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Sports
Friday, February 18,1994
The Battalion
Page 5
Swimmer hopes for Olympic chance
Nick
Georgandis
Sports writer
A&M player
sets hoops
standards
D avid
Ed
wards
had one of
his typical
games on
Wednesday
night against
the Houston
Cougars.
However,
a typical
game for Ed
wards is a
game that
most point
guards
would look
upon as a
season highlight.
The senior point guard
threw in 19 points, and dished
out 12 assists, and in the
process became the first play
er in Southwest Conference
history to total at least 1000
points, 500 assists and 200
steals in his career.
The numbers look even
sweeter when one realizes
that this is only Edwards'
third season playing in the
SWC.
He began his collegiate ca
reer at Georgetown, then
transferred to A&M, where
NCAA transfer rules forced
him to sit out a season.
Edwards was humble in
his acceptance Wednesday
night of his landmark
achievement.
"Fm just happy to achieve
it," Edwards said. "The Good
Lord blessed me, and I'm just
happy to be able to receive it."
Some may view the combi-
See Edwards/ Page 5
Junior from
Colombia leads
Aggie swim team
By Kristine Ramirez
The Battalion
Diego Perdomo is a long way
from his home in Inem, Colom
bia.
But as a member of the Texas
A&M swim team, Perdomo has
adjusted to life in the United
States and plans to make a run at
the 1996 Summer Olympics.
As a sophomore, Perdomo
was named a 1993 All-American
in the 100-butterfly event.
Perdomo has only been in the
United States for three years but
has quickly adjusted to life here.
"The first time I came to the
United States I didn't understand
English very well," he said, "It
has been really hard for me. I get
homesick a lot."
He said he has received a lot
of help from those around him.
"I feel more . comfortable
now," he said. "The team and
coaches have been a great help."
Perdomo was a student at the
Oral Roberts University before he
transferred to A&M.
A close friend at A&M con
tacted head swimming coach,
Mel Nash and told him about his
friend, Perdomo.
Nash said he gets requests to
look at swimmers all the time but
he was glad Perdomo decided to
transfer to A&M.
"I'm glad we
pursued it be
cause he's
panned out
very well,"
Nash said.
Perdomo
said his parents
are proud of
his accomplish
ments and one
of the main rea
son he came to
A&M is be
cause of the opportunities.
"They are very proud. I'm go
ing to an American school, which
in my country is good," he said.
Perdomo
Perdomo said his main goal
this year is reach the NCAA
Championships.
"My main goal this year is to
go to the NCAA's. Everybody on
the swim team thinks I can do it
and I'm going to shoot for it," he
said.
He said the team has done re
ally well this year.
"This year has been a great
year not only for me but for the
whole team," he said, "We're try
ing to take a lot of people to the
NCAA's."
He said a good finish at the
NCAA Championships along
See Perdomo/ Page 6
Aggie track
looks to
SWC meet
By Stewart Doreen
A&M's Branch named
Academic All-American
Kevin Ivy/The Battalion
Chad Alexander (14) slides into home during the second game of the
doubleheader against McNeese State University. Alexander was
called safe as the Aggies went on to win, 5-4.
The fifth-ranked Aggies head to Tucson to play a three-game series
against the University of Arizona Wildcats , beginning today and
continuing through Sunday.
A&M will return to Olsen Field to play a doubleheader against
Southwest Texas State on Tuesday, beginning at 1 p.m.
From Staff and Wire Reports
Lisa Branch, starting guard
for the Lady Aggie basketball
team, was recently named to the
1994 District VI GTE Academic
All-America first team.
"I am very
proud of Lisa,"
A&M head
coach Lynn
Hickey said.
"She is the epito
me of a true stu
dent-athlete."
Members of
the team are cho
sen by the Col
lege Sports Infor
mation Dii'ectors
of America (CoSIDA) in District
VI. District VI includes all col
leges and universities in Texas,
Oklahoma, New Mexico,
Arkansas, Mississippi and
Louisiana.
Athletes are required to have
a minimum of a 3.20 grade point
ratio (on a 4.0 scale), to be a
starter or an important reserve
for their team and have at least
sophomore classification to be
eligible for the Academic All-
America honors.
A sophomore
general studies
major, Branch
has a 3.43 gpr
and received a
T TT . T GTE Academic
-Lynn Hickey, Achievement
A&M head Award for 1992 "
"She is the epitome
of a true student-
athlete,"
basketball coach
93.
Branch has
started in all of
the 20 games the Lady Aggies
have played this season.
She leads the team with a
16.1 point-per-game scoring av
erage and ranks 10th nationally
with a 6.6 assist average.
The Battalion
The Texas A&M men and
women's track and field teams head
up to Fort Worth this weekend to
compete in the Southwest Conference
Indoor Meet.
The Aggies will chase the favored
Texas Longhorns for the team titles,
but A&M head coach Ted Nelson
says the Aggies will direct their focus
on the opportunity for A&M's best to
compete for Southwest Conference
Indoor titles and to qualify individu-
"We want to be strong
going into the outdoor
meets,"
- Ted Nelson,
A&M head track coach
als for the NCAA Indoor Champi
onships that will be March 11-12 in
Indianapolis, Ind.
• A&M's defending Southwest
conference champion 4X400 relay has
posted the second fasted time in
America and will go head-to-head
against Baylor who has the fastest
time.
The last time A&M and Baylor
competed against each other, A&M
dropped the baton on the third leg
with the two teams in a even race.
• Anjanette Kirkland will look to
continue her early season success and
give the women's track program a
boost when she goes for the indoor ti
tle in the women's 55-meter hurdles.
• Mike Miller, who has defeated
See Track/ Page 6
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