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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, April 10, 1993                   TAG: 9304100094
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Scott Blanchard
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

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TECH'S PYNE ON PLAYBOY TEAM

Virginia Tech center Jim Pyne, considered Tech's best ever at that position, has been chosen a Playboy All-American.

He'll spend May 7-9 in Phoenix doing photo shoots and assorted other publicity activities associated with the magazine's 37th annual all-star team.

"I'm thrilled," said Pyne, who last fall was disturbed about what he considered a lack of exposure and recognition on all-star teams. "This is a great step in the right direction as far as all that goes, my goals and what I wanted. It helps me personally and it helps Virginia Tech. I'll have my uniform on."

Playboy sports editor Gary Cole chose the team.

"I was waiting to talk to some pro scouts . . . [and] look at some of the grades they had on centers to see if that jibed with what people were telling me and what I was seeing on the college level," Cole said of his Pyne pick. "And it all jibes."

The issue comes out Aug. 7.

Pyne was a second-team all-Big East selection last year as a junior, behind West Virginia's Mike Compton. Compton was last year's Playboy All-America center.

Keywords:
FOOTBALL

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