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GOING PRO::Saint Louis University senior sweeper Kevin Kalish was selected by Kansas City as the second pick in the third round of the Major League Soccer draft. The draft was held in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Kalish spearheaded a Billiken defense that had the lowest goals against average in Conference USA at 0.87 and was second in shutouts with eight in 1998. His two points last year came from assists on a pair of game-winning goals against Marquette and California. Earlier in the postseason, Kalish was named C-USA's Defensive Player of the Year and first team All-Conference. In the preseason, he was both a Soccer America and Soccer News All-American. C-USA coaches selected him as the preseason co-player of the year and first team All-Conference.
SPOONBALL:Men's basketball head coach Charlie Spoonhour is in his seventh campaign at Saint Louis University and climbed into third on the SLU list for all-time victories, surpassing John Bennington, when Spoon notched his 119th victory by defeating Southern Miss on Wednesday, Feb. 3. Headed into the season, he was 26th among active NCAA Division I coaches (minimum 10 years) in winning percentage with a .662 mark. "Spoon" is 316-166 (.656) lifetime and 119-85 (.583) at SLU. Spoon is only the fourth SLU coach to post 100 wins, along with Eddie Hickey (211 from 1947-58), Rich Grawer (159 from 1983-92) and John Benington (118 from 1958-65).
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