Ben Ashmore, redshirt junior wrestler for ARIZONA STATE, and the STANFORD women’s  rowing team, have been named recipients of the 2010 Pac-10 Sportsmanship Award, Commissioner Larry Scott announced today.

Ashmore, a native of Dallas, Texas, is a two-year member of the Sun Devil wrestling team, having competed for ASU for the first time this season after transferring from Oklahoma State in 2008-09. Since moving to ASU, Ashmore voluntarily moved to a different weight class, competing at 133 lbs., despite being nationally ranked at 125 lbs to allow teammate Anthony Robles, an All-American, to compete at 125 lbs. Ashmore earned his first-career at-large individual bid to the NCAA Championship after finishing fourth at the Pac-10 Championships in his weight class.

… Earlier this season, the Cardinal set aside its rivalry to participate in Cal’s “Jog for Jill,” a race named in honor of Golden Bears’ coxswain Jill Costello who was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer…