SPORTS BRIEF: THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1999

Fran Dunphy and Michael Jordan garner District 3 honors Dunphy was named National Association Basketball Coaches/Chevy Silverado Division I District 3 Coach of the Year, while Jordan made the District 3 First Team. This marks the fourth time that Dunphy has been named NABC District 3 Coach of the Year in his ten seasons at Penn. He also won the award in 1993, 1994 and 1995. Dunphy led the Quakers to a 21-6 record and an Ivy League championship this year -- earning Penn its first NCAA tournament bid since 1995. Princeton's Bill Carmody won the District 3 Coach of the Year award in 1998 after leading the Tigers to a 27-2 record and a first-round victory in the NCAA tournament. Jordan led the Quakers in scoring average (15.3 points per game), points (413), assists (125) and steals (32) last season. He is now among Penn's all-time leaders in two categories. The junior guard is 20th in scoring with 1,140 points and fifth in assists with 328. Jordan joins Temple's Lamont Barnes, Pittsburgh's Vonteego Cummings, Penn State's Calvin Booth and Delaware's Mike Pegues on the District 3 First Team. The Philadelphia native was also named the Quakers' Most Valuable Player for the third consecutive year and has twice made First Team All-Ivy and All-Big 5 honors. But this is the first time Jordan has been recognized by the NABC. "It just shows that all the hard work I've done has really paid off," Jordan said. "And it gives us recognition as a team. It shows that people know Penn has a strong team." The NABC divides the nation into 15 districts for its annual awards. District 3 spans the mid-atlantic region, including Temple and Villanova. -- Jason Bodnar