Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 19, 1993 TAG: 9305190343
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Hawkins, a second-teamer last season, was the only Tech player to make the first team. Hawkins ranked among the league leaders in batting average (.350), runs batted in (46), home runs (10) and doubles (15).
Durkac, a transfer from North Carolina, leads the conference and is ranked nationally in hitting with a .428 average. Durkac, a native of Kittanning, Pa., has recorded more than 20 multiple-hit hit games this season.
Sophomore shortstop Dee Dalton of Roanoke joined Durkac as Tech's two selections on the second team.
South Florida dominated the first-team selections, placing a league-high six players on the team selected by the Metro Conference Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association.
Junior first baseman Darren Stumberger of South Florida was chosen the league's Most Valuable Player. Eddie Cardieri, who led the Bulls to their first league regular-season title, was named Metro Coach of the Year.
(Complete team in Scoreboard, B4.)
In other college sports:
At Greenville, S.C., Andy Barkett had three hits and three RBI as North Carolina State eliminated North Carolina 12-7 Tuesday at the ACC baseball tournament.
Barkett's two-run double capped a four-run sixth inning as the Wolfpack broke a 6-6 tie and advanced to today's championship round against Clemson or Florida State.
The NCAA Baseball Committee has selected sites for the eight Division I regional tournaments, leading to the College World Series. Two ACC schools, Georgia Tech (Atlantic) and Florida State (East) will hold regionals. The other host schools are Tennessee (Mideast), Louisiana State (South), Oklahoma State (Midwest), Texas A&M (Central I), Texas (Central II) and Arizona State (West).
Serena Beedie, captain of the Hollins' volleyball and women's basketball team last season, was named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Beedie graduated this month with a 3.7 grade point average in sociology and education. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Delta, an international sociology honor society.
Beedie was a member of the all-ODAC tournament volleyball team as a junior and a senior. In basketball, she was the ODAC leader in steals, second in scoring, third in assists and fourth in rebounding as a senior.
The University of Virginia will be among 22 teams competing in the NCAA East Regional Golf Tournament that begins today at UVa's Birdwood Golf Course in Charlottesville. The top 11 teams in the tournament qualify for the NCAA Division I Men's championship to be held June 2-5 in Lexington, Ky. The Cavaliers finished 10th in last year's East Regional and advanced to the NCAA tournament.
Lynn Bria, an assistant for the Radford women's basketball team last season, has been named head coach at Texas Woman's University.
by CNB