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October 13,1980
Atlantic Christian College Number 8
Wilson, N.C.-Being first comes
natural to Cathy Wall.
She was the first female
basketball player from Atlantic
Christian to score 1,700 points
in her career, finishing with a
four-year total of 1,727 points.
She was the first basketball
player of either sex from Atlanti
Christian, and in fact the first
AC athlete from any sport to
have his or her number retired.
She led Atlantic Christian to
the Carolinas Conference basket
ball tournament title in the
winter of 1980, the first basket
ball title of any kind for Atlantic
Christian in 25 years. Wall was
the MVP in that tournament,
which marked the first time
High Point ever been denied the
conference championship in the
ClAC in basketball, women's
tennis, or women’s volleyball.
Now Wall, Class of ’80, has
become the first AC player,
male or female, to sign a
professional contract. A 5-7, 135
pound guard, Wall has been
signed by the Tampa Bay Sun of
the Women’s Basketball League
and she’ll report in early Novem
ber.
Wall is spending the month of
October in Wilson, mostly work
ing into what she says is the top
physical condition of her life.
She’s staying with a long-time
friend and coach of four years at
AC* Carole McKeel.
Aside from her obvious
physical attributes such as
speed, quickness and a fine
shooting touch. Wall also has a
long list of positive intangibles
to her credit. She is a team
player, she is a winner, and she
has a tremendous attitude.
A 1976 graduate of Richmond
County High School in Rocking
ham, Wall is actually from
Ellerbe where her mother, Mrs.
Odelia Wall, still resides.
The Cathy Wall story is one
which has been told and retold
in the Wilson area and more
specifically the Atlantic Christ
ian community, for it is a story
of success and personal triumph
which seldom occurs.
Wall was encouraged to at
tend Atlantic Christian by then
men’s assistant basketball
coach Bryan Chalk, a Rocking
ham native and former East-
West All-Star player.
“If it hadn’t been for coach
Chalk I don’t think 1 would have
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played basketball after high
school.” said Wall. "I love it
here and I'm glad to have this
extra month to stay in Wilson
and be around the school. I'll be
leaving a lot behind when I go.”
Wall, with 117 assists and 248
steals over the final two years of
her college career, was signed
by Tampy only two days after a
tryout camp this fall. She was
told that she would be notified
in two weeks if she had made
the team. That was on a
Tuesday. Wall returned home
on a Wednesday and was called
on Thursday with the good
news.
“When he called I was
shocked, but also thrilled,” says
Wall. "I tried out with the
Dallas Diamonds (Dallas has
already signed Nancy Leiber-
man of Old Dominion, Two-time
women’s Player of the Year) and
the coach told me he thought 1
had potential.
“He gave me the names of
two coaches, one in Omaha and
one in Tampa. I called Tampy
since it was closer and went
down for two days of tryouts at
the Air Force base down there. I
really like the city, from what I
hear tis a sports town, and I’m
looking forward to going down
there.
"I feel like my chanccs are
good, but there’s something
way back in amy mind telling
me not to get too up. I’m going
in with a positive attitude and no
matter what happens 1 feel like
this will be a good experience
for me. It already has been, and
I’ve already met a lot of people I
wouldn't have met otherwise.”
Women's basketball, on the
professional level, is fighting a
battle of its own. and Wall is
aware of that fact. But she says
there is no way for her to keep a
positive attitude and do her best
if she wastes time worrying
about the league as a whole.
“I can’t worry about that, I've
just got to play my best and if
the league doesn’t make it then
I will still have gotten a lot out of
it."
Wall plans to attend graduate
school and get her Master's
degree in Health and Physical
Education, which was her major
in college. After grad school
she'll either be playing pro ball,
working in recreation, teaching,
coaching, or some combination
of the latter three.
“I would really like to coach
on a college level, but I would
also like to work with the
younger kids. I think I would
like teaching and coaching on
the college level better, but all
of that will come later. I'm not
really sure what I will be doing.
Someone said after the season
they would help us find jobs in
the Tampa area if we wanted to
stay, so I'm really not sure.”
McKeel says she is encour
aged about Wall's professional
chances for a number of rea
sons.
"She’s really turning it out
right now. she’s working out
hard and playing better than she
has ever played. I wish I had her
for one more year, we’d take the
world on. I think the fact that
they called her so soon after the
tryout camp is a good indication.
They didn’t take long to decide
they wanted her.”
SCHOLARSHIP
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The Scholarship Bank up
dates records daily to assure
that students are receiving only
the most current and valid
information. Cost of the service
is $35, with a smaller “econ
omy” package of 15 aid sources
being available for $25. Each
student is guaranteed at least
$100 in aid or his or her service
fee is refunded.
Students or parents desiring
further information should con
tact The Scholarship Bank,
10100 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite
750, Los Angeles, CA. 90067,
and enclose a business-size
stamped self-addressed envel
ope, or call toll-free d800-327-
9191 ext.397.
It was announced today that
high school and college students
are receiving an average of
$17,000 each in possible finan
cial aid sources from The Schol-
T£41 <i/?£/£ai£
arship Bank, according to Steve
Danz, director.
The new service, being oper
ated on a non-profit basis, is
designed to find all of the
financial aid sources available to
student applicants. Danz in
dicates that of the estimated
15,000 sources in the data bank,
the average applicant is getting
information on 32 separate
sources. The combined value of
the 32 sources equals $17,000,
and, according to Danz, this
does not include those sources
that are renewable yearly.
Many sources are based on
other than need. Approximately
thirty percent are merit based,
thirty percent need based, and
the balance are a combination,
or are based on other factors,
such as student’s willingness to
enter a contest or declare a
certain “major” in school.
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LOVK-A-FAIH
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Are you tired of long winded
lectures, long tiring hours bent
over books studing for mid
terms? Has your life been really
dull lately? Do you need some
excitement in your life? Well
you are in luck. It is October and
in North Carolina that’s Love-A-
Fair time. What does that
mean? Well it means that you
pick out a day between October
17-25 and you gather up a bunce
of friends and you head over to
Raleigh for the 1980 North
Carolina State Fair.
If you have never been to a
State Fair then you really should
consider going. There are rides,
exhibits, demonstrations, hot
dogs, cotton candy, heluim bal
loons. concerts and awhole lot of
other things to do and enjoy.
It is a great club activity and it
it rumoured that even college
professors have been known to
find it fun and enjoyable.
The Fair is easy to get to.
From Wilson you simply take
Highway 264 to Highway 64 and
when you get to Raleigh stay on
the 64 Bypass until you come to
a sign that says State Fair Exit.
Parking is sometimes a problem
so wear your walking shoes.
Once again that’s October 17-25
at the State Fairgrounds in
Raleigh. The Fairgrounds will
open at 9:00 am and close at
12:00 pm. So everybody come to
Raleigh for the great North
Carolina Love-A-Fair. It’s fun.
If you have an interest in
working for the National Securi
ty Agency (communications/for
eign intelligence) in computer
systems, language, of communi
cations security posistions you
need to take the 1980 Profession
al Qualifications Test at UNC—
Chapel Hill or Shaw University,
Raleigh. Application deadline is
November 1. Additional informa
tion may be obtained in the
Career Planning & Placement
Office.
Are you a junior or senior and a
member of a racial or ethnic
minority and interested in pursu
ing graduate study? Would you
like to have your name submitt
ed to graduate institutions that
seek minority applicants? The
Graduate Record Examinations
Board's Locater Service offers
this FREE service. For informat
ion contact the Career Planning
& Placement Office.
Russell Rawlins has been
named to the posistion of Sports
Information Director for Atlantic
Christian College. The appoint
ment was announced jointly this
week by Athletic Director Tom
Parham and President Harlod
C. Doster.
Rawlings, a 1978 Atlantic
Christian graduate, served as a
student SID during the first two
years of his college career. Since
his graduation from Atlantic
Christian, Rawlings has served
the college in several unofficial
capacities, publishing numerous
athletic brochures while contri
buting regularily to the publicati
on, “ACC SCOPE”.
In making the announcement,
Parham said, “Russell has grow
up in the shadow of this college
and I think he has a feeling for
this school and this area. He will
be a valuable asset to the
college and we are looking
forward to utilizing his talents.”
Rawlings is a lifetime Wilson
resident and a 1974 graduate of
Fike High School. He graduated
from ACC with a B.A. degree in
English. He currently holds the
posistion of assistant Sports
Editor oat the Wilson Daily
Times. He will remain a full
newspaper while serving Atl.
Christian in a part time capacity
Regular office hours will be
maintained from I p.m. to 3
p.m. weekdays and anyone wish
ing to contact Rawlings should
feel free to do so at the schtxil
during this time.
“I've worked with the sch<x)l
for more than six years now and
I feel as though my efforts with
the college will be of more
productive nature now that the
title and the posistion are both
of a specific and official nature,’
said Rawlings. “Coach Parham
and 1 have worked together for
several years. I’ve covered his
tennis teams when he was
serving Atlantic Christtian as
tennis coach during the 70’s.
“As Parham said when he
made his announcement, we’ve
seen some tough times and
some good times together. The
highlight of this relationship
would have to be the 1979 NAIA
Tennis Championships, which I
covered for the Times. His team
won the-national championship,
and it was a day that neither one
of us will ever forget.”
Rawlings is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lenox D. Rawlings of
Wilson.
ENERGY.
We can't afford to waste it.