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Wednesday • April 9, 1997
Going the distance
Freshman Jamie
Smith has the
distinguished
role of replacing
an All-American.
: reshman shortstop Jamie Smith goes for the ball against the Iowa State
collegiate level.
Assistant Head Coach Joy Jack-
son said Smith has exceeded the
team’s expectations.
“She is a very gifted and all-
around athlete who has improved
since Day One,” Jackson said. “She
has taken tremendous strides in
taking over die shortstop position
and plays it just as well as any
shortstop who has more experi
ence at the collegiate level.”
The 5-foot-7 California native
graduated from Johansen High
School, where she played eveiy in
ning of every game in her four-
year career.
During her tenure in high
school, she was a three-time first-
team all-conference selection and
a two-time Outstanding Defensive
Player, and was named to the 1996
all-district first team.
In addition, she managed to
earn all-conference and all-district
MVP honors on the volleyball team
By Nicki Smith
The Battalion
F illing the shoes left open by
Kendall Richards last year, an
All-American shortstop and
12 Co-Player of the Year on the
Texas A&M Softball Team, was a
job nobody wanted.
But freshman Jamie Smith did
not have much choice. Chosen to
carry on A&M’s tradition ofhaving
one of the top shortstops in the
nation, Smith has proven she is
more than ready to handle the job
despite her inexperience at the
Rogge Heflin, The Battalion
Cyclones March 29.
and was a two-time Outstanding
Defensive Player, in basketball.
Smith said she has big goals for
her career and knows she has little
room for error.
“I knew I had big shoes to fill
and that I couldn’t just play aver
age,” Smith said. “The team had
a big hole that needed to be filled
and it is my job to fill that hole as
best I can.
“Of course, down the road I
would like to be an All-American
or something, but the team has to
come first because if the team is
doing well, then that means indi
viduals are doing well.”
Smith has started in all 41
games for the Lady Aggies this
season, and despite a slow start
at the plate, she now leads the
team with a .314 batting average
and 38 total hits.
See Smith, Page 10
Johnson balances science classes with softball
By Courtney Lyons
The Battalion
V’bmie Johnson loves the outdoors. So when her
C dad signed her up for Little League softball at
Vage 7, Johnson was hooked.
"Hiked softball because it was outside,” Johnson
said. "It wasn’t like basketball and volleyball, where
you were stuck in the gym.”
The sophomore third baseman from Temple
came to the Lady Aggie Softball Team not only be
cause the team was competitive and highly ranked,
but also because Johnson emphasizes academics in
her life and felt Texas A&M could give her the educa
tion she wanted.
“Academics is my first priority,” Johnson said. “A&M
was definitely the place for me to better my education.”
Johnson, a biomedical science major, has done
just that, balancing softball with biology and chem-
1 p* istry classes well enough to lie named a GTE Scholar
the last two years. Johnson’s grades also are high
' ro: enough for her to participate in two honors societies
-Phi Eta Sigma and Order of Omega.
See Johnson, Page 10
Rogge Heflin, The Battauon
Sophomore third baseman Kamie Johnson scoops
up the ball during practice at the Lady Aggie Field.
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The TAMU Career Center
would like to thank the following
students for serving as members of the
1996-97 Student Advisory Council
Jeremy Goza, Institute of Industrial Engineers
Will Hickman, Professional Association for Industrial Distribution
Doug Howland, MBA Program
Matt Kimbrough, Liberal Arts Student Council
Melodie Layman, Public Relations Student Society of America
Lauri Morgan, Career Center Student Staff
Curtis Neason, Cooperative Education, College of Engineering
Heather Perrine, Business Administration Society
Lesliam Quiros, Society of Women Engineers
Mohammed Shadat, Mech. Eng. Grad. Student Organization
Michael Schwartz, Liberal Arts Student Council
Carle Sciba, Agriculture and Life Sciences Student Council
Sarita Sullivan, Agriculture and Life Sciences Student Council
Russel Tam, Professional Association for Industrial Distribution
Andrew Witkoff, Business Student Council