Show April 28 1994 Page CEU athletics compete Soccer Club breaks through with first win of the season against Division I schools by Randall Harrington sports editor less than if the students arc from What would cost an student around S3000 to attend CEU about might cost an $4500 for the same education “We try to take about SI 5 00 of the federal aid a student gets and put it towards their education along with what the S3 000 scholarship pays for" Stubbs said “Most of the recruits I bring in are on financial aid jo basically it's just like an instate student" The competition is tough in Region 18 says Stubbs who has provided Division I with many players in the last few years Probably the most acclaimed is Antoine Davison who went on to the University of Utah and is now in the Continental Basketball Association The CBA is a testing ground or a minor league to the National Basketball Association where the highest basketball competition in the world takes place and 2 Kris Hill of the teams just completed his senior year at DcPaul University He is now getting an opportunity to play in the NBA from the Dctriot Pistons Chicago Bulls and Denver Nuggets Shambric Williams is graduating from Boisic State and was the MVP of the Big Sky tournament Bosie Slate has made the NCAA championship tournament for two years in a row Junsic Cottcn teammate of Hill attended USU Tommy Cook finished his senior year at Mesa out-of-sta- te in-sta- ic As the Scenic Western Athletic Conference changes its sport from season to season so do the players participating in the conference While coaches try to slay competitive in the conference the issue of a player's demographics is raised Should Utah junior college athletic scholarships be specifically for the players in state or should they be for those best qualified to play for a team? “I try to recruit the best players and players that want to come to the College of Eastern Utah" head men's basketball coach Ronnie Stubbs said CEU is one of ten schools five Division I and five junior colleges that have athletic programs in Utah The competition for players is tough with the likes of Brigham Young University the University of Utah Utah State University Weber Slate University and Southern Utah University trying to grab the best local talent Besides being Division I schools BYU and the U of U have additional advantages over the rest of the Utah schools with regular appearances in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's national championship tournament luring the best talent to these schools Scholarship money is allotted from Utah tax dollars which then goes to schools for the talent that is used to compete in athletic venues Some people say that this money should stay in the stale by recruiting only instate players The cost for residents to attend Utah schools are extremely in-sta- te Staff Writer r er 90-9- 1 n f Vs Dik Keyes V 9 It has finally happened CEU's soccer team has won its first game in two years At the Dixie tournament ? ‘Y'rVv'- - ' ” V - Tv ' 7 k f' — ' ? - :: i t k - 1 si r1- College All of the starters from CEU are playing in Division I programs and one of those made the NCAA championship tournament: New Mexico State University Those (continued on column 4) - v - V i5j t i -- 1 4 t 9 4 jt 92-9- 3 4-- players are Jermaine Avic at Cal c Jason Marlin at Texas Tech Kurt Schneider and Eric Talley at Montana State Darryll Benson at Southern Utah University and Johnny Sclvie at NMSU From this year's team Leon Carter will be playing next season at San Diego State PROGRAM 1EFS y©U WORK FROM yOllR HOME FIE DERAIL SET YOUR OWN HOURS NO EXPERIENCE NO TRAINING NEEDED GUARANTEED INCOME BE YOUR OWN BOSS 1 University While die SWAC is one of the top programs in basketball the Regions in Arizona and Texas are the tops in baseball head baseball coach Dave Paur said It is hard to recruit players to Price because the top recruits want (see JC Recruits on os 8) wtklv Earn 1 713-587-54- 07 with ycur per computer! 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Free D&K ASSOC 6180 HWY6N STE257 TX 77084 6-- 7 Stormy season CElTa soccer dub's hsrd work snd practice has Anally paid oN as they chalked up their Aral victory of season against the U of U last weekend winning 3 Known for hla holistic play Andy Waters can be seen dally pradldng with the team JPhoto by Aaron Brockbank Slaie-Irvin- HOUSTON last Saturday the Eagles beat the for their first University of Utah win An elated coach Ted Bianco said "I am very proud of the team They played as well as any team that we've played They played bcucr than any team that I have coached” With the win the Eagles' record improves to 1 and 8 The Eagles' leading scorers arc Kazi Miinumu with three goals on the season followed by Chad Lopez with two goals and Eric Brown Grant Neath and Ryan Fairbanks each with one The rest of the team includes Charlie Peterson Clay Norman Monte Smith Jerry Dubois Cullin Clark Curtis Garbctt Andy Waters Ben Noyes Tom Bcrtanian Brain Davis Jennifer Kos Mike Smith and Ben Wright Bianco said the team goals for the season are “to give the students on campus an opportunity to participate in the game of soccer and to give those same students an opportunity to win" The Eagles' next game is tentafor the tively scheduled May Salt Lake Community College tournament at Salt Lake Time to be announced 4-- 3 91-9- CALL NOW 7 Details Rush SASE to Powtell Publications Dept 291 ID PO Box 511053 record the Eagle pitching staff has held up remarkably well Haycock boasts the second lowest ERA in the conference at 296 with Gillies not far behind at 316 ranked fourth Although offensively the Eagles have not held up their end of the bargain Amidst a stormy offensive output there are a couple bright spots Freshman Shay Lewis leads the team in baiting percentage at 420 with 10 extra-bas- e hits and 13 RBI's Lewis has missed the last six games due to a throwing arm injury leaving a gap in the Eagle lineup Valladares ranks second with 12 extra-bashits 10 RBI's and bats 325 on the year The Eagle ballclub is in action today (Thursday) at Utah Valley Slate College and will complete their 1994 campaign Saturday at the college field hosting CNCC in a 1 pm doublchcadcr On Saturday after the final pilch is thrown and the last out is railed the book will be closed on a season filled with hope and heartache Players and coaches alike will breathe a sigh of relief then everyone will go home and shower e Happy Mother's Day from Elisha Ray Salt Lake Citv UT 4 54151 V |