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Show vl I 4 ; ' i : iT) , ' "- . ' ' 1 - ' I STUDENT COUNSELOR i 8; GARY R. BEODGETT Sports fans remember him r -n outstanding football and . i.ihall player at Utah State aersity. Others know him : ..vociate dean of students at )) :-tr State College. DARNEL HANEY is the i black person to hold an . illustrative position at L ' it orany other Utah colli col-li ijuf university. He has been Miciate dean for the past : .en years. He is a man who has literally ' p i'.lcd himself up from the fj'rtito by the boot straps." Ir'i not ashamed to talk about ( aw ,i , a-, Vc say s , "maybe ' ill help others in similar iiionv" ins DARNEL II AS helped ;rs many others by 1 "g a friend to students of all IB i :s. He refers to his athletic m ' Hies and achievements as a 0 W to assist others where i .ing else seems to work." H l2 graduate of Utah 1 ! .'e University. Darnel re-' re-' 'td a bachelor's degree in 1 il arts and a master's de-! de-! ; m sociology. His ultimate j 1 1! is to obtain his doctorate UK AS born and reared in "' ShelUis of Phoenix where ; js raised by his mother - his father was killed (nuir-s.";dl (nuir-s.";dl when Darnel was only sears old. : las so poor that 1 had to ; lrt my underwear with my i ''." he said. "We lived """'UTly thai is hard to eom-' eom-' -'VnJ in tins day and age. It f '"''rallvachallcncctosur- t 'IT 1) VRNKI. had one t2 '.; m his las or he was 2 ' IU evtrcmely large for bis ; I tried to use tins lo my ; "1!ij:e in many way s." he '';:,,nil. Darnel used his ;': to aehies e in sports 'ri ih.it ,is a challenge 'vnconc who hadn't been accustomed to playing athletics. athle-tics. HE WAS educated in an all-black all-black elementary school and did not associate with white students until he entered junior high school while living with his aunt in Oakland. He was then the first black athlete to play for Phoenix Union High School. "There were only about 25 black students in a school of 6,500," he said. "But I was . 6-foot 6 at the time and had a basketball coach that took a special interest in me. We have been very close friends ever since my high school days." DARNEL PLAYED on a high school team that was nationally na-tionally ranked and he received re-ceived all-state and honorable mention All-American in basketball. bas-ketball. His team recorded 34 straight wins over two seasons and his football team lost only one game during the same period. Playing on the same basketball basket-ball team was Allen Holmes an all-American w ho played at University of Utah. All five starters averaged in double ti-" ti-" gures and four were named to the all-state team. "THE CO ACH was a Mormon, Mor-mon, but I didn't k.T.'w it at the time," said Darnel. ' We've become very close over the years and I have a great deal of respect and los e for Mormons. Darnel was highly recruited from high school but he chose to remain in Phoenix and plas at Phoenix Jr. College "here he was named honorable mention men-tion All-American and ,is selected Most Valuable Player in basketball. DESPER ATE EOR moiies to continue his education. Darnel Dar-nel joined the CoaM Cmard and was selected to play on a touting tout-ing basketball team. I or two ears. he was chosen tor Nass honois. "I felt I was too poor and inferior to attend school out- Iiirnt-1 Haney, as.-ociaie dean of studi-nts at WcUr State Colk-ge, is the fut lihuk app.uiiU-d to a:i ad.-ninlstrative ad.-ninlstrative position at the school. He ;, rt-arcd in ti.e iietto of Phoenix hut ht-came one of Utah State University's outstanding athletes. side of Phoenn;." he said. "By joining the Coast Guard 1 hoped to gam a belter image of myself and hase some self-respect. self-respect. It was the first time that 1 had money of my own and my own bed to sleep in." AFTER STARRINd in basketball bas-ketball for a couple of y ears, he received a hardship discharge (to aid his family ) and returned to Phoenix Jr. College. He rememhers his fust trip to Utah to play in the National Junior College Basketball Championships. Games were played in the old Weber High School gymnasium and the final fin-al clash was between Phoenix anj Weber Stale. The Litter had won the title the previous year and were top contenders. "IN THE final game I scored 33 points and pulled down 33 rebounds as we won by one point." he said. "But more important. im-portant. I had my first encounter encoun-ter with people of Utah and learned to love the people and the area." So it didn't take much convincing con-vincing to gel Darnel lo enroll at Utah State University for three years ( IVW) (0) where he plased two ears ol basketball and one year of football. "MY HRSr sear was a disaster. dis-aster. It's no secret that by Ibis time I was a litile over conti-dent. conti-dent. cocks you might sa . and I had a few problems getting along with the team and some of the fans." he said "Bui 1 adell Anderson became be-came coach ms second sear theie and things tivk a drastic change 1 es entually was selected All Conleicnce and was voted the Most .tkuKc Plaser in re M" A A Regional I out r.anient 1KH (,H IH r'aed collccatc LvM it's his senior sear at I M'. D."-e! .,s ,h..::cd m the l'--h '""I bv the Oakart.l K !.'. :s t H:h totm.l b S: ' He sieved a tfCC VC vO-"-Kt M the K .'c p..Tvl w as a d ".s. e ! le lor r-e A:. - - " r' j.,' i- ,t ,u: .-e'-. "s . i to; r-e Ka . e s ! - - loot K and weighed a'vut 2s pounds. OI1IEKS ON the Aggie squad with Darnel wete Merlin Olson. Lionel AMiedge. Bdl Munson and Clyde Brock. Darnel said li w as a ti .liirn.i-lic .liirn.i-lic experience living through the "de-segrrgation period'' in his late leenaee and earls ad.dt life. "BKI(, THE first black ad mi nisi i ator also brought with it some problems, although not as traumatic' as some of my earlier experiences." experi-ences." he sard as he related the following expeiience " A mother of a AA ehei Stale College eoed called nn ot! island isl-and con'pl ',n'''' raeia1 p'"h-lems p'"h-lems on campus and w anted lo know what could be done about ab-out them. "1 i Oi l) her lo come and see me and we would sit ilnwn and talk things over. She was delighted with the idea hi was shocked w hen she w aiked mV mv office and I raised ms h-foot h-foot S inch black fame Irom behind my desk and introduced intro-duced ms sell "But you know . we had a real good lalk latter she got os er the shoe k I and things were a lot better as a result ol our nieeline ." I) AKNH S AID his oic.in is lo reac h out and in s, ane w ,a help ans student w ho comes to him . "I lose our s ouih. 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