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National Signing Day paid off well
■or the Texas A&M women’s athletics
■all sports on Wednesday.
The 1 Ith-ranked soccer team inked
live newcomers while the ninth-ranked
lolleyball team that made it into the
elite-eight at this year’s NCAA touma-
ffnont signed one final recruit.
The five additions to the soccer team
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the Bs liation A&M coach Ci. Ciuerrieri has built
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son, A&M wall return almost a complete
■tarting line-up.
Wednesday’s addition merely adds
■epth to a strong, well-rounded roster.
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play for the Aggies. Guerrieri expects
Dillard to compete immediately for the
vacant defensive spot.
A&M inked two players in the mid
field— Ashley Murray, from Charlotte,
N.C., along with the heralded Kristen
Strut/, from Spring, Tx. The two players
bring control and skill on both sides of
the ball.
“Kristen is a big-time triple threat for
us in the midfield,” Guerrieri said. “She’s
great in the air, great with her passing and
great on the ground.”
Up front, Guerrieri inked Jessica
Hamilton from Houston at forward.
“Hammy (Hamilton) brings to our
Aggie attack what many thought was the
missing ingredient in 1999 — pure
breakaway speed.”
2000 Texas A&M Soccer Signing Class
Name Position Ht. Cl. Hometown (High School/Club)
lAdnenne Dillard D 5-8 Fr-HS Spring, Texas (Klein/Challenge '82-'83)
Jessica Hamilton F 5-6 Fr-HS Houston, Texas (Cy-Creek/Challenge'81-'82)
Ashley Murray MF 5-6 Fr-HS Charlotte. N.C. (Charlotte S.C.)
Kristen Strutz MF 5-10 Fr-HS Spring, Texas (Klein Oak/Challenge '81-'82)
Esther Thompson GK 5-7 Fr-HS Waxhaw, N.C. (Parkwood/Charlotte S.C.)
2000 Texas A&M Volleyball Signing Class
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The Aggies’ final signee hopes to fill
the void left by standout goal keeper
Melanie Wilson. Esther Thompson from
Waxhaw, N.C., is an All-American
prospect in the goal who hopes to make
an impact on A&M.
“She’s a winner,” Guerrieri said.
The soccer team hopes that they are
all winners, as A&M looks to break into
the top 10 and regain the Big 12 Cham
pionship in 2000.
The Aggie volleyball team’s lone
signee on Wednesday was Beth Skypala,
an outside hitter from Amarillo.
Skypala will have the opportunity to
make an early impact at A&M.
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The Aggies signed junior college All-American Robert
Ferguson from Tyler Junior College. Ferguson originally
signed with the Aggies in 1998 but spent the last two years
at Tyler.
While Ferguson was a good pickup for the Ags,
Slocum was disappointed he did not get more depth at
w ide receiver.
I “Ferguson is a guy we expect to come in and make a
contribution right away,” Slocum said. “I w ish we could
have gotten more receivers though. It was an area where we
needed help cause we lost some guys there. 1 would have
like to have had a couple more receivers. Ifyou want to talk
about disappointments, that’s one group where we were.”
I The surprise of A&M’s class was the fact that Slocum,
who normally relies on walk^ns to fill the positions, signed
special teams players. With All-American punter Shane
Lcchler graduating and the inconsistency of placekicker
Terence Kitchens, Slocum signed punter Cody Seates from
T> ler and placekicker Chris Sims from Garland to help so
lidify the kieking game.
I “I was disappointed last year in our overall kicking
game,” Slocum said. “It is such an important aspect in foot
ball that 1 didn't want to take a chance on it so we brought
some guys in. “
H Both Scales and Sims will come in and have the chance
to compete for a starting job in the fall.
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Texas and then another school and not said that the
Longhorns have the superior facilities.
ESPN college football reporter Chris Fow ler called
the Texas facilities the “Taj Majal of college football' on
Jim Rome’s radio program. Mock even went as far to
say that it felt like he was in God’s kingdom of college
football when he visited the Longhorns.
Are Texas’ facilities better than the Aggies’? No. The
Longhorns' are newer, however. A&M’s facilities are
still state of the art, but they do have some years on
them. And that can mean all the difference to a recruit.
All things being equal to an 18-year old kid, he will
choose the newer-looking things because to him, his
perception is that newer is better.
The Aggies have made plans to upgrade and mod-
emize their facilities, but something needs to be done
sooner rather than later.
While A&M will still sign quality people, talented
recruits have been and will be driven away because of
perceptions.
For the Aggies to continue to be competitive and
stay on top, they need to quickly figure out how to
turn the tide on these perceptions, before they be-
come reality.
Doug Shilling is a junior
journalism major.
Sports in Brief
A&M recruit named
to USA Junior team
Texas A&M men’s basketball signee
Nick Anderson of Baton Rouge, La., has
been named to the 2000 USA Basketball
Men’s Junior National Select Team by USA
Basketball’s Cadet and Youth Committee
and will compete in the 2000 NABC/Nike
International Hoop Summit on April 2 in
Indianapolis, Ind.
The sixth annual NABC/Nike Interna
tional Hoop Summit is an international
game benefitting the Naismith Memorial
Basketball Hall of Fame.
It features the USA Basketball Junior
National Select Team comprised of 12 of
the United States’ top high school senior
boy basketball players and an Interna
tional Select Team consisting of the top
20-year-old and younger players from
around the world.
The 2000 Hoop Summit will be on Sun
day, April 2 at 1 p.m. (EDT) at the Conseco
Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. The USA
vs. Internationals match-up will be held in
conjunction with the NCAA Men’s Final
Four and will be televised live on ESPN.
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