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(Ehp Saily (Ear Brel BASEBALL From Page 3 intrasquad scrimmage, he chopped a low fastball off the plate and beat the pitcher’s hesitant throw to first. Later, Griffin hit an opposite field grass-cutter down the third-base line. Despite his obvious speed, Griffin was gunned down at second while trying to extend the single to a double. Although he was thrown out, Griffin’s aggressive ness was a good sign, especially on his first day with the squad. Griffin’s spot on the team wouldn’t be decided by one at-bat, though. And so continued his incorporation into the UNC baseball program. Cooke and Griffin also continued to meet and know their possible teammates. And both would have nothing but good things to say about the rest of the guys. “They cheer me on, and they talk to me all the time,” Griffin said. “They’ve accepted both of us into the group. All of them come up to me and talk to me and ask me what’s up or whatever.” Among that group was Matt Tanner. Tanner, a redshirt-sophomore pitcher, had a special appreciation of the process Cooke and Griffin were going through. Just two years ago, Tanner walked on to the Tar Heel squad. Tanner remembered well his experi ence and could empathize with the team’s two walk-ons. “You’ve been playing sports your whole way through high school, and you don’t want it to end right there," Tanner said. “I think for so many ath letes who try to walk on to teams, that’s what it comes down to. “I really tried to make an extra effort to talk to these guys, just because I felt like I was the same way. It’s nice when someone comes up and asks you your name on the first day.” A Long October After several weeks of practicing with the team, Cooke and Griffin were called into separate meetings with Fox. The anticipation of the past couple of weeks had built up. Now they would know their fates. Or maybe not. 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Division of Student Affairs official team gear. But he also told Griffin that his evaluation period would be extended. Cooke’s excitement was obvious. “Philip and I are both on the team now," he said. “I’m pretty sure they’re going to keep us. “(Fox) just talked to me straight. We had two catchers leave, and we need someone to fill the role.” While Griffin was happy, his uncer tainty was prolonged. “(Fox) told me he was going to reward me for the good I’ve been doing in the scrimmages here,” Griffin said. “And then he’ll get together with the coaches and evaluate me again and see if there’s room for me. “If it ends after two weeks, that’ll be all right. If it doesn’t end? That’ll be great.” It also would mean anew glove for Griffin. The outfielder has had the same all-purpose mitt since eighth grade, and his father had told Philip that he’d get him anew one if he made the squad. Unfortunately for Griffin, he wouldn’t get a glove. The end would come soon. Decisions, Decisions Cooke didn’t really think anything about Griffin’s absence from practice the first couple of days. “I thought maybe he had a class later or something,” Cooke said. “Then I noticed that his stall was empty, and Coach moved me (to Griffin’s old stall).” Griffin had been cut from the team. Although he had played well in the fall season, there wasn’t any room for him. “(Fox) called me in,” Griffin said, “and talked about how some new kids were coming in, how he was looking to the future, and how I probably wasn’t ever going to be able to improve to the level of play that he was looking for.” Griffin said Fox asked him if he want ed a spot as the Tar Heels’ manager. He was skeptical at first, but Griffin said he would seriously consider the offer. Upon hearing the decision, Griffin maintained the same attitude he’d had throughout the entire process. “It’s not something a whole lot of peo ple are able to do,” he said. “I know, especially around my town, there’s just a few people who’ve had at least the oppor tunity to play. Yeah, I was a litde upset when (Fox) told me, but I’m over it now.” Griffin’s journey had finally met its services into the Canadian economy. He attributes Canada’s success as a nation to strong values and the devel opment of programs that nurture cultur al diversity. Chretien thanked Duke for hosting his speech and praised the university and the state of North Carolina for From Page Three end. Cooke’s was just beginning. After the annual intrasquad “World Series,” the strength and conditioning portion of the team’s year began. Cooke is still experiencing the rigors of a Division I off-season program. Once, while running stairs at Kenan Stadium, Cooke completed his workout by throwing up in a nearby garbage can. “One or two (others vomited),” Cooke said. “I was talking to (fellow catcher) Ryan Homey, and he let me know that it was probably going to hap pen to me - it happens to everybody - and it’s pretty normal.” Tanner stressed that the support Cooke has received will continue as he assimilates into the team setting. He also said Cooke shouldn’t worry about his likely lack of playing time. “Sometimes that’s not the question,” Tanner said. “Just go ahead and have fun with it. So many kids on this campus would love to play baseball or any sport here at the University of North Carolina and say they were on a varsity team.” Baldwin’s advice to Cooke was simi lar, but the ex-Tar Heel - who decided to stop playing in order to devote more time to academics - added a simple caveat “Make sure that’s what you want to do with this time,” Baldwin said. One of the Guys Ultimately, Cooke and Griffin did fit into the team setting and filled their roles well during the fall season. Griffin gave the team an extra center fielder while sophomore starter Adam Greenberg nursed his injured right ring finger. Cooke gave the team a much needed bullpen catcher. And they endured more than a month of uncertainty while waiting to find out if they both would be members of the team come springtime. “I think it takes a lot of courage to come out here and try out," Fox said. “I understand what it takes to come out and get through this. If you get one play er, it can help your program. We don’t want to keep anyone here who we know won’t play. “As long as I’m coach here, we’ll always have tryouts. Because you never know. You never know.” The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. embodying “the vitality and sophistica tion of the New South." He said of the state, “They have found prosperity by embracing new ideas and anew economy.” The State & National Editor can be reached atstntdesk@unc.edu. WALK-ON From Page 3 Marslender is a perfect example, but by no means is she the only rags-to-rich es story at UNC. Jeff Reed, a place-kick er on the football team, didn’t even make road trips early in his career. He prac ticed kick after kick with the idea that one day he might get his chance to shine. That day came this season after Josh McGee, the highest-scoring kicker in UNC history, graduated. Reed connected on all 30 of his extra point attempts and made 16 of 20 field goals this year. It was good enough for a spot on the All-ACC second team. It also was good enough to earn him what every walk-on wants: a scholarship. “A walk-on who gets a scholarship has truly earned it in every way," says Carl Torbush, Reed’s coach before Torbush was fired Nov. 20. “That’s the reason I respect them so much. “When we sign a guy out of high school, we’re giving him a scholarship because we think he has a chance to be a good college player. A walk-on who comes in here, if he gets a scholarship, University Career Services 962-6507 Nash Hau I Division of Student Affairs ucs@imc.edu http://careers.unc.edu/ University Career Services CAREER CORNER Your Guide to Upcoming Events for the Week of Dec. 4th-Dec. Bth WALK-IN HOURS: Have your resume critiqued or ask a quick question of a UCS counselor. 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Fifty-four of the 56 women on his team this year were not recruited, mak ing rowing a virtual sorority of walk-ons. Teams with primarily scholarship play ers have a different dynamic. Walk-ons must find a way to fit in, which can be easy or challenging depending on the way their coaches and teammates treat them. Marslender’s rite of passage came in Monday, December 4, 2000 preseason conditioning. Dorrance puts his players through a set of rigorous phys ical tests, and only the strong survive. “Really, it’s just a matter of gaining respect by completing the fitness and actually succeeding in it,” Marslender says. “Once you make it through by never quitting and never stopping run ning, at that point, everyone’s equal ” But it sometimes takes a while for a walk-on to feel equal. Everett tried to keep a low profile last year as he awaited the decision of whether then-coach Bill Guthridge was going to keep him on the team. After Everett made the team and began to feel comfortable, he was able to relax. “By the time we got to the Final Four last year, I was being myself,” Everett says. “I was being crazy and loud and saying silly things. “(UNC center) Brendan (Haywood) thinks something happened, like I snapped. I was just being myself.” He was just being a walk-on. Assistant Sport Saturday Editor James Giza contributed to this report. The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. 5
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