FOOTBALL

Matthews on Remington Watch List: NEW YORK -- Texas A&M senior Kevin Matthews has been named to the 2009 Spring Watch List for the Rimington Trophy presented annually to the best center in college football. The 10-year-old trophy is named for Dave Rimington, who earned consensus All-America honors at Nebraska in 1981 and 1982.

A former walk-on from Houston's Elkins High School, Matthews earned a starting job at center and started all 12 games for the Aggies last season. As a freshman and sophomore, Matthews backed up former Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year Cody Wallace, who now plays for the San Francisco 49ers.

Matthews was one of 44 players on the Watch List, which was compiled by the Rimington Trophy committee. The Big 12 Conference had five players on the Watch List including Tim Barnes of Missouri, Chris Hall of Texas, Jacob Hickman of Nebraska and J.D. Walton of Baylor.

WOMEN'S SOCCER

Aggie soccer players compete in Northern Ireland: Texas A&M women's soccer players Kristen Arnold and Bri Young were among 18 players to play for the U.S. U-23 Women's National Team (WNT) in Northern Ireland last week.

The U.S. team tied Northern Ireland 0-0 and beat an Irish women's select team 6-0 before shutting out a U-15 boys team 1-0 in Ireland.

Young also played two matches for the U-20 U.S. WNT in La Manga, Spain, in February.

SOFTBALL

Former A&M All-American to work for ESPNU this weekend: Texas A&M softball student assistant coach and two-time All-American Amanda Scarborough will serve as an ESPN analyst for the NCAA Super Regional featuring No. 2 seed UCLA and Missouri this weekend.

Scarborough will join play-by-play announce Justin Kutcher to call the action of the best-of-3 series at Easton Stadium. Game 1 at 8:30 p.m. Saturday will be broadcast on ESPNU with Game 2 at 2:30 p.m. Sunday and Game 3 to follow, if necessary.

"I'm really excited for this great opportunity," Scarborough said. "It's something that I've really wanted to do for a long time, and without Texas A&M and Aggie softball, this experience wouldn't have been possible."