Show In the Spotlight Dydek By Carrie C C. Bohnsack Staff Writer What do you call a year old woman who is 72 pounds has hasa a wingspan of 85 inches and a shoe size of twelve Trouble for the opposing team Meet the new center for the Utah team Dydek Margo as she likes to be called is a native of Poland She grew up with two sisters and basketball in her family Her older sister Katarzyna also has played professionally Her family is very important to her aswell as aswell aswell well as friends she hangs out with when she has spare time The franchise franchise fran fran- franchise chise as some people ref refer r to her also likes to play pool pooi read and watch movies But her passion is basketball Dydek is not your typical athlete she speaks five languages Russian French Spanish Polish and English Most of these have been acquired through extensive traveling as a result of playing basketball Previously she played for a handful handful handful hand hand- ful of teams including Polands Poland's Olympia from 1992 to 1994 Frances France's Valenciennes Orchies from 1994 to 1996 and most recently in Spain with the Pool Getafe from 1996 to 1998 During the 1998 1997 season in the she ranked first in field goal percentage and blocked shots That's what coach Denise Taylor is so excited about The differences between women's basketball on the two continents continents continents con con- are vast However the biggest difference is practice Right now practices are so long you know like three or four hours In Europe normally its it's like one and a half to two hours said Dydek The had the worst record 7 21 last season in the inaugural season This year the hope the tide turns The top draft pick has been joined by local high schooler Orem Olympia Scott Latonya Johnson and Tricia Bader to compliment returning players Tammi Reiss and Elena Bara Baranova nova Is the pressure on Being in last place theres there's really now where to go but up Everybody wants to win nobody likes to lose Dydek said No matt matter r where you play bask basketball basketball basket basket- t- t ball ther theres always there's s always pressure The most important element is Dydek has a positive attitude and desire a to win As for poor college students not being able to afford basketball tickets tickets tickets tick tick- ets think again The cheapest seats are five tive bucks a pop and that's about concourse level at the Delta Center j Other seats range from 10 to 40 Season tickets anywhere from 72 to each With Dydek on the team Utah hopes to start winning right away |