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It was not the top 10 rankings in
any of the engineering departments
that brought Robert Danin to Texas
A&M. Nor was it A&M’s reputation
as a world-class research institution
and National Merit Scholar magnet.
Rather, it was the strength of the
A&M Judo Team that attracted the
native Ecuadorian to Aggieland.
“My brother would compete in the
United States and tell me about
the A&M Judo Team and how
good it was,” Danin said.
“That was what really at
tracted me to the
school — next to
the academics.”
The team’s
reputation
aa a win
ner is
well-earned, as it has been victorious
at the Texas State Collegiate Tourna
ment in six of the last seven years.
The tournament is comprised of judo
teams from various Texas universi
ties, including the University of
Texas, UT-Dallas and the University
of Houston.
Much of the team’s recent success
can be attributed to judo coach Bob
Perez,
who has worked with the team for
about the last 10 years.
Perez, a 1993 graduate of A&M,
said his longevity with the team has
played a crucial role in its success.
“The University has a high
turnover rate — especially with no
(judo) scholarships,” Perez said.
“Someone has to stay around for the
team. I think [it] has done well be
cause I’ve been able to stay around.”
Perez can not only brag on
the success of his team,
but on his own accom
plishments as well. He
was the only Texas rep
resentative on the U.S.
team that competed in
the Benito Juarez Judo
Invitational in Mexico
City June 13-17.
Perez finished 7th in
the tournament in the
60-kilogram division
among competitors from
14 other countries.
Danin, a junior indus
trial engineering major
and second-year team
captain, has been a part
of the team since his first
year at A&M. He recently
returned from the Juarez
Invitational as well.
Representing his home
country of Ecuador,
Pat James, The Battalion
See judo, Page 4
Coach Bob Perez completes a throw that lands Adian Aguirre, a freshman biomed
ical science major, flat on his back during a practice on Tuesday.
Road Trip
Next three weeks highlight the basketball recruiting season
By Ross Hecox
The Battalion
This summer the Aggie bas
ketball coaching staff is getting
a little “R and R.” But it is not
rest and relaxation the coaches
are getting; rather, it is a rush-
and-recruit period.
Making road trips to cities
like Indianapolis, Fayetteville,
Charlotte and even Las Vegas,
the A&M coaches cannot rest
at the peak time of the year for
recruiting.
Coach Tony Barone and his
staff have scattered around the na
tion to watch top high school bas
ketball prospects perform in nu
merous NCAA sponsored camps
for hundreds of college recruiters.
The next three weeks (July 8-
31) is the designated NCAA peri
od for college coaches to leave
campus and evaluate high school
prospects for recruiting purposes.
Last Monday was also the
first day coaches could contact
prospects over the phone.
“We’ve been on the phone
non-stop since July 1,” coach
Porter Moser said. “Up until
then, we were talking to all the
coaches of the prospects.”
Associate head coach Frank
Haith said hitting the phone lines
is an integral part of landing
prime recruits.
“A big part of our job is mak
ing a lot of phone calls,” Haith
said. “You have to make some
contact with the kids. We’d love
to get a kid to make a verbal
commitment (early on).”
Just before the coaches’ three-
week road trip began, they held
a two-week basketball camp at
A&M that Haith said brought in
many high school players.
“We had 168 (players) the
first week and 260 the second,”
Haith said. “They were from all
over Texas. We will recruit na
tionally, but we make sure we
blanket our state first.”
With Big 12 conference play
scheduled to begin next season,
Moser said the league’s Texas
schools have all received a boost in
recruiting. He cited A&M’s signing
of McDonald’s All-American Jerald
Brown as a prime example.
“It’s been amazing, especially
in the state of Texas,” Moser
said. “Brown is one indication of
how much. I find a majority of
kids would like to stay at least
somewhat close to home.”
Haith said A&M will have to
recruit competitively in order to
face its Big 12 competition.
“There are no bad teams in
the league,” Haith said. “To com
pete in the Big 12, you have to
put together a series of great re
cruiting classes, and we have
committed ourselves to going af
ter Big 12 talent.”
Despite the intense work in
volved in recruiting, the coaches
try their best to interact with
the team’s current players.
“Any time spent with the play
ers is valuable time,” Moser said.
“It is so easy to lose touch. That’s
why you’ll see (head coach Tony)
Barone flying back constantly
(from other parts of the nation)
just to talk with his players.”
With so much to do in and out
of the season, Haith said he and
the A&M coaches never really
have an off-season.
“I don’t think there really is a
relaxed time,” Haith said. “Re
cruiting is an ongoing process.
During the summer, [the work
load] is probably more intense.
My wife has been telling me to
take a vacation.”
A&M locks up football
schedule through 2001
By Philip Leone
The Battalion
Texas A&M Athletic Direc
tor Wally Groff released the
upcoming Aggie football season
schedules leading to the year
2001 on Tuesday.
And if you were anticipat
ing a marquee non-conference
showdown to go along with
A&M’s Big 12 schedule, you
will have to wait until Sept.
30, 2000.
That is when the Aggies will
travel to South Bend, Ind., to
take on the Fighting Irish of
Notre Dame.
Why the long wait? Why are
Louisiana Tech, North Texas,
Southwestern Louisiana, Sam
Houston State, Southern Mis
sissippi and Tulsa non-confer
ence opponents during the next
four seasons?
According to Groff, the for
mation of the Big 12 Confer
ence voided non-conference
games with Colorado and Ne
braska and forced A&M to
scramble to find other oppo
nents on short notice.
“We just got caught going
into a new conference,” Groff
said. “We had contracts with
Colorado and Nebraska al
ready set up, so we had to go
looking for other teams will
ing to fill those spots. That’s a
difficult thing to have to do
because
schedules
are usually
set eight to
10 years in
advance.”
The
search for
new non-con
ference oppo
nents was
caused by
Louisiana
State Uni
versity’s can
cellation of a home-and-home
series contract to run through
1997. The Tigers will pay the
A&M Athletic Department a
penalty of $100,000 for each
unfulfilled year.
“They switched from six con
ference games to eight and
were looking to lighten their
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