IN BRIEF
SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University senior shortstop Will Kengor has been named first team American Baseball Coaches Association All-Region.
The selection is Kengor's third all-region honor this spring. He is one of 40 players being considered for the Tino Martinez Award as the top player in NCAA Division II.
Kengor paced The Rock with a .415 batting average this season. He also led the squad with 47 runs, 73 hits, 12 doubles, four triples, a .563 slugging percentage, .470 on-base percentage and 17 stolen bases.
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith pleaded no contest Wednesday to three felony weapons charges and two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence.The 24-year-old Smith faces a sentence ranging from spending no time in custody to a maximum of four years and four months behind bars at a judge's discretion, prosecutors said.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Wendell Scott became the first African-American driver to be elected to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.The late driver from Virginia was among the latest group of five — all drivers, another first — voted into the hall. Scott joins popular NASCAR champion Bill Elliott, two-time series champ Joe Weatherly, 1960 champion Rex White and 26-race winner Fred Lorenzen.Scott competed in NASCAR's top series from 1961-73. He won his only race at Speedway Park in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1963, taking the checkered flag in the 100-mile feature after starting 15th. Scott started 495 Sprint Cup events and had 147 top 10 finishes.
WASHINGTON — The Cincinnati Reds placed first baseman Joey Votto on the 15-day disabled list with a left leg injury.