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are the only pitchers to return from last
years club.
UNLV could beat out Fullerton this
season. Las Vegas returns four players
who started last year and batted over .300
on the season.
Senior catcher Tim Arnold. .321, five
home runs, 49 RBl's, junior infielder
Steve Moser, .331. six HR's, 39 RBI's,
sophomore infielder Matt Williams, .322,
12 HR's, 55 RBI's, and Reggie Farmer,
.333, will lead the hitting attack for the
Rebels.
UNLV's pitching staff is short of
experience after left hander Bart Haley,
7-4. 4.96 ERA. and Billy Wells, 4-2. 5.52
ERA. The Rebels will be looking to get
some pitchingexperience before conference
play starts in March.
Long Beach State, although shy of
pitching, does pack some punch in their
lineup. Senior DanTwiss. .344, five HR's,
52 RBI's. senior Don Blankenship, .332,
junior second baseman Jim Spooner, .346,
and sophomore catcher Steve Brodie,
289, give thc49'ers some players who can
lead them to the championship.
long Beach Slate's top reluming pitchers
are senior southpaw Howie Townsend, 3-
3. and sophomore righty John Kopaczewski,
Irvine also returns some solid hitting in
junior outfielder Brady Anderson. .345,
junior shortstop Adam Ging, .340, seven
HR's. 42 RBI's, senior outfielder Paul
Hammond. .317, 37 RBI's, first baseman
Don Davis. .284, seven HR's, 31 RBI's.
and senior catcher Steve Morgan, .276,
five HR's.
McShea pulls Eric Harptfl
The
pitching staff is not all
shabby either. Junior college transfer
Trussell. 7-1,1.51 ERA.andjunior
hander Bo Kenl. 6-6, 4.06. give
a decent pitching staff.
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CSU, Fresno
Thursday, Jan. 31,1985
Athletics v. academics for scholarships
This year $1.15 million will be awarded
in scholarships to CSUF students but
S850,OOOof that money will go to athletes
participating in 18 of the school's sports
funded by the Bulldog Foundation.
The disparity between sports and aca
demic scholarships is due to the success o
fundraising by the Bulldog Foundatioi
for sports and the relative lack of interes
and sponsors for academic endeavors.
Since the foundation began paying i
1972 to organize fundraising, it:
staff in
earning capacity has increased tremen¬
dously. In the school year just before a
staff was hired (1971-72), the foundation
collected just over $67,000. In the staffs
first year $119,463 in pledged contribu¬
tions was netted — a sizable increase.
Donationsforthe 1984-85 school year are
predicted to exceed $3 million. This figure
Robert tarvTrta Daly Colleginn
Ken Johnson and Susan Masters model winter ski styles during the Coffee House presentation of "Winter Fashion " last night
in the Satellite College Union. About 35 people attended the show which featured fashions from area stores.
Athletes get help to make grade
SAGE is now accepting submissions from students and former
students for the spring issue. The editors will award
$25 for the best student work accepted for publication
in each of four categories:
"Fiction *Non-Fiction
*Poetry
*Art & Photography
Submission Deadlines:
March 22, 1985 for all writing
April 5, 1985 for all art & photography
Address Submissions to English Dept., CSUF
CSUF student athletes are performing
bciicr academically on the average than
regular students, thanks to the Athletic
Academic and Support Services, accord¬
ing to the head of the program.
According to a study based on the grade
reports of last spring, 85 percent of the
male athletes and 91 percent of the female
athletes obtained GPAs above 2.0 as
opposed to 80 and 88 percent for the
respective regular students, said Dr.
Robert Knudsen, who has headed the
program since it first started in August,
1983. He would not, however, disclose
grade point averages of student athletes
before the program started. He did ment¬
ion that there has been a "significant"
The concern over student athletes'
academic performance over previous years
the formation of the program,
beginning to be a very
intense sports power and the academic
side was neglected," Knudsen said.
The purpose of the program is to assist
student athletes in classroom work and in
deciding a career direction. "The students   direc
: here first of all to get an education,   studi
only secondly t
Dr. David Brail
director.
play u
Braine, as well as the student athletes,
seem to agree. "Even though it is a little
early to make judgements on the results,
we are making1 gigantic steps in the right
"*•—:~~ " said Braine. Paul Rayball, a
majoring in speech communica-
our teams," said tion who competes on the school's L...—.
the associate athletic team, thinks the program is excellent.
"They have made requirements a little
Among other things, the program offers stiffcr and you can't take so many fun
the student athletes a wide range of aca- classes because if you do, you can't play,"
demic counseling services, provides free he said. Rayball said the program has
for those having diffi- helped him in academic planning as well
"Fresno State w
tutorial
culty with their course work and Super¬
vises their performance closely by testing
for their academic and study skills defi¬
ciencies, monitoring of class attendance,
note taking, and progress in assignments.
All entering freshman students with
GPAs lower than 3.0 and transfer stu¬
dents with GPAs lower than 2.5 are
required to participate actively in the pro¬
gram if they want to be part of the school's
athletic activities.
Knudsen, however, is not the only one
who feels the program is working well.
with the content of his classes.
Ramon Trice, a basketball player, also
said the program has been a great asset in
helping him organize his academic life as
well as in his college courses.
The program is funded by three sources:
the Academic Affairs division, and the
Athletic Affairs Corporation.
Knudsen has been associated with
CSUF for 19 years. Before heading the
Athletic Academic and Support Services    30° applications
he was the director of the International
Student Counseling Office.
includes the value of the tickets contribu¬
tors received for their donations.
The foundation's money also supports
the recruiting efforts of the sports it funds
and pays the foundation's personnel and
office costs.
The success of its fundraising now allows
it to sponsor 100 percent of the sports
scholarships awarded: 159 full-time scho¬
larships for men's sports and 55 for women,
according to Athletic Director Jack
Lcngyl. These scholarships, 85 of which
go for football, will benefit over 400 stu¬
dents, since coaches can divide them and
give half-scholarships to some students. A
full scholarship is $3,627.
The athletic department also awards
some • full-time scholarships to out-of-
state students which are twice the in-state
Another organization whose fundrais¬
ing efforts benefits one of the university's
schools is the Ag. One Foundation. Its
efforts are concentrated on boosting con¬
tributions to the school of Agriculture and
Home Economics.
Judith Mastin, newly appointed execu¬
tive director of Ag. One, said one of her
goals will be to raise the current scholar¬
ship amount of $55,000 to a higher level.
One hundred and eighteenaagriculture
students will receive awards from the
foundation for the 1984-85 school year.
Most businesses, Mastin said, are affil¬
iated in some way with agriculture, the
state's number one industry. She believes
it will be in a business's best interest to
help develop and maintain agriculture
through scholarships.
But, Mastin said, in the Fresno com¬
munity she is often competing against Bul¬
ldog Foundation money.
"We're talking about competing against
people's entertainment dollars, " Mastin
Financial Aid Director Joseph Heuston
agreed with Mastin about the entertain¬
ment incentive for donating to the Bul¬
ldog Foundation, but said he believes that
is only part of it."There is an espirit de
corps [camaraderie]. They can focus
around a product. It's a lot easier to focus
around the football team, the baseball
team, the basketball team, than it is
around unnamed scholars. Wc have a
long history as a country of paying lip
service to education but being very suspi¬
cious of of intellectuals," Heuston said.
But Lengyl believes the athletic depart¬
ment's scholarships are a reflection of
their own merits and the hard work of the
Bulldog Foundation.
"You can't blame us just because we are
more successful in gathering scholarships
than Ag. One," Lengyl emphasized.
The scholarships that the sports depart¬
ment awards, Heuston said, are not
administered through his office, but finan¬
cial aids does verify that recipients are not
receiving any other aid.
Athletes receiving scholarships also
must maintain the minimum grade point
average set by the department of their
major and must carry at least 12 units per
"We're not raising a bunch of hybrids
out here," Lengyl said. "They're students
first and athletes second."
Students vying for academic scholar¬
ships (which will total $290,000 this year)
must maintain a GPA oft.O. The deadline
for applying for (he Fall '85 is this Friday.
Heuston said that although the finan-
—' aids office has only received around
he expects an
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