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□ After spending his freshman year
in the shadow of All-American
aron Glenn, Donovan Greer has
come into his own at cornerback.
By Philip Leone
The Battalion
Not just anybody can play cornerback at
■exas A&M.
I You have to be something special — an extraor
dinary athlete with lightning speed, killer in-
» incts, cool nerves and quiet confidence.
As a member of the attacking “Wrecking Crew”
defense, you have to earn your keep by playing
||ian-to-man coverage most of the time.
As a two-year starter at cornerback, junior
onovan Greer knows from experience the perils of
playing the position for the Aggies.
I However, with blistering 4.34 speed and loads
jyith talent, Greer comes well-equipped to handle
is comerbacking chores.
Greer had a remarkable career at Elsik High
School in Alief and was heavily recruited by a
pumber
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lollege
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and Ohio
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ing, and
even last
§veek’s opponent Colorado was in the running for
he blue-chipper’s services before Greer changed
is mind on visiting the campus in Boulder.
“A buddy of mine was also going to fly up there
n one of his recruiting visits, and he told me the
ight before the trip about a dream he had where
he plane crashed into the side of a mountain,” said
reer. “So I just said ‘Forget it’ and decided that
&M was the place to be.”
Texas A&M Secondary Coach Larry Slade said
he is glad that Greer made the decision to play col
lege ball in College Station.
“He has all the attributes we look for in a cor-
erback,” Slade said. “He has outstanding speed,
eat instincts, and he also brings some toughness
ithhim.”
| As a true freshman in 1993, Greer saw action as
la backup in a defensive backfield that featured All-
American Aaron Glenn, who is now playing profes-
fsionally with the New York Jets.
Another standout in that team’s defensive sec
ondary was All-Southwest Conference performer Ray
Mickens, who still starts opposite Mickens this year.
| Greer contributed nine tackles in 1993, with one in
terception and one pass broken up.
Last season, Greer started opposite Mickens and
abbed three interceptions and made 57 tackles on his
he way to earning his owri All-SWC honors.
His biggest game of last season came against Rice at
yle Field. Greer recorded nine tackles as the Aggies
arely won a defensive struggle with the Owls, 7-0.
"He has out
standing speed
and great in
stincts."
— Larry Slade
A&M Secondary Coach
Soccer team
faces top-
ranked talent
□ The Aggies host the
Post Oak Mall Soccer
Classic this weekend.
By Lisa Nance
The Battalion
With the Aggie Football
Team idle this week, sports
fans will still have the oppor
tunity to see a nationally-
ranked team play ball.
The No. 18 Lady Aggie Soc
cer Team will play host to four
teams this weekend in the
Post Oak Mall Soccer Classic.
The tournament will feature
the fifth-ranked Lady Mus
tangs from SMU, the 14th
ranked Vanderbilt Com
modores, the Creighton Lady
Jays and the North Texas Ea
st ew Milne, The Battalion
Texas A&M junior cornerback Donovan Greer prepares to wrap up a Tulsa receiver during the Aggies' 55-9 win over the
Golden Hurricane Sept. 16. In 3 994, his first year as a starter, Greer made 57 tackles and earried All-SWC honors.
Both Glenn and Mickens have influenced the Though he had set All-Southwest Conference and
younger player.
Greer feels fortunate to have had the opportunity
to benefit from their experience.
“I only spent a season with Aaron, but he was al
ways willing to show me some of the finer points on
coverage technique,” said Greer. “I’m pretty close to
Ray, though.
“He’s kind of been my big brother. This is his fifth
year here, and if I have a doubt about something or
feel like I’m doing something wrong I go to him to see
what he thinks.”
All-American goals for this season and his senior
year, Greer also has aspirations of joining former Ag
gie secondary greats like Glenn and Kevin Smith of
the Dallas Cowboys.
Slade feels that his corner has definite professional
possibilities.
“He has all the qualities that the NFL guys look
for,” said Slade. “He’s just a quality young man who
handles adversity well and plays with a lot of confi
dence. And you have to be that way to be a great cor
nerback.”
Head Women’s Soccer
Coach. G. Guerrieri says that
this will be a good opportunity
for fans to see some excellent
soccer,
“This weekend will be an
unshuffling for the Central Re
gion,” Guerrieri said. “We've
got the number one through
four teams in the region com
ing into Aggieland. This is a
great weekend to come and see
some high-level ball because
all of these teams are quality;
teams, teams that like to
knock the ball around and who
like to attack. It’s not going to
be an ugly weekend by any
stretch of the imagination.”
The tournament will kick off
today at 2 p.m. with No.5 SMU
playing No. 14 Vanderbilt, Fol
lowing that game. No.IS Texas;
A&M will take the field
against Creighton at 4:30 p.m.
“Creighton has had some;
terrific games this season and
is a polished and experienced;
team,” Guerrieri said. “They;
will probably be our toughest
home game that we’ve played
in a long time.”
In conjunction with the
tournament Saturday, the.
A&M coaching staff and play
ers, as well as the coaches and;
players of the visiting teams,;
will host a free youth clinic for;
children ages five through 12.
The clinic will begin at 3 p.m.
at the Aggie Soccer Complex.
:45 a.ffi,
becoming I
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are
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ion.
THE BATTALION’S 1995 STAFF PICKS
Thi Match-ups
Nick
Georgandis
Kristina
Buffin
David
Winder
Tom
Day
Lisa
Nance
Philip
Leone
Robin
Greathouse
Rob
Clark
Sterling
Hayman
Stew
Milne
Kyle
Littlefield
Michael
Landauer
Gretchen
Perrenot
Stacy
Stanton
Jody
Holley
Commentary
#24 Texas Tech at Baylor
Baylor
Texas Tech Texas Tech
Baylor
Texas Tech Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Tech: Big 12 tag-a-longs square off
#21 Texas at SMU
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
UT: Notre Dame too tough, SMU just right
Rice at Army
Army
Rice
Rice
Rice
Army
Rice
Rice
Rice
Army
Rice
Rice
Army
Rice
Rice
Rice
Rice: SWC Game of the Weak
#15 Notre Dame at # 7 Ohio State
Ohio State
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Ohio State
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Ohio State
Ohio State Ohio State
Ohio State
Ohio State
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
OSU: Simeon Rice boils Irish
Colorado at #10 Oklahoma
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
Oklahoma
CU: This team seems pretty good..
#20 Alabama at Georgia
Alabama
Georgia
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama: No Bobo, no way for UGA
# 15 LSU at S. Carolina
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU: Tigers on the prowl
Jaguars at Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers: Unanimous? The world is ending!
Cowboys at Redskins
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Redskins
Cowboys
Cowboys: Stanton won't give up...
K.Anderson vs. N.Van Exel
Anderson
Van Exel
Van Exel
Van Exel
Van Exel
Anderson
Van Exel
Van Exel
Van Exel
Anderson
Van Exel
Anderson
Van Exel
Van Exel
Anderson
Van Exel: Can we say shootout?
J.Smith vs. K.Garnett
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Garnett
Smith
Garnett
Smith
Garnett
Garnett
Garnett
Garnett
Smith
Garnett
Garnett
Garnett: But he has to be in by curfew
S.O'Neal vs. H.Olajuwon
Olajuwon
Olajuwon
Olajuwon
Olajuwon
Olajuwon
Olajuwon
Olajuwon
Olajuwon
Olajuwon
Olajuwon
Olajuwon
Olajuwon
Olajuwon
Olajuwon
Olajuwon
Olajuwon: Shaq didn't learn in The Finals?
Last Week
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8-4
7-5
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9-3
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125-55 (.694) Dr. Ray Bowen:
Cumulative
31-17
38-10
36-12
38-10
36-12
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35-13
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34-14
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