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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PITTSBURGH — Larry
Fitzgerald finally made the
decision everyone expected: to
enter the NFL draft.
The Heisman Trophy run
ner-up said Monday that he
would forgo his collegiate
career at Pittsburgh to turn pro
fessional. His announcement
came four days after he was
declared eligible for the draft.
Fitzgerald, who will turn 21 in
August, is projected to go early
in the draft. Though the receiver
played just two seasons with the
Panthers, that was enough time
for him to break several school
and NCAA records.
“The main reason people
come to college is to better your
chances of making a living, and 1
think that my two years that I’ve
had here. I’ve given myself a
good opportunity to make a good
living ... for myself and to sup
port my family,” Fitzgerald said.
He petitioned the NFL to
allow him to enter the draft
despite two seasons of play.
Fitzgerald left the Academy of
Holy Angels in Richfield,
Minn., midway through his
senior year in 2001 and trans
ferred to Valley Forge (Pa.)
Military Academy to boost his
grades for college.
The NFL cleared the way for
Fitzgerald to enter the April draft
because he is three years past his
senior year of high school.
“I’m very confident in my
ability,” he said. “I know
there’s going to be skeptics and
there’s going to be people out
there criticizing this and criticiz
ing that, but all-in-all I know I
can play the game of football.”
The league’s decision on
Fitzgerald came on the same day
a federal judge ruled running
back Maurice Clarett could also
turn pro despite playing only
one season at Ohio State.
In that ruling Thursday, the
judge said NFL rules regarding
its draft violate federal antitrust
laws. The ruling overturned the
league’s rule barring players
from being eligible for the draft
before they were out of high
school for three years.
The 20-year-old Fitzgerald
was dominating last season. He
Finished a close second to
Oklahoma quarterback Jason
White in voting for the Heisman
Trophy, nearly becoming the first
sophomore to win the award.
He was the most proficient
receiver in Pittsburgh history
and set three NCAA records,
including most consecutive
games with a touchdown catch
(18), most touchdown catches
for a freshman-sophomore (34)
and most receiving yards by a
sophomore (1,672), besting
Randy Moss’ 1997 sophomore
year. He tied the record for most
games catching a touchdown
pass in a season (12).
In 2003, Fitzgerald caught 87
passes and led all NCAA
receivers with 1,595 yards. He
had 22 touchdown catches, at
least one in each of Pitt’s regu
lar-season games.
He played in all 13 games as
a freshman and became a starter
in his third game. In 2002, he
had 69 receptions for 1,005
yards, easily surpassing Antonio
Bryant, who caught a then-
record 51 passes for 844 yards
as a freshman in 1999.
Fitzgerald finished 128
votes behind White in the race
for the Heisman. He did win
the Biletnikoff Trophy, award
ed to college football’s top
receiver, last season and the
Walter Camp Award as the
nation’s best player.
Fitzgerald told Pittsburgh
coach Walt Harris that he was
going pro Thursday, when the
NFL ruled him eligible.
“We have been blessed to be
around such a special person
and outstanding athlete in Larry
Fitzgerald,” Harris said. “Not
only was he an unbelievable
receiver, but he also set a great
example of how players should
respect the game.”
Despite his domination at the
college level, Fitzgerald usually
trotted off the field without
much celebration after his 34
touchdown catches.
“Not showboating on the
field is the way I was raised,”
Fitzgerald said.
PHOTO COURTESY OF KRT CAMPUS
Pittsburgh sophomore Larry Fitzgerald declared himself eligible for the
NFL draft Monday. Fitzgerald had 161 catches for 2,677 yards and 34
touchdowns in his two-year career at Pittsburgh.
Roddick-led U.S. beats Austria
Nash
By Howard Fendrich
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Patrick McEnroe
made one thing perfectly clear when he replaced
his brother John as U.S. Davis Cup captain in
2(KX): He wanted a roster of players eager to play
in the event.
And he hoped to assemble a team in the truest
sense, rather than a collection of individuals.
Led by Andy Roddick, a formidable U.S.
team completed a 5-0 first-round sweep of
Austria on Sunday. The players’ camaraderie
and passion for Davis Cup, not just their tennis
talent, impress their captain.
“There’s a lot of frivolity with this team.
They have a good time. They get along well. It’s
not anything that we talk about. It is real,”
McEnroe said.
“The bottom line is you have to be great ten
nis players. We all know that. But the fact that
the guys enjoy it and like being around each
other, and like being part of a team in a sort of a
broader concept, is refreshing.”
This group is pretty solid when it comes to the
bottom line. too.
Roddick powered his way to two straight-set
victories and set a record by hitting serves at 150
mph, the doubles team of twins Bob and Mike
Bryan breezed through their match, and Robby
Ginepri became the first U.S. rookie in Davis Cup
history to win after dropping the first two sets.
“It excites Patrick, like it does the rest of us,
that we have a pretty young core of guys who are
very willing and very eager to play,” said
Roddiclc, who beat Jurgen Melzer 6-4, 6-2 on
Sunday. “So I only see our team getting better as
the years go on.”
First, though, the Americans will try to get to
the semifinals by beating Sweden at home in April.
Sweden advanced by knocking off defending
champion Australia 4-1. The Swedes have won
the Davis Cup seven times, including a 5-0 vic
tory over the United States in the 1997 final.
“We are going to be tested against them,”
McEnroe said. “But 1 certainly like our chances,
especially playing at home.”
He’s trying to lead his team to its 32nd Davis
Cup title — and first since 1995. That’s the
longest drought for the country since the 11-year
gap between victories in 1926 and 1937.
In the 1995 final against Russia, Pete Sampras
won two singles matches and the doubles. He
also helped win the 1992 title, while Andre
Agassi was on three Davis Cup championship
teams.
But both played only sporadically later in
their careers, with Agassi last a member of the
team in 2000. John McEnroe cited an inability to
get those two stars to play Davis Cup regularly as
a reason for stepping down after just 14 months
as captain.
“When I first started this, the only question I
was asked is, ’How come Sampras and Agassi
don’t play?’” Patrick McEnroe said Sunday. “I
said, ’Well, I am interested in the guys that want
to play.’ Because those are the guys you are
going to build around.”
Roddick is not a bad place to start. He likes to
play for his country, and he likes to be around his
teammates. Oh, yeah, and he ended last season
ranked No. 1.
Roddick and the Bryans got matching buzz
cuts Thursday and traded good-natured barbs
during Davis Cup news conferences. Ginepri
kept his long locks, but he did join the other play
ers for raucous pingpong games.
And being close in age surely helps foster
their closeness: Roddick and Ginepri are 21, the
Bryans are 25.
The Austrians took note of their oppo
nents’ all-for-one attitude.
“They seem very together. They are all
close friends,” Melzer said. “They enjoy play
ing Davis Cup, and if they compete like this the
whole way, they can win it.”
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high school times and unusual
form, but his successful coach
ing techniques transformed
them into top-ranked swimmers.
Holmes said Nash is a type of
master motivator, getting the
athletes to achieve many things
they thought they couldn’t.
There s no magi
cal thing Mel does -
he just does what he
does
really well."
— Jay Holmes
A&M men's swimming and
diving assistant coach
“Mel really coaches the indi
vidual and the person, not just
the athlete,” Holmes said.
“There’s really no magical
things Mel does - he just does
what he does really well.”
Senior Josh Hill has experi
enced the benefits of being
coached by Nash. Hill has
dropped a considerable amount
of time off his personal bests
and owns the fifth best time in
A&M 200-yard backstroke his
tory. Hill said Nash was a big
deciding factor for him when
choosing which school to sign
with four years ago.
“Mel seemed committed to
keeping the team as a family,”
Hill said. “He really gives us a
strong sense of team-being,
whereas other schools seem to
focus on individuals.”
Away from his “family” at the
pool. Nash has a family that is
just as involved with the swim
ming program as he is. Carol
Nash, his wife, is administrative
director and head counselor for
an Aggie swim camp the two
host every summer. Their two
children, Kathryn and Mel II,
have participated in many of the
camps and swim competitively.
Carol said the key to keeping
a strong family and relationships
has been doing as much as possi
ble together at the pool as well as
away from it.
“We’ve never tried to keep
everything separate,” Carol said.
“It’s always been part of our life
- pretty much swimming 24
hours a day.”
It’s hard to escape Mel Nash
without hearing a story, such as a
thriller about Germany before the
fall of the Berlin Wall, or a bit
tersweet one about the 1976
Olympic trials or a delightful one
about the women’s team finishing
in the top 10 in 1986. He seems to
have an endless supply of stories.
But there’s one story that Nash
loves to tell above all others. It is
the story of how a young man and
his wife came to fall in love with
a school 25 years ago. And how
does this story end? Nash said he
doesn’t have the answer to that
yet, but does know that the ending
will be good.
“I love A&M,” Nash said.
“This is home for us. We’re not
done here yet.”
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