The Lumberjack, September 13, 2012.

              An NAU student was killed after being
involved in a hit-and-run collision on Sept.
9.
The victim, identified as Jordan Murphy-
Mahoney, was a 21-year-old senior from San Jose,
Calif.
Tom Bauer, director of university public affairs,
expressed his condolences for the family and friends
of the victim.
“When we lose part of our family, it’s a sad day
and we’re thinking only of the family and friends
[first],” Bauer said. “But as far as protocols, three-fourths
of what the university does when it loses one
of its students is the certain steps it takes, [such as]
contacting the family.”
Murphy-Mahoney was riding her bicycle
around 11 p.m. on Sunday in a neighborhood off
Lake Mary Road, when she was struck by a vehicle,
which proceeded to flee the scene. Paramedics and
Flagstaff Police Department (FPD) were called
to the intersection of South Walapai Drive and
Mohawk Road, to assist the victim and investigate
the suspected vehicle and driver.
The vehicle damaged the victim’s bicycle and
Murphy-Mahoney was pronounced dead at the
scene.R
esponding police officers received a detailed
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NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1914 • VOL 99 • ISSUE 4 • SEPT. 13, 2012 - SEPT. 19, 2012
REMEMBERING
THOSE LOST
BY CODY BASHORE
Nearly four years after his most recent scored
field goal in a game, junior Andy Wilder lined
up with the chance to give the NAU Lumber-jacks
(1–1) their first win against a Football Bowl Sub-division
(FBS) school in 25 years.
“I felt confident; I knew the guys were behind
me,” Wilder said of the kick. “The team had made
some great plays to get us down there. I knew it was
my turn to step up and that’s what I did.”
Wilder nailed the 33-yard field goal and gave the
Lumberjacks a 17–14 lead with just 12 seconds left
against the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV)
Rebels (0-2). After Wilder put the ensuing kickoff in
the end zone for a touchback and following a pair of
short completions by the Rebels, the Lumberjack side-line
stormed the field in Las Vegas nine days after an
embarrassing 57-point loss at ASU.
“I always dreamed of being in that situation and
I always go over it in my head: being in that situation,
being clutch and making the kick,” Wilder said. “But I
never thought it would be my first actual kick or first
actual make.”
see COLLISION page 5 see JACKPOT page 18
Junior wide receiver Ify Umodu cel-ebrates
after a catch late in the fourth
quarter. (Courtesy of NAU Athletics)
Cindy May, of Flagstaff, placed flags in the ground as part of the 11th anniver-sary
of 9/11 in front of Flagstaff’s city hall Tuesday morning. (Photo by Sean Ryan)
Jackpot:
Lumberjacks leave
Las Vegas with first
FBS win since 1987
Hit-and-run kills
NAU senior
A memorial is started at the corner of
South Walapai Drive and Mohawk Road
for Jordan Murphy-Mahoney, who was hit
by a vehicle while riding her bike on Sept.
9. (Photo by Sean Ryan)
BY AURELIA ACQUATI
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