Golf team
rebounds,
at No. 13
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Aft«»r falling from No. 11 to
No lf> duo to a disastrous third
round, the Oregon women's golf
team regained its composure on
Saturday and finished nth
among IB teams at the NCAA
Golf Championships
The Ducks posted their sec
ond 100 of the elite tournament,
thanks to solid final-round |>er
formances from Shannon Hare
and Karly Mills at the Landfall
Fete Dye Course in Wilmington.
N.C.
Mills rebounded from .i dis
appointing third round Hf> to
card a one-over par 7.1 on
Saturday while Hare cut five
strokes off her third round out
ing with a 73.
Hare led the Ducks with a
four-round total of 301 to tie for
20th in the individual competi
tion. Mills finished in a tie for
65th after posting a 310.
Unfazed by the pressure.
Oregon's Susie Roh carded a
four-round score of 307 to tie
for 50th while Christel Tomori
provided consistency for the
women's team and finished tied
for 69th with a 312. Leigh Casey
tied for 96th with a 331.
Arizona State became the first
team to take three straight
NCAA Golf Championships
with an impressive 26-stroke
victory over second-place San
Jose State. The Sun Devils, the
West Regional champion, were
just three shots over par as a
team with an 1,155.
Wake Forest, the Last
Regional champion, finished
third with a four-round
total of 1,185. Stanford and
Indiana rounded out the top
five after carding 1.188 and
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YEAR OF THE DUCK
ORLANDO WILLIAMS
Words cannot describe the quirky jump
shot of Orlando Williams as it repeatedly
tickled the twine of Mac Court, but the stats
can as the 6-foot-2 guard wrapped up an
incredible career at Oregon in 1995.
Williams was the sixth-leading scorer in
the conference over the 1994-1995 cam
paign The Portland native nabbed his sec
ond straight team MVP award for his efforts
ramie
m helping the Ducks to the NCAA
Tournament.
He finished as Oregon's career record
holder for three-pointers (282) and the
Ducks' fourth all time scorer with t ,674
points.
Williams ranks 29th on the all-time Pac
tO list, as well as being one of the biggest
three-pomt threats in league history
Should athletes be paid to play for Oregon?
Should student-athletes
b« paid lo play for
their respective collegiate
teams? It's a simple question.
Unfortunately, that's where all
the simplicity ends.
On the positive side, terms
such as impoverishment and
equitability art! bandied about
while nay-sayers cry foul the
sense of professionalism and
financial feasibility.
It is a given that student-ath
letes aren’t your typical college
students.
They are unable to deposit
that measly monthly check
most of us work toward outside
our academic duties. Time and
physical constraints do not
allow these individuals living
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in a fish bowl to actively pursue
this vaunted part-time job A
student-athlete's more impor
tant duties include representing
Oregon and carrying the banner
for our athletic fanaticism.
But. how many of us are
assured upon entering college
that our entire education will be
paid for' Room and board,
tuition and books are non-enti
ties in the life of a student-ath
lete. No traumas of towering
loan repayments or fear of mak
ing that monthly housing pay
ment crosses their minds.
In the dilemma liest pondered
in the -point/countorpoint"
style. Oregon women's head
basketball coach Jody Runge
opens the discussion by admit
ting that she opposes financial
compensation to student-ath
letes for their efforts
•Point '1 think the student
athletes have a great responsi
bility and that creates a lot of
work in representing the
University." she said, “but 1
don't know that I care for the
idea {of paying athletes)
because 1 think that profession
ahz.es amateur snorts. II it's not
broken, lets not fix it
•Counterpoint. "You are
already subsidizing athletics
and 1 don't thing this is going to
make it any more of a profes
sional sport by giving them an
extra $100 a month to enable
them to have a lifestyle that's
not even the average of some
students," Oregon head football
coach Mike Hellotti said.
• Yearly Oregon numbers
Scholarships include tuition for
in-state and out-of-state resi
dents in the amount of $:t.25H
and $10,777, respectively.
Room and board is dependent
upon where the student-athlete
calls home — the dormitories at
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May 30, I 995
Volume 'M. Iwik I6t
Wilcox named to
Griese All-America
football team
Oregon light end Josh
Wiico* has boon named to
the Hob Grwse College Foot
bail Yearbook 1996 At* Amen
ca team First ream Tno
i i- of was the only Duck on
the list, but si* other Oregon
team members made the
Pacific 101 irst Team
Joining VV - i* on yon
terenc© list was Offensive
lineman Witty Rife defensive
lineman Troy Bailey Imo
b.it ker Jororny Asher and
defensive backs Kenny
Wheaton and Ale* Motden
The yearbook prediciod
USC to win tfio conference
followed by Arizona Wash
ington uct A and Oregon
Smits’ clutch
jumper evens series
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Allot
an almost unbelievable 3
potnt spree the Indiana Pan
on; got the winning basket
from a player wno had trou
Dte making any sort oi shot
all game
Hik Smtts lurnaround 14
f<>otef a! the buzyer lifted the
Indiana Pacers to a 94 93
v ( lory over the Orlando Mag
h on Monday, tying the (.ast
ern Confer erne Im.i % at two
games apiece
Struts' shot came after a
timeout with 1 3 seconds loft
and capped a run of Ihree
consecutive 3-pointers m the
(Inal 13 3 seconds two by
the Magic and one by Indi
ana n Reggie Meier
With Of ando'5 Shaquille O'
Neal and Horace Gram hav
ing fouled out. Smits took an
inbounds pass (torn Derrick
Mi Key, turned and taked
reserve center Tree Rollins
oil tus feet Smits. who had
missed 10 ol his first 15
shots, ducked under Rollins
and leaned m lor the winner
Fox in critical condi
tion after Indy crash
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Sian
f ox remained in critical but
stable condition Monday alter
a brain scan found no addi
tional injuries stemming from
his crash on the first lap of
the Indianapolis 500
Fox. a veteran sprint car
driver, underwent surgery on
Sunday at Methodist Hospital
to relieve pressure caused by
a subdural hematoma, or
bieedmg in the brain
Fox. 42. of Janesville. Wis .
was injured just seconds into
his eighth Indy 500 when his
car veered to the right and
slammed into a concrete
wall, then was cut in hall by
another car