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A Class Act
A day in the life of A&M receiver Terrence Murphy
Okafer leads
Huskies to title
By Troy Miller
THE BATTALION
Balancing class, homework,
football practice, hours in the
weight room and hours studying
film, all while holding a 3.0
grade-point average, is a tough
task for any student athlete, but
for Texas A&M junior wide
receiver Terrence Murphy, it’s
all in a day’s work.
Murphy, who already holds
the A&M all-time career
receiving yards and receptions
records with one more season
left to play, has busy days just
like any other student athlete,
but Murphy said the life of a
football player is even more
jam-packed.
“People really don’t under
stand what it’s like to be an ath
lete, especially a football play
er,” Murphy said. “The hardest
thing about being a student ath
lete is balancing your time.
When I first got here as a fresh
man, it was a whirlwind for me.”
Murphy said he had to get his
life in order in a hurry his fresh
man year in order for him to be
successful on and off the field.
“What 1 had to do was get a
notecard out and write down
what I had to do every day
because I was missing so much
stuff and sleeping,” he said. “I
had to write down my classes,
write down when to study, write
down my Bible study, just every
thing. Being a student athlete,
you don't really get to rest, but
that’s just what comes with it.”
Murphy’s day begins with his
alarm ringing at 5:30 a.m., the
same time many students are
getting to sleep. His first
appointment is at 6:45 a.m.
when the A&M football team
meets for an hour of film study
before breakfast at Cain Hall.
Class is from 8 a.m. until
lunchtime when Murphy is
back in the film room. He then
has about an hour to get taped
up in the training room and
dress for practice.
Practice doesn’t start for
another hour, but Murphy and the
receivers are due back in the film
room for another session with the
coaches. Not that Murphy minds.
He said that he watches football
tapes at home as well.
“I watch film maybe four times
in one day,” Murphy said. “1 don’t
even own cable (at home). I watch
DVDs and football tapes to see
how 1 can get better.”
After practice, which ends
around 7 p.m., it’s time to
study. Because Murphy has bet
ter than a 3.0 G.P.A., he doesn’t
have to attend the two-hour
mandatory study hall after
practice but that doesn’t mean
he isn't studying on his own at
the Bright Athletic Complex.
Then, around 10 p.m.,
Murphy finally goes home,
leaving him little time to go out
on the town.
“I never go out,” Murphy
said. "I stay home and play
video games. I like to sit at
home and watch DVDs.”
Murphy said that every day
By Ben Walker
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Randal Ford • THE BATTALION
Texas A&M junior receiver Terrence Murphy owns the A&M all-time career
receiving yards and receptions record with one more season left to play.
he tries to find time, whether
during a few free minutes during
the day or when he goes home at
night, to study the Bible.
During his freshman year,
Murphy met Jim Roselius who
works for Athletes in Action, the
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SAN ANTONIO — Emeka
Okafor powered inside,
slammed home a rebound and
got the Connecticut cheering
section to go crazy.
At the center of everything,
Okafor put on an All-
American performance in the
biggest game of his life, punc
tuating it with that rim-shak
ing dunk late in Monday
night’s 82-73 win over
Georgia Tech for the NCAA
championship.
And somehow, up in the
stands, Pius Okafor managed to
stay relaxed. With fans around
him standing and shouting, he
politely applauded his son’s
stuff while 10 other family
members looked on.
“I’m very' calm,” Okafor’s
father said in the closing min
utes. “I ’m so proud of him and
so excited that he’s playing at
this level.”
Oh, and this from Dad:
“He’s played better than this.”
Maybe, but certainly not in
a game of this magnitude.
The most dominant player
in college basketball was
picked as the tournament’s
Most Outstanding Player
after scoring 24 points and
getting 15 rebounds.
Okafor raised his amis high
after corralling the final
carom. He controlled the glass
at both ends by setting up
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