Sports People

Florida State outfielder J.D. Drew was named college baseball’s National Player of the Year after leading the Seminoles to a top seed in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament. Drew, a likely top pick in next month’s draft, hit .472 with 28 home runs and 94 runs batted in over 61 games. … Former Oregon City High School basketball star Tammy Arnold plans to transfer from Connecticut to Oregon State because she wants more playing time. The 6-foot-3 Arnold must sit out the coming season under NCAA transfer rules. She will have two years of collegiate eligibility remaining. … The Green Bay Packers re-signed free-agent linebacker Wayne Simmons to a one-year contract…. Craig Masback, the 1980 U.S. indoor mile champion who is a television commentator for track and field and an attorney, is among three finalists for the position of executive director of USA Track & Field. The other finalists are H. Thomas Chestnut, former executive vice president of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, and Robert Vowels Jr., an assistant commissioner for the Big Ten Conference.