Ags dominate SWC awards
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By ROBERT CESSNA
Staff Sports Writer
Even though the Aggies are stay
ing home for the holidays instead of
preparing for a bowl game, the indi
vidual honors are still coming in.
Previously, Pat Thomas, junior
defensive back, received first team
All-America laurels on various
magazine and newspaper pickings,
including the Associated Press and
Football Writers of America.
Ed Simonini, a linebacker and
also a junior, was chosen for second
team All-America by AP.
This week the Associated Press
announced their All-Southwest
Conference football teams and 11
Aggies were represented. Baylor,
the conference champ placed 10 on
the two teams.
Earning first team recognition
were Warren Trahan, Bubba Bean,
Ed Sminoini, Tim Gray, Randy
Haddox and Pat Thomas.
Trahan achieved a personal goal
with the selection. “I was aiming for
this all year,” Trahan said. “I was
disappointed the team couldn’t do
better,” he said.
Trahan was selected at defensive
tackle along with Doug English of
Texas. Trahan said he felt the main
competition would come from En
glish and Ecomet Burley of Tech
who received second team.
Trahan is the only Aggie senior
thus far to be picked to play in post
season bowl games. He will appear
in the American Bowl as he turned
down an offer for the Blue-Gray
game.
Now Trahan will shift his em
phasis from college to pro hopes. “I
will keep toned,” Trahan said in
hopes to keep in shape for the pros.
T will start to lift weights, play bas
ketball and handball to keep in
shape,” Trahan added.
“I’m glad I can go out a winner,”
was the final comment Trahan had.
For Simonini post season awards
are not a new thing. This his second
year on first team All-Southwest
Conference and also the second
year on the AP All America second
team. Last year he was also voted
the best defensive player in the con
ference. In his sophomore year he
got “outstanding newcomer.”
“I’m happy,” was the initial reac
tion of Simonini. “I know that I got
picked but I also know some guys
that didn’t get picked that should
have. I know what I’m doing bad
and what I’m doing good. Let the
coaches and other players do the
judging (for honors),” Simonini
said.
Simonini doesn’t see that much
difference between his individual
play between this year and next but
can see that the team has improved.
“I feel I played about the same as
last year. There was a lot more help
from a lot of other guys this year.
The team stats proved that. It was
one great team effort,” Simonini
said.
Simonini now has the time to
relax, if that’s possible.
“It’s nice to be able to relax,”
Simonini said. “It’s hard to have a
football life, social life and academic
life at the same time. Now there’s no
practice or films,” Simonini said.
“Just academic and social life to con
tend with.”
Many people feel the season was
lost because of losing the SWC
crown and having no post-session
appearances. Simonini said, “It was
a good season.”
Gray was on the AP SWC team
for the first time. He transferred to
A&M for his last two years of college
ball.
“I was pleased in being selected
for the honor,” Gray said. They had
a successful season and now some of
them are getting the individual ac
complishments, he said.
Gray cites the difference in his
recognition this year to the play of
the team as a unit. “The linebackers
did a good job, the linemen rushed
well; this all goes along with the
secondary’s part,” Gray said. He
added, “When you play as a unit
things happen.”
Gray said that playing junior col
lege ball helped more than it hin
dered his progress. “It helped me in
my athletic experience,” Gray said.
As of this writing Gray has not
heard from any post-season offers
nor has Haddox, but Trahan has ac
cepted the America’s Bowl bid.
“Being selected to play in post
season play is a compliment to our
team and coaching staff, ” Gray said.
“It can determine your draft status, ”
he added.
Gray will now keep in shape and
await the pro draft. He plans to play
a lot of basketball, jog 3-4 miles a
day when it gets nice and do a little
weight lifting to keep his muscles
toned.
“I was a little bit surprised,” was
the initial reaction of Haddox when
he received the news of his selec
tion. He said he didn’t have that
Two All-Americas
to transfer to A&M
Two of the most highly sought
junior college football players in the
nation signed letters of intent with
Texas A&M yesterday.
Charlie Johnson and Robert Jack-
son will enroll in the university for
the second semester. Johnson is a
6-3, 270 lb. tight end from Tyler
Junior College. Jackson comes from
Henderson County Junior College
in Athens where he was a 6-2, 220
lb. linebacker.
Johnson was an all-state fullback
at West Columbia High and re
ceived All-America honors at Tyler.
He was also named the offensive
player of the year in Texas junior
colleges. He played on the defen
sive line his freshmen season and
was all-conference both ways.
Jackson also was named All-
America both years at Henderson.
In addition to playing linebacker, he
also filled in at noseguard. He was
tabbed the outstanding defensive
player on the junior college level in
Texas.
Both men have excellent speed
with Johnson clocked at 4.8 in the
40-yard dash and Jackson crossing
the stripe at 4.6.
Head football coach Emory Bel-
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good of year, percentage wise, “I
thought (Allan) Fringe of Rice would
get it,” Haddox said.
“I was disappointed in the way I
kicked. I was planning for a better
year than I had,” Haddox said. But
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As for the season on the whole.
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lard said, “We feel very fortunate to
sign two players of their caliber.
They have proven to be outstanding
football players and we’ve been im
pressed by them as young men. We
know they will make tremendous
contributions to our football prog
ram.”
By selecting A&M, Johnson and
Jackson turned down offers from
Oklahoma, Southern Cal, Texas,
Baylor and others. Other junior col
lege players choosing to go with
A&M will be signed on Thursday.
SMU rallies
for first win
DALLAS (AP) — Guard John
Sagehorn scored 20 points here
Tuesday night to lead the Southern
Methodist University Mustangs to a
come from behind 75-67 basketball
victory over Athletes in Action
West.
Athletes in Action saw a ten-point
lead dissipate early in the second
half as the Mustangs converted 17 of
21 shots from the line.
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Haddox said it was a big disap- 1 ^
pointment. “Ever so close but yet so
far away in a way,” was the way he
summed up the year. “We were one
game away from winning the con
ference and now we don’t even go to
a bowl game, ” Haddox said. Being a
senior you look forward to it, then
you don’t make it, Haddox added.
For Gray, Simonini and Bean
there is the worn out phrase of “wait
til next year.” No matter how over
used it is still applicable. For Had
dox, Gray and Trahan the tomorrow
will have to be in the pros, if there is
a tomorrow at all. On Jan. 28 and 29
these individuals will sit by their
phones and hope there is a tomor
row in football.
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