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homa State and five behind
:ona State. The Aggies had
n a second-place, one-shot
over the Cowboys into the
1 round of the tournament.
But the 1982 SWC and
[AA tournaments are history
iow, and Briggs is currently in
tiejprocess of making the sum-
ner months pay off with more
lard work and competition. In
jddition to the pro-am in Long-
iew, Briggs now will compete in
he Texas State Amateur tour-
knent, starting Thursday in
Kkin.
Sriggs will also compete in the
Amateur, the Porter
>and if he qualifies, the U.S.
ateur. After shooting a 69-
In qualifying rounds of the
lO U.S Amateur, Briggs mis-
Ithe tournament cut by two
p. But he says he’s looking
better performance in
I 2 '
Ls for a professional career,
tgs said he’ll probably wait
' after the 1982-83 season
bre he attempts to earn a
tour card.
lot of people have been
Iging me about whether I’m
pg to turn pro,” said Briggs,
(), if he chooses to do so, could
[nipt to make the tour by pas-
t qualifying rounds and tests
pober. “I’m pretty sure I’m
pg to be back in school next
jl’m looking forward to play-
I professional golf, but if I
I’tmake it to the professional
|r, it’s not the end of my life,
■just do something else, and
Jsure I’ll have a good time
als’ offer,P n g it- But you don’t spend 10
s todaydi§P years of your life working
isas CitrE
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Danny Briggs
at something and then just give
it up.”
Briggs, a recreation major,
grew up in Bryan before moving
to Paris, Texas. But living in a
small town like Paris has its dis
advantages when recruiting
time arrives, Briggs said.
“When I was recruited by
Coach Ellis, he didn’t even give
me my scholarship my freshman
year,” he said. “I didn’t have that
good of a high school tourna
ment record. I was what you’d
call a sleeper. Coach Ellis didn’t
even ask me down on a recruit
ing visit.
“I’m not a real cocky-type per
son. I would go out of my way to
help anyone, even people I don’t
know. But when it comes time to
play golf, I kind of push a little
button to get myself prepared
for playing.
“It’s a game of winners and
losers,” Briggs said, “and it’s a
game of individual perform
ance. People don’t really realize
what a mental game golf is. You
really have to concentrate when
you’re out there.”
Briggs, chosen second team
all-America this year and honor
able mention all-America in
1981, says he’s improved a great
deal since his high school days.
But he doesn’t want to take com
plete credit for the Aggies’ suc
cess.
“When people talk about how
much I’ve improved,” he said,
“that’s the truth. But I’d say that
(junior) Gary Krueger played
consistently better than I did this
year.
“He finished ahead of me
more times than I finished
ahead of him. I just happened to
finish first in the Southwest
Conference tournament and
eighth in the NCAA tourna
ment. But he’s really played bet
ter overall.”
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trying to i Merits of Szekely and Flores will
ne and ra p sorely missed if the two de-
|e to sign professional con
tacts.
■Tm pleased to see both these
k the lailids get drafted,” he said. “I
iBI and pink Flores is a good prospect if
it I just :pte can come up with a breaking
pin h. I feel sure that they’ll both
ed 1982win contracts.
away froiEl hate to lose Szekely, and I’ll
in 19";P sweating it out (today) with
me shyoipck Luecken.”
n 1981,HELuecken, who recently com
alaying fitted his junior season as the
gers, the pgies’ top pitcher, will almost
farm teaiittely be selected during today’s
nam last|p UI1 cls- The 6-5, 212-pound
n hittiniight hander finished 1982 with
on with If f| -2 record and a staff-leading
2.65 ERA. In addition, he qual-
coach Mied for first team all-SWC
guidedphile coming up with 63 strike-
-1 recordists i 11 71 1 / 3 innings, spanning
arence teg games.
eason, saP Ch an c9 er said senior Bobby
f page lf a y* or ’ a pl easan t pitching sur-
" 6 “rise who received the Wally
loon Award for being the most
Dproved player on the squad in
&82, may be chosen today as
no FOOi Taylor, from Port Arthur,
^ ound up the year with a 5-2
"cord and three shutouts to
iad the Aggie staff in that
ategory.
Flores’ statistics for the past
iason include 39 strikeouts and
5.12 ERA in 16 games, which
acluded 12 starts. Flores
llowed 88 hits in 77‘/s innings.
In another important SWC
jcks, shortstop Spike Owen of
[exas was chosen by the Seattle
lariners as the sixth pick in the
bt round.
Owen and the Longhorns are
jirrently attempting to win the
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