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The future is now
The At'anta B r aves have brought up 20-year-old lefthanded pitcher
Steve Avery (above), whom many believe will be the Braves' top
pitcher for years to come.
KESSLER
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joring in microbiology.
Kessler is the fourth Georgia
basketball player to be selected in
the first round over the past 10
years.
Dominique Wilkins, chosen by
the Utah Jazz, Vern Fleming, an
Indiana Pacers selection, and
Willie Anderson, picked by the San
Antonio Spurs, have also been se
lected in the first round of the NBA
draft. Wilkins was the highest of
these, being selected third in 1983.
Former SEC players Chris
Jackson, Gerald Glass, and
Dwayne Schintzius were also
taken in the 1990 first round.
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Student tennis star plays professional circuit
By JON TULLY
Sports Editor
Georgia tennis star Shannan
McCarthy is doing something
many of her colleagues in other
sports can’t do.
Many collegiate athletes don’t
get to taste the life of a professional
athlete until their college career is
over. Because of NCAA regula
tions, if an athlete goes pro, they
can’t go back to school and play.
But for every rule, there is an ex
ception.
College tennis players, including
McCarthy, are allowed to play in
professional tournaments while
they are out of school in order to
stay in top playing form.
McCartny and other college
players are taking part in the U.S.
Tennis Association s Training As
sistance Program this summer.
This allows them to play in the
USTA’s Satellite tournaments
while receiving top-notch coaching
and accumulating expense money
to help cover the cost of traveling.
“I think it’s great,” McCarthy
said in a telephone interview from
Albany. “There are a lot of college
players in these tournaments, but
there are also a lot who aren’t in
school. It's really good experience,
because you play people who do
this for a living.”
She is presently playing in the
Satellite tournament in Albany
where she defeated Ayako Hirose
of Japan on Tuesday, 6-3, 7-6.
The USTA’s Satellite tourna
ments a r e designed for players who
are lower in the USTA rankings
than those who plav in the bigger
tournaments in order to promote
better competition.
McCarthy has already played in
Satellite tournaments in Key Bis-
cayne, Fla., where she was runner-
up in singles, and St. Simons Is
land, where she teamed with
Georgia teammate Stacey Schefflin
in doubles and lost in the final
match.
McCarthy’s big tournament this
summer will be in Newport, R.I., a
$225,000 tournament on July 14.
She said she never gets tired of
playing a lot, which is what the Sa
tellite tour demands.
“I’m one of those people who
could play every week and never
get sick of playing," McCarthy
said. “After I’ve done what I
wanted to do in school, I want to
play tennis for sure. I think this is
something that will help."
This isn’t the first year Mc
Carthy has played in professional
tournaments. Last year she partic
ipated in a few Satellite tourna
ments, and travelled abroad. She
played in the Soave Cup in France,
where she and three other rep-
‘There are a lot of
college players in these
tournaments, but there
are also a lot who
aren’t in school. It’s
good experience, to
play people who do this
for a living.’
— Shannan McCarthy
resented the United States. Mc
Carthy said she felt stronger when
the next college season began.
“Over the summer, I played so
many matches that 1 stayed in
shape and I was ready,” she said.
Baseball gets first $5M man
The Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Jose
Canseco became baseball’s highest
paid player on Wednesday. The A’s
slugger agreed to a 5-year deal
worth $23.5 million, moving him
ahead of the Yankees’ Don Mat
tingly, who in April signed a 5-
year, $19.6 million deal.
“I don’t think it’s what I’m
worth,” Canseco said at Wednes
day’s news conference. “It’s what
the market holds, what the organi
zations are willing to pay a player.
‘The popularity I have, whether
it’s controversial or positive, people
want to come out and see Jose Can
seco play."
And the A’s, shooting for a third
straight trip to the World Series,
are paying the price. Canseco, who
will be paid $5.1 million in 1995,
the final year of his new deal, also
becomes baseball’s first $5-million
man.
The 25-year-old Canseco will col
lect a $3.5 million signing bonus,
$2.8 million in 1991, $3.6 million in
1992, $4.1 million in 1993, and
$4.4 million in 1994. He will earn
$2 million in salary for this season.
There are incentives, too. If Can
seco is named the AL’s MVP, hell
collect $100,000. An MVP in the
playoffs and World Series is each
worth another $50,000.
Canseco becomes the fourth A’s
player under contract making
more than $3 million a year.
Pitchers Dave Stewart and Dennis
Eckersley and outfielder Rickey
Henderson had already reached
that salary plateau.
“I think the main thing that dic
tated the figure was the market,”
Canseco said. ‘The market was
going up. There are two other
players who are close to the $4 mil
lion mark. The bare facts are what
I’ve done during the years, what I
represent to the A’s and for the A’s
and also the community. That’s
where we came up wih the sum."
Oakland general manager
Sandy Alderson said signing Can
seco was necessary if the team was
sincere about “retaining the com
petitiveness and identity of the
Oakland A’s into the 1990s.”
‘There’s no question that our
payroll is reaching the point of
some limitation,” Alderson said.
“We were eighth or ninth in the
league. Without regard to this con
tract, we will be No. 1 or 2 by some
distance.”
“I believe we have the best team
in baseball, and have had the best
team in baseball over several
years,” Alderson said.
Although he missed 14 games
because of back problems and an
other two due to a sore right wrist,
Canseco has hit 20 home runs with
50 RBIs and a .307 average in 55
games.
Ian McFanana/Thn Red and Black
Shannan McCarthy: Will play pro this summer to gain ex
perience, make money and stay in shape
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