Oakley, Carter get honors
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Winston-Salem State
University women's basketball
senior forward Shalonda Carter
( Fayetteville) and senior punter
Chad Oakley (Haw River. NC)
were named as the 2006-07
Mary Garber WSSU Student
Athletes of the Year last
Thursday evening at the annual
WSSU Athletic Awards
Banquet at Tanglewood Park
Both Carter and Oakley
received their Athlete of the
Year Awards at the banquet, in
which all of WSSU's 200-plus
student-athletes. athletic
administrators. and staff mem
bers were honored for their
tireless service as they contin
ue in the Rams' and Lady
Rams' move to the Division I
level.
Carter, a senior forward on
the WSSU women's basketball
team capped a four- year career
in which she tallied 1.451
points and pulled down 1 .005
rebounds as she played in 1 1 1
games for WSSU making 105
starts. A four-year starter for
the Lady Rams. Carter turned
in a stellar senior season as she
averaged 13.2 points and 10.1
rebounds per game for the
Lady Rams en route to posting
rebounding numbers that
placed her 25th in the
nation in rebounds
I BHE :
WSSU's Chad Oakley received top male student-athlete honors.
member of the WSSU football
program as a punter for the
Rams caps an athletic career
that sees him atop every statis
______ tical punting
per game.
A member of the
Student- Athlete
Advisory Committee
and active communi
ty service member.
Carter, who will
graduate in May of
2007 was named the
2006-07 Mary
Garber WSSU
Carter
record in the histo
ry of the WSSU
football program
Oakley, a 6'0",
185-pound punter
and placekicker
for the Rams who,
as the upcoming
NFL draft nears
closer, is receiving
serious considera
tion from many
Female Student
Athlete of the Year.
Joining Carter in earning
Student-Athlete of the Year
honors was senior punter Chad
Oakley. Oakley, a five-year
National Football League
teams is a four-year starter for
the Rams who returned this
past year from a 2005 season
ending injury to serve as a team
captain for WSSU in their first
season of Division l-AA play.
A two-time First-Team All
Conference selection. Oakley
averaged better than 46 yards
per kick in 2006 as he capped a
season in which he missed only
one field goal attempt and did
not have a kick blocked.
An active member of the
Winston-Salem community,
and a very active community
service advocate. Oakley, a
member of the Student-Athlete
Advisory Committee who
graduated with honors with a
3.93 GPA and is a five-time
member of the WSSU
Academic All-Star-, Team (for
those students with a GPA of
3.0 or better) was named the
2006-07 Mary Garber WSSU
Male Student-Athlete of the
Year.
Wake's Gattis, Vallos drafted by NFL teams
CHRONICLE STAFF REFOBT
Two former Wake Forest
standouts had their dreams
come true over the weekend,
during the 2007 NFL Draft at
Radio City Music Hall in New
York on Sunday .
Wake senior safety Josh
Gattis was selected by the
Jacksonville Jaguars in the fifth
round (150th overall), while
senior offensive lineman Steve
Vallos was drafted in the sev
enth round (232nd overall) by
Seattle.
This marks the first time
since 2003 that multiple
Demon Deacons were taken in
the draft. That year, Calvin
Pace, Ovie Mughelli and
Montique Sharpe were selected
in the first, fourth and seventh
rounds, respectively.
Gattis became the third
Wake Forest player to become
a Jacksonville Jaguar, follow
ing offensive guard Ben
Coleman (1995-99) and long
snapper Joe Zelenka (2001 -
present). Gattis is the highest
Wake Forest draft pick since
fullback Ovie Mughelli was
taken in the fourth round of the
2003 draft by Baltimore
Gattis' former secondary team
mate Eric King was also a fifth
round pick (154th overall) in
2005.
Gattis is familiar with
Jacksonville Municipal
Stadium, the Jaguars' home
field. Wake Forest won the
2006 ACC Championship in
Jacksonville, Fla.. on Dec. 2.
Gattis made three tackles in
that game and broke up a pass
A 2006 honorable mention
Sports Illustrated All
American. Gattis was the sec
ond-leading vote-getter for the
AII-ACC team behind only first
round pick Gaines Adams.
A native of Durham. N.C.,
Gattis was a vocal and emo
tional leader of Wake Forest's
championship team. Gattis was
| the only player in the ACC with
Wake s GalHl (left) and Vallos were drafted over the weekend.
both five interceptions and 70
tackles. He tied for third in the
ACC with five interceptions
and tied for sixth in the ACC
with 12 passes defended.
For the second straight
year, the Seahawks used their
seventh-round pick on a
Demon Deacon. Last year, it
was punter Ryan Plackemeier.
This year, it was Vallos. Vallos
became the fifth former Demon
Deacon to play for the
Seahawks, joining Ed Bradley
(1976), Ricky Proehl (1995
96). McCrary (1993-96) and
Plackemeier (2006-current).
Vallos, a native of
Boardman, Ohio, was the vocal
and emotional leaders of Wake
Forest's offense. Vallos was
named a first team All
American by Sports Illustrated
and The Sporting News. He
was a first team AII-ACC pick
and one website even selected
him as the conference's Player
of the Year. He had 92.5
knockdown blocks, 23 more
than any other teammate.
Vallos enjoyed one of his
best career games with an ACC
Championship game berth on
the line at Maryland when he
earned a career-best 96 percent
to go with 10 knockdown
blocks. Vallos had eight 90
percent performances as a sen
ior.
Vallos played both tackJe
and both guard sports during
his four years. He started all
48 games in his career, the most
by a Wake Forest player in his
tory.
Note: Six other Deacs
signed free agent contracts with
NFL teams earlier this week.
Bryan Andrews (Cincinnati)
signed with the Bengals on
Monday.
Jon Abbate (Houston),
Patrick Ghee (Seattle), Willie
Idlette (Browns), Nate Morton
(St. Louis) and.Jyles T\icker
(San Diego) signed with squads
on Sunday.
Hill
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sleeper of the draft. I've
also already heard rumors of
teams that may show interest
in Ray-Ray. They're saying
Terry would be a good fit for
either Houston or Phoenix.
What I know at this point is
that Terry and Steve Nash
share the same agent. Of
course, that doesn't mean they
might share the same locker
room next year. That's just
what I know.
On NBADraft.net, Terry is
projected to be the 45th pick
to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Hoopshype.com projects
Terry to be the 49th pick to the
Chicago Bulls. Ironically, he
flew (o Chi-town lo irain on
Tuesday night. One fan poll
on FanslQ.come had Terry
going in the second round,
between 4 1 -50. Then again,
someone told me that Terry
was a projected first round
pick on MSNBC earlier this
week.
It's not hard to tell why
some scouts and fans think
Ray will be drafted into the
NBA. You can't sleep on his
ridiculous dimensions. Look
at Terry. He's a 6-8 small for
ward w ith the athleticism of a
super talented shooting guard.
I know , some of you are say
ing that he didn't show that
athleticism much for the
Tarheels. Well, he didn't get
that much of a chance either. 1
got mad a Roy Williams
almost every time I watched a
UNC game because of the
way he seemingly did Terry.
You all know Terry got pulled
wfy too early every game you
saw. That's all I will say about
that.
I simply hope the best for
Ray. I hope ht gets a chance in
the league. I wouldn't be sur
prised if Ray became a better
professional than a lot of the
guys that are projected before
him. No one really saw how
good Ray really is while he
was at Carolina, seriously. I
have no doubt the NBA scouts
will be impressed, and some
one will take a chance with
him based on his crazy poten
tial. Isn't that what the NBA
draft is all about anyway ?
drafting guys off potential?
A friend of mine told me
that he didn't think I'd like
Ray if I didn't know him per
sonally. I responded by say
ing, "I would if I still knew
how much potential he had."
That's just the truth. He
has the potential to be as good
as any of the shooting guards
and small forwards you see on
television doing their thing.
You'll see.
Kappa Magic 17U Rolling
The Kappa Magic 17 and
under basketball had a good
weekend in Charlotte. The tal
ented team finished third in
the Division I State tourna
ment. The win gave the squad
an automatic bid to the 17 &
U National Tournament this
summer.
Last year, the squad fin
ished third in 17U D-1I tour
nament. The Magic only loss
was to the Charlotte Royals on
Saturday night. I look to see
this team do big things this
summer. Good luck to coach
Lacardo Means and his talent
ed bunch of bailers.
AND 1 Open Tour hits
Carver on Saturday
This Saturday fans can
check out AND 1 stars. Air Up
there, Posterboy, Sik Wit It,
50. Big Swoal and Go Get It
? to name a few. The group
will be showing off at Carver
during the Streetball
Unleashed Tour.
All interested bailers for
the Open Run will need to be
ready to play at 2 p.m. The
game will begin at 6 p.m.
Not only will the action be
exciting, proceeds will go to
worthy cause. A portion of
the proceeds will go to Carver
athletics, toward the purchase
of the girl's basketball state
championship rings.
Tickets are $10 in advance
and $15 at the door.
Anthony Hill is the sports
editor for The Chronicle. He
can be reached at 722-8624
(ext. Ill) or ahill@wschroni
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