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by Marty White
Sports Editor
The honors keep rolling in for the
1992 NAIA Division I national runner-up
Gardner-Webb football team. The Runnin'
Bulldogs set an NAIA Division I record by
placing seven players on the All-American
football squad in a single season. Named to
the first team were wide receiver Rodney
Robinson, place-kicker Andre Kwasnik, de
fensive end Gabe Wilkins, linebacker Dunsey
Harper, and James Harbison at defensive
back. Linebacker Raymond Jennings and
defensive back Terry McGowan were sec-
ond-team selections.
Seven players were also chosen for
Don Hansen's Football Gazette All-America
Team. Head Coach Woody Fish was named
Co-Coach of the Year and Runnin' Bulldogs
quarterback John Craven, who passed for
4,089 yards and 38 touchdowns this season
was named Division I Player of the Year.
Craven also earned MVP Offensive Back
Honor. Harbison was named.MVP Defen
sive Back. Wide receiver Robinson, the 1992
South Atlantic Conference Offensive Player
of the Year, earned his fourth All-American
selection in 1992. He was previously named
to the Kodak (College Division) and the
Associated Press (Little) first teams. Other
Don Hansen first-team selections were
Wilkins and Harper. Kwasnik and Jennings
garnered second-team recognition.
Congratulations to the Runnin' Bull
dogs football team on the best season in
school history. The commissioner of the
South Atlantic Conference, Ron Eckles, will
be in attendance at the USC-Spartanburg
home basketball game to present the South
Atlantic Conference championship banner to
the team.
'Dogs On A Roll
by Andrew Hopper
Staff Writer
The Gardner-Webb University's Run
nin' Bulldogs men's basketball team won on
January 18 against Longwood by the score of
69-67. The Bulldogs were led in scoring by
Jerry Chollette with 15 points, Lance Bain
added 12 and Kenneth Nelson had 11 points.
The Bulldogs were ahead by as many as
14 in the second half. But Longwood an
swered with a 18-5 run to cut the lead to 67-
65 with 1:14 left to play. "We built up a big
lead and they started to come back, then we
started to play tough defense," says Senior
guard Greg Ross. The Bulldog's Purvis Dukes
hit two crucial free throws in the closing
seconds to seal the victory. Sophomore guard
Billy Palagonia says, "We're a young team
and now we are learning how to win the close
games."
With the win over Longwood, the Bull
dogs are now on a three game winning streak.
As of January 18,1993, Gardner Webb's
Chad Marley is fourth in the district in three
point percentage and Mike Lane is sixth in
the district. Billy Palagonia is fourth in the
district in assists. The Bulldogs are second in
the district in team scoring, defense, and
leads the district in rebounding.
The Bulldogs are looking to continue
their winning streak on November 20 against
Elon College.
Wrestling Bulldogs
Starting Strong
Despite Adverstiy
By Viki 2Leiser
Staff Writer
After winning their first home match
against Pensacola Christian College, the wres
tling team hosted their second home match of
the season Wednesday night against
Pembrooke State and Anderson College.
Senior cap tain, John White started the evening
with a powerful win of 9-0 against Pembrooke.
Freshman, Marc Bopp kept the score going in
our direction with his win of 5-4. After
several close matches Mark Perrine came
through pinning his opponent.
In the second match of the night John
White and Marc Bopp came out strong,
quickly pinning Anderson’s wrestlers. Zeke
Allen and Mark Perrine both had impressive
victories. Despite their efforts, the wrestling
bulldogs suffered a heartbreaking loss to
Anderson.
After the match, all of the wrestlers
agreed that it was great to see so many stu
dents cheering them on, they reaUy appreci
ate the support. The fact the wrestlers had to
fofeit two weight classes hurt them last week.
Coach Wince stated, “we can’t afford to give
up twelve points to forfeits in such a close
match.” Once they have a full team the
wrestling bulldogs will be well on their way
to victory. Coach Wince and all of the
wrestlers would like to invite everyone to
their next home match on February 19, where
they will wrestle Carson-Newman.
Men's Basketball Schedule
Date Opponent Site
January 30 Presbyterian Home
February 1 Lees-McRae Away
February 3 Carson-Newman Home
February 6 Mars Hill Away
...UNIVERSITY frontpage 1
ing from a host of distinguished speakers.
Among those were Student Government As
sociation President Mike McCalley; Vice-
Chair of the Faculty, Dr. Les Brown; the
President of the General Board of the Baptist
State Convention of North Carolina; Vice-
President of Dohto University, Mr. Masanori
Sakurai and past Presidents E.E Poston and
C.E Williams. After these and many other
speakers had finished their addresses. Presi
dent M. Christopher White spoke to the audi
ence.
He spoke very passionately of the tran
sition from college to university and com
pared Gardner-Webb to a rosebud that would
start to bloom now. He said he had a dream
that by the year 2(XX), Gardner-Webb will
continue to make even more advancements.
He noted that something like this would never
happen again, and we can be sure of that.
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