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Show Kerry Rupp candidate for Pizza Hut Classic Balloting at colleges, universities, and Pizza Hut retail outlets across the United States will select an East squad and a West squad. The two teams will meet April 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the annual Pizza Hut Classic game. Rupp, a 6-5 senior guard at SUSC, was Utah's leading scorer while a senior at Cyprus High School in Magna. He was instrumental in-strumental in SUSC's second place Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference finish and in the T-Birds' T-Birds' second place finished in the 1975 NAIA District Seven championships. The Thunderbirds are a co-favorite co-favorite to win the RMAC championship this season. . Other Utah players who will be the ballot include Val Holgate, Weber State; Jeff Jonas, University of Utah; Daryl Owens, Utah State University, Vern Thompson, Brigham Young University, and Jay Cheesman, BYU. "In the past, it has taken well over 100,000 votes to make the team; Anyone can vote as many times as he or she wants. Ballots are now available at all Utah Pizza Huts. KERRY RUPP Southern Utah State College's Kerry Rupp has been nominated to appear on the ballot for the Pizza Hut Basketball Classic. Rupp, a co-captain on the Thunderbird team, is one of only 64 players from west of the Mississippi to be placed on the ballot. Another ballot has been completed for players from east of the Mississippi. |