The University of West Florida announced today that it has hired Andrew Hancock to be the Argonauts’ first women’s swimming and diving coach. UWF will compete in the sport beginning in fall 2013.

Hancock earned 10 Horizon League championships, including six individual titles, as a swimmer for Cleveland State University and was the league’s Swimmer of the Year in 2002. He was the first Viking swimmer to break the four-minute mark in the 400-yard individual medley and was on four 800-yard freestyle relay conference championship teams. He has been an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams at Cleveland State since 2007. CollegeSwimming.com in 2011 identified Hancock one of the top assistant coaches in the nation as a finalist for the Assistant Coach of the Year Award.

"Andrew has been identified as one of the top assistant coaches in the country," said UWF athletic director Dave Scott. "We believe with his experience and passion for the sport he will be able to build a competitive swimming and diving program at UWF. As a former college swimmer, he brings another perspective to assist in developing our student-athletes."

Hancock said he was excited about the opportunity to build the Argonauts’ swimming and diving program.

"Argonaut athletics is moving forward, and I can really identify with the ambition of the athletic department and the university as a whole,” he said. “The facility here is outstanding, and will make the perfect home for a strong women's swimming and diving team. It won't be easy, but I feel that UWF has the potential to be recognized in swimming at the regional and national level, hopefully sooner rather than later."

Hancock graduated from CSU in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in finance. He is married to former Viking swimmer Rebecca Guerra, and they have one son, Oliver.

For information on all UWF athletics, visit www.GoArgos.com.

BASEBALL

Geyer commits to Mississippi State

Avery Geyer, who will be a senior at Pensacola Catholic High School this year, has committed to play baseball for Mississippi State University. He had a 9-1 record and a 1.45 earned-run average as a junior for the Crusaders, who won the Florida Class 4A state championship earlier this year.

YMCA Baseball Camp

The Fort Walton Family YMCA is hosting a baseball camp for boys and girls ages 5-12 from 9:30-11 a.m. Aug. 6-10. The camp will be run by the YMCA sports staff, which brings more than 30 years of baseball coaching and officiating experience to the camp. The cost is $35 for Y members and $50 for nonmembers. For more information, call 863-9622.

BASKETBALL

UWF Recruiting Camp

University of West Florida women’s basketball coach Stephanie Lawrence Yelton will host a recruiting camp from noon-6 p.m. Aug. 11 for high-school-age girls who hope to play college basketball. Cost is $35 per player and, besides instruction from Yelton, who won a national championship while playing at North Carolina, campers will receive a t-shirt, recruiting guide notebook, campus tour and snack. To register or for more information, email assistant coach Jessie Ivey at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

FOOTBALL

YMCA Flag Football Camp

The Fort Walton Family YMCA is hosting a Flag Football Camp for boys and girls, ages 5-12, from 9:30-11 a.m. Aug. 13-17. The cost of the camp is $35 for Y members and $50 for non-members. For more information, call 863-9622.

SOCCER

Indoor soccer

Registration is open for boys and girls in kindergarten through fifth grade for youth indoor soccer at the Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church Soundside Campus. Cost is $55 per child. Practices are for one hour per week, either on Tuesdays or Thursdays and games will begin Sept. 8. Registration forms are available at the front desk. For more information, call Vic Ayala at 916-166 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it "> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

PENSACOLA – The Gulf Coast Texans won the Women’s Premier Soccer League championship with a 4-0 defeat of Aztec MA on Sunday at Ashton Brosnaham Park.

The Texans, comprised primarily of college players from the Florida Panhandle and south Alabama, finished its second WPSL season 10-0, outscoring opponents 42-4.

The GC Texans, formerly known as Pensacola Futbol Club, are affiliated with the Dallas Texans Soccer Club. More than 60 teams in five conferences comprise the Women’s Premier Soccer League, the world’s largest women’s soccer league.

Cody Haden and Jennifer Radeckek easily won the men’s and women’s titles Saturday at the first Boo’s 5K Run/Walk and Fun Run at Navarre Beach.

Haden, 19, a Navarre High School graduate, finished the 5-kilometer out-and-back course on Gulf Boulevard in 16 minutes, 16 seconds, which was 32 seconds faster than runner-up Christopher Akin, 17, of Model High School in Rome, Ga. Haden will be a sophomore at the University of West Florida, where he runs cross country for the Argonauts, this fall.

Radeckek, 27, of New Orleans, a former Louisiana State University runner, finished eighth overall in 20:02, more than a minute of the second female finisher, Iolani Scanlan, 20, of Destin and the University of Tampa. Scanlan finished in 21:03.

The race was among several events this weekend in Navarre benefitting Camp Compass and Christ's Starfish Foundation, charities supported by professional golfer Boo Weekley of Milton. Weekley, comedian Dan "Larry the Cable Guy" Whitney and country singer Gary Allen were among the celebrities who participated in Weekley's 10th charity golf weekend, hosted for the first time by The Club at Hidden Creek in Navarre.

Navarre High harriers Tanner Wilcox and James Mullin finished fourth and fifth overall in 18:38 and 18:48, respectively.

For complete results, go online to www.active.com online.