Sports
Tennis team finds secret to academic success
By Lisa Svanevik
Emerald Contributor
Creating a workable balance
between school and everything
else in life is hard enough for
most students. Hut for those
who compete in varsity athlet
ics. this balanc e is even harder
to find
The University's men's ten
nis team may have found the
sec ret to succeeding in academ
ic.s'and athletic s. if their < ollec
live 3.22 winter term grade
point average is an indic ation
It helps when four of the 10
players on the squad earn As
more often than not Seniors
Pat leanings anti Brian Copt*
land and juniors James Hazarc
and Jon Weinburg all had per
feet 4.0 GPAs winter term.
Jennings, team eo-captair
and No. 1 singles player, ha:
been keeping his 4.0 alive fo
the last eight consecutivi
terms
A psychology and sociologj
major who will graduate Ir
Juno. Jennings saitl that hi:
"secret" is simply that "I jus
really like s< bool I enjoy goinj
to class, and I like to study.'
In addition, he said, he budg
ets his time carefully to ensurt
that he keeps up with his ( lass
M.
Prudent time management
seems to be the key for most of
the players, who must make
time during the season for two
hours of daily practice, weight
training three times a week,
and competition both at home
and on the rcwd.
"You need to set the time
aside and just work on
(school)." said Weinberg, a fi
nance major. He said he clocks
"a lot of library time" to keep
up, and his priorities an? clear.
“The classroom comes first
for me." he said. 'It's just al
ways been that way."
Jennings takes the same posi
tion "I'm hem to study and to
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get good (trades." he said
"Tennis is second."
He added that being an ath
lete helps him in school be
cause the time pressures during
the season force him to use his
time productively.
Athletics and academics go
hand in hand for junior Kevin
(,"ory. a leisure studies major
who hopes to manage a tennis
resort and become a teaching
pro after he graduates.
Cory said that some of the
classes he is taking now. as
well as his participation in ten
nis, are directly related to his
career goals.
Ted Rubin, a sophomore psy
chology major, said he is think
ing about taking a route similar
to Cory's. He said his dream is
to own a golf and tennis club,
and he will almost certainly be
involved in the tennis industry
after college as a teaching pro.
He describes tennis as "co
number one with school" on
his priority list.
“1 love (tennis)." he said,
"but I don't live and die for
it." Rubin said that "living by
a schedule" is his key to keep
ing up with school, and his
books go with him on road
trips, lie also said that library
time was crucial.
John Karlv. a freshman pre
business major. said that
"school is fop priorily. buf ten
nis isn't far behind."
Early participated in the ath
letic department's study halls
fall term, which are mandatory
for freshman athletes, and said
they were helpful in making
the adjustment to college aca
demics.
Early said that studying
doesn't come easily after hours
of practice, but he also man
ages his time so that the work
gets done.
Coach Emory "Buzz"' Sum
mers calls his team "a pretty
bright group" that has set and
met its academic goals this
year.
"I'm going to be asking them
all the time how they're do
ing." Summers said, but he
doesn't pressure players about
their grades.
"They're pretty highly moti
vated to begin with, and we
just kind of reinforce that." he
said.
Like most of his players.
Summers emphasizes that the
college athletes are students
first and that the priority must
he to graduate, not just to play.
This is a lesson the team seems
to have taken to heart.
Hunter takes 2nd in meet,
qualifying her for NCAAs
Stefan ie Hunter qualified for
the NCAA Championships by
finishing second in the Pacific
10 heptathlon on Tuesday.
Hunter scored 5,459 points to
better the national standard of
5.280 Hunter was fourth after
the first day's competition, but
moved up to second by win
ning the javelin and HIM) meters
while finishing third in the
long jump Hunter established
personal bests in all three
events on Tuesday.
Tonya Sedwick won the com
petition with 5,509 points, set
tin# a new Stanford Stadium
record.
Oregon's kainala Kohlmeier
added an extra team point by
finishing sixth with 4,775
points. Teammate Katie
O'Brien was eigiith after the
first day, but did not finish the
competition.
In the decathlon, Oregon’s
Pedro daSilva was second after
the first day with 8,887 points.
Second day results on the de
cathlon were unavailable at
press time.
All-American catcher to join team
Joely Filers, a junior college
All-American catcher at Central
Arizona, has signed a national
letter of intent to play softball
at Oregon, head coach Teresa
Wilson announced Friday.
Filers, a two-time junior col
lege All-American, led Central
Arizona to the National Junior
College World Series title last
season.
Listed at 5-foot-8, 175
pounds. Filers "has a lot of
power, which is what we need
to replace (Kathy) Cray's bat."
Wilson said.
Cray, who hit a team record
four home runs this year, is the
lone senior on the Oregon ros
ter.
Wilson added that Filers
n—.
weighs considerably less than
the 175 pounds she is listed at,
hut said the junior-to-be still
has power.
"She’s a big kid, a good
catcher, and a good hitter,”
Wilson said. "She played for
one of the best coaches in the
country, Clint Myers, and she
played summer league hall
with (current Ducks) Katie
Wiese and Danny Senner."
With three catchers on this
year's roster (all-Pacific-10
Conference selection Julie Cav
anaugh. Tracey Simmons and
Tracy Zollner), Wilson said
"we're not stacking up on
catchers, we’re just replacing
the power that we're losing in
Kathy."
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