Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, February 18, 1993 TAG: 9302180085
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Doug Doughty
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
FORMER CAVS SHOWING OTHER TALENTS
There are few places Andy Scheinman might be as well-known as Rob Reiner, with whom he co-produced "A Few Good Men," nominated for an Academy Award for best picture. One place might be the University of Virginia athletic department.Scheinman has undergraduate and law degrees from Virginia, where he was captain of the tennis team in 1970.
"Castle Rock [the production company for "A Few Good Men"] has all kinds of Virginia people working for it," said UVa basketball coach Jeff Jones, who once shared an apartment with Scheinman's brother, Adam, another former Cavaliers tennis player.
Ex-UVa football player Brian Bodison, who now goes by his middle name, Wolfgang or "Wolf," was a production assistant before he was cast for the role of Lance Corporal Harold Dawson in "A Few Good Men." It was the first acting role for Bodison, a reserve defensive back at UVa from 1984-86.
Adam Scheinman is employed by Castle Rock as a writer for "Seinfeld." Two other former UVa tennis players, Steve Wilson and Jeff Jones, also work for Castle Rock. For a time, Wilson gave private lessons on Reiner's court.
"They're all creative, hang-out type people," said Virginia tennis coach John Dokken, who played with Adam Scheinman and Wilson. "The UVa tennis program has had some amazing characters through the years, and these guys have contributed to its strange history."
\ IN THE ACC: The visiting team won all four ACC men's basketball games last weekend and had won 23 of 48 conference games before Wednesday night. In comparison, the visiting team won 26 of 72 ACC games during the 1991-92 season.
At least one of the factors is attendance. At schools like Virginia and Maryland, which announce sellouts, the no-shows run into four figures. North Carolina State, Wake Forest and Clemson are reporting crowds well under capacity.
Only two days before blasting the UVa fans for a lack of support, Jones had shuttled coffee and doughnuts to students waiting in line for tickets to tonight's game against Duke. Jones was surprised, upon returning from a trip to Florida State, to find students camped out in front of University Hall.
Four ACC teams were ranked in the top 10 by The Associated Press last week for the first time since the 1980-81 season. It happened again this week, with North Carolina ranked third; Duke, seventh; Florida State, ninth; and Wake Forest, 10th.
N.C. State forward Bryant Feggins, left with nerve damage in his right shoulder and arm after being shot last spring, has resumed individual workouts and is taking 1,000 shots every day in hope of rejoining the Wolfpack for the 1993-94 season.
Feggins, who started 31 games and averaged 13.3 points for the Wolfpack as a sophomore, missed the 1991-92 season after reconstructive knee surgery. He has one year of eligibility remaining but has made a hardship appeal to the NCAA for a second year.
\ POSTCARDS HOME: George Wythe graduate Jamie Lee, virtually forgotten earlier in the season, has moved into the regular rotation at Campbell. Lee came off the bench to score double figures three times in a five-game stretch, including a season high of 14 points against Maryland-Baltimore County.
Former Roanoke College and William Fleming coach Lynne Agee, now in her 12th season at North Carolina-Greensboro, became the 36th active women's coach with 300 victories when the Spartans defeated Campbell 87-74 on Saturday. It put her record at 300-99, including 253-76 at UNC Greensboro.
Ali Colgrove, a sophomore guard from Cave Spring, has started all 22 games for Coastal Carolina. Colgrove, one of the Chanticleers' top 3-point threats, is averaging 6.2 points, with a high of 16 against Liberty.
\ IN DEMAND: David Turner, who has coached the defensive line at James Madison for the past two years, has been interviewed for the vacancy on Virginia's football staff. Turner, a former running back and graduate assistant coach at North Carolina State, also has spoken with Kentucky head coach Bill Curry.
\ RECRUITING: All three UVa football signees from Roanoke are on the All-America team selected by Blue Chip Illustrated magazine: Walt Derey from Northside and twins Tiki and Ronde Barber from Cave Spring. Ronde Barber was rated the No. 1 defensive back in the Atlantic Coast Region, Derey the No. 2 tight end and Tiki Barber the No. 5 running back.
Also selected to the Blue Chip All-America team were UVa signee Antonio Procise, a running back from Sussex Central, and Virginia Tech recruit Cornell Brown from E.C. Glass, rated No. 6 in the region among linebackers.
There were some obvious omissions from Blue Chip's list, most notably Jefferson Forest tight end Bryan Jennings, a Virginia Tech-bound Parade All-American.
Patrick County coach Dean East said 6-foot-4, 290-pound Jason Pendleton, a second-team All-Group AA selection, could have played Division I-A football and "will make an excellent I-AA tackle." Pendleton, who signed with William and Mary, was permitted to attend Patrick County even though he lives in Surry County, N.C.