1984_11 The Daily Collegian November 1984

              6-The Daily Collegian
Sports
November 13,1984
FSU's Slade set for small screen debut on 'Letterman'       _      •       *■
Hoopster is TV's latest 'spin-off'
by MM oira that took hours of practice. But Slade said
Sports WriletL^. __ she was determined to succeed, and when
she finally got that first ball to spin the
A riddle: What stands five foot nine,    way she warned it to. she worked even
can spin seven basketballs simultaneously    harder.
on different parts of the body, and is a The next year Slade said she returned to
little nervous about a national television the basketball camp, where Cravier
appearance tonight on the David Let- taught her even more about the art of
terman Show? spinning basketballs. From there, after
Answer: Women's basketball player    years of practice, Slade perfected the art
-r ._:._:_„ .;» K,.VMh,,lU on her feet.
Sandy Slade.
"I'm so excited about it." says Slade    knt
about the Letterman show. "It's like a
Slade will appear on a segment called
"Stupid Human Tricks.-and will perform
her entire act. Sitting on the floor and
using her feet, knees, hands and mouth,
she will make seven basketballs spin simul-
of spinning >
last year.
During high school Slade said she made
many appearances at public functions and
sporting events where she performed her
act. The biggest crowd she has ever per¬
formed in front of up to now, was at
Sellend Arena last year. Slade, who has
given about 500 performances during her
career,   called   that  appearance  "a   big
 eiving no help from ai .
Starting with the first basketball. Slade    but
will proceed lo place the ball on a tip, spin    pcrfc
il. and then repeat the process with six
more balls.  From there Slade uses her
talent to keep the basketballs spinning for
:. because she's had so many of th
: bad
it four seconds.
Slade said she got the idea by watching
Tanya Cravier spin basketballs at a na¬
tional basketball clinic when she was just
12 years old. Slade said thai performance    matio
left a lasting impression that still inspires    Slade
definitely  remembers
r ince at a basketball camp two
.years ago. "I couldn't do anything right,"
recalls Slade.
All the practice finally paid off for
Slade when she received an invitation to
give her performance on the Letterman
show. Most of the credit for her appear¬
ance goes to Barry Smith. Sports Infor¬
mation Director for women's athletics,
tape to the Letter-
her today.
Growing up in Solon Springs. Wis., a
town with a population of fewer than 600
people. Slade said she had a lot of spare
lime to practice spinning basketballs.
"There was nothing else to do." she said
with a chuckle.
Starling with one basketball, Sladepro-
immediately
show and  they
interested.
But despite the show's interest the pro-
ducers^have continually rescheduled
Slade's appearance. Four times the Letter-
man showhas cancelled the appearance
and then rescheduled it for another date
The last cancellatio
FSU guard Sandy "Spin" Slade will appear tonight
Show.
ance had been moved up to tonight. Both
Slade and Smith were hurriedly trying to
find connecting flights to New*York.
Don't be in a hurry to try to imitate
Slade's performance because it has taken
her eight years to  perfect  it;  All that
ceeded to teach herself the art of spi
sail and then placing it
:. According to Slade.
foot 0
s Daily'Collegian
d of appearing this Wednesday, Slade
informed last night that her appear-
immediately    practice has developed into a complicated
utine. This is how she does it.
With her right hand, she spins the ball
i her left index- finger and then gently
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rests it on the arrow tip of her left foot.
Quickly, she repeats the process for her
right foot, left knee, right knee, mouth
piece, right hand and left hand. Slade ends
the trick by rolling sideways, letting the
balls bounce crazily away. j
But there's more to Slade's 30-minute
show than spinning basketballs. To tbe
sound pf music, she also juggles and
dribbles them—two, sometimes three-
behind her back, between her legs and up
and over her shoulders. She can also use
either her left or right hand.
Slade, a redshirt transfer last year from
the University of Minnesota at Duluth,
plays backup at guard to starters Wendy
Martel and Chris Wycinowski. Head
coach Bob Spencer calls her the best
medium range and outside shooter the team
has. He should know, because he first
recruited Slade in 1981 for his William
Penn team.
Spencer, in his last year at William
Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa, saw
great promise in Slade, but he also knew
she needed some work in her ball-hand¬
ling.
.See Slade, page 7
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By StwphWi Provoat
Sports Editor
K nsten Turner and Leslie Paull led the
Fresno State women's twin, team to a 71-
44 victory over UC-San Diego Saturday,
bringing the Bulldogs back from losses to
Long Beach State (earlier in th-fday) and
Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo (friday).
Turner won three races against San
Diego and Paull won a pair, with the two
swimmers combining to lead FSU to a
victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
Paull won the 50-yard freestyle and the
100-yard butterfly against both Long
Beach and San Diego. Turner, mean¬
while, took the 100-yard freestyle, the 200-
In spite of the "dynamic duo's" efforts
however, FSU fell short against Long
Beach, 82-48, as their only other win came
in the 200-yard freestyle relay, again
featuring Turner and"Paull.
The Bulldogs kicked off the weekend
Friday in San Luis Obispo, earning off a
pair of dual meet wins (and one defeat) i
Palo Alto Thui' *
Fresno  Stat
didnt
the Bulldogs' only other win of the day, theless. Paull and Turner were comple-
turning in a meet record in the 200-yard mented by Cindy Raynor, who won the
butterflyi 300-yard freestyle and  100-yard back-
FSU also won the 200-yard freestyle
momentum, however,
,._ ' against Cal Poly's Mus¬
tangs, jfs the Bulldogs came up on the
shoryend of an 80-41.score.   '
led the way for FSU with wins in
-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly
400-yard individual medley. Paull got
• Slade
Continued from page 6
Slade, however, as it turned out, would
never play for Spencer at William Penn,
as he moved on to Fresno State. Slade
said she spent one unhappy year on the
bench at William Penn, and then trans¬
ferred to Minnesota. There she averaged
10 points a game in 1982-83, before finally
deciding to join Spencer at Fresno State.
Spencer said he recruited Slade for her
basketball play ing ability, not because she
could spin six basketballs at once. He still
had great interest in her while she played
ai Minnesota, and was very excited when
she decided to transfer to Fresno State.
"We call her Sandy 'Spin* Slade from
Solon Springs," Spencer says.
Slade said she wants to continue with
her act, and hopefully turn it into some
kind of a career. "1 like to entertain
people," said Slade with a «mile.
But what is in the immediate future for
Slade? Perhaps, she hinted, she will add
an eighth or ninth ball. Right now she is
concentrating on the season, which offic¬
ially begins this weekend with the Don-A-
Deb Classic.
"It's not really the biggest thing in my
life," saidSlade of her act. "It's Just that I
like to entertain people. I guess the more
people that enjoy it the better, because
that's what I want to do. And if it takes
national attention for jmore people to "
enjoy the show, then thars great."
Turner set a couple of n
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yard freestyle and 100-y.rd butterfly   J-* £e^whop*£d up • vsctory
^ .   , „       .      „„., FSU also won tbe 200-yard freesty
No meet records fell against UC-San   reUy and the 200-yard medley relay I
Diego, but the Bulldogs cleaned op none-   lock up the competition.
'Dogs tabbed for NCAAs
be playing out of their league, though. On
Sept. 26 of this year, FSU spoiled UCLA's
then-perfect record with a 3-3 tie in Fresno.
The Bruins lead their series avith Fresno
State two games to one, with one draw.
UCLA enters the game with a record of
16-2-2, while FSU comes in with a mark of
14-4-3.
"We are elated at being selected," said
Bulldog head coach Jose Elgorriaga. "It is
the second time in the last three years for
us. and I think that in itself proves that our
program is getting a certain amount of
stability based on excellence."
After falling just short of Pacific Soccer
Conference and Pacific Coast Athletic
Association championships, Fresno State's
Soccerdogs are still in the hunt for tbe
biggest title of them all: a national champ¬
ionship.
The 13th-ranked *Dogs were selected
Monday to compete in the National Col¬
legiate Athletic Association playoffs as
one of seven "at-large" teams in the 23-
team field.
FSU will have the home field advantage
in the first round, hosting the third-rated
UCLA Bruins this Saturday at 2 p.m. in
Bulldog Stadium. The BuUdogs will hardly
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