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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1979
Busy Lady
Werner combines basketball, family life
By BETH YOUNG
Battalion Reporter
Being a wife, a college student
and a member of a college basket
ball team are all time-consuming
chores in themselves. But to suc
cessfully combine all three requires
something special in a person. Pat
Werner, No. 23 on the Texas A&M
women’s basketball team, has what
it takes.
Werner, a 21-year-old junior from
Angleton, began playing basketball
in the seventh grade.
“A bunch of friends and I got to
gether to try out,” she said. “I didn t
even know what basketball was
about back then.”
Her father kept her interested,
however, and when she’s on the
court, it’s easy to see that she knows
what basketball is all about now.
Werner, who considers defense her
specialty, and the Aggie Ladies host
Houston tonight at 5:15 in G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
Werner said that her high school
coach, Jane Fitzgerald, taught her
how to play basketball and was a big
help to her career.
“I never considered any other
sport than basketball, she said. It
was the only organized sport in our
junior high school and it was either
that or nothing.”
Of the three brothers and one sis
ter in her family, Werner said that
only her little sister, a seventh-
grader, plays basketball.
“I'm really the only one in my
family who is sports-oriented, she
said.
The thin, 6-foot-0 Werner has
played basketball for nine years.
She said that even though she was
sick of basketball by the time she got
out of high school, she decided to
try out at Texas A&M, despite the
fact that she was not recruited.
Werner said she chose Texas A&M
because of the friendliness of the
people.
“I came to some of the games
here,” she said, “and everyone at
home highly recommended A&M.
Werner said that she feels Texas
A&M has a good women’s basketball
program.
“We are getting more money for
scholarships every year,” she said,
“and Coach Bender has been get
ting some good recruits. We could
still use more money, though.
The only real problem with wo
men’s basketball here, said Werner,
is that the Aggie Ladies have to wait
until the men’s team finishes work
outs before they can start their prac
tice and it gets late.
Another thing that Werner said
could be a problem is the lack of
press coverage given to women s
sports.
“The Batt does its best,” she said,
“and really does give us the best
coverage of any newspaper. But we
most definitely have trouble getting
any publicity.”
“The men, on the other hand, get
it all. Why, some people don’t even
know when we have games.”
Werner said that the thing she
dislikes most about basketball is the
long hours of practice.
“We practice about two hours
plus every day that we don’t have a
game,” she said. “I realize you have
to practice to get better, but we play
a lot of games and I get tired, espe
cially at the end of the season. But, I
love basketball or I wouldn’t play.”
Another reason Werner doesn’t
care for practicing so much is the
fact that it takes her away from her
husband, Ronny.
“It seems like when Ronny has a
day off, I have a game,” she said,
“and when I just have practice, he
has to work.”
Werner, the only married woman
on the team, met her husband, a
P.E. major like herself, when he
was selling tickets to a majors club
picnic.
“Six months later, we got mar
ried,” she said, “and things have
worked out good for us.”
Werner admits that it was hard
for them when they first got mar
ried.
“It was an unstable time for us,”
she said. “Basketball took up so
much time and we had to keep up
with our school work. We didn’t see
each other much but it’s better now
that we’ve been married over a
year.
The fact that her husband is five
inches shorter than she is doesn’t
bother Werner at all.
“We get along really well,” she
said. “Were best friends. Ronny
loves me playing basketball. He’s
my biggest fan and comes to all the
games that he can and even some
practices.”
Werner also said that it gets frus
trating spending so much time apart
but that they don’t fight about bas
ketball because Ronny enjoys the
game just as much as she does.
After college Werner said that she
plans to coach basketball at the high
school level. With a shy grin, she
added, “I’d really like to start a fam
ily.”
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night’s contest, Rudy Woods for Texas A&M
and Billy Allen for SMU. Tip-off is at 7:30
p.m. The Aggie Ladies host Houston in
another revenge match at 5:15 p.m. The
Cougars defeated the Aggies earlier in the
season.
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