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Show March 9, 978 1 Page Official Program 5 Tina Gunn Works Hard For BYU Cagers Once the bastion of NIT basketball champions, the Sinitn Fieldnouse is now home for the BYU womens basketball team from December to March. To glimpse the women cagers at their afternoon scrimmages and to spot one player in particular, joggers drift from the track, and racquetball players take detours from their courts. The spectators focus on Tina Gunn, 65 center from St. Petersburg, Fla., whose size dominates her team and whose shot jump demoralizes anyone guarding turnaround her. A According to BYU volleyball coach Elaine Michaelis, Tina is probably one of the most powerful hitters in the game today. To see Tina hit straight down is to see a volleyball travel 100 miles an hour. In the Intermountain Athletic Conference where she is a top scorer and rebounder, Tina is racing with her Cougar team- mates toward the regional championship. first-semest- sophomore in chemical engineering, Tina enrolled at BYU winter semester a year ago BYU a after receiving Presidential Scholarship. What prompted the seventeen-year-ol- d straight-graduate of a Catholic high school to travel 2,000 miles to attend BYU was the desire for a solid education in a majoring moral environment and the ambition to play basketball and volleyball for a major university. high school Tinas competitive sports were the shot put and the discus. She won first place in both events at the Florida State High School Track Meet in 1976. But at BYU she competes only in basketball and volleyball, and she has tacked down starting positions on both teams. She was one of the volleyball players to earn BYU fourth place at the AIAW National Volleyball Championships held on the In Cougar campus last December. A highlight of her season was the 30 points and 23 rebounds she scored in a conference victory over the University of Utah, defending regional champion and the number 7 finisher in the nation last year. has earned her label as the outstanding center in the area by being named to the alltournament teams of both the She 1977-7BYU Women's basketball team: (I. to r.) front row. Coach Leishman, Manager R. Yarbrough, S. Finley, D. Zirbes, J. Loveall, A. Stewart, Asst. D. Porter; back row, J. Bolingbroke, S. Meister, D. Freestone, R. Jensen, T. Gunn, R. Ostler, A. Cottle, J. Hunter and T. Bleazard. 8 Copper Classic and the BYU Classic. Tina is very intent, she works hard, says BYU coach Courtney Leishman. If she has any fault, it might be that shes too serious when she plays. She could smile Because of her ability, desire she is a and determination, pleasure to coach. And she gets better every week," Leishman says. Tinas the best player Ive seen in the conference. ra A Whatever Forms You Need For Your Business PHOTOCOPYING SERVICE ALSO AVAILABLE Your Wedding Deserves the Best Invitations Select From Our Tasteful Samples Fast and Efficent service for all your printing needs. g, & ca pbdcju The Sun Chronicle oca? 02S-U6G- Q 5388 So. 1900 W. Roy, Utah |