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Oct. 2, 2008
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Volleyball players take home wins and awards, dominating court ICHARDSON, Texas-- Kristen Wilson and Meaghan Wedberg picked up Lone tar Conference player of the week honors Monday after leading Central Oklahoma to three wins last week. Wilson was named Offensive Player of the Week and Wedberg took Setter of the Week accolades as the Bronchos went 3-0, winning the Newman and then sweeping the East Central and Southeastern Oklahoma in league home matches. Wilson collected 47 kills and 22 \ digs in the three matches, hitting \ a solid .278. She had 12 kills in a three-set rout of Newman, 14 in a three set sweep of UCO's fiveset win over SOSU. Wedberg totaled 115 assists for the week, dishing out 34 against Newman, 30 against ECU and 51 in the come-from-behind win over SOSU. The junior standout added 19 kills in the three matches, getting seven apiece against Newman and the Savage Storm.
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Ryan Gallimore
UPCOMING: UCO will be joining Washburn University (Topka, Kan.) who will host the 10-team Lady Blues Fall Classic Oct. 3 and Oct. 4 that will feature some of the top teams in the nation. Along with the national semifinalist Lady Blues, the event will feature four other teams that went to the NCAA tournament last year.
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Former UCO student killed in Texas Ashok Bhattarai was a hardworking student and will be rememebered fondly by his friends and colleagues By Abha Eli Phoboo Senior Reporter
Ashok Bhattarai, 21, a former UCO student, was shot in a robbery on Sept. 28 in a Missouri City, Texas convenience store where he worked. The police reported that Bhattarai was shot and found dead next to the cash register at about 10:10 p.m. at the First Stop Food Store on Cartwright Road. Missouri City Police obtained a surveillance video from the store, and it showed a man dressed in all black, with a red bandana covering the lower portion of his face, enter the store and shoot Bhattarai with a rifle.
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The suspect walked away with about $5,000, which he had removed from the store's safe. According to an Oct. 1 article from KPRC Houston, a second employee was working near the store's cooler at the time of the robbery and said he heard nothing. According to the article, police are seeking information from two customers, who the surveillance video showed were in the store just minutes before the robbery occurred. Bhattarai, who transferred to Houston Community College with a 4.0 GPA from UCO, was a hard working student and is remembered fondly by his friends and colleagues. According the KPRC Houston
article, friends and community members held a candlelight vigil to honor Bhattarai outside the store on Tuesday night. Bhattarai's family was informed of his death on Monday. His parents, who live in Nepal, are unable to afford the expenses to bring their son's body home. To assist Bhattarai's family with the costs, his friends in Houston and at UCO are working to raise the required funds to send his body home. They have set up a Web site for donations. Contributions can be made at http:/ / www.nepalicommunity.com / ashok_bhattarai I.
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K.C. Asiodu
Asiodu and Gallimore named North Division players of the week RICHARDSON, Texas (Sept. 29) — Central Oklahoma's first football win of the season netted Lone Star Conference North Division player of the week recognition for K.C. Asiodu and Ryan Gallimore. Asiodu was named co-Defensive Player of the Week after spearheading a defensive effort that limited Texas A&M-Commerce to 172 total yards in UCO's 21-13 win last Saturday. The senior linebacker made 10 tackles, including three for loss, while also intercepting a pass and breaking up another. Gallimore was selected co-Offensive Player of the Week after catching three passes for 94 yards and a touchdown in the victory over the Lions. He had the two longest receptions of the season in the game, making a 44-yard TD catch to give the Bronchos a 14-6 second-quarter lead and hauling in a 49yarder to set up UCO's clinching score in the fourth period. The Bronchos, now 1-4 on the season, go to Southwest Baptist this Saturday.
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