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Show PAGE 10 • THE THUNDERBIRD • TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1993 PS•Bfh Libby, apple pie, and basketball SUU alumni to be honored The story of Libby Price, a senior membe~ of SUU women's basketball team, is just about as normal as apple pie. There is little unusual about her pr gress from a ba kyard player through all-stare high school recognition and on to all-conference junior college honors and a starting spot for the Thunderbird women last season. There is a common thread, however and that thread is quiet determination. Perhaps Llbby.'s attitude towards the nece sary condition required to play the Division I level illustrates why she has succeeded. "I really like basketball and nearly l!Verything about it," said Price, "but I hate conditioning, especially ~nning. Howl!Ver, it's something that you have co do, so you do it, ... but you don't have to like it." Price is in line for plenty of Liblry Price playing minutes up front for the lady Thunderbirds this seas n; she started IO games and played in 16 d spite a foot injury last year. TI1e 6'0 graduate of Lehi High School and Dixie College is expecting SUU to make big improvement from last sea on' 6-21 record. "We are well rounded team this year. We have a lot of players who can do a lot of thing ; and we have better depth owe houldn't get worn d wn like we did last sea n," aid Price. "I( we can do well in our early games and build our confidence, we can win a lot more games." To date the Lady 'Birds are 6-8 and have a good chance of improving on their record of a season ago. Basketball life was more relaxed at Dixie where Price had a good sophomore year a-ve ging over 15 points leading the team in rebounds, earning all-conference honors, and • playing in the District 18 playoffs. Libby's bask;tbaU..i.njury came in practice after her first 1:1.0 games as SUU. She broke a bone in her foot, mi%ed six weeks of play, and was hamperecl for the remainder of the season. "Everything is healed," she said, "I ran a lot this summer, and it feels fine now. l hate being hurt. You can ask my mom, I cried a lot, and it was very hard just to sit on the bench and watch rh.e games." The .. apple pieness" of Libby's career parents-Rex and Mary Price-who just retired for ownership of a grocery tor in Lehi, allowing them to watch many of her games. Many of her large family (Libby is the eighth child), which includes four brothers and four ister, Live in the ame area and are supportive fans. "I would love my daughters to play b.'lsketball," she said. "I am going to start my children learning in some sport early in their lives, and l really hope they like basketball. I love it." BEY! Twenty-nine coaches representing 27 sports in three states will be honored during halftime of the Jan. 30th SUU-Cal Sui.re North ridge basketball game in the Cemrrum. What do they have in common? They are all graduates of SUU and they all coached in at least one state championship game or had a team which won a state championship or placed second in state competition. Six "athletes of the year" for the 1961 -62 sports seasons at SUU will be imilarly recognized during halftime of the Feb. 6th Thunderbird men's contest with Northeastern ILiinois. "Both groups of former students played a role in the development of SUU' s admirable reputation for the training of coaches and in the building of a solid athfotic program. and history;" said Steve Lunt, SUU assistant to the president for special projects. Athleres of the year for the 61-62 school year included Jim Marshall, football; Larry Dehlin, basketball; Gordon Loveless, baseball; Roger Taylor, track and fidd; Lafe Parish, wrestling; Grant Holdsworth, tennis. Among the 29 coaches to be honored, five had teams which won more than one championship or second place tide. One, Mountain View' Dave Houle, had state championship in 4A girls basketball, girls cross country, and girls track. His girls cross country ream was also acknowledged as a national champion. The other coaches with more than one top-two finish include Piure's Kennedy Sylvester, lA boys baseball and basketball, Enterprise's Stan Holt, lA girls basketball and volleyball, and Judge Memorial' s Eric Houle, 3A boys cross country and gi rls cross country. Eric and Dave are brothers. Coaches winning state titles outside of Utah include Dennis Wells, Eureka, Nev., lA wrestling, Tim Olsen Lindon County, Nev., IA baseball, Rick Phillips, lincoln County, Nev., lA basketball and Herb Stinson, Aztec, N.M., 3A wrestling. Other graduate finishing first or second in the state include Bob Cuff, Richfield, 2A baseball, Dennis Jones, San Juan, 2A boys basketball, Dean Fowles, Delta, 2A football, Jill Porter, North Sevier, 2A girls track, Bob Comeford, Pine View, 3A girls track, Marvin Magalei, Woods Cross, 3A boys track. David Sorenson, Richfield, 2A volleyball, Ladd Holman, Delta, 2A wrestling, Terry Bowler, Enterprise, IA boys baseball, Ferril Heaton, Valley, IA girls basketball, Gary Higgins, Pine View, 3A girls basketball, Bob Schexnayder, Cedar, 3A boys er s country. Steve Hodson, Cedar, 3A golf, Dave Wankier, Delta, 2A girls softball, Larry Wilson, Hillcrest, 4A girls sofi:ball, Troy Norri , Panguitch, lA girls track, Steve Hoagland, Milford, lA boys track, Shane Rowley, Delta, 2A boys track, Dave Smith, Piute, l A wrestling. 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