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Ag spiker aims for Olympics
Texas match
Brinkman's
last at A&M
By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Assistant Sports Editor
There are two reasons Texas
A&M middle blocker Sherri Brink-
man stands out on the volleyball
court.
One is that the 6-footer is one of
the most dominating players in the
collegiate game.
Brinkman can seemingly hang in
midair, waiting for the set to get
within reach. She can change hands
and send the ball spiraling to the
floor. She can go high above the net
and, with one swing, send the ball
traveling at supersonic speeds
straight to the floor.
She’ll finesse you one second and
kill vou the next.
U.S. National and Olympic Wom
en’s Coach Terry Liskvich calls
Brinkman “one of the 10 best colle
giate volleyball players in the coun
try.”
A&M Coach Terry Condon, her
self an All-American at UCLA, said
Brinkman is “an awesome player —
one of the best.”
And if you somehow miss seeing
Brinkman on the court, you will cer
tainly hear her.
Whenever she blocks a ball back
into the spiker’s face or smashes a
ball onto a wide open floor, you can
hear Brinkman yell and laugh with
delight.
“It’s a great feeling when you see
no one up there and an open floor,”
she said. “You hit the ball and say,
‘Yeah.’ That’s excitement. That’s
what the game’s all about.
“If you don’t enjoy a sport while
you’re doing it, why do it? I believe
in doing whatever you want to do,
no matter what the cost, as long as
you’re happy doing it.”
And playing volleyball is what
makes Brinkman happy.
“I love volleyball,” she said. “It
hurts me not to play well though.
When I play well, that’s when I have
fun.”
But there haven’t been many
matches when Brinkman hasn’t
played well in her four years at
A&M.
The Mt. Prospect, Ill. native led
the SWC in almost every statistical
category last season.
After earning All-SWC honors for
the second straight year, Brinkman
was named to the All-America team.
“I was excited (about being voted
an All-American),” she said. “When
I went out to accept my plaque, for
the first time I felt like I had really
accomplished something. I’m not
one to expect things. I never believe
I’m as good as people say I am.”
As impressive ds she is on the
court, Brinkman is even more im
pressive off the court.
Easy going, excitable, outspoken
and funny, Brinkman always has d
friendly word and a warm smile,
even for strangers.
“I would rather be known as
Sherri Brinkman the person, not
Sherri Brinkman the volleyball play
er,” she said.
And Sherri Brinkman the volley
ball player will have her last chance
to play in G. Rollie White Coliseum
tonight at 7:30 when the No. 19 Ag
gies (25-6 overall and 7-2 in South
west Conference play) host No. 8
Texas (20-5 and 8-0).
“I’ll be crying my heart out,”
Brinkman said. “People think of
Sherri Brinkman as the big, strong
player, but I have emotions, and rfl
probably show them Wednesday.
“A&M has given me a lot of mem
ories. I’m very lucky. I’ll remember
all the fun times I’ve had here.”
Photo by JOHN MAKELl
Texas A&M All-American Sherri Brinkman (11)
will be setting her last ball over the G. Rollie
White Coliseum net tonight. The No. 19 Ags (25-
6, 7-2) host No. 8 Texas (20-5, 8-0) at 7:30 p.m.
Brinkman said she has four things
left to accomplish before Finishing
up her career in an Aggie uniform
— beating Texas Wednesday night,
winning the SWC, getting to play in
the NCAA National Championship
Tournament and winning the SWC
Most Valuable Player award.
In Brinkman’s four years at A&M,
the Aggies have defeated the Long
horns only once — in 1982. And
A&M has already lost to Texas once
this season.
“We’ve always had the skill to beat
Texas, we just haven’t had the right
mental attitude,” Brinkman said. “E-
veryone makes such a big deal about
beating Texas. They’re no different
than playing anyone else.”
But Brinkman admits Wednes
day’s match will be different from
any other she’s ever played in.
Not only will it mean walking off
C. Rollie for the last time, but Texas
will win the SWC title with a victory
over the Ags, denying Brinkman of
a SWC Championship ring.
With a two game lead and only
two games to play, the ’Horns have
all but mathematically captured the
title anyway. However, the Aggies
need a win to help their cause in re
ceiving one of the 12 at-large bids to
the NCAAs.
“Everything is riding on this
match,” she said. “It’s all or nothing.
We have to play well to get an NCAA
bid.”
Even though she led the confer
ence in hitting last season with a .360
and received the most votes for the
All-SWC team, the MVP award went
to Texas’ Kim Larson. This season,
Brinkman is again leading the SWC
in hitting with a .357, and this time
she would like to win the award.
“Who wouldn’t (like to win it)/’
she said. “But it’s politics, you know
It would be nice — but then a lot of
things would be nice.”
But she was more than ready to
praise her teammates, “I love them
They’ve always treated me forwhol
am and not for what I’ve done,”
Coach Condon, “She gave me every
thing I have now. She never gave up
on me. When you have someone be
lieve in you so much, you don’t want
to give up.”
Brinkman, who was one of 12
players selected to represent the
United States in last summer’s
World University Caines, will know
soon if she will make the U.S. Na
tional Team and the 1988 Olympic
Team.
“I’ll never stop playing this game,”
she said. “I love it too much.”
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