Adams, D’Alesio named to NFF Honor Society

Adams, D’Alesio named to NFF Honor Society

Former Youngstown State football student-athletes Nate Adams and Donald D’Alesio were named to the 2015 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced on Wednesday. These student-athletes have maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better throughout their college career.

D’Aleiso, a safety from Youngstown, started all 12 games and was second on the team with 91 total tackles in 2014. He played in 48 contests during his YSU career and earned his degree in fiance. Adams, a tight end from Newark played in 12 contests last year catching 12 passes for 100 yards and four touchdowns. In his career he played in 45 games for YSU catching 33 passes. He graduated from YSU in December 2013.

Peete, winner of 12 PGA Tour events, dies

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Calvin Peete, the most successful black player on the PGA Tour before the arrival of Tiger Woods, died Wednesday morning. He was 71.

The PGA Tour did not have a cause of death. Murray Brothers Funeral Home confirmed it was handling the arrangement but did not release additional information. Peete won 12 times on the PGA Tour and was the most accurate driver of his generation. He led the tour in driving accuracy every year from 1981 to 1990. Peete’s biggest year was in 1982 when he won four times. He won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average in 1984 by edging Jack Nicklaus. He won The Players Championship in 1985 and played on two Ryder Cup teams. Born July 18, 1943, in Detroit, Peete used to pick beans and corn in the fields in Florida to make money for his family. He eventually financed a station wagon from which he sold vegetables and other goods to migrants. He wasn’t interested in golf, even at the prodding of friends. Peete had spent enough time in the hot sun.

According to a 1983 profile in The New York Times, Peete became interested when he saw how much money golfers were making. He first took up the game in Rochester, N.Y., when he was 24. Within six months he was breaking 80, and a year later he was breaking par.

He is survived by his wife, Pepper, and seven children.

Vinopal named to NFF Honor Society

Former Pitt safety and team captain Ray Vinopal has been named to the Hampshire Honor Society by the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame.

Vinopal (Cardinal Mooney) earned his bachelor’s degree in business finance and supply chain management in 2014. He began work in Pitt’s Katz Graduate School of Business last fall and is pursuing an MBA. Vinopal concluded his college career by making 26 consecutive starts in the Panthers’ secondary. He compiled 68 tackles, five pass breakups, two interceptions and two forced fumbles as a senior.

For his career, Vinopal collected nearly 200 career tackles and six interceptions. Off the field, he was a four-time conference All-Academic selection.

Leamer qualifies for NJCAA championship

Sara Leamer (Lordstown) qualified in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles for Cuyahoga Community College. She had a time of 1:09.8 at the Hillsdale College Gina Relays and National Junior College Athletic Association Region XII championships. The NJCAA championship is May 14-16 in Hutchinson, Kan.

Love has surgery, sidelined 4-to-6 months

Kevin Love had surgery on his badly damaged left shoulder that could require six months of recovery, officially ending any remote chance he had of returning during Cleveland’s playoff run.

Love, whose arm was yanked from the socket on Sunday by Boston’s Kelly Olynyk during Game 4, had the operation at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Cavs general manager David Griffin said it was “highly unlikely” Love would return during the postseason.

Staff/wire reports