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sports — Battalion/Page II December 14 Modest Walker receives another football honor ». United Press International >• ATLANTA — Herschel Wal ker is making up for lost time, t Frustrated in his freshman and sophomore seasons when he played second-fiddle in the national honors derby — first to George Rogers, then Marcus Allen — the University of Geor gia junior is mopping up this year. The 225-pound junior tail back, who has combined power and speed to climb to third place on the NCAA career rushing list, was named by UPI Monday as both its College Football Play er of the Year and Back of the Year. Walker was named earlier this season as the 1982 winner of the Heisman Trophy — an award which eluded him the two previous seasons. He has also been named All-America for the third straight year. Walker, who has rushed for 5,259 yards and scored 52 touchdowns in three seasons, was the overwhelming choice of sportswriters and sportscasters for both UPI awards. He had 74 votes to 27 for runner-up John Elway, Stanford’s All-America quarterback, for Player of the Year and 78 votes to 29 for run ner-up Eric Dickerson, South ern Methodist’s All-America running back, for Back of the Year. All-America center Dave Rimington of Nebraska was third in the Player of the Year voting and Elway was third in ENJOY THE HOLIDAY BREAK DON’T BECOME AN ACCIDENT STATISTIC Santa says.. the Back of the Year voting. Walker, who constantly downplays his personal accom plishments, says the numerous awards he has won “belong as much to my teammates as they do to me.” Walker added to his legend Sunday by rescuing a woman trapped in a smoking, wrecked car near the Georgia campus. A witness said Walker ran up to the overturned car after another person was unable to pull the door open, ripped the door open, helped pull the woman to safety, then “jogged off into the sunset.” “It impressed me and my wife so much he would be the one who would stop and help,” said the witness. “But he didn’t just stop — he took over the situa tion. I don’t know that we could have gotten her out without him. Everybody is glad he’s here (at Georgia) to play football. I’m glad he’s here as a citizen.” Walker became an instant football hero at Georgia in 1980 when he scored two touchdowns in the first game of his freshman season to lead the Bulldogs to a come-from-behind 16-15 vic tory over Tennessee. He wound up his first season with more rushing yardage, 1,616, than any other freshman in history Drinking & Driving lead to holiday accidents.^!/ *1 DRIVE OR DRINK; NOT BOTH ^ THE VEST OF WARPED Classic strips from the past 2 years of “Warped” by Scott McCullar A message from the campus Alcohol Awareness project 845-0596/845-5826 Available at: BOBBIE’S BOOKS Loupot’s Whole Earth, Hast ing’s, & 216 Reed McDonald Bldg. Tower Dining Room NOW OPEN Have you taken your wife to lunch recently? Sunday through Friday 11 a.m. — 1:30 p.m. Rudder Tower 11th Floor Open to Public “Quality First” despite missing most of two games with a sprained ankle and led the Bulldogs to a perfect sea son and the national champion ship. Walker, who improved that performance in 1981, rushing for 1,891 yards — the all-time high for a sophomore — and in creasing his touchdowns from 15 to 20 — got off to a slow start this past season after breaking his right thumb in pre-season practice. Used primarily as a de coy in Georgia’s opener against defending national champion Clemson, he gained only 20 yards. With the thumb still in a cast, Walker also was below par his next two games but returned to form when he rushed for 215 yards against Mississippi State. Averaging only 96 yards his first three games, Walker averaged 183 the final eight and wound up with 1,752 yards and 17 touchdowns. With a season yet to play, Walker is only 823 yards shy of Tony Dorsett’s NCAA career rushing record (6,082) and is only seven touchdowns shy of the career record (59) shared by Dorsett and Glenn Davis. Syracuse joins Big EastW buddies in national po United Press International NEW YORK — The Big East Conference is staking its claim to being one of the top college basketball leagues in the nation. When Syracuse joined the Top 20 as No. 15 Monday in balloting by UPI’s Board of Coaches, the number of Big East representatives in the list jumpea to four, including Georgetown (No. 7), St. John’s (No. 10), and Villanova (No. 18). The Orangemen stretched their record to 6-0 with a 92- 87 upset of Houston, which oddly remained ahead of Syracuse at No. 14. The Arkansas Razorbacks, the only other Southwest Con ference team in the Top 20, are at No. 13. Joining Syracuse as the newest members of the Top 20 are Nevada-Las Vegas, 5-0, and Illinois State, also 5-0. Purdue, Marquette and De- Paul all fell out of the Top 20. Virginia, 6-0, which behind Ralph Sampson turned back the challenge of the Hoyas and Pat Ewing last week, re tained its No. 1 rating while Georgetown dropped four places. The Cavaliers, led by the Memphis State,6-0,nw;! r No. 4, followed by Nail HO f N ° 1 l tiled for j diana, No. 6 Iowa,No,111 souri, and No. 9 Alabanii L, , t Memphis State dels; i 111111 ’ ^ Kent State and Teniin Br' . State last week andalsow T The all- ;t by NE (Texas A&I i and antes wil ad. . Meisr 7-foot-4 Sampson’s 23 points, 16 rebounds and 7 blocked shots, topped Georgetown 68- 63 in the long-awaited battle of titans. They collected 34 first-place votes and 580 points from 39 of the 42 coaches who participated in this week’s poll. Georgetown, 6-1, had de feated Alabama State before suffering its first loss of the year on Saturday. Kentucky, 5-0 after victor ies over Detroit and Illinois, remained No. 2 with five first- place votes and 556 points, while UCLA, 4-0, inched up to No. 3 with 435 points. mg pnme-i up one position fronrn; |i' on ’ ago. The undek** nnounced Hoosiers, on the strenjjllii triumphs over Notre Da Eastern Michigan and Hi ing, advanced two spots,) the Hawkeyes, 5-0, rent sixth after two victories, Missouri, 5-0 after! triumphs, remained while Alabama,4-0,movdi two places and St.John’s, 1 advanced three spots. Louisville, 5-1, is 11th, lowed by No. 12 Tenm No. 13 Arkansas, and Hi ton. 5-1, which fell fours) from No. 10. North Cat 3-2, is 16th, followedbylii Carolina State; \ which dropped nine after being beaten by No. 19 Nevada-Las Vegas^724 loss t No. 20 Illinois State, The UPI Board consist; •six coaches from seven gions of the country, select their top 15 teams points awarded on a 15-1(1 etc., basis on votes through 15. 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