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• • The Red and Black • Tuesday. April 30, 1996
SPORTS
Two of the NBA s biggest draws, the Orlando Magic and Magic
Johnson, will be in action as the NBA Playoffs continue tonight.
Orlando tries to sweep the Detroit Pistons at 8 on TNT, while the
Lakers try to take a 2-1 lead over Houston at 9 on TBS.
Softball coach rounds out recruiting class
By C. TRENT ROSECRANS
Staff Writer
Softball coach Alleen Hawkins may not have a
field yet, but she has finished recruiting the play
ers to field her team.
Hawkins filled her inaugural recruiting class by
signing five more players in the spring signing sea
son.
Joining the eight players signed in December
will be two transfers and three high school stars.
“I am very pleased with the entire class,"
Hawkins said “We are still looking for a catcher,
but with what we already have, we have a good
combination of starting material and bench mate
rial "
One of the potential starters is sophomore trans
fer Jessie Cerra from Sarasota, Fla. Cerra is a 6-
foot first baseman who played with Tallahassee
Community College this season.
Als#o transferring is Rhonda CofTelt, who will re
unite with Hawkins, her former coach at Furman,
A left-handed pitcher, Coffelt went 8-12 in 22 ap
pearances as a freshman with a 3.09 earned run av
erage. She also hit .277 in 83 at bats.
Hawkins also added All-State teammates
Stephanie Halminski and Kim McClung of
Parkview High School. Halminski was the Most
Valuable Player for Gwinnett County her senior
year. The outfielder hit .325 with four home runs,
including three game-winners.
McClung, an infielder/outfielder, was named the
Gwinnett County Defensive Player of the Year in
1995. McClung was also an All-County basketball
selection her senior year.
“Kim McClung will be our Rafael Belliard type
of defensive specialist," Hawkins said. “Stephanie
has the potential to be a big stick in our lineup."
Also joining Hawkins’ team is shortstop Karin
Wieting of Burke, Va. Hawkins describes her as a
“sleeper, with the arm and the glove to get the job
done on defense." The four-year starter for Lake
Bradock High School can also swing the bat, with
a .425 average her sophomore season and .375 her
junior year.
Six walk-ons, including Candace McCullogh,
Rebecca McFadden, Lorene Olney, Carrie Slosek,
Tiffany Tisdel and Mimi Veach, were invited to
practice with the team in the fall after winter try
outs.
MARK ADAMS/The Red and Black
Rhonda Coffelt will be one of the leaders
of the first Georgia softball team, which be
gins play next spring.
Trackster wins Drake award
After a season of accomplish
ments and praise, not to mention
winning two events at the Drake
Relays. University se
nior Gudrun
Arnardottir yesterday
received the Drake
Relays Female
Athlete of the Year
Award.
“As shown by the
voting, Gudrun was
an obvious favorite,"
said Mike Mahon, di
rector of the Drake
Relays. “She’s always
been a treat to watch,
and it's obvious that
she’s worked hard to
get where she’s at.
“Athletes like
Gudrun are the kind
we love and cheer on at Drake
Relays."
However, Arnardottir said
just being there was a pleasure.
“It’s always fun to run there
because the fans are so knowl
edgeable," Arnardottir said. “The
crowd really knows a lot about
track and is appreciative if you
run well."
Arnardottir was a
near-unanimous
choice, taking 19 of
20 votes. The other
vote was awarded to
three-time NCAA
champion Nicola
Martial from
Nebraska.
Arnardottir is the
first University ath
lete to receive the
award.
Former Georgia
standout Gwen
Torrence, a four
time NCAA champi
on and Olympic gold
medalist, never won the honor.
Arnardottir boasts five career
Drake titles, despite missing her
sophomore season due to an in
jury.
- Daniel Polinsky
File
Gudrun
Arnardottir
Camby, Bryant opt for NBA
College basketball will be without
two of its top talents when tip-off time
rolls around in November. University of
Massachusetts junior Marcus Camby,
the college basketball player of the year,
and high school senior Kobe Bryant, the
national high school player of the year,
announced Monday they will enter the
NBA draft.
Camby, a 6-foot-11-inch center at
UMass, is expected to be one of the top
three picks — perhaps even No. 1 over
all, depending on which of the other
NCAA underclassmen join him in the
draft pool. He is expected to play for
ward in the pros.
Camby could make $9.1 million over
a three-year period under the NBA’s
rookie salary cap if he is the top pick
this year.
Camby led the Minutemen to their
first trip to the NCAA Final Four this
season, averaging 20.5 points, 8.2 re
bounds and 3.9 blocked shots per game.
UMass, ranked No. 1 for most of the
season, lost to eventual champion
Kentucky 81-74 in the semifinals, as
Camby scored 25 points with eight re
bounds and six blocked shots.
An unexplained collapse at midsea
son sidelined him for several games, but
Camby was later given medical clear
ance to play, and he finished the season
without further physical problems.
Bryant will become the sixth player
in history to skip college and enter the
NBA draft.
The 6-6 guard, son of former NBA
player Joe Bryant, received four nation
al player of the year awards. He will be
the second player in two years to go di
rectly from high school to the pros —
Kevin Garnett was taken fifth overall in
last year’s draft by the Minnesota
Timberwolves and averaged 10.6 points
per game.
Bryant, 18, is expected to be among
the top 10 prospects in the June draft.
“I know that I’ll have to work extra
hard, and I know that it’s a big step,”
Bryant said at a news conference in the
gym where he led Lower Merion High
School of Ardmore, Pa., to the state class
AAAA championship. “I can do it.”
In choosing to go to the pros, Bryant
decided against playing for LaSalle,
where his father is an assistant basket
ball coach.
— The Associated Press
Former Netter
to face Chang
By CJ. JOHNSON
Staff Writer
“I wish I was playing this
match on Pernfors Center Court
in front of the Georgia crowd."
These are the wishful words of
one-year removed Bulldog tennis
player Mike Sell, who said he
would feel much more at home at
Henry Feild Stadium, the home
courts of the Georgia men’s ten
nis team. The four-time All-
American (1992-95) qualified for
the first round of the AT&T
Challenge and has the dubious
honor of playing two-time de
fending champion Michael
Chang.
Chang is ranked No. 4 in the world and is the No. 1
seed in the event, which will be held at the Atlanta
Athletic Club. He won the French Open in 1989 and was
a finalist in Paris last year. Since 1992, Chang has fin
ished each year in the ATP top 10 in the world, and has
amassed more than $10 million in his career. Sell, on the
other hand, is ranked No. 330 and had to win four qual
ifying matches last week to make the main draw.
“I’m really looking forward to it,” Sell said. “It’s a
dream for any tennis player to play the top players in
the world. Obviously it’s going to be a learning experi
ence for me."
Sell qualified by defeating former Southern Cal
standout Brian MacPhie, Alex Reichel, and the 1992
NCAA singles, doubles and team champion from
Stanford, Alex O’Brien. Sell’s last two matches against
Reichel and O’Brien both went three sets.
“It’s great to see an old Bulldog do so well," Georgia
head coach Manuel Diaz said. “I’m probably a little par
tisan, but I think getting close to Bulldog town provides
that extra spark. Sniffing the old red clay takes him
back to that great feeling, and it allows him to play
well.”
Sell has returned to Athens on several occasions since
last year, including two weeks ago before the qualifying
tournament. The 5-foot-11-inch Moorestown, N.J., na
tive was in Athens Monday and talked with current
Georgia players, some of whom will be at tonight’s
match.
Sell said he must stay mentally tough and not beat
himself to be able to play with Chang.
“I need to put pressure on him,” Sell said. “I need to
dictate the points. If he does, it will be a quick evening.”
Wade McGuire, a former Georgia three-time All-
American (1991-93), lost 6-1, 6-3 to former Georgia Tech
standout Brian Shelton in the first round of qualifying.
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