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Both players are products of wealthy New York City suburbs and all-male Roman Catholic prep schools. Finnerty attended Long Island's Chaminade High School, where 99 percent of the students go on to college. Seligmann went to the exclusive Delbarton School, a lacrosse powerhouse in Morristown, N.J. "It is our hope and our conviction that the full truth of all that happened that night will vindicate Reade of these charges," Delbarton's headmaster, the Rev. Luke L. Travers, said in a statement. Neither Seligmann and Finnerty was among the Duke team members arrested in recent years for such offenses as underage drinking and public urination. Finnerty, however, was charged in Washington with assault after a man told police in November that Finnerty and two friends punched him and called him "gay and other derogatory names." Finnerty agreed to community service. Seligmann, a 6-foot-l sophomore, and Finnerty, a 6-foot-3 sophomore, were in handcuffs when they stepped out of a police cruiser at the Durham County Jail early Tuesday. Their earlymorning surrenders were arranged as part of a deal with Nifong in which they were bailed out of jail in a matter of hours. At a brief court appearance, Finnerty stood in jacket and tie as a May 15 date was set for the next hearing in the case. For more Information, check out www.sls.usu.edu 24 Hours in Clad i Dates: April i f o aphics lab aryLabs •r- iff you think smoke breaks are a great way to you're right. •JUGGLING From page 5 find out if she could get that changed, and she did." Barker will graduate this year with a degree in physical education, with an emphasis in exercise science. Adding to her academic record, Barker said she has recently been accepted to physician assistant school at the University of Utah, which she will begin May 15. In addition to being a good student, Barker is also an accomplished tennis player. As a member of the USU women's tennis team for the past four years, Barker has played a significant role in the Aggies' success. "She's done an amazing job juggling married life, school and tennis," head coach Christian Wright said. "She's an extremely coachable and smart player." Though Barker came to USU on an academic scholarship, she was awarded an athletic scholarship after her sophomore year. She said she and her husband Alex were engaged at the time and were planning on moving back to Salt Lake so they both could attend the University of Utah. This would've meant no more tennis for Andrea. Wright said he decided to surprise Barker with the scholarship offer after her final match of the year in April of 2004. "I had just finished the last match I thought I was never going to play in college tennis," Barker said. "I was sad because I thought that was it. I had played tennis since I was six." Barker then recalled her tears turning from sadness to joy as Wright offered what he said was an "early wedding present." "She was worthy of a scholarship from the minute she walked up here," Wright said. "It was probably overdue on my part." With Barker set to move to Salt Lake after that season, Wright said she wasn't completely sure she would accept the offer. "I was hoping she would," he said. "I didn't know for sure." Had she gone, Barker would've been missed by her coaches as well as teammates. One of her teammates, senior Jill Smith, remembers competing against Barker in high school. "Andrea and I go way back," Smith said. "We played almost every year in the state finals. She's very smart and a hard worker. She's an awesome teammate." Last, but not at all least, Barker and her husband have had a rather uncommon marriage for anybody outside of the military. Andrea said she met Alex through family in the summer of 2003. "His sister married one of my old family friends," Andrea said. "I got to know his sister, he got to know my dad and they all kinda' put us together." "I met her dad at a bachelor party in Vegas," Alex said. Then, they said, after Photo courtesy Andrea Barker ANDREA BARKER and her husband Alex have had a hard time seeing each other over the past four months. He lives in Salt Lake, going to school at the University of Utah. strategically attending the same parties, the two of them began dating. The rest, as they say, is history. They were engaged by December of 2003 and married eight months later in August of 2004. Because of the scholarship offer, Andrea said they decided to live in Logan. This meant that Alex would have to sell his house in Salt Lake and quit his highpaying job with Reuters in order to accommodate the change. "She was worthy of a scholarship from the minute she walked up here." Christian Wright Tennis Coach Tm older than she is," Alex said. "I'd had my experiences. I didn't want to take that away from her." . However, upon moving to Logan, Alex said he found it hard to find a job that he wasn't over-qualified for. He said he decided to go back to school as well, but the degree he was pursuing, speech communication, wasn't offered at USU. After three semesters together in Logan, the Barkers said they decided that, in order for them to both get finished with school before she got accepted to PA school, Alex would have to finish what he started at the University of Utah and Andrea would have to stay at USU. "I had spent hours and hours trying to find a way for him to stay at Utah State," Andrea said. "But the get wi- way the classes transferred over and the way it worked out, it was going to be so much more work for him." In December 2005 Alex moved to Salt Lake while Andrea stayed in Logan. Throughout the next few months, the Barkers said there were periods of up to three weeks in which the only contact they had with each other was by phone. "I didn't think it would really happen," Andrea said. "At first it wasn't too bad, but after three and a half weeks of not seeing him face to face, that was when I kind of hit the wall." To help get her through the lonely months, Andrea said she relied on her teammates once again, this time to keep her company. "My team has been really good," Andrea said. "They'll come over because they know that I'm there by myself. I'm used to being married and having someone there all the time." One of the toughest things to handle for the Barkers was having to deal with everyday married couple issues over the phone, they said. "Paying bills, any problem, any conflict. You have to deal with your everyday things over the phone," Andrea said. "It got a little bit stressful. It's like communicating with your spouse through a wall." "If we had any kind of a different relationship, I don't think that we could've made it," Alex said. "We're really close friends. We put each other first." 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