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Show Orem-Geneva Times Wednesday, January 13, 1993 Page 10 Outstanding Football Players Honored at Mountain View's Annual Banquet Best Defensive Players (Sophomore) Ryan Dodge and Alex Jensen Best Offensive Player (Sophomore) Cody Floyd Best Junior Varsity Offensive Player Ryan Yakiwchuk Best Junior Varsity Defensive Players Tom Henry and Milt Gale Best Middle Linebacker (Varsity) Randall Murray Head Hunter Awards (Varsity) Josh Roberts and David Stroshine Best Wide Receivers (Varsity) Aaron Osguthorpe and Kurt Livingston Best Linebacker (Varsity) Tadd Leg as Best Defensive Linemen (Varsity) Robbie Hawley and Setema Gali Best Offensive Lineman (Varsity) Judd Lui Best Defensive Back (Varsity) Tye Hanseen Best Defensive Lineman (Varsity) Santiago Gale Best Offensive Player (Varsity) Matt Thomas Best Defensive Player (Varsity) Santiago Gale Most Valuable Players (Varsity) Jeff Easton and D.G. Nelson Every scene, even the commonest, is wonderful, if only one can detach oneself, casting off all memory of use and custom and behold it (as it were) for the first time; in its right, authentic colors; without making comparisons. Arnold Benett I WONipER (F iH6E WILU6VERBEA MARY QUEEN OF5COT5 The first woman golfer of note Karrie Henry plays basketball for SUU Thunderbirds Athletic participation and a large-family environment are what Karrie Henry, a 5-10 freshman fresh-man forward for the Southern Utah University Women's basketball bas-ketball team, is accustomed to. She is right at home with the Lady Thunderbirds. Her background includes a large family with several members mem-bers involved in athletics. Her high school coach came from a large family with several members mem-bers involved ins ports. And now three of her four collegiate coaches come from large families with heavy athletic involvement. To Karrie, the fourth daughter-and fourth child-in a family of 13, how this all inter-meshes inter-meshes is a little mind boggling. Karrie's coach at Orem's Mountain View High School, Dave Houle, comes from a family of 12 children. Houle's brother Scott is a student assistant coach for the Lady Thunderbird team. Another Houle brother, Eric, is SUU's track and field coach and may get a chance to work with Karrie, who was a state 4-A discus dis-cus champion. Many of the Houle family, including Dave, Eric, and Scott, were high school andor collegiate col-legiate athletes. But the big family athletic act doesn't end there. Head coach for the SUU's women's basketball team is Larry Shurtliff, the father of eight sons and four daughters, many of whom have been outstanding high school athletes. Additionally, one of Shurtliffs sons, Robert, is also a student assistant as-sistant coach for the Thunder- was Mary Queen of Scots. Karrie Henry, freshman, S. Utah University Women's Basketball player Is from Orem. birds. And to top it all off, two of the coach's daughters, Sue, a junior transfer from Snow College, Col-lege, and freshman Cherri, are big contributors to SUU's team. Athletically, here is the direction direc-tion the Henry family is going: -Father, Thomas, and mother, Elizabeth, were the classic clas-sic star-athlete-and-cheerleader couple at Commodore, Pa., where both went to high school. "He played everythingin high school," Karrie says. -Strangely, the oldest Henry daughter, Stacey, was not in Jf f Holding the hardware after Mountain View's football banquet are front, left to right: Judd Lui, Coach Bryce Monsen, and Matt Thomas. Middle row: Jeff Easton, Tye Hanseen, Kurt Livingston, and D.G. Nelson. Back row: Aaron Osguthorpe, Robbie Hawley, Santiago Gale and Tadd Legas. Outstanding Mountain View football players are, front, left to right: Cody Floyd, Ryan Dodge, Alex Jensen, Josh Roberts. Back row: Randall Murray, Milt Gale, Setema Gali, Ryan Yakiwchuk and David Stroshine. volved athletically. The second daughter, Stephanie, however, wasis involved in a big way. She lettered bi basketball for two years at Utah Valley Community College and for one year at University of Missouri at Kansas City. She is now engaged to Kevin Nixon, a player at BYU. --Kim, the third daughter and just older than Karrie, is a regular as a redshirt freshman at BYU. She and Karrie have already al-ready met on the court as collegians. col-legians. "It was awesome, for about eight minutes we went head-to-head against each other," Karrie says. --The next three children, Tom, Lori and Scott, are well on their way to becoming good high school athletes; and the youngest four Henrys, Tim, Dan, Lindsey, and Ashley, are showing heavy sports interest. "I have loved growing up in a big family," Karrie says. "My mom has probably attended hundreds of games. Dad is a construction con-struction consultant and works out of town a lot, so he has not seen quite so many." The promising 5-10 forward thinks the coaching styles of Dave Houle and Larry Shurtliff are similar, making her transition to the college game easier. They both like to build the confidence of their players, she says. "I remember swapping stories about how things are in big families with coach Houle," Karrie Kar-rie says. "I just loved it; we could talk for hours about how Christmas was, or what it was like around the dinner table, or how many kids shared a bedroom . . . things like that." Karrie was Utah's 4-A MVP last season and played on two state championship teams. On top of that she has been an all-region all-region volleyball player, a state champion discus thrower, and a multi-year letterwinner in softball. "Around our house or neighborhood neigh-borhood there was always a big game of some sport going on every day. I got involved in sports when I discovered that I could do well in them. It was quite natural," Karrie grins. "My older sisters were great examples, they were always helping help-ing and pushing me in my athletics. ath-letics. And I got to play with Kim in high school during my sophomore and junior seasons." She is finding success early at SUU. She has started every T-Bird T-Bird game to date, ranks among the top five scorers with an average of just under 10 points, and has led the team in scoring two games and in rebounding twice. ; Early in her playing days, Karrie spent nearly all of her time as a guard. "That has helped me a lot with my ball handling and versatility. Now, I love taking the ball to the hoop, and I love the play inside." Karrie is still deciding about a college major, but she is starting to lean heavily toward elementary elemen-tary education. "I love kids and kids's programs whatever I choose as a major, I want in some aspect of my life to teach or work with children." SlS!'oi-;.,-:v . A&mmmmmt r fin" fffffoii ruTrinifllWiffi illf' Vmtb Southern Utah's Karrie Henry, freshman forward from Orem and Mountain View High School screens out Weber State's Wendy Talbot in 78-63 SUU victory. V |