University of Houston Athletics
CenterPoint Energy Student Athlete of the Week - Andrew Carruthers
3/30/2005 12:00:00 AM | General
March 30, 2005
HOUSTON - 
Cougar Student Athlete Of The Week
 Andrew Carruthers |
| •3/7/05: Alicia Cave •2/28/05: Brian Latham •2/21/05: Daphne Andre •2/14/05: Biljana Dimovska •2/7/05: Zach Mowbray •12/20/04: Sherika Hardaway •12/13/04: Cinthia Piva •12/6/04: Andre Owens •11/22/04: Sancho Lyttle •11/15/04: Anna Kiess •11/8/04: Dustin Bell •11/1/04: Szintia Szanto •10/25/04: Loure Dews •10/18/04: Cole Dailey •10/11/04: Anne Gasser •10/4/04: Joe Clay •9/29/04: Shawna Florida •9/22/04: Mirela Vasconcellos •9/15/04:Sesar Figueroa •9/7/04: Nikki Hawkins •8/31/04: Kevin Kolb |
| • 2003-04 Honorees • 2002-03 Honorees • 2001-02 Honorees |
Andrew Carruthers
Class: Senior
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Last School: Central Catholic HS
Events: Hurdles
Experience: 3L
AT HOUSTON
2004
Indoor: Won the 60-meter hurdles at the Conference USA Championships with a season-best time of 7.86 seconds.
Outdoor: Finished second at the Conference USA Championships in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.97 seconds...was seventh in the 110-meter hurdles at the Midwest Regional Championships...won the 110-meter hurdles at the LSU Alumni Gold Invitational...registered a second place finish at the C-USA Championships in the 400-meter hurdles...finished third at the Midwest Regional Championships with a season-best time of 51.08 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles...member of 4x100 relay team that won the Texas A&M Invitational.
2003
Indoor: Finished in third place at the Conference USA Championships in the 60-meter hurdles...had a season-best time of 801 seconds.
Outdoor: Was the Conference USA champion in the 400-meter hurdles and finished in fourth place in the 110-meter hurldes...NCAA qualifier after finishing in fifth place in the 400m hurdles at the NCAA Midwest Regional...had a third-place finish in the 400m hurdles at the Texas Relays with a season-best time of 50.53 seconds....was a NCAA Regional qualifier in the 110-meter hurdles...won the 110-meter hurels at the Houston Invitational and finished in second place at the LSU Alumni Gold and Texas Southern Relays.
2002
Indoor: Finished in fourth place at the Conference USA in the 60-meter hurdles with a career-best time of 8.16.
Outdoor: Was the C-USA Champion in the 400-meter hurdles with a career-best time of 51.35...had a fourth-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles at the C-USA meet with a career-best time of 14.16 seconds.
High School
TAPPS 5A State Champion in the 110-meter hurdles and the 300-meter hurdles...set the state meet records in both events...four year Tapps District 2-5A Champion in both the 110-meter hurdles and the 300-meter hurdles...a four time AAU National Medalist in the 110 and 300-meter hurdles...three year starter at cornerback for the Central Catholic football team.
Personal
Born March 8, 1983, in San Antonio, Texas...son of Andrew and Willie Carruthers...earned All-American honors at the U.S. Junior Championships in 2002...major is sports administration...hobbies include playing Play Station video games, cooking and running...also recruited by Arkansas, Auburn and Hampton.
