Vaughn, Esquer earn honors

Cal sophomore Andrew Vaughn, who led the Pac-12 in batting, was named the conference baseball player of the year and four other Cal players were named all-conference.

Vaughn, whohit .402with 23 home runs and 63 RBIs, is joined by teammates Jonah Davis and Tanner Dodson on the all-conference team. Tyrus Greene and Aaron Shortridge received honorable mention. Vaughn is also a semifinalist for both the Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy on the national level.

Vaughn was also a first-team-Baseball America All-America selection, and Dodson earned second-team-honors.

• Stanford sophomore relief pitcher Jack Little was named first-team All-America by Baseball America. Stanford coach David Esquer earned coach of the year for the Pac-12 champions (44-10), and nine players were named all-conference. The all-conference players are Little, junior pitchers Tristan Beck and Kris Bubic, junior shortstop Nico Hoerner, sophomore infielder Andrew Daschbach and freshman infielder Tim Tawa. Stanford added three honorable mentions – senior infielder Beau Branton, sophomore outfielder Kyle Stowers and freshman right-handed pitcher Brendan Beck.

Golf

MATSUYAMA FINISHES STRONG » Hideki Matsuyama capped a furious finish at the Memorial by holing out from 130 yards for an eagle that sent him to a 7-under 65 and a share of the lead with Joaquin Niemann and Abraham Ancer at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.

Matsuyama, who won the Memorial in 2014, was in the middle of the pack until he made four straight birdies starting on the 13th hole, and then made his eagle on the 17th hole. Beau Hossler, who keeps showing up on leader boards in his rookie season, had a 66. The group at 67 included Lucas Glover, while Jason Day was among those at 68. WIE THREE BACK AT WOMEN’S OPEN » Ariya Jutanugarn, Sarah Jane Smith and Jeongeun6 Lee each shot a 5-under 67 to share the first-round lead at the U.S. Women’s Open, where Shoal Creek held up better than some feared after heavy rains in recent days in Birmingham, Ala. Michelle Wie, the 2014 winner, Danielle Kang, Ji-Hyun Kim and amateur Linn Grant were 3 under. Amateurs Lucy Li of Redwood City and Albane Valenzuela of Stanford were even par.

Soccer

Z ID A NE GOES OUT ON TOP» At least as a coach, Zinedine Zidane is going out on top. After ending his playing career by headbutting an opponent in the 2006 World Cup final, Zidane is closing out his stint with Real Madrid with the fresh image of him lifting the Champions League trophy. Zidane made the surprise announcement that he was leaving Madrid on Thursday, less than a week after leading the team to its third straight Champions League title. ML S COMMISSIONER PART OF NEW HALL OF FAME CLASS » Don Garber is finally becoming a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Major League Soccer’s commissioner was originally elected in 2016 but put off induction so he could be enshrined in an MLS stadium. The ceremony is set for Oct. 20 at the new Hall of Fame at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.

Garber was the first of five new inductees announced. He was joined during the day by former U.S. goalkeeper Brad Fried el, forward Tiffeny Mil brett and midfielder Cindy Par low Cone, as well as former U.S. Soccer president Bob Contiguglia. NE Y MAR NOT TRAINING WITH BRAZIL» After saying last week that he was not 100 percent healthy, Neymar was left out of Brazil’s main team at its World Cup training camp. But he predicted that he would be better for the tour- nament in Russia, which begins on June 14. PERU CAPTAIN ALLOWED TO PLAY DESPITE DRUG BAN » In a career- defining legal victory ahead of the World Cup, Peru captain Paolo Guerrero was cleared to play at the tournament in Russia by a Swiss supreme court judge despite a doping ban. Switzerland’s supreme court granted an interim order to freeze Guerrero’s 14-month ban for a positive test for cocaine metabolites at a World Cup qualifying game. The judge, Christina Kiss, took into account that, at 34, Guerrero should not miss his first opportunity to play at the World Cup.

Track and field

BOLT WON’T GET MEDAL BACK » Usain Bolt won’t be getting back his ninth Olympic gold medal. A Court of Arbitration for Sport judging panel dismissed Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter’s appeal against disqualification from the 2008 Beijing Olympics for a positive doping test discovered eight years later. Carter ran the opening leg in the 4x100-meter relay when Bolt took the baton third and helped Jamaica win in a world record of 37.10 seconds.

In fresh analysis of Beijing samples by the International Olympic Committee in 2016, Carter tested positive for the stimulant methylhexaneamine. Jamaica was disqualified and stripped of the relay title.

College basketball

SETON HALL GETS TRANSFER » Seton Hall is getting a shot-blocking center for its basketball team. Coach Kevin Willard announced that Ike Obiagu will transfer from Florida and continue his education and basketball career with the Pirates. The 7-footer must sit out the 2018-19 season and then will have three years of eligibility. Obiagu appeared in 34 of 35 games and made 14 starts for Florida State as a freshman. He averaged 2.3 points, 2.6 rebounds and a teambest 2.1 blocks.