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SPORTS ~~ "
Langston dreaming
of ’88 Olympic gold
By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Assistant Sports Editor
Everyone dreams of Olympic
gold, but few experience the feel
ing.
Texas A&M forward Lisa Lan
gston dreams of the feeling, but,
unlike most, she had a chance to
experience it.
Langston was one of 106 play
ers invited to try out for the 1984
Olympic team. Although she
didn’t make the final cut, Lan
gston was thrilled just to get a
chance to make the team.
“It was a great experience,”
Langston said. “I got to see (USC
All-America) Cheryl Miller and
the rest. That was the greatest
thing I got out of going. It was
really exciting.”
Langston said she made a fatal
mistake when trying out for the
team.
“I tried out for forward,” Lan
gston said. “I should have been
an off-guard. It was hard for me,
being 5-foot-8 and having to
guard (USC All-America) Pam
McGee.
“1 didn’t really go up there
with the best attitude either. I
can’t say I had a bad attitude, but
I was just kind of passive.”
Langston, a junior, returned to
A&M an improved player.
Last season, Langston was
named to the All-Southwest Con
ference team, averaging 16.8
points and 6.5 rebounds per
game.
This season, those statistics are
looking even better.
Try these numbers on for size
—18.6 points and 7.7 rebounds
per game.
However, Langston said she
isn’t satisfied with her perfor
mance this season.
“I’m not really pleased,” Lan
gston said. “On paper everything
looks great. There are a lot of
things 1 wish I could do better —
passing and defense. Those
things don’t show up in the statis
tics.
“I can score 31 points and not
Langston said the Aggies (10-
11, 3-7 in SWC) have improved
since Lynn Hickey took over the
A&M’s Lisa Langston
head coaching job at the begin
ning of the season.
“We have definitely improved
since the beginning of the sea
son,” Langston said. “It was a
combination of us changing to
ward (Hickey) and her changing
toward us. It has been a two-way
street. She realized what we were
capable of and we tried to give
her what she wanted.”
Although the Aggies are losing
six players to graduation, includ
ing three starters, they should be
a better team because of Hickey’s
recruiting, Langston said.
“We should be much im
proved,” Langston said. “She is
going after tne quality athlete.
There is a big difference between
a good athlete and one that has all
the fundamentals.
“If we get just half the players
they’re going after, we’ll nave a
good team. With good players
and a good coach, there is always
the potential for a great team.”
Langston said as far as this sea
son, she, has been especially
pleased with the Aggies’ dedica
tion.
“If I had to choose one thing
I’ve been most pleased with, it
would be the hard work we’ve put
in,” she said. “We really work
hard in practice and at the end of
every game. We never give up no
matter what the situation.”
Langston was an All-American
athlete at H. Grady Spruce High
School in Dallas. She lettered in
four sports and actually received
more attention in track.
“My school wasn’t really known
for basketball,” Langston said. “I
only received letters from A&M,
Baylor and SMU. When (former
A&M) Coach Rapp saw me the
first time, she was actually re
cruiting a girl named Fran Har
ris.
“I was an All-American in
track, but I wasn’t even interested
in running track in college. I got
offers from Nebraska and schools
like that. Sometimes I think about
just going out there and running,
just to see how I could do.”
Langston, who got the name
Leggs in high school, was in
fluenced by her mother in the de
cision to attend A&M.
“This was the only school I visi
ted,” Langston sain. “I was real
shy, so my mother did most of the
talking. She loved the campus
and we knew educationally it was
a great school. We were thinking
education first.
“My mother’s pretty right
about most things. If my mother
says it’s right then it’s usually
right.”
Professional basketball is a pos
sibility for Langston following
graduation.
“I don’t know whether there
will be a league in the U.S.,” Lan
gston said. “It’s questionable right
now. I might go overseas and
play. It just depends on how I feel
when I graduate. I will finish my
degree before I do anything.”
Coaching women’s collegiate
basketball is also a possibility for
the physical education major.
“If I get a good coaching job
after graduation, I will snap it
up,” Langston said. “Working
with Coach Hickey will help me.
She’s well known in women's bas
ketball.”
Still, she just can’t give up the
thought of Olympic gold.
“If I play overseas, I will still be
eligible for the ’88 Olympics,”
Langston said. “I will be 24 years
old. 1 figure I will still be a spring
chicken.”
Texas A&M’s Lisa Langston (14) puts up a shot against Mi
ami (Fla.) Saturday night. Langston leads the Ags in scoring.
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