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Show i cen 76 SUPPLEMENT TO CLASSIFIEDS FEATURES PAUL HARVEY WEEKS TV GUIDE -- THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1976 -- -- THE NEWS EXAMINER, PRESTON CITIZEN, CACHE CITIZEN, GRACE TIMES CITIZEN AND THE sn YAH A Mow's Gome If 1 1 ' ' ' im: ''''''''' ' . M i ..." Wfwi pm J "iB .... TREMONTON'S STEPHANIE Green stars on the court but helps keeP things Uvely on the i practice floor and the bench. CD few r o Tremonton Girl Sfars On Aggie Team She's attended two AIAW tourNational basketball naments and is hoping for a third in 1976 as she uses up her last year of eligibility. Stephanie Green of Tremonton, starts in the guard position for the Utah State basketball team. Her quick hands, basketball sense and speed on the court make her an asset to the Aggie line-uAs a freshman in 1973 Steph played on the B team and led her teammates to a regional championship in the B division. In 1974 under the direction of Coach Fern Gardner, Green started out front as point guard on the varsity squad. After her team won the ' Intermountain Regional title in the USU Spectrum, she was off to Kansas State for her first national basketball tournament. Strong competition and an inexperienced caused youthful temper Stephanie to play two of her worst games. Her outside shooting and driving speed scored 186 points for her in the 1975 season, making her the team's third top scorer. With an easy regional win against Colorado State in 1975, Virginia was her next stop to play in the fourth national basketball tournament. With a year of national experience behind her the challenge of national competition was strong in Steph. She knew this was the place to find out just how good of a player she was. Green and her running mate Lloydene Searle kept up with the competition out front but the n't compensate for height disadvantage underneath and again the Ags lost in their first two rounds of competition. As every athletes goals Stephanie would like to be able to do something nationally in basketball, she says. p. . , ab-itili- ty Along with being one of the top five scorers in the league this year, Green is the fast break queen scoring fifty percent of her points off the break. Amazingly, shooting outside on the hoop nailed to the garage with the neighborhood boys, recess competition, church and high school play days was the only basketball experience Steph had before college. Now she feels she is playing on the best basketball team Utah State's ever had. She comments frequently on the lack of knowledge she had for the game. She says, "I didn't even know what a guard, center or a forward was. I just knew I played out in here," gesturing toward the back court. College graduation is the physical education major's immediate goal, other than that all she asks for is to be happy. "Steph's coach, Marilyn Weiss, and teammates have a great deal of confidence in her basketball playing abilities," comments assistant ? coach Vikki Allred. :hc believes in a total team effort Green works well for me at point," says Coach Weiss. The natural clown brings laughter to practice, and' adds to the team's morale. "Practices would be dull without Stephanie," exclaims Weiss. Proud of her association with women's sports, Steph enjoys being called a "jock" by her friends. Her talents aren't limited to basketball. She also is a started on the Aggie volleyball and Softball teams. Steph shows a lot of confidence on the court which probably should be credited to her folks, Ralph and Beth Green, 353 S. 1st W., Tremonton. "Mom and Dad's support and encouragement r xkwm,..,, '3D'YAndX J m ' - ".a I Or STEPHANIE IS a leading scorer for the USU women's basketball team. means a lot to me," says Steph humbly. With her well developed skills in basketball you'd think Stephanie spent hours and hours in practice. She XJ AGGIES' STEPHANIE goes for a layup against New Mexico In one of USU's league wins this year. "Be-caue- , ill doesn't; she's a natural. "Ball isn't everything for me," she says, "it's a part of my life. It always has been. I like to think of myself as well rounded." Stephanie is a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority on campus. There she holds a minor office and finds a different social atmosphere that adds variety her athletic life. Playing ball has given her a lot and taught her even to more. Traveling opportun- - HlCo atttVV hCal lpVUcU tOt Steph during her ball career. Being able to tour Washington, DC, during basketball nationals last year highlighted the season. But as an overall picture Stephanie admits that her favorite sport has taught her about people, it has made her tame her temper and develop self control. "The rewards and in ball help an athlete to grow and become an better person," Stephanie feels. disap-'pointmen- ts all-rou- |