blaise Didier newcomer of the year.

Notes

• Washington seniors Ashley Aratani (volleyball), Jennifer Chang (gymnastics), Andy Kuharszky (tennis) and Carl Moe (cross country/track and field) and Washington State seniors Brooke Bemis (soccer), Ekaterina Burduli (tennis), Steven Kost (baseball) and Jayson Miller (baseball) are among the 40 student-athletes who received Pac-10 postgraduate scholarships for 2007-08.

Each $3,000 award goes to a student-athlete with a minimum 3.0 grade-point average who has also demonstrated a commitment to continuing education, campus and community involvement and leadership.

• Western Washington's Keith Lemay (cross country/track and field) has been named Great Northwest Athletic Conference co-male scholar-athlete of the year. Lemay, a physical education major with a 3.69 GPA, is a six-time GNAC academic all-star.

• Mike Lee, a Skyline graduate who pitched in 2007 for Bellevue Community College, has signed a contract with the Boston Red Sox after being selected in the eighth round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft.

Blaine Hardy, a graduate of Edmonds-Woodway and a member of BCC's 2007 NWAACC championship team, signed a contract with the Kansas City Royals after being selected in the 22nd round.

Compiled from sports-information reports and other sources.