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The Battalion PORTS Wednesday • June 24, Head of the Jennifer Bohac teaches on with life after being ':-V 1 T r Photo Hi Mike Puentes By Robert Hollier Staff Writer "Why should I worry about planning a career for my future? I'm looking at millions of dollars when I sign a professional con tract. I don't need to practice interviewing or prepare a resume." This is the attitude of many of the top college prospects in the country as the sea sons end and draft day approaches. However, for many of the Texas A&M athletes, reality does not set in un til it is too late. That is where Jennifer Bohac, Class of '87, comes in with her Career Awareness (CAEN 102) course to prepare them for life after the final buzzer sounds. Her job is to alter their egos and their misconceptions about their fu tures that does not include six- and seven-figure salaries. "They (athletes) have it in the back of their minds about a career or a 9-to-5 job, but it usually never becomes an issue for them until sometimes it's too late to do anything about it," Bohac said. "I expose them to a lot of different areas in differ ent career fields. Most of my student-ath letes don't realize the other skills they've developed off the playing field. "In my course, I try to convince them to Class students about getting a college athlete think of a 'Plan B' just in case they don't sign for millions." She shows them that with their fu tures always in question as to where and what they might be doing, it is al ways a good idea to prepare a resume, look at taking summer jobs or intern ships in their major and learn how to in terview with prospective employers in the real world. While CAEN 102 is open to all stu dents, Bohac came up with an idea to set aside a special section of the course geared specifically toward helping A&M student-athletes. "I created the program in 1994," she said. "I've been dealing with athletes for a long time as an academic adviser to A&M athletes. This program was a chal lenge for me because it was something new and different. "Working with athletes is the same as any other field or student group. You have your super students who work hard and plan ahead, and you have the students who generally don't care and want things handed to them. It's the same as with the athletes." Before taking her class, many athletes are unprepared for second and third op tions, because they assume big contracts and endorsements are in their futures. As a result, many of them are not ready to go on job interviews or do not have a complete resume prepared if they are not drafted. However, having taken the class, they go into the world with a better and clearer understanding of the working world and what it takes to be successful. I make them see and understand how important a degree can be because it’s a competitive world out there.” — Jennifer Bohac Asst. Director of Athletic Services "I try to make them see all the possi bilities, and I try to make them become more responsible," Bohac said. "I make them see and understand how important a degree can be because it's a competitive world out there. "So many of them are convinced that just because they played sports, they are guaranteed a job. I help them see past this attitude with research planning, mock interviews with local communitv leaders and help them prepan I think they leave moreprepar. have a better idea about what’s there for them." While this course is a relati concept, it has drawn a greatd tention from the playersandc j two sections last summer, Boh percent of her students wereAt letes. She brought in formerath i speak to the class and discusst! "Plan B's." "We talk about everything!; reer goals to personality adjus and proper etiquette at formalj sions. I have to tell mostofther er ask for seconds when dining clients and that's usually thehi thing for them." When former A&M fullback Smith participated in a mock In he asked for a second servingai en-course meal. Bohac informec that he had committed a seriou: dining etiquitte and suggestedt was still hungry afterwards,he go get a cheeseburger from Met Smith earned a Super Bowl ring member of the World-Champio: Broncos in 1998. With all the positive results^ program appears to produce,te she believes it would not beak: make the class a requirement for dents, not just the athletes. "All of the coaches have put; tremendous amount of emphass this program," she said. "Achic of the coaches require their plav; take it. "In fact, I would like for thisds a reciuirement for all students.' 1 Mavericks seek impact player in draft; San Antonio looks for outside shooter HOUSTON (AP)—Of Texas' three NBA teams, only the Dallas Mavericks are in position to get an impact player in Wednesday's annual draft. Because of their 20-62 record last season, the Mavericks have the sixth pick overall, and gener al manager Don Nelson said at least two great players should be available at that spot. Nelson said the club can't go wrong with two players likely to still be available from his wish list: North Carolina junior forward Vince Carter, St. Louis freshman guard Lar ry Hughes, Kansas senior forward Raef LaFrentz and North Carolina junior forward Antawn Jamison. For the San Antonio Spurs, this year's draft is a completely different scenario from a year ago, when they had the No. 1 pick overall. With great fanfare, they took 7- foot Tim Duncan of Wake Forest, who was such a powerful force his rookie season that the Spurs finished 56-26; only five teams will draft be hind San Antonio in the first round. Scouting director R.C. Buford said the Spurs hope to find a perimeter shooter with promise. Having a first-round pick at all is a luxury for the Houston Rockets. Be fore last year, the last time Houston had a first-round pick was 1993, be cause of trades. This year, the Rock ets have not only their own pick, but two from the Toronto Raptors as well. However, all three are in the mid dle of the first round. Carroll Dawson, the Rockets' vice player of basketball, says the club is leaning toward adding youth to the roster rather than trading up for an impact player. "To some extent, the younger you are, the less you get hurt and you can bounce back quicker," Daw son said. The Rockets stumbled to a .500 record last season because of re curring injuries to Hakeem Olaju- won and Charles Barkley. North Carolina teammates Jamison and Carter both decided to skip their senior seasons to go into the draft early. Jamison last season joined Michael Jordan as the only Tar Heel to be named by The Associated Press as the college basketball play er of the year. At 6-9, Jamison is un dersized for a power forward, but has the makings of a dominant NBA player. Nelson said. The 6-6 Carter has an inconsistent jump shot but probably is "the best athlete in the draft," Nelson said. ■'<'*£ 24, A first-team All-America pick at Kansas, the 6-11 LaFrentz "played against the best competition in the country for four straight years," Nel son said. "He has size and experi ence and maturity, and he's ready to play in the NBA." Hughes, a 6-5 guard, finished sec ond among the nation's freshmen in scoring last season with 22.4 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. He set conference and school records with 670 points and 69 steals. The Mavericks also have the first pick of the second round. That's "the best pick in the draft" because second-round picks don't get the high-dollar, three-year guaranteed contracts that go to first-rounders. "It's a very popular pick. Every body in the league has called me about it, so we'll see what we do with it," Nelson said. A trade of the two other Dallas picks — the 35th and 53rd overall — also are possible. "Our roster is basically full," Nelson said. "We only have room for one guy." The Rockets are down to two su perstars, following the retirement of Clyde Drexler. Trading Kevin Willis to the Raptors for two first-round picks and forward Roy Rogers gave the Rockets more room under the salary cap, and they expect to have $7 million to $10 million to spend on free agents. The Rockets have the 14th, 16th and 18th selections in the first round unless they trade up. "We are not set to go in just one direction," Dawson said. "We can use our picks and try to move up, or we can use our picks. Right now, we feel very comfortable keeping our draft picks. That's why we've looked at so many players." Last year, the Rockets worked out 10 to 12 players before the draft; this year, they worked out 28 players. Among them was 6-10 Rashard Lewis of Alief Elsik — one of four high school players who made them selves available for the NBA draft. "We watched him play all year. He's a player that really knows how to play. This kid passes when he should and shoots when he should. He understands the game and has NBA 3-point range," Dawson said. The Spurs say they have little idea who'll be available when they pick, but they invited several play ers in for a workout — including Cory Carr of Texas Tech, Corey Ben jamin of Oregon State, Bryce Drew of Valparaiso, Toby Bailey of UCLA and Ricky Davis of Iowa. Historically, a player drafted at the 24th position isn't someone who has an immediate impact on the team. They normally have to have some time to develop," Buford said. But there are exceptions. The Rockets got Sam Cassell at that spot in 1993, and Golden State got Latrell Sprewell there in 1992. Astros pound Minnesota 9| wy, Biugio HOUSTON (AP) — Shane Reynolds' best pitch of the day was to manager Larry Dierker. Reynolds convinced Dierker he had recovered enough from a stomach ache to pitch and then threw seven shutout innings and Jeff Bagwell had three RBI as the Houston Astros beat the Minnesota Twins 9-0 Tuesday. "I told him (Dierker) if 1 could give us two, four five innings, that those were innings the bullpen wouldn't have to pitch," Reynolds said. "Finally, some where between 11:30 and 11:45 (game time was 12:35 p.m.) they decided to give it a try." Reynolds suffered an attack of gastroenteritis, an inflamed stomach condition on Sunday night, and was originally scratched from the starting lineup. He spent several hours in a hospital getting IV treat ments and came to the Astrodome on Tuesday deter mined to take his turn in the rotation. "He came in and said '1 can pitch,' and 1 told him to go in the back and do some workouts to see if he'd get dizzy," Dierker said. "The trainer said he didn't think Shane could make himself sicker by pitching and the more he pitched the less the bullpen had to." Reynolds (8-5) retired 10 of the first 11 batters he faced and allowed only one baserunner past first base — Marty Cordova's fourth inning double. C.J. Nitkowski, who was expected to start in Reynolds' place, pitched the final two innings of the five-hitter. "The last few times out I've tried toove today maybe it was good to be tired," Rer "I lost about 10 pounds and 1 was tired but! just try to throw strikes." The Astros gave Reynolds plenty of ofterc Biggio and Carl Everett had three hitsandt«; each and Bagwell drove in three runsonado single in Houston's 13-hit attack. Bob Tewksbury (4-9) did not last longaga: well and the Astros who took a 5-0 lead ate: nings highlighted by Bagwell's two-rundoul first and his RBI single in the second. Tewksbury pitched 1 2-3 innings andaSow hits and five runs and reliever Dan Serabup four hits and four runs in 2 1-3 innings. "They put away all the scalpels in the trainer 1 so I can't cut my wrists," Tewksbury said.'Tip to get on the team plane and try again next!* Everett doubled home a run in the firsU Spiers had an RBI single in the second. Biggie and scored in each of the first two innings. "I think it was more that Tewksbury was a and we were a little on," Everett said. "Wejust and played aggressive. That's the kindofteaP Biggio hit a two-run double in the thirdinr: the Astros made it 9-0 in the fourth on Everett' and a double play groundout by Tony Eusebio. Tewksbury got off to a bad start against the. 1 "When was the last time Tewksbury threw’ es in the first inning?" Twins manager Tom Kei "I can't remember seeing that. That just wasn't® We were out of it in the first inning. They whiff Put it that way. This was just one of those davs Norway upsets Brazil for second-round World Cup Norway 2, Brazil 1 PARIS (AP) — At Marseille, Brazil went ahead on a header by Bebeto and seemed in control. But Flo gave Norway hope with a remarkable in dividual effort in the 83rd minute, taking a long pass, tapping it to the middle of the penalty area and beat goalkeeper Taffarel from 12 yards. Italy 2, Austria 1 Italy's deep strike force was ap parent against Austria, which had three goals in the tournament, all in second-half injury time. Christian Vieri got his fourth to tie for the overall goal-scoring lead on a nice setup by Alessandro del Piero. Roberto Biggio was fed by Filippo In- zaghi for his goal; both of them came on as substitutes up front. Chile 1, Cameroon 1 It was party time in Santiago after Chile moved ahead for the first time since it was host of theWorlf 1 962. It withstood a half challenge by Cameroos had only nine players game ended after two eject When they were downo ! the Cameroonians tied it. And! peared to go ahead on Francois Biyick' shot. But Biyick'sgoal" lowed when Hungarian relef® Vagner said Patrick Mbomapui Replays showed no dear foul Morocco 3, Scotlarc Salaheddine Bassirandi Hadda punished the sleeping defense with strikes in the2J 47th minutes and Bassiradd«!| goal five minutes from theeW Spring ‘99 INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS in 154 Bizzell Hall West -Monday, June 22 5:30-6:30 PM -Wednesday, June 24 10:00-11:00 AM -Friday, June 26 11:00-12:00 PM Pick up an application at the meeting or drop by the Study Abroad Program Office. 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