John Pont 1927-2008

Posted by DevilGrad at 2:26 PM on Jul 1, 2008

Legendary Miami player and coach John Pont died this morning in Oxford.  He was eighty. 

To younger Miamians, Pont was mostly the stuff of lore, whether for his groundbreaking play as a halfback at Miami from 1949-1951, for his stint as a Navy submariner, or for his work as a fine coach, who led Miami to a 43-22-2 mark, including a sterling 25-8-2 record on league play over seven seasons before departing for Yale.  Pont is one of only three Miami football players ever to have his jersey retired. 

On the national scene, Pont is probably best known as the miracle worker who led Indiana University to its only Rose Bowl appearance.  That feat garnered him national coach of the year honors in 1967.  It was still foremost in Terry Hoeppner’s mind when he followed Pont’s footsteps from Oxford to Bloomington, seeing possibilities where others saw only problems.  Pont also coached at Northwestern in the early 1970s.

In his later years, Pont, still unable to get football out of his blood, started a football program from scratch at the College of Mount Saint Joseph and even spent fifteen years teaching the game in Japan.  He was also a constant presence... [Read the entire story]

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Megan Mawn

Our new Hawk of the Week is freshman softball second baseman Megan Mawn.  For the week, Megan hit .470 (8-17) with five runs scored, four RBI, and two doubles as Miami went 3-3 for the week.

 

In Miami's 5-1 non-conference victory versus Wright State, Megan went 2-3 with a double, two runs scored, and one RBI.  She was involved in both run scoring rallies; in the first inning Megan hit a two-out double, scoring on a Brianna Robinson homerun.  Then, in the second inning, Megan hit a run scoring single and subsequently scored on a Robinson double.  In Miami's doubleheader sweep of Buffalo on Friday, Megan went 5-7 with three runs scored and three RBI.  She led Miami in game one with four hits and two RBI and in game two Megan drove in Miami's only run with a fourth inning double as Miami won 1-0.

 

For the season Megan is fourth on the team with a .333 batting average.  She also leads the team with 24 sacrifice hits (including a MAC-leading 13 sacrifice bunts) and is second on the team with a .411 on base percentage.

 

Miami softball is 19-21 for the season, including 9-5 in the MAC - good for third place in the MAC East.  The RedHawks have eight regular season games remaining, all conference games.  This weekend Miami hosts Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan in the final home games of the season, while they conclude the season at Northern Illinois and WMU.  Starting on May 7th, Miami will begin play at the MAC softball tournament.

 

Congratulations to Megan on her outstanding week, on her fine freshman season, and on being named our Hawk of the Week.

 

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