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Those races at the end of the meet were raced as exhibitions since the Aggies had already clinched the meet. In exhibitions all the racers are not counted in point totals, making the score closer than it would be other- The men swept the top three places twice and the top two three times. The A&M winners were: Women • 400 medley relay — Lisa Sheedy, Laura Grimes, Courtney Searcy, Joan Wojtowicz: 4:06.98 • 400 freestyle — Brenda Wright: 10:28.10 • 200 freestyle — Joan Wojto wicz: 1:58.12 • 200 butterfly — Susan Hab ermas: 2:07.79 • 100 freestyle — Michelle Chow: 54:45 • 200 backstroke — Lisa Sheedy: 2:19:58 • 500 freestyle — Brenda Wright: 5:07:32 • 200 breaststroke — Laura Grimes: 2:25.46 Men • 400 medley relay — Todd Bartee, Julian Summers, Pete Staruch, Matt Stelling: 3:41.80 • 1,000 freestyle — Clay Ken nedy: 10:32:64 • 200 freestyle — Todd Bartee: 1:47.33 • 50 freestyle — Dan Stevens: 22.11 • 200 intermediate medley —Pete Staruch: 2:03.83 • 200 butterfly — Todd Bartee: 2:00.08 • 100 freestyle — Dan Stevens: 48.52 • 200 backstroke — Mario Vela: 2:08.13 • 500 freestyle — Ernie Vela: 2:08.63 Gibson’s guts earn him NL MVP , Los Angeles Dodgers in the clubhouse and carried them at the plate, was named the National League Most Valuable Player on Tuesday. Gibson drove in only 76 runs, the fewest RBI by an MVP since Pete Rose in 1973, but did enough to Finish comfortably ahead of Darryl Strawberry of the New York Mets. Orel Hershisher, the playoff and World Se ries MVP, finished a distant sixth. Gibson got 13 first-place votes and finished with 272 S ints. Strawberry had seven first-place votes and 236, lowed by Kevin McReynolds of the Mets with the other four first-place votes and 162. Pittsburgh’s Andy Van Slyke got 160 points, San Francsico’s Will Clark got 135 and Hershiser, who re ceived just one third-place vote, had 111. Two members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America in each NL city did the voting prior to the postseason. The American League MVP will be an nounced Wednesday. Gibson hit .290 with 25 home runs and stole 31 bases in delivered what he promised, a championship to the Dodgers. He left the Detroit Tigers and signed with Los Angeles on Feb. 1 after becoming a free agent in the Collusion I case. 03204201 But Gibson gave the Dodgers the drive they needed to rebound from their first consecutive sub-.500 finishes since 1967-68. He was the symbol of their determination, never more evident than in the World Series. Unable to start because of hamstring and knee injuries, he limped to the plate and hit a two-run, pinch-homer off Oakland’s Dennis Eckersley with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning that won Game 1. It was Gibson’s only at- bat of the Series. Gibson set the tone for the Dodgers early when he stormed out of camp before the team’s first exhibition because of a practical joke. Teammate Jesse Orosco put eye black inside Gibson’s cap and Gibson didn’t think it was funny. The rest of the Dodgers got the message, and as Hershiser said after the World Series, Gibson “made it right and he made it cool to work hard and be a hus tler.” Hickey (Continued from page 9) only coach in the junior high and high school for both boys and girls, and he coached every sport. “In Welch, you either rode a horse or played basketball. We didn’t have football — basketball, “I was one of those people in high school and college who did two things — play basketball and study. My social life had been about zero. I had not found very many young men who wanted to go out with a girl who could beat them playing ‘21’ or ‘Horse. ’ Lynn Hickey baseball and softball were the main sports. I really respected what he aid, and always wanted to grow up and do what he had done.” Hickey played basketball through out high school, but it wasn’t until she began attending Ouachita Bap tist University in Arkadelphia, Ark. that she realized her potential. “When I grew up, I had never even seen a female coach until I was in college,” she said. “I had started college with the idea that I was going to be a psychiatrist or psychologist. But the further I went through col lege, the one thing I realized that I did best was to teach sports. “When I got out of college, there still was not collegiate athletics for women, so I started coaching in ju nior high and high school. About four years after I was out of school, all the colleges had to start opening up places for women in coaching. After that, my horizons broadened a little bit and I saw that there were more opportunities out there be sides coaching high school.” Hickey graduated summa cum laude from Ouachita with a bache lor’s degree in education. However, she felt her social life undermined her success in school and sports. “I was one of those people in high school and college who did two things — play basketball and study,” she said. “My social life had been about zero. I had not found very many young men who wanted to go out with a girl who could beat them playing ‘2f or ‘Horse.’ “I remember the summer I grad uated from college, I sat and cried to my dad because I didn’t have any dates and I didn’t know what was going to happen. About two weeks later, my brothers were in a baseball camp in Missouri, and I met Bill. “He was one of the first guys I met who thought that me being an All- American and wanting to be good at basketball and liking to go out and run and stuff was really neat. “The first year we were married, he would want me to go by the school where he was teaching and show everybody how I could shoot baskets. To find someone who thought all those things were neat Wasjust very unique.” Hickey says the events that led to she and her husband coaching at A&M exemplify the effect her hus band has had on her life. After five years of head coaching and 20-plus wins per season at Kan sas State University, Hickey received an offer from A&M in 1984 to be come the assistant athletic director for women and head basketball coach. Even though the move was an in triguing idea, she says her role as a wife played a crucial part in the final decision. “I wasn’t really looking for an other position,” she says. “I had been in a really good basketball program — we were ranked in the Top 10 — and I had my own television show. “The fact that my husband was a baseball coach at Kansas State was in the back of my mind. He had ap plied for an assistant’s job at A&M, and I knew that I could not make a move from Kansas State unless it was a positive move for my husband also. About two weeks after I visited here, the man who had been baseball coach for years resigned, and every thing fell in place for Bill to get the job.” Although Hickey had personal reasons for wanting to coach at A&M, dreams of building a women’s athletic program also inspired her. “I knew that I would never be as sistant athletic director at Kansas State, and I wanted that experience and background,” she says. “Also, I knew the Kansas program was at its height. I knew we were about as good as we were ever going to get. “When I saw A&M’s size and the number of people and opportunities here, I thought that if I could come in and build a program at Texas A&M, I would accomplish some thing that a lot of people didn’t think was possible, but something much bigger and better than at Kansas State.” Since coming to A&M, Hickey has built the women’s program to the point that a national title has been obtained in softball and Southwest Conference crowns have been awarded for golf and tennis. Like wise, Hickey initiated the Lady Ag gie Maroon Club, a fund-raising group for the women’s athletic de partment. However, a problem her first year here made Hickey’s job harder than it would have been, she says, and her goals have not been easy to accompl ish. “The fall I first came here, I did not bring both of my assistant coaches with me, I only brought one,” she says, “The one I didn’t bring started a big raucous at Kansas State by accusing me of a lot of ille gal recruiting and other things. “All this stuff she said hit the pa pers across the country, and I didn’t receive one phone call from anyone asking my side of the story. I was devastated because not only did I have to handle it, but my whole fam ily had to handle it. I will never for get it, and I don’t think I’ll ever get over it.” Although Hickey is creating a suc cessful program at A&M, she said her job is difficult because she deals with so many people. “The hardest part of my job is the day-in, day-out working with peo ple,” she said. “My mortgage pay ment is dependent upon how 18-and 19-year olds react. “If it was a matter of just going out and teaching people how to drib ble, pass and shoot, this job would be a lark. But we spend more of our “When we win the na tional championship, (Hickey) won’t be out there making the winning basket, but she will have been the person to coach and recruit and make the team what it will be. ” Lubomyr Lichonczak A&M assistant women’s basketball coach I SWenseih’S"'' 1/3 LB. HAMBURGER WITH FRIES ITS ALMOST MORE THAN YOU CAN EAT! Good For Up To ^ 4 Per Coupon WITH | COUPON * / I 3.99 BRING THIS COUPON m MEAL DEAL Get a 1/3 lb. 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I want it to be more personal, and sometimes I get myself in a mess trying to do that. Sometimes I worry a little too much about what they’re thinking and feeling, and I think I probably need to be a little more cold-hearted.” Lisa Jordan, junior sociology ma jor and center for the Lady Aggies, says, “I think it’s important to have a personal relationship with your coach. Some teams go out to play and they’re just a number to the coaches, but that isn’t how it is with Coach Hickey.” Donna Roper, senior journalism major and guard for the Lady Ag gies, says, “Coach Hickey has a dif ferent attitude on and off the court. On the court, she is a coach all the way. Off the court, she’s more like a mother — more understanding. It’s really helpful, too, because many of us are away from home and our par ents so often. “I think she’s a very expectant coach. She won all those champion ships at K State, and while we want a championship for ourselves very badly, she expects it of us and lets us know that’s what she expects.” For the future, Hickey hopes to lead A&M to a national championship title. She says the most rewarding part of her job is seeing young people develop and watching them pull together to win. “There’s nothing better than working all week — or even for a couple of years — and then seeing it Fish Camp FISH CAMP ’89 CHAIRPERSON APPLICATIONS DUE FRIDAY NOV. 18 STILL AVAILABLE cAnibeifts 5 Big \ML\m^m\rn " Smfl W h ’ Days Gmi Opening * Sale Begins GRAND OPENING tnr HELP us celebrate the GRAND OPENING of our BIG NEW STORE in College Station! Come see our new Hobby and Fabric Departments COTTON BLEND FABRIC Solids & Fancies 1-10 yrds. Lengths 45" wide QOS per yard Values to '2.99 yd. 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