Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, June 3, 1993 TAG: 9306030301
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: DOUG DOUGHTY
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Williams, from Bath County, played in all 11 games for the Keydets last season. He finished third on the team in tackles, but was unable to participate in spring practice.
"The nerves connected to the deltoid muscle had been pulled away from the muscle and it started to atrophy," VMI head coach Jim Shuck said. "The doctors didn't know the severity of the injury until after the season."
The deltoid muscle is used in lifting the arm.
"As of a couple weeks ago, the muscle had not regenerated," Shuck said. "I guess there is a possibility it could not regenerate, but the procedure is supposed to take six to nine months. It would take a miracle for him to play next year."
Williams has started in each of his first two years at VMI and could be redshirted in the fall.
\ STOCK REPORT: Former VMI receiver Mark Stock will go to training camp in Carlisle, Pa., with the Washington Redskins in July with a good chance to make the team's expanded 53-man roster.
Stock signed with Washington last year as a free agent, then tore a quadriceps muscle early in camp. He remained with the Redskins all season on the "physically unable to perform" list, but did practice daily after his recovery.
A Redskins spokesman said offensive coordinator Rod Dowhower is impressed by Stock's speed and versatility. Stock's fate likely depends on his special-teams play.
Washington isn't expected to keep more than five receivers. Ricky Sanders, Desmond Howard, Art Monk, free-agent signee Tim McGee and Stephen Hobbs stand ahead of Stock on the depth chart.
Georgia Tech quarterback Shawn Jones, who set the ACC record for total yardage in a career, has signed with the Minnesota Vikings as a free agent. The Vikings plan to try Jones at safety.
\ SEEING DOUBLE: David Jackson, the twin brother of Virginia Tech freshman basketball player Jim Jackson, will learn in the next week if he has been accepted to enroll at Tech. He left North Carolina-Asheville after one season.
It is believed David Jackson's academic work is in order and only the arrival of his high school transcript is holding up his acceptance, although he has received no promise of a scholarship. The Hokies currently stand at the 13-scholarship NCAA limit for the 1993-94 season.
David Jackson, a virtual clone of his 6-foot-5 brother, played more than 30 minutes a game as a freshman at North Carolina-Asheville and his 11.1-point scoring average was second on the team. Both Jacksons went from Janesville, Wis., to Fork Union Military Academy.
\ RECRUITING: Virginia Tech, which did not have any scholarships available, was unable to persuade 7-footer Chris Haslem from Savannah, Ga., to spend the 1993-94 season at Fork Union. Wyoming signed Haslem, a native of Great Britain, and one-time Richmond signee John Woolley, who was at Fork Union during the 1992-93 season.
Haslem was one of three players to take an official visit to Tech during the school year. The Hokies signed 6-9 Brandon Price from Floresville, Texas, in November, and 6-8 Lewis Sims from Anderson, S.C., accepted a grant-in-aid from North Carolina State after visiting Tech in April.
Eight states are represented among the 10 basketball players who have been admitted to Washington and Lee. The tallest, 6-6 Scott Ayers, is from Spokane, Wash., but none of the recruits is from Virginia.
\ SENSIBLE SCHEDULING: Radford University basketball coach Ron Bradley - now Ron Bradley after receiving his doctorate last week - said he hopes the Highlanders' future nonconference Bradley schedules will include two in-state teams at home and two on the road.
An anticipated Dedmon Center meeting with the University of Richmond has been switched to the Robins Center, added to road games with VMI and Virginia Commonwealth. Bradley said he thinks Radford's 1993-94 schedule will be more realistic than last season's schedule, which included six games against teams in the NCAA Tournament field, plus Tennessee.
Bradley has tried to schedule at least one attractive trip each year, and next season the Highlanders will visit Louisiana State. That game, in late December, will mark the debut of 6-10 Jon Hunter, a transfer from James Madison who becomes eligible after the first semester.
Bradley has considered bringing in another transfer to fill the spot vacated when the Highlanders received a medical waiver for little-used Matthew Reynolds, who had an asthmatic condition. "We've talked to some kids who might be late in getting their test scores, but we're not going to waste the scholarship," Bradley said.
\ COACHING MOVES: Walt Anthony Solomon, a walk-on guard at Virginia in the early 1980s, has joined the staff of new Richmond basketball coach Bill Dooley as a full-time assistant. Solomon previously worked at Bowling Green and Manhattan. . . . Ex-North Carolina guard Buzz Peterson, a Tar Heel in Wolfpack land for the last three seasons, is leaving the basketball staff at N.C. State to become the top assistant to new Vanderbilt coach Jan van Breda Kolff.
\ LACROSSE: Roanoke College coach Bill Pilat has been named to the selection committee for the U.S. team in the World Lacrosse Games. The Maroons have had a successful recruiting year, beating 12-time NCAA Division III champion Hobart for 6-5 defenseman Chris Davin from Pittsford, N.Y., and midfielder Justin Fitzgerald from Avon, Conn.
Fitzgerald, originally from Alexandria, is one of three Virginians who have committed to the Maroons. The others are goalie Chris Gordon from Oakton High, the No. 1 team in the state, and attackman Jeff Jones from Lee High in Springfield. Jones' shot has been clocked at 105 mph.
by CNB