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The Red and Black • Tuesday, January 9, 1990 • 7
Diamond Dogs set high standards in the 80s
By ERIC GARBER
Sports Writer
During the 1980s, the Georgia
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ceived little notice to one which is
standing tall on its own. Its second
Place finish in the SEC tourna-
oftinAr 18 pa8t 86880,1 capped ofT a
207|202-1 ten year record.
, i 1 ®,K rea ^ thing about Georgia
baseball is that they never beat
themselves,” WCNN Radio Sporte
Director Bob McCann said. “When
they are at their best, they are
usually as good as any team
around. A (Georgia coach) Steve
Webber team will never give you a
game.*
Although the Diamond Dogs
have had impressive tournament
showings over the last ten years,
there have been some hard times
for the squad. Four Georgia base
ball teams of the 1980s have fin
ished below .500 in SEC play and
in Coach Steve Webber’s first year
at Georgia (1981), the Dogs fin
ished 23-23 overall, ten games
below the 1980 mark under Coach
Roy Umstattd.
After the first couple of years,
our team became consistent,”
Webber said. ‘We have really good
coaches and players. I think that’s
reflected by going to the conference
tournament over the last five years
or so."
Georgia’s consistency paid off
later in the decade as in 1987 it be
came the SEC regular season
champion, the NCAA Northeast
Regional Champion, and earned a
trip to the College World Series.
; The fact that we finished
second in the SEC tournament my
first two years and then went to
the World Series in 1987 really
says a lot about the organization,”
former Georgia pitcher and present
Atlanta Brave Derek Lilliquist
said. “Coach Webber is a great
coach. He realized that you
couldn’t make mistakes and win
big games. He’s a teacher of the
fundamentals.”
Lilliquist was a Georgia let-
terman from 1985-87 and holds the
1987 Baseball America Pitcher of
the Year Award while setting a re
cord for strikeouts in a season by a
Georgia pitcher (190).
Players gone pro like Lilliquist
have spawned much of Georgia’s
success in the 1980s. Other notable
m^jor-leaguers from Georgia in
clude:
• Glenn Davis: Power hitting
first baseman with the Houston
Astros (Georgia letterman 1982-
83).
• Jeff Treadway: Second
baseman with the Atlanta Braves
(Georgia letterman 1982-83).
• Chris Carpenter: Pitcher in St.
Louis Cardinals organization
(Georgia letterman 1985-1987).
• Roger Miller: Catcher in San
Francisco Giants organization
(Georgia letterman 1986-88).
Atlanta Braves Public Relations
Assistant Glen Serra sees qualities
in Treadway and Lilliquist that are
reflective of Georgia’s baseball tra
dition.
Those guys are gritty bal
lplayers,” Serra Baid. ‘Treadway
aoesn’t have the most talent but
gives you all of himself each game.
Lilliquist won’t blow you away but
he’s a rare commodity. He’s a
rookie left-hander with control."
So, how has Georgia been able
draw quality players into its orga
nization?
T think it is just typical of a
southern school,” McCann said.
“Southern schools put a lot of em
phasis on recruiting, h takes a mix
of a good institution and quality
players.”
ESPN sportscaster Dan Patrick
agrees that it takes a combination
of talent and organization to de
velop quality baseball players but
feels the process is not geograph
ically relative.
“I think high school football is
the big thing in the south," he said.
“ It seems that many athletes are
Georgia enters 1990
with nine seniors
whose class record is
106-73 (.529).
like ex-Brave Glenn Hubbard was.
Hubbard was a running back in
high school as well as a good base
ball player. I just feel there are
great athletes across the country
and that can be seen in baseball’s
parity.”
Georgia enters 1990 with nine
seniors whose class record is 106-
73 (.529).
“Although I am just a college
transfer and have only pitched one
year, I have had a joy playing
here," senior pitcher Mike Rheban
said. “I have had the privilege of
pitching a no-hitter and feel I have
benefited from Coach Webber’s
teaching.”
Rebhan was 7-3 with a 4.46 ERA
last season and pitched a no-hitter
against Western Carolina.
Georgia is ranked 21st in the
most recent ESPN Collegiate Base
ball Top 25.
Wright predicts a good season for Lady Dogs
Ed. note: Senior gymnast Corrinne
Wright's 1989 national all-around
championship victory helped
propel the Lady Dogs to their
second national championship. In
this interview, Red and Black
sports writer Chris Lancette chats
with her about her thoughts on the
1990 season. A team preview fol
lows Wednesday.
R&B: Coach Yoculan says the 1990
team is the best she ever had, even
better than the two that won na
tional championships. What do you
think?
Wright: I definitely think this is
one of the best teams we've ever
had.
R&B: Are you worried about the
the pre-season injuries and a big
freshmen class that will have to hit
if you’re to retain the
championship crown.?
Wright: It's scary because of all
the injuries, but we had those prob
lems my freshman year (1987) and
we still won the championship. And
it’s weird having so many young
people, but we’ll be okay.
K&B: As defending champion, is
it more difficult for the team to get
fired up for the season?
Wright: No. We know that other
team8 recruited some great people
and for us, with six freshmen, it's
like a whole new team in the gym,
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not just the same group of people
coming back thinking we’ve got it in
the bag. That makes it easy to get
psyched up all over again.
R&B: Each year, you and Kim
Hamilton (UCLA all-arounder who
used to edge out Wright in the all-
around competition) seem to have
an intense but friendly rivalry.
Does that push you any harder?
Wright: It did initially. Ba
sically, I was sick of being second
and last year I told her I was going
to beat her. But the rivaly itself
doesn’t drive as much anymore.
R&B: Now that you’re one of
only two seniors on the team, do
you feel you have a different role on
the team?
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with improved scoring
By JAY WILSON
Sports Writer
A pleasant surprise on Hugh
Durham’s 8-3 Bulldog basketball
team is the improved play of for
ward Marshall Wilson.
Last year, Wilson rarely dis
played the talent predicted for
the transfer from Conners State
College. This year, however,
Wilson, a 6’8” junior from
Franklin County, has become
more consistent and is on the
verge of becoming the player the
Bulldogs envisioned last year.
A sign of his new consistency
is his field goal percentage,
which at .590 is fifth in the SEC.
Another way he has improved
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scoring, reaching the double
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Wilson attributes his consis
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He also credits better knowledge
of Durham’s offensive system as
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Wilson feels that his improved
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and I have gotten stronger,”
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small forwards in the confer
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Wilson believes the team will
continue to improve as the
season progresses.
“I think the team will do well
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as long as we continue to play to
gether and listen to Coach
Durham. We need to go out and
do our best every night," he said.
The Alabama game concerns
Wilson. Alabama is 10-3 (1-1 in
the SEC), and coming off a big
win over Ole Miss.
Wilson definitely understands
the challenge the team faces in
tonights road contest, a game
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team as a result of last Satur
day’s tough loss at Florida.
“Alabama goes out and plays
hard every night. We need to
play good defense. We need to be
mentally and physically ready to
play, he said.
Wilson feels that he and the
team will continue to improve as
the season progresses. He looks
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season.
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