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Show PAGE 3 UNIVERSI~ JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1000 Summer Games begin here Thursday :rhe 15th Annual Utah Summer Games gets under way with its opening ceremony Thursday at 8:30 p.m., at Eccles Coliseum on the SUU campus. This year's ceremony will include a mega fireworks show, the Parade of Athletes, Hall of Honor inductees, skydivers, a 15-year video tribute to the Games by KUTV-2 and a celebrity guest torchrunner who will light the cauldron. Tickets are currently on sale and may be purchased at the Centrum Arena Ticket Office on the SUU campus, at any SmithTix Outlet or by credit card at 5867872. Reserved seating is $6, general admission is $4. Parents and siblings of registered athletes and volunteers may purchase tickets for $2, while children under the age of three are free. Parading athletes and volunteers who wear their USG 2000 shirt will be allowed in the gates free of charge. The 2000 USG Hall of Honor Banquet will be held that evening at 5:30 p.m., in the Gilbert Great Hall of the Hunter Conference Center on the SUU campus. Utah's outstanding athletes, coaches and other sports notables who epitomize the spirit of the Games are inducted into the USG Hall of Honor. Past inductees include professonal and Olympic athletes, amateur and professional sports administrators, collegiate athletic coaches, sports journalists and legendary supporters of athletics in the state of Utah. Steve Young, Mark Eaton. Shawn Bradley and others have·been honored over the years. · The laureates this year ar Frank Layden, Lori Parrish-Salvo. Dave Shulthess and George Sluga. · One of the most recognized and re~ected members of the Utah sports community, Layden is being honored for his tireless efforts both on the court and off. · Layden broke into the NBA as an assistant coach with the Atlanta Hawks in the late 1970s. He·was named general manager of the Jazz on May 9, 1979, almost one month after then team owners Sam Battistone and Larry Hatfield announced plans to move the franchise from New Orleans to Salt Lake City. Layden added the role of head coach to his G.M. duties on Dec. 10, 1981 , and went on to post a 277294 record over sixplus season, the second-best coaching mark in franchise history. During his time as head coach, Layden's Frank Layden teams finished .500 or better and earnec,:I a berth to the NBA playoffs fiveconsecutive times. He led the Jazz to their first Midwest Division Championship in 1983-84, garnering him NBA Coach of the Year honors. He moved to the Jazz front office after announcing his coaching retirement on Dec. 9, 1988. Always a coach at heart. Layden Enrolln,ent: sumn,er 'up,' fall still 'too soon to tell' Enrollment in Southern Utah University summer semester courses is up significantly over last year, but the fall semester outlook is still unclear, according to figures just released by the university. As of May 31 , a total of 2,250 students had registered for summer semester courses, according to information released by D. Mark Barton, assistant vice president of student services. That is 139 percent of enrollment at a comparable time last year. Total summer enrollment will not be compiled until after completion of a second summer session which will begin July 3. Enrollment for summer classes is up in every class category. "Registration for fall semester classes is running slightly ahead of last year at this time, but it is too early to make any solid predictions about fall enrollment," Barton said. Barton notes that a slight dip in statewide college enrollment is expected this year because of (1) a decrease in the number of high school graduates and (2) the strong state economy which tends to keep more potential students in the workforce. Orientation and registration sessions for incoming freshmen are just beginning, so the most recent enrollment report gives no accurate indicators of what the size of the 2000-2001 freshman class will be. A total of 1, 176 seniors have registered to date for fall semester; that is 121 more than last year at this .same time. returned to the coaching ranks when he was named head coach of the WNBA's Utah Starzz in July of 1988 and continued to coach the team through the first four games of the 1999 season. resigning in June of 1999. Layden continued to lend his multiple talents to every aspect of the day-to-day operations of the Jazz and Starzz, serving as the cornerstone of the organization. Layden was involved with player personnel moves, public relations, marketing, broadcasting and the Jazz management committee. He left the Jazz organization last February and is currently serving as a basketball consultant for the NBA's New York Knicks, following his son Scott to the organization after he was named executive vice president and G.M. in 1999. To say that Parrish-Salvo is a pioneer in women's athletics in the state of Utah would be an understatement. A fivesport athlete (basketball, volleyball, track and field, tennis and softball) from Davis High School, Parrish-Salvo played in the first girts' state tournaments in volleyball , basketball, track and field and tennis as a junior and senior. \I A :\ \\. A S \I E A \: T Parrish-Salvo's athletic prowess in high school gave her the opportunity to help , usher in the modem era of Utah collegiate athletics in becoming the first woman in the state to receive an athletic scholarship to play at the University of Utah in 1976. While at Utah, she was named an allconference selection in volleyball four times and was team captain for two seasons (1978-80). Parrish-Salvo was also a member of the Lady Utes basketball team for four seasons, ending her career ranked in the top-10 in seven statistical categories; fifth ill field goals made (587), sixth in overall scoring (1432 points) and rebounding average (7.1 rpg), seventh in free throws made (258), eighth in' scoring (12.2 ppg) and total rebounds (832) and ninth in blocks (75). Lori was also a member of Utah's women's track and field team for two seasons (1976-78), in which she was an all-Conference selection twice. She placed eighth-nationally in the high jump and was ranked in the top-10 in the nation in the hurdles in 1976-77. She is currently the girl's volleyball and basketball coach at Bountiful's Viewmont High School. Shulthess has been a fixture in the Utah athletic scene for nearly 40 years. He began his journey in 1951 when he joined the sports staff at the Salt Lake Tribune. From there, he became the first full-time sperts information director at Brigham Young University and went on to spend the next 37 years in that post. He served on the public relations staff at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, Calif., as president of his (continued on page 7) T O 11 A \' E \\' I \; C S VOU'Ll W~NT TO T.hV OU.h .DU++~LO WING~ r,, ........JI~".. (UNLESS, OF COURSE, YOU'RE A CHICKEN ) I • Winger's, home of World Famous Buffalo Wings • Ribs • Chicken • Sizzling Fajitas • Sensationa! Salads • Gourmet Sandwiches and Burgers Kids Menu & More. . · NOW SERVING BREAKFAST! WINGER'S® An American Diner- 1555 West Regency Road • Cedar City • 867-1700 \I -\ :\ \\ --\ .._, \I E --\ :\ T T () 11 .--\ \ ' E \V I \: C S |