12 November 5, 1990 The Clarion
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The 1990-91 Brevard College women's basketball team includes, left
to right, front row: Melissa Burchfield, Jan Johnson, Sharon
Heatherly, Monica Cameron, Tracy Garrett, Ann Norman and Kim
White; back row: Tiffani Thompson, Amanda hyatt, Christy Gibbs,
Robin Sharp, Lynn Woodard, Leila Lynch, Paula Crowe and Manager
Pam Carter. (Clarion photo by Lin Redmond)
The Tornadoes open tomorrow night, Nov. 6, with a doubleheader
against Roane State here. The team includes, left to right, front
row: Marcus Wildy, Dewayne Lewis, Kevin Adgent, Michael
Mollere, Jason Tweed, Jeff Brown and Shawn Young; back row:
Kristin Oxford, Wayne Frechette, Chris Hunter, Chad Morgan, Scott
Barnes, Kennon Brooks, Fred Walker, Nathan Hanzy and Elroy
Cooks. (Clarion photo by Lin Redmond)
Basketball teams open tomorrow in doubleheader
When Brevard College’s 1990-91
basketball season opens tomorrow
night, there will be as many new faces
as there will be high hopes.
Both the men’s and women's teams
have new coaches: Tom Radford for the
men’s team and Jimmy Tilley for the
women's team. They open at home in a
doubleheader against Roane State here at
Boshamer Gymnasium with the women
playing at 6 p.m. and the men
following at 8 p.m.
MEN’S TEAM OUTLCX)K
Coach Tom Radford, in his first year
as men's basketball coach, has several
objectives he plans to meet with this
year’s version of the Tornadoes.
Five returning players - 6’0" guard
Kevin Adgent, 7’2" Scott Barnes, 6’6"
wingman Wayne Frechette, 6’6" and
67" power forward Jason Tweed - were
on hand to greet 10 freshmen, plus two
walk-ons. Only one of the returning
players saw much action on last year’s
team, which won nine games. With so
much inexperience, the line-up is wide
open, according to Radford.
’’Before the season began," he said,
"We had three objectives. First we want
to reach the potential of each of our
players. The players on this squad are a
very exciting group with unlimited
potential. Our main job will be to make
sure each player does everything
nccessary to be a successful student-
athlete," Radford said.
"Our second objective," he noted, "is
to play with a great degree of intensity.
The practices this fall indicate that this
will happen.
Radford’s third. objective is to
nurture a team of strong student
Brevard College officially dedicated its newly-surfaced track on Oct.
19, naming the facility after Trustee and benefactor Thomas Breeden
Jr., of Winston-Salem, who is seen taking an inaugural walking lap
around the new track joined by his family, Trustees and College
officials. (EC News Bureau photo)
athletes. Two sophomores, Scott Barnes
of Scotland and Jason Tweed of
Hendersonville were recently inducted
into PTK. "We will have as many
academic all-stars as athletic ones," said
Radford.
Ten new recruits include: Jeff
Brown, a 6’3" forward from Thibodaux,
La.; Elroy Cooks, a 6’2" guard from
Paincourtville, La.; Nathan Hanzy, a
6’4" forward from Gray, La.; Shawn
Henry, a 6’0" guard from Harrisburg,
Pa.; Chris Hunter, a 6'6" post from
Union, S.C.; Dewayne Lewis, a 5'8:
point guard from Port Allen, La.;
Michael Mollere, a 6'1" guard from
Napoleonville, La.; Marcus Wildy, a
6'2" wing from Charleston, S.C.; Fred
Walker, a 6’5" post from Napoleonville,
La.; Kennon Brooks, a 6’5" wing from
Warner Robbins, Ga.; and 6'6" Warren-
Wilson transfer Chad Morgan of
Brevard.
— BC News Bureau
WOMEN'S TEAM
With an experienced group of
sophomores and a talented crop of fresh
men, first-year Coach Jimmy Tilley and
his all-Tar Heel state Lady Tornadoes
basketball team have a lot to look
forward to.
"I’m excited about the season in
front of us, says Tilley. "If we can put
things together early we will have a
good year."
Returning sophomores are Christy
Gibbs of Flat Rock, N.C.; Paula Crowe
of Marshall, N.C.; Tiffany Thompson
of Andrews, N.C.; Lynn Woodard of
Bryson City, N.C.; Kim White of
Charlotte; Monica Cameron of
Marshall, N.C.; Keila Lynch of Mills
Springs, N.C.; Ann Norman of Brevard;
and Sharon Heatherly of Enka, N.C.
The freshmen Tornadoes are Mellisa
Burchfield of Robbinsville, N.C.;
Robin Sharp of Brevard, Tracy Garrett
of Robbinsville, N.C.; Jan Johnson of
Flat Rock, N.C. and Amanda Hyatt of
Brasstown, N.C.
— by Scott Grubbs
Providing some excitement of
their own, BC cheerleaders send
Guynette Hartman airborne
during a break in action during
the Homecoming soccer games.
(BC News Bureau photo)