Lewis is All-American
Sanders is prominent name on AP team
Associated Press
Florida State corner back Deion
Sanders and Oklahoma State's
Barry Sanders head the Asso
ciated Press 1988 AU-America
football team named Thursday.
The All-America team also in
cludes defensive tackle Tracy
Rocker of Auburn, winner of the
Outland and Lombardi 1 rophies
and Derrick Thomas of Alabama.
Sanders is joined in the back-
field by two other underclassmen
— junior quarterback Steve
Walsh of Miami and Texas A&M
sophomore running back Darren
Lewis.
The wide receivers are two
more record-breakers — Jason
Phillips of Houston and Hart Lee
Dykes, Sanders' Oklahoma State
teammate.
Top-ranked Notre Dame
placed three players on the All-
America team — offensive tackle
Andy Heck, defensive end Frank
Stams and linebacker Mike Stone-
breaker.
Nebraska placed center Jake
Young and defensive end Brode-
ric k Thomas on the sejuad, while
Arkansas had placekicker Ken
dall Frainor and defensive line
men Wayne Martin.
The rest of the offensive unit
consists of tight end Wesley Walls
of Mississippi, tackle Tony Man-
darich of Muhigan State and
guards Anthony Pnillips of Okla
homa and Mike Utley of Wash
ington State.
Rounding out the defense are
down lineman Mark Messner of
Michigan, linebacker Keith DeL-
ong of Tennessee, defensive
backs Louis Oliver of Florida and
Markus Paul of Syracuse and
punter Keith English of Colo
rado. The return specialist is
Texas Tech’s 5-foot-3, 130-
pound Tyrone Thurman.
Lewis surprised; Roper makes 2nd team
By Doug Walker
Sports Editor
Sophomore running back Dar
ren Lewis expressed surprise at
being named to the first team of
the Associated Press All-America
team announced Thursday.
Outside linebacker John Roper
made the second team as a de
fensive end.
Lewis, who set a new A&M re
cord for yards rushing in a season
with 1,692 yards, broke the con
ference record for rushing at
tempts with 306.
His yardage total was the sec
ond-highest season total in South
west Conference history behind
Texas’ Earl Campbell’s 1,744
yards in 1977.
Lewis finished second nation
ally in rushing yardage behind
Heisman Trophy winner Barry
Sanders of Oklahoma State.
Roper finished the year with
98 tackles. 16 for losses, and
added 15 quarterback sacks for
99 vards in losses.
He was twice named SWC De
fensive Plaver of the Week for his
performances against Houston
and Texas Christian.
“Darren is truly a great run
ning back and he deserves the
award." A&M Head Coach Jackie
Sherrill said. “It's a little unusual
for a sophomore to make All-
American but Darren is not your
usual running back.”
Lewis missed nearly all of the
second half of the Aggies’ 23-14
loss to Nebraska and the entire
Lmisiana State game (a 27-0 LSU
victory) with a toe injury but still
managed to run away with the
SWC rushing title.
“The amazing thing is he was
at about 75 percent efficiency
with that turf toe,” Sherrill said.
“Most great players have obsta
cles that they overcome and Dar
ren proved he belongs in that
class.'
“It surprised me because
usually juniors and seniors get
these kinds of awards," Lewis
said. “Naturally, I’m happy — es
pecially for our team and coach
ing staff.”
Three Aggie offensive linemen
were nam«f honorable mention
All-Americans. Offensive tackles
Matt McCall and L.B. Moon
joined offensive guard Jerry Fon
tenot in that category.
“I couldn't have gained the
yards I did without the offensive
line doing such a good job up
front,” 1^4is said. “The holes
were there all year long and I just
went through them.”
Other Aggies to make the hon
orable mention list were de
fensive back Alex Morris, wide
receiver Rod Harris and punter
Sean Wilson.
* •
Lady Ags slam Pan Am
Lady Aggie guard Sheri Dillard drive* against Pan American’s Liz
Arevalo in the first half of Texas A&M's 100-39 victory Thursday
night. Dillard scored three points for A&M in the contest.
By Stan Golaboff
Sports Writer
The 1 exas A&M Women's basket
ball team overcame a sluggish sun
to coast to a 100-39 win over Pan
American Thursday night at G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
Senior center Nette Garrett, who
started because of an injury to Lisa
Jordon, led the Aggies (4-2) with a
career-high 26 points.
“It was great to get a game like
this out of Nette. She is a great de
fensive player and it’s been a long
time since we have gotten this kind
of ofTensive production from her,"
A&M Head Coach LynnHickey said.
"I think this will give her some
confidence, which is imponant since
we won’t know until tomorrow how-
long Lisa will be out," Hickey said.
Garrett also had a team high 12
rebounds as the Aggies outre-
bounded the smaller Lady Broncos
59-28.
“It is hard to stay up against a
small team like this,” Garrett said. “It
is harder for me to block them out
because they get up under you. The
important thing to remember is to
suy motivated and not slack up.”
“We knew we were going up
against a small more inexperienced
team, so were needed to play with
some intensity. Our freshmen came
through for us again,” Hickey said.
Freshman Detia Russo had 14
points and Irving LaTanya added 12
points. Lisa Herner (10 points) and
Donna Roper (14) also scored in
double figures for the Aggies.
Roper now has 1,164 career
points and needs just eight more
points to move into second place
ahead of Michell Tatum.
Pan American was led by center
Shelli Ingram with IS points and
guard Melinda Sandoval with 11
points. Pan American’s losing streak
was extended to 34 .
A&M scored twelve of the game's-
first 14 points and never looked
back.
“We came out a bit sluggish, but I
think that's because the girls have a
lot on their minds with finals, the
end of the semester and having to
play basketball." Hickey said. “I
think we played with a lot more in
tensity in the second half.”
. A&M outscored the Lady Broncos
20-5 over the first seven minutes of
the second half and the only ques
tion left was whether A&M would
break the 100-point mark.
Freshman Vanessa Edwards an
swered the question with 16 seconds
left in the game when she hit a bank-
shot free throw.
Edwards had three points and
four rebounds in seven minutes.
Ryan legacy is worth more than money, involves pride
I thank my lucky stars I'm not an Astro’s
fan. It's not that I dislike the Houston nine.
The fact of the matter is that I’m
ambivalent. But if I were a fan I'd be
enraged.
onn McMullen hasioammiued the
loh
untie
public relations blunder of the year
(perhaps the decade) bv letting the Ryan
Express depart Houston and head up the
tracks to Arlington.
Nolan Ryan came to the Astros in 1980 as
the highest-paid player in baseball. Since
that time he has insured himself a place in
the Hall of Fame by hurling his fifth no
hitter and becoming the all-time career
leader for strikeouts in the major leagues.
Since that time he has also been
Houston’s best and most consistent pitcher.
Ryan wanted to stav in Houston. That’s
where his family is. That’s near his home.
McMullen's initial offer would have
resulted in a 20 percent pay cut for Ryan.
That hurt the Alvin native's pride and
>ted him to offer his ulents
elsewhere.
It’s presumed that McMullen didn’t
think there was much of a market for a 42-
year-old right hander who went 12-11 last
year- Apparently there was.
In adoition to the Rangers, the Giants
and the Angels were ready to open their
coffers to the tune of $ 1.5 million.
It’s true — 12-11 is not a banner year.
But you do have to remember he was
pitching for the Astros. With their anemic
run production even Orel Hershiser might
encounter difficulty wrenching a million
and a half out of McMullen.
And don’t think Ryan abandoned
Houston just for the money. Angel’s owner
Gene Autry had always regretted letting
Ryan get away. This time around California
was the high bidder at $ 1.9 million.
But Rvan said he is a “die-hard Texan"
and he chose to forsake more money to suy
in the Lone Sur State.
On top of all the negative press this is
generating, the Iom of Ryan is going to have
more ungible effects on the ballclub.
Houston is losing a man who threw right
around 200 innings a season every year. He
could also be counted on for 30-35 sum
and would strike out 200 batters a season.
He also put fans in the seats.
Page one of the Houston Post Sports
section had a photo of a fan holding the
telegram she sent to Astro’s GM Bill Wood.
It read: No Nolan, No Tickets.
For the Rangers this could be the
crowning achievement to their volatile
activities at the winter meetings.
The hapless Rangers are getting all the
aforementioned good qualities that Ryan
possesses. They are also getting a pitcher
with 38 major league records and 21 years
of big league experience.
This could help buoy the Rangkrs ultra-
talented but also very young pitching suff.
The Rangers have also just acquired a
pair of .300 hitters that should bolster their
ability to score. Perhaps that will allow Ryan
to carve a few more notches in the win
column.
However it works out Astro fans will
have to bear the sight of Nolan Ryan going
to the Hall of Fame in a Texas Ranger
uniform.
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