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April 17, 1996
Sports
Page 9
2 MUCH IS NOT ENOUGH
As an acrobatic power forward in the winter and a high-flying long jumper in the spring,
junior Gary Nottingham leads a quintet of Aggie athletes who compete in two sports
By Lisa Nance
The Battalion
For most students at
Texas A&M, time manage
ment means being able to
juggle a full course load with
an active social life. Howev
er, for junior Gary Notting
ham time management
means exactly that: efficient
management of his time.
What little time he has,
that is. With a full course
load of sociology classes,
Nottingham has mastered
the art of juggling academics
with athletics. But it’s still
not that easy, for not only
does Nottingham represent
A&M as a forward on the Ag
gie Basketball Team, he also
represents the maroon and
white on the track.
Despite his lack of free
time, Nottingham said he
does not really have a hard
time juggling the two sports.
“It’s not difficult,” he said.
“ Because there are certain
times when I practice bas
ketball and certain times
when I’m at the track.
It’s split. Basketball prac
tice is at night and track is
during the day.”
While most students find
that something usually suf
fers when trying to juggle
more than one activity at a
time, Head Track Coach Ted
Nelson said that he has not
seen that problem with Not
tingham.
“He doesn’t have a prob
lem juggling the two,” Nel
son said. “He’s been through
with basketball for a while.
It’s not like the football play
ers, where they have spring
training, so we really
haven’t seen a lapse.”
Nelson said that although
Nottingham’s joining prac
tices late — after the end of
basketball season — has put
him behind a little bit, he
still expects Nottingham to
put some points on the board
for the team.
“His coming in after bas
ketball puts him a little be
hind, but we expect that he’ll
have no problem showing up
for us,” Nelson said. “He did
come out late so as far as
him bringing his work ethic
to the track team; we
haven’t had him long enough
to see that but I’m sure we
will. He has the potential to
score in the high jump and
the triple jump in the South
west Conference Champi
onships. Those will be need
ed points that we might get.”
Taking a look at his track
results makes it obvious why
Nottingham has indeed
shown up fojr the Aggies.
In fact, he is doing quite
well for the team. He posted
his best high jump of the
year April 13 at the Texas
A&M Invitational, with a
jump of 6 feet 4 3/4 inches to
finish fifth in the meet.
He also posted a second
place finish jump of 6 feet 4
inches at the Texas A&M-
University of Texas dual
meet on March 30.
Nottingham fared just as
well for the basketball team.
In his first year wearing
the maroon and white, he
averaged 9.2 points and 5.8
rebounds per game. He led
the team in field goal per
centage at 61.2 percent and
was second on the team with
25 blocked shots.
He posted his best game
against Texas Christian Uni
versity with 20 points and 11
rebounds, establishing his
career bests in both cate
gories.
Nottingham said that
playing two sports helps him
in each of the sports.
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Michael Price is proof that speed kills
By Philip Leone
The Battalion
S peed: Some people have it,
‘some people want it and
some people have more of
it than they know what to do
with. Texas A&M freshman
Michael Price belongs in the
last category because the young
man can flat out fly.
Loaded with more speed
and athletic ability than the
law should allow. Price has al
ready blazed a reputation for
himself not only as a bona fide
track star for the Aggies, but
as a potential gridiron stand
out as well.
At Tyler John Tyler High
School, Price was an all-district
running back and defensive
back on the football field and a
record-breaking sprinter on the
track. Recruiters from across
the nation came calling for
Price’s services — including
representatives from Georgia
Tech, UCLA and every school
in the Southwest Conference.
Price said Texas A&M finally
won the shootout in the end for
two major reasons.
“First of all, A&M was close
to home, and that was one
thing that I was important to
me,” Price said. “And most of
the other schools just wanted
me mainly for track, but they
told me here that I could play
football too. I knew this was the
place I needed to be.”
After a fall spent running
down kickoffs and punts for the
Aggie special teams, Price has
proven he was worth all the at
tention by making an impact on
A&M Head Track Coach Bob
Nelson’s squad this spring.
With a time of 20.74 seconds in
the 200-meter dash at last
weekend’s Texas A&M Invita
tional, Price posted the squad’s
best time this season and quali
fied for the NCAA Champi
onships.
At the same meet, Price also
qualified for the NCAAs in the
100, finishing just behind team
mate Billy Fobbs with a time of
10.44. Price, along with Fobbs,
Toya Jones, and Thaddeus
Shannon, ranks among the con
ference’s top relay teams in the
400.
Nelson said he is pleased
with his freshman sensation’s
work habits and believes Price
has the potential to develop
into a greater long jumper.
“Michael has really pro
gressed well and realizes that
he needs to work harder than
he had to in high school where
things are a bit looser,” Nelson
said. “He hasn’t even tapped
his potential in the long jump.
He’s a powerful athlete, and
when he gets more of a focus on
the long jump and corrects
See Price, Page 14
Cory Willis The Battalion
Freshman track runner and defensive back Michael Price flies
through the air with the greatest of ease during practice.
Sykora gamers rare opportunities in first year
Evan Zimmerman, The Battalion
Texas A&M freshman outside hitter Stacy Sykora goes up high to tap
one over the net last fall. Sykora is also on the A&M track team.
By Nicole Smith
The Battalion
When her two coaches were
asked to describe Stacy Sykora,
“unbelievable,” “outstanding,”
“hard-worker” and “gifted” were
some of the words that consis
tently came up.
A 5-foot-10-inch freshman
from Burleson, Sykora not only
serves as an outside hitter for
the Texas A&M Women’s Volley
ball Team, but she also is a hep-
tathlete and high jumper for the
Texas A&M Track Team.
In addition, she is one of the
few athletes who has the presti
gious honor of displaying her tal
ents in dual sports during her
first season.
“In general, one’s freshman
year is extremely hectic,” Head
Women’s Volleyball Coach Lau
rie Corbelli said. “In my opinion,
however, Stacy has handled the
stress beautifully, and as far as I
know has never missed a day of
school since she has been here.”
One would think that main
taining sports and academics
would be a tough task, but Syko
ra posted above a 3.0 grade-point
ratio and was recently honored
at the Academic Athletic ban
quet.
During her first volleyball
season at A&M, Sykora posted
the top two single-match hitting
percentages in the Southwest
Conference, became an immedi
ate starter for the outside-hit
ting position, and contended for
Southwest Conference Fresh
man of the Year accolades.
“She has some God-given tal
ent I have never seen before, and
she is quick and competitive,”
Corbelli said. “Not only does she
impress the crowd with her abili
ties, but she also has a unique
style about her that will proba
bly earn her the title of All-
American when she is a senior.
As far as track goes, she is a nat
urally gifted athlete who could
probably run and jump in her
sleep.”
Due to the fact that volleyball
is her scholarship sport, Sykora
has not had much time to com
pete for the track team.
However, in the little time
she has been able to practice and
compete, she captured first in
high jump in the Sooner Invita
tional with a career-best high
jump of 5 feet 9 inches, which
was the best mark by a Lady Ag
gie all season.
Her coaches and teammates
are impressed with Sykora’s po
tential and talent, despite the
fact that she has had to put
track second to volleyball.
“She is a multi-talented ath
lete who will contribute in sever
al events,” Assistant Track
Coach Juan De La Garza said.
“Although all we have been able
to work on are fundamentals,
conditioning and technical drills,
Stacy has tremendous raw talent
that will help us in all areas. If
See Sykora, Page 14