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Show March 9, 1978 Official Program Page 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 Cougar campus last December. 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. Gunn, 65 center from St. Petersburg, Fla., whose size dominates her team and whose shot turnaround jump demoralizes anyone guarding her. A sophomore in chemical majoring at enrolled Tina engineering, BYU winter semester a year ago BYU a after receiving Presidential Scholarship. 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- What prompted the seventeen-year-ol- d graduate of a Catholic high school to travel straight-- 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. 2,000 miles to attend BYU was the desire for a solid education in a moral environment and the ambition to play basketball and volleyball for a major university. In 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 Whatever Forms You Need For Your Business FOR ALL YOUR PRINTING NEEDS PHOTOCOPYING SERVICE ALSO AVAILABLE Your Wedding Deserves the Best Invitations Select From Our Tasteful Samples i Fast and Efficent service for all your printing needs. o. m para? oe3p The Sun Chronicle 02S-B00- 0 5388 So. 1900 W. Roy, Utah 5 |