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PORTS
ensik fills team's void
By Travis V. Dabney
Staff writer
nlike the quarterback in
football and the point guard
in basketball, the setter in
lleyball rarely gets the same ac-
hagles a mush i a d e s and recognition that the
who have won: jrementioned players receive.
C East titles, war. yet the setter in volleyball is cer
es for tire homefi tl |y as important, if not more im-
irtant than any command indi-
ual in any sport. No set, no spike,
sjust that simple. Texas A&M vol-
ball team setter Farah Mensik
k over the setter position in the
|96 season from Honorable Men-
n All American Suzy Wente and
snot looked back.
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it was what led me to sports,”
;nsik said.
When Mensik entered junior high
e began what would turn out to be
erysuccessful career in volleyball,
ice in high school, Mensik was
itting time between volleyball and
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“I saw that my talents were real
ly suited towards volleyball, so that
is what I did,” Mesik said.
After playing three years on var
sity in the Houston suburb of Katy,
Mensik was faced with the recruit
ing process.
“I was recruited by most of the
old Southwest Conference schools
but it really came down between
A&M and Arkansas,” Mensik said. “I
was told by several people to go to a
place where if I was injured and
could no longer play volleyball that
I would want to go to anyway.”
“Plus the school spirit is so
strong here and that is really what
drew me to A&M.”
As the Aggies move forward this
season with so many expectations,
Mensik still looks at some of the
more abstract details of playing vol
leyball here at Texas A&M.
“The feeling that you get walking
out onto the court at G. Rollie White
is just tremendous, I love it,” Men
sik said. “Volleyball is really growing
here and the support that we re
ceive from the students and com
munity has really been great.”
While Mensik is a very team cen
tered player and is reluctant to talk
about personal goals, there are def
initely some that exist.
“Sure I would like to be in the top
three in the Big 12 in assists, and I
would also like to get some type of
all conference recognition in the
Big 12, but it is all about the team.”
Mensik said.
When Coach Laurie Corbelli was
asked about Mensik and her position
with team, it is evident Corbelli and
the rest of the team are depending on
Mensik a great deal this season.
“She is certainly one of the most
critical players on the team this sea
son; she is going to have to make a
lot of plays and key decisions,” Cor
belli said. “She really sets the pace
for our offense.”
Off the court, Mensik has proven
herself in the classroom with the
same type of success as on the vol
leyball court. She is a three time
GTE Academic All-American as well
as a member of the dean’s list.
“Farah is a very driven young
lady and some what of a perfec
tionist,” Corbelli said “Yet, at the
same time she is a very mellow, low-
key individual.”
RONY ANGKRIWAN/The Battalion
Senior setter Farah Mensik looks
to lead the Aggies to new heights
this season.
cGuire signs three-year deal
|ST. LOUIS (AP) —The St. Louis Cardinals have
rk McGwire for at least three more seasons, and
:y did not have to tear up the team to keep him.
cGwire, who joined Babe Ruth last week as
only players with consecutive 50-homer sea-
signed a three-year, $2» million deal Tuesday,
he deal includes a $1 million signing bonus
Id a fourth season at McGwire’s option th£t
red two injjnia
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BILL DEWIH
CARDINAL’S EXECUTIVE
ngs the total package to nearly $40 million.
One of McGwire’s agents, Bob Cohen, said the
and lot gger could have commanded at least another
lion per season on the free-agent market. In-
outlook on lelad, he wanted to stay so much he not only
a plan for eve ted for less, he agreed to defer about 25 percent
n said. “The o the money until he retires. The negotiating
mtrol of is Rai icess took only a week or so and the deal was fi-
:an do is try top ized late Monday night,
very day. “We fully expect him to complete his woo
d’s plan for m ful career in St. Louis,” said Bill DeWitt, head
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The deferred money and below-market salary
will allow the Cardinals to attempt to re-sign
pitchers Andy Benes and Todd Stottlemyre.
Benes, who is 28-17 in two seasons with the Car
dinals, has a player option on his deal. The team
has an option on the contract of Stottlemyre, 26-
20 in two seasons with the team.
"There’s a lot of money being passed around,
a lot of questions about how much guys are be
ing paid and people looking for the last dollar,”
general manager Walt Jocketty said. “I can assure
you that Mark McGwire did not do that. We’re try
ing to structure it so we can keep everybody’
The Cardinals had a $44 million payroll with
out McGwire. They’re counting on a healthy in
crease in season-ticket sales to help bridge the gap.
“We’ve got a pretty high payroll relative to base
ball and relative to a marketplace this size,” DeWitt
said. “But this city can support it because it’s such
a great baseball town.”
McGwire also is donating $1 million a year to
establish a chaiTtable,foundation to benefit sexu
ally and physically abused children. McGwire had
trouble keeping his composure describing the
foundation, pausing for a half-minute at one point.
“Let’s just say children have a special place in
my heart,” McGwire said. “I just really believe a
guy in my position can really help out.”
The Cardinals acquired McGwire, 33, from
Oakland on July 31, the trading deadline. On Fri
day, he said he thought he and the Cardinals
were a perfect match, and that there was a good
chance he’d be back.
McGwire thinks the Cardinals, injury-riddled
and 69-80 heading into the final weeks, should
be back in the postseason next year. The fans
who show up at Busch Stadium two hours early
to watch his tape-measure shots in batting prac
tice also played a part in him staying.
“I tell you what, it makes me float every time
I come to the ballpark, to play in this stadium and
play in front of these fans,” McGwire said. “I’m
overwhelmed. I’m going to say that probably for
the rest of my career.”
It did not hurt that McGwire is playing for his
longtime Oakland manager, Tony La Russa. La
Russa has an option for the next two seasons and
it is all but certain he will be back.
“I’m not speaking for him, but I don’t think I
would have signed if he wasn’t coming back,”
McGwire said. Then he turned to La Russa and
said, “All right?”
McGwire has 51 home runs, 17 with St. Louis,
and needs one to tie his career best set last year.
He entered the day one home run behind Seat
tle’s Ken Griffey Jr. for the major-league lead.
Before he came to town, McGwire was said to
prefer the West Coast because his 9-year-old son
lives in southern California with his mother.
Matthew McGwire gave the Cardinals a thumbs-
up after a recent visit and had two words for his
dad when the deal was announced: “all right!”
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