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14 The Voice, For Students, By Students | November 16, 2011 | www.fsuvoice.com | send news tips to the editor; thevoice.fsu@gmail.com STUDENTSPOTLIGHT Bronco player means business by Jayinn Jones Kjicc Staff Writer NAME: Samantha Ledbetter SPORT: Women’s Tennis CLASSIFICATION: Freshmen What team do you play for? “I played for my dad’s tennis team, and I played for my school. 1 was number one for Westover, but I play for FSU’s tennis team now.” How long have you been playing? “I’ve been playing for almost more than half my life. Ten nis has been almost everything. My father also plays tennis so that’s how I started playing. He has a tennis team and he is president of the Wizards Tennis Association right here in Fayetteville.” .What motivates you? “Definitely my most motivation is my father. He has been playing for over 30 years and I’ve been playing for almost 9 years now.” What sets you aside from other athletes and other stu dents? What makes you special? “Well other athletes, sometimes they’re playing around and they don’t want to take the sport seriously. But, when I’m out there on the court I’m there to play. When I play ten nis, I mean business. Being a student-athlete basically, you have to be able to handle being a student and an athlete. [Be ing] a student always comes first. So, I have to make sure I have my work done, make sure I’m attending my classes.” What are your goals for this year? “My goals for this year are for us to win a state champion ship, so we can get that ring! 1 want to try to get a 3.5 GPA by the end of this semester so 1 can become a part of one of the honor societies.” What’s one thing that a lot of people do not know about you? “A lot of people do not know that I am a real caring per son. That’s why I chose nursing as my intended major.” Do you have a motto or favorite quote? “My favorite motto is something we came up with on the court. And it was like “all is fair in love in tennis”. Because love in tennis means 0. Like, when you start off the game and you serve. The score is love, love so 0,0 basically means love. All is fair in love and in tennis.” Lady Broncos basketball team awaits start of Basketball Frenzy at the Capel on Nov.8 Voice photo by Tiffinie Lee Defining the Student Athelete by Chanwll Harris Voice Co-Managing Editor The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletics Association) has offered an athletic stipend to add to money already received by college athletes. The stipend is said to be $2,000. Anoth er chance NCAA president, Mark Emmert, proposed to the Knight Commission was to start giving athletes multi-year scholarships. But in the words of Boise State University President, Bob Kustra, this could be just talk. While most would argue that these sudden changes stem from one of the summers most daring expose’, “The Shame of College Sports” written by Taylor Branch, a renowned civil rights activist and journalists for The Atlantic magazine, the article explored the depths and secrets of the NCAA opera tions. In his article he explored the history of the NCAA and how some of its rules came to be. While built on the strengths and talent of thousands of young collegiate athletes was the multi-billion empire that
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