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■EENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Fuzzy
Kr, still stinging from the uproar
nisensitive remarks about Tiger
y s, said again yesterday that his
Bients after the Masters were
’ Stas a joke—then kidded with
blade golfer about eating fried
/uclen and watermelon.
I Zo Her had teed off yesterady at
Jid hole of the Thornblade
|c pro-am charity event when
Ick golfer, Victor McBryde,
■ to him, "Hey, Fuzzy.”
■eller responded, “Go get you
ime fried chicken.” When
pyde called back forZoeller not
■get the cornbred, Zoeller fin-
I the exchange with, “How
■ some watermelon?”
Seller and McBryde both said
Svere friends and meant noth-
Sthe comments.
J/hat’s appropriate in America
ore?” Zoeller said. “What I
dfet Augusta was kind of a joke
Jgot nailed for it.”
McBryde, a district manager for
flighnut chain out of Winston-
1, N.C., said he and Zoeller
1‘People shouldn’t
Jake it so seriously.”
Victor McBryde
golfer
The definition of student-athletes
GTE honors A&M's top scholars at banquet
By Chris Ferrell
The Battalion
The life of a student athlete is not
a typical college life. There are the
hours upon hours of time spent in
the gyms, pools, and practice fields.
There are games and mid-week
road trips. There is the time spent in
the weight room and trainer’s office
treating injuries. And, oh by the way,
the same classes and work load all
other students must take.
Last night, the Eighth Annual
GTE/Texas A&M Athletic-Academic
Award banquet was held to honor
A&M’s outstanding student athletes.
"I think what’s real important to
remember [is] that the reason why
they’re (student athletes) here is for
academics,” senior associate athlet
ic director Lynn Hickey said. “They
get visibility because of their athlet
ic ability, but the reason we want
them here is to do well in school, to
graduate, to carry on the Aggie tra
dition wherever they go.”
The program, which was the first
of its kind, was established in 1989
to recognize athletes who excel both
on and off the field. To be eligible for
an award, the athlete must have a
3.0 or higher grade point ratio.
Senior Texas A&M baseball team
member Johnny Hunter and senior
women’s swimming team member
Jennifer Guillory were honored as the
Bill Erwin Scholar Athletes of the Year.
“It’s something that I wasn’t real
ly expecting,” Hunter said. “I never
thought it was possible. It feels good
to win an award like this because all
the years of hard work have really
paid off.”
Hunter, a political science major,
leads the Aggies in home runs and
has been a driving force behind
their late season run.
Guillory is a senior captain for
the Lady Aggies. She is a biomedical
science major who has carried a 4.0
GPR all four years at A&M. Earlier
this year, she was recognized as
State Farm Insurance’s National
Student Athlete of the Year.
See Academics, Page 10
Student-athletes receiving awards for a 4.0 GPR
Baseball
Men's Swimming and Diving
Todd Finkel
Pat McDermott
Robert Fullick
Mark Naftanel
Women’s Basketball
Women’s Swimming and
Kera Alexander
Diving
Football
Lauren Buckalo
Christopher Kardys
Jennifer Guillory
Eric Sandrock
Danielle Svehla
Joseph Vasquez
Women’s Dennis
Women’s Golf
Monica San Miguel
Jennifer Emmons
Track and Cross Country
Soccer
Drew Bird
Linda Castillejos
Stephen Erath
Tania Castillejos
Richard McDonald
Yvette Okler
Taneshia Canady
Rebecca Stewart
Natalie Dierschke
Carrie Wheeler
Amy Stanberry
Aggie baseball
clinches Big 12
spot with sweep
/ ere laughing about last week’s in-
feniataThornblade Classic din-
llere Sunday night.
“People shouldn’t take it so seri
ns," McBryde said.
■pked to comment on Woods’
'Svay win in Augusta, Zoeller re
aped to the new champion as “that
■boy” and urged he not serve
iedchicken or collard greens at next
eaf Masters Champions Dinner.
;ensuing furor cost Zoeller a
jfflsorship contract with Kmart,
pn he endorsed a line of golf
juipment and apparel, and led
jto withdraw from the Greens-
>ro event so he could apologize to
ds personally.
hough that meeting still has not
Jiplace, Woods issued a statement
fsday night accepting Zoeller’s
])gy, though he said he was
pked” to hear about the remarks,
oellersaid PGA Commissioner
jFinchem called him before
Ids’ statement was released to
fnedia.
I said, ‘What about talking to
’Zoeller recalled. “(Finchem)
I,‘Tiger would like to talk to you
las friends on the PGA Tour.’
t will happen probably at the
|mial, when I’ll be out next,
i is fine.”
By Chris Ferrell
The Battalion
There are a few recommendations
any good mechanic will make before
letting a driver go on a road trip: al
ways change the oil, monitor all fluid
levels, and be sure to check the tires.
The Kansas University Jayhawks
probably forgot
to tighten their
lug nuts before
Sunday’s game
with the Texas
A&M Baseball
Team, because
the wheels fell
off in a hurry as
Aggies cruised
to a 8-0 victory
at OLsen. Field, •<-
Tyner
Texas A&M capitalized on an er
ror-filled fourth inning by scoring
five runs on three hits to blow the
game open. Kansas had six errors
on the afternoon.
Sophomore center-fielder Jason
Tyner led A&M’s offensive charge go-
ing3-for-5 with two RBIs and two dou
bles. The Aggie bats were hot all week
end as the Jayhawk pitchers were lit up
for 28 runs over the three-game set.
The victory completed a three-
game sweep and secured the Ag
gies’ spot in the Big 12 tourna
ment, which will be held May
15-18 in Oklahoma City.
“I think it showed a great deal of
maturity [from] the leadership on
our team that we didn’t fold the
tent after the discouraging Texas
loss,” Head Coach Mark Johnson
said. “Of course, our fans and for
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it, and we feel that. They’re mature
enough to get themselves back up
and not die and not get discour
aged, or disgruntled or start point
ing fingers. They came back out
and had a great week.”
By sweeping Saturday’s double-
header 10-5 and 10-9, the Aggies
put themselves in position to lock
up a conference tournament berth.
However, A&M has higher goals.
“I don't think we ever expected
not to make the Big 12 tourna
ment,” Tyner said. “The whole
season is about getting to a re
gional because once you get to a
regional, anybody can win a na
tional championship. We’re just
trying to stay hot.”
Johnson said the-team-now will
try to compile as many wins as pos
sible to improve their seeding.
“I don’t know where that puts
us, because [we] will have to com
pare with everybody at the end,”
Johnson said. “I almost apologized
to our team because I went into the
meeting and said, ‘Congratula
tions, we’re in the tournament,’
which was a major goal. And then
I came back and put pressure on
them saying, ‘You know guys, the
more wins we get, the higher we’ll
be seeded in the tournament.’”
A&M also is looking to sure up
the pitching staff. Sunday, freshman
Chris Fulbright, the normal Tues
day starter, took the mound and
locked up his spot in the rotation
with six scoreless innings.
See Aggies, Page 9
Political correctness
spins out of control
Zoeller incident shows media have sold out
Sportswriter
Jamie Burch
Senior speech
communications major
Y ou say potato, I say po-ta-to
and Dan Quayle says potatoe.
The media were quick to
point out the former vice presi
dent’s
spelling
error. It’s
that mi
croscopic
eye of to
day’s
press that
makes a
spectacle
out of in
conse
quential
events
and a
mountain out of a
The-sports media merte differ- -
ent. They too have sold out to the
politically correct movement,
which is making a mockery out of
journalistic integrity. Unless you
have been under a rock or on a
deserted island for the past year
or so, the public has been subject
ed to many sordid examples of
this sickening trend.
Take for example, golfer
Fuzzy Zoeller’s comment about
Tiger Woods. On the final day of
the Masters, Zoeller, the 1979
Masters winner said to CNN,
“Pat him (Tiger) on the back, say,
‘Congratulations, enjoy,’ and tell
him not to serve fried chicken
next year at the annual champi
ons dinner ... or collard greens,
or whatever the hell they serve.”
Zoeller’s comments are both
degrading and racial.
But in his defense,
other golfers on
the PGA tour said
Zoeller is a
joke-
ster
and said
he meant no
harm. Eight days later, Zoeller is
sued a public statement of apolo
gy, adding that he has, "nothing
but the utmost respect for Tiger.”
Apologize and bury the hatchet.
At least that is what should have
happened. Instead, Zoeller, bow
ing
down
to the omni-
• sciehfhiedia, has
«inee apolo
gized to both
the National
Association
for the Ad
vancement
of Colored
People and
his corporate
sponsor K-
mart. Zoeller
also has
vowed to not
play in another
tournament until he
talks with Woods.
Why should Zoeller apologize to
anyone other than Woods? His re
mark was directed toward Woods
and no one else.
See Burch, Page 9
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