The News Argus, March 1980, Page 5
Sports-in-Brief
By Everett Jackson
WOMEN'S SOFTBALL - Under the direction of Willie
Yellock, the Rammettes will host the CIAA Softball Tourna
ment April 19.
tennis - Freshman sensation Kelvin Crawford, a transfer
student from Texas Southern, i. seeking a bid to the CIAA
Tournament with hopes ol winning it.
WRESTLING - Due to circumstances concerning their
status, the Ram wrestlers were unable to compete in post
season play. Jeff Rale.gh, a freshman wrestler, comments
about the incident. “It was very misfortunate we did not get
to wrestle in the districts. 1 feel we could have won the district
and placed 4 or 5 wresiiers in the NAIA Nationals m Kansas
^'football - Former Ram player Billy Diggs, a ninth
round draft choice to the Minnesota Vikings, was recently
traded to the Buffalo Bills.
All-American Timmy Newsome is rated number three
among twemy of the nation’s top ’backs sought m the NFL
draft. Newsome is a possible first round choice, but should be
chosen no further than fourth. , u- i
BASEBALL - Calvin Parker, Terry Young, Chuck Hmsley
and Derrick Johnson are forming a baseball dub at WSSU.
With support, these determined men are seeking to restore
baseball as an official school sport at Winston-Salem State
i University. All interested persons are asked to meet on the
baseball diamond weekdays at 4:00 p.m.
' BASKETBALL - After concluding his 34th season as Rarn
basketball coach, Bighouse Gaines posted a 19-7 mark whic
makes his overall total 658 victories and 263 losses.
Reggie Gaines, WSSU’s scoring machine, was chosen
CIAA PLAYER OF THE YEAR. Reggie was also chosen to the
National Association Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-
, American basketball team along with Norfolk Slate’s Ricky
1 Mahorn. ,, , , ,
Intramural-Only in intramural basketball could one hear
such names as the New Urbanites, Ohio Players, Face Squad,
Zone-Busters, Wilmington 10 and Westside just to name a
few In the imramural Championship game the Joint Sec
tions squeeked by T-Connection 45-42 to determine
themselves as the champs.
26 Students Hold Internships
By News Argus Staff
Twenty-six Winston-Salem
State University students are
serving internships at local
businesses. This represents
the largest number of students
from WSSU to serve intern
ships at one time. This is also
the first year that students are
serving in a cross section of
places.
In order be an intern, one
must be an upper level junior
or senior and must have
completed most of the courses
in his or her particular major.
The internship must be in
one’s major course of study.
Students get from three to six
hours of course credit for
serving an internship. In order
to receive three hours credit a
student must work 150 clock
hours, and in order to receive
six hours of credit, a student
must work a total of 300 clock
hours.
Cagers Receive
Academic Awards
By News Argus Staff
Academic All-American
Men’s and Women’s basket
ball teams, as selected by the
College Sports Information Di
rectors of America (CSIDA)
have been selected. Selections
are made annually on the
basis of excellence in athletics
and scholastic achievements.
This makes the first year for
the naming of a women’s team
in the 26-year history of the
Academic All-Americans.
The five men and five
women making up the respect
ive University Division first
teams were presented on na
tionwide television via Hughes
TV and Madison Square Gar
den Productions. The women
i were presented during the
Brown Addresses Athletes
semi-final round of the NIT.
March 17. The men were
represented during the
championship game on March
19. Nick Buoniconti, U.S. To-
basso Company Director and
former Miami Dolphin great,
made the presentations along
with the CoSIDA representa
tive.
U.S.Tobacco, manufacturer
of SKOAL and HAPPY DAYS
moist smokeless tobacco pro
ducts, presented checks for
$1,000 to each team members
school scholarship fund in the
players name. Players and
schools also received com
memorative plaques and
scrolls.
Checks for $500 were to be
sent to each school represent
ed by members of the College
Division Academic All-Amer
ican Basketball teams.
By Everett Jackson
Dr. Joe E. Brown Jr. ,
chairman of the Health and
Physical Education Depart
ment and also chairman of the
WSSU Athletic Committee,
gave an influential speech
dedicated to the numerous
athletes of Winston-Salem
State University. The speech
was recently given at the
sports banquet held in the
Student Union ballroom.
Brown’s speech centered on
progress and noted perfection
in WSSU athletics. He also
stressed the importance and
desireness to excell in one’s
chosen field of athletics with
great enthusiam and pride.
The banquet was climaxed
with comments by athletic
coaches from their respective
positions. Bill Hayes, head
football coach; Mike Edwards,
head wrestling coach; Marcel-
ene Scales, director of Wo
men’s Sports; Clarence
Gaines, head basketball
coach; and A1 Roseboro; head
tennis and golf coach.
Bobby Bennet, President of
Student Government Associat
ion along with distinguished
members, contributed their
time and effort to sponsor the
affair.
Brown, a native of States
ville, N.C., forsees a goal of
excellence for WSSU sports.
U.S. Tobacco has donated
almost $700,000 in college
scholarships during the past
five years.
The students serving the
internships are housing man
agement majors Joyce A. Her
ring, Winfred Mack, Valjean-
ne Miles, Willa D. Scott,
Edward Smith, Clifford Spar
row, Odessa J. Starnes and
Phyllis Thorpe, who are all
working for the Housing Au
thority of Winston-Salem;
Marilyn Person and Susan L.
Smith, at Goler Metropolitan
Apartments; Deborah K.
Cousar, and Ivorette Stallings,
at New Bethel Baptist Church
Apartments; Doris A. Brown,
at Community ’management
Corporation; Sharon George,
at Brantley Realty and Insur
ance Co.; Joe T.Johnson, at
Winston-Salem Hyatt House.
Theresa A. Edwards, Den
ise L. Sutton, and Myra Nun-
ally, all Administration majors
are working at the Downtown
Church Center Planning Divi
sion/Word Processing at
WSSU and C.G. Watson As
sociates, Inc.
The Accounting majors
serving internships are: Wal
ter A. Gaddy, accounting sect
ion of the WSSU Business
Office; Lewis D. Rogers at the
United Way of Forsyth Coun
ty; Frank Williams at The Jr.
Achievement Program of
Winston-Salem; and Angela
M. Winchester, at the Nation
al Urban League (student
based in Winston-Salem). Al
so at the Urban League is
Denise Jefferies, an econom
ics major.
Comprehensive Business
majors participating in intern
ship programs are: John W.
Lewis, at Vanguard Corpora
tion of The Jr. Achievement
Program; Lenora ‘Mack, at
Reynolds Health Care Center;
and Craig L. Unstead at The
Business Action League.
School Seeks ‘SU Grads
By Jacqueline Lane
Wake Forest’s Babcock
Graduate School of Manage
ment is seeking applicants
from Winston-Salem State
University’s (WSSU) graduat
ing students. William Shea,
director of admissions, said
“they were interested in seek
ing black applicants as well as
young ones.”
The Babcock School does its
heaviest recruiting from Jan
uary to May. After success
fully completing the two-year
course, students ill receive
their degree at the annual
Wake Forest University com
mencement exercises in May.
The objective of the Bab
cock Gradute School of Man
agement is to educate men
and women for careers as
successful managers of organ
izations. The Babcock School
feels that it can supply the
skills and concepts needed to
help make a successful man
ager. Among the courses of
fered are accounting, econom
ics, and managment financ
ing. Although the Babcock
School is small, it is flexible.
Anyone desiring more in
formation on the Babcock
Graduate School of Manage
ment, may contact William
Shea, director of admissions
by calling 761-5422, or writing
the Babcok School of Manage
ment,Wake Forest University,
Winston-Salem. N.C.27109.
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