
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 20, 1991                   TAG: 9102200387
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: METRO 
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FORMER PH PLAYER ON ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

Roanoke native Russell Turner is one of three Old Dominion Athletic Conference players selected for the District III GTE/College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-America team on Monday.

Turner, who played high school basketball at Patrick Henry in Roanoke, is a junior forward averaging 22 points and seven rebounds at Hampden-Sydney. He was a first-team All-ODAC and first-team All-South Atlantic selection last year. Turner has a 3.54 grade-point average and majors in economics and English.

Also on the team are Washington and Lee senior point guard Mike Holton and Lynchburg College junior forward Daryle Dooms. Holton, a business administration/accounting major, has a 3.86 GPA. Dooms, a management major, has a 3.76 GPA.

VMI junior forward Charlie Petzold was the top vote-getter. Petzold, who played in 19 games before being sidelined by bone spurs in his heels, majors in civil engineering and has a 3.436 GPA.

Guard Kerry Evert of Oglethorpe and David Wolf of Rollins complete the team.

The names of the players announced Monday will be included on the ballot for the national team, which will be announced March 7. - Staff report

by CNB