Receivers fuel
experienced,
strong offense
Trevor Kearney
Ottgon Ck»fy krrmt&ct
With the task of defending the Pacific to Con
ference title at hand, the Oregon football team
looks to a strong offense and several key offen
sive weapons to keep it afloat in conference play
next year.
And since Oregon graduated only four offensive
starters, those offensive weapons will be nearly
identical to those that led the team to the Rose
Bowl last year.
"If we can keep everyone healthy and we can
make the
adjustments
to some of the
1995 Oregon football Outlook
RECEIVERS »
RUNNING RACKS
new tilings
we are trying
to do.” Ore
gon offensive
coordinator
A1 Hordes
‘-.mi '! think we ( .in have .1 tut k of .1 sinvui iifft-u
siveiy."
Arguably the strongest part of the team comes in
the receiving area, as tin* team returns a strong
crew of receivers including flankers Cristin
Mi l.emore and Dnmeron Rickets, both of whom
caught 42 passes last year.
Me l.emore. who will he entering his senior sea
son already holding the Oregon touchdown re< op
tion record of 20. was also instrumental down the
stretch last season, catching three passes in the
Rose Howl clinching Civil War game and 10 pass
es in the Rose Bowl itself.
In addition, sophomore tight end Josh Wilcox
returns for his junior year next season with 11
Rose Howl re< options under his lielt. while fresh
man flanker Fat Johnson 1 aught 30 passes in his
dehut season Split end Damon Griffin and flanker
Gary Young, m ho redshirted last season, will also
add depth to the team, as will the return of split
end Jamaal Wallace
The exponent e that those returnees tiring will
make the Dm ks passing game all the stronger
"I think we want to come out and do better.
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Split end Dameron Rickets. who started 11 games In his sophomore year last season, will
provide the Oregon football team with needed experience and reliability next season
Struggling Ducks get
back to basics vs. OSU
Mark McTyre
0*008 OtW fmarju
The Ongon softball team is
looking to jump out of its
throe-game slump today in
Civil War action against the
visiting Oregon State Beaver*
at Howe Field.
The Duties (13- ill overall, 3
8 Fat 10) went back to the
basics during practice on
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to refine all areas of their game
after a season of hitting and
run-production woes hit a cli
max during the weekend. Ore
gon was shutout in all three
games against No. 1 UCLA
and No. 19 Washington,
including being held hit less
by UCLA’* Tanya Harding
"We're looking lor more of
an offensive attack — more
hitting," Oregon Head Coach
Tami Brown said. “Overall,
we're just getting hack to the
basics.”
Along with refining the
offensive attack, the coaching
stuff begun working with start
ing pitcher Kina Kampfer to
help her in pressure situa
tions
"We're trying to refine her
pitching so she can throw a
strike when she needs to.’*
Brown said
While the Ducks' season
may bo off their NCAA post
tingttnn mh» « nf |«e* y“2f,
today's opposition has noth
ing to brag about.
Like the Ducks, Oregon
State (11 -25. 2-6}is coming off
a tough weekend, losing four
straight games to UCLA and
Washington by a combined
43-2 score
The Bmiers* only bt ight
spot this year is pitcher Amy
Warner who is currently hit
ting .305 with 13 RBI Warner
loads Oregon State in victories
with a 0-12 record, and an
ERA of 4.66 along with 41
strikeouts.
University interviews
second AD candidate
Chris Metr
0*000 i fft&t&Cl
Thu Oregon Department of
Intercollegiate Athlete s will
interview the second of four
candidates for the a!hleto dirts •
tor position today.
Bill Moos, athletics director at
the University of Montana, will
he interviewed Wednesday as
Oregon continues its search for a
• wirmariM>«| **•*»• J ,»«•*.. •»» fr,«> t|«<>
position that hasn't seen a full*
time oi t upant for 31 months.
Tile position was left vacant lust
August by Rich Brooks, who
split time between his AD duties
and his head football coaching
responsibilities
Moos, who has been at Mon
tana since toon, began his ath
letics i ureer in as assistant
athletics director at Washington
State and also served as the
school's associate director from
198H-1890.
Dr. Eve Atkinson was the first
of the four finalists to be inter
viewed for the position Atkin
son, the current athletic* direc
tor at Lafayette College In East
on, Pa , loured the Oregon i .mi
pus Monday
As the only woman being
interviewed for the job at this
point, Atkinson said she didn't
want to he considered just
because she is a woman.
'If this is strictly an issue of n
token woman l*»ing looked nt for
the position l>«< nose of some
affirmative-action form that
needs to he filled out, let's save
all of us some time," Atkinson
said "|The administration) has
assured me that is not the situa
tion "
Vice President for Adminis
tration Dan Williams said he
was encouraged by Monday's
meeting with Atkinson.
"If the experience we've had
with the first candidate is any
indication of what the balance of
these will lie like, we're going to
have a tough choice to make,"
Williams said.
April 19, 1995
Volunw l*>, Isiuc I
Edney takes ‘small’
award
SPRINGF IELD Mass (AP)
Tyus Edney. vvho helped
UCLA to the NCAA cuanipi
, : . ■ ’
IN) Frances Pomeroy Nai
vn Aware) on Tooiday as
the top college senior under
tj feet taH
11hi bloot 10 po*nt guard,
w -aid he was always
pic ked last lor games as a
ch'd because of his s»^o. is
the last p ayer from a national
championship team to win
the awa'd i*i t’Mm-te
Fowe ot North ( arolma State
•■‘reived the award a year
alter his loam won the NCAA
title
A " i )gh ■ '*‘ was only able
to pC*y three minutes oi the
championship game
because ot a sprained wrist,
t df»ey was live sparkplug tor
the Bruins (30-2) in the touf
fiamont erxl was named out
shine eg prayer n the West
Hegionals
Vikings seek Divi
sion I status
PORTLAND (AP) Port
land Slate University sa d
Tuesday the sc >tool win seek
admission to the Raj Sky Att
letic Conference arx) move
up to the N AA Division I lev
el it the application is accept
ed
Portland State is now a
Division II team, but {he
Vikmgs do not belong to any
conference
Officials said scheduling
tests has be
increasingly difficult during
trie past few years as tho
number of independent Divi
sion li schools has declined
University President Judith
Ramaley said moving to the
Division I level would
increase ,« .idermc stan
dards tor student athletes
and -reprove funding for
women's sports
Jo-ning the 0 g Sky Confer
ence would increase the $? 7
mJ ion Portland State athiel
i . budge! by about J2 rn,;
l»on o' %? 5 million over the
next five years, she said
NBA DRAFT
Arkansas' Scotty
Thurman. Kentucky's
Rodrtck Rhodes and
Chris Carr of Southern
Illinois decided on
Tuesday to declare for
the NBA draft Others to
do the same so far are
Joe Smith. Maryland
Corliss Williamson,
Arkansas
Gary Trent. Ohio
University
Mario Bennett. ASU