Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 3, 1994 TAG: 9403030093
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: DOUG DOUGHTY
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Hodges was fitted for a mask and has not missed a game since the injury. In fact, her college high of 10 points came one week after the injury against East Carolina and she has played 21 and 23 minutes in the Wolfpack's past two games.
The original plan was for Hodges to be redshirted this season, but injuries and academic problems left N.C. State with eight healthy players, including a walk-on. After missing the first 10 games, Hodges played sparingly at first, which explains her relatively modest averages of 2.5 points and 1.7 rebounds per game.
Hodges, a 6-foot-1 sophomore, averaged 1.8 points and 1.3 rebounds as a freshman.
\ HOT SCOTT: Lees-McRae junior Robin Scott, a 6-foot junior from Marion, had 36 points and 31 rebounds in a recent women's basketball victory over Newberry and ranks second in the NAIA in scoring (26.8) and first in rebounding (16.8). Scott, who holds 16 school records, was NAIA Division I player of the week for Feb. 20-27.
\ SHANNAN THE SHORTSTOP: Shannan Wilkey, an All-Big South Conference women's basketball player from Radford, plans to joins the Lady Highlanders' softball team. Wilkey, an all-county shortstop in Edinboro, Pa., joins former Timesland softball players Karen Lee from Lord Botetourt and Cathy Law from Bath County.
\ SUCCESSFUL DEBUT: Washington and Lee posted a winning record (11-10) in its first season of intercollegiate women's basketball, although there were the usual start-up problems, particularly in scheduling. The Generals won six games by 29 points or more and lost five by 40 points or more. W&L made one 3-point basket and attempted eight.
\ MORE WOMEN'S HOOPS: Cynthia Martin, a sophomore from Pulaski, is a top reserve at William and Mary, which set a school record for victories at 17-6. . . . During the Dixie Conference Tournament at Ferrum, Christopher Newport senior Karen Barefoot became the first player in NCAA history to record 2,000 points and 1,000 assists.
\ LOCAL UPDATE: Susan Davis from Staunton River won the 880-yard run at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference women's indoor track and field championship. She has set school records at distances up to 3,000 meters as a freshman at Lynchburg College.
\ BITTERSWEET: Chris Havlicek, recognized with the other Virginia seniors Saturday before their final home game, was accompanied at midcourt by his sister, Jill, a junior on the UVa women's lacrosse team. Havlicek's parents, who have expressed displeasure over their son's lack of playing time, did not attend the ceremonies.
John Havlicek, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, and his wife frequently came to Virginia games earlier in their son's career but have not been as conspicuous of late. Chris Havlicek has been plagued by poor shooting throughout his career and was 0-for-9 in 45 minutes spanning his past nine appearances before Wednesday's game against Virginia Tech.
\ ON THEIR BEST BEHAVIOR: Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski went into the stands at Cameron Indoor Stadium before the Blue Devils' game with Temple and urged eight or nine groups of students to be polite to Owls coach John Chaney, recently suspended for one game after threatening Massachusetts coach John Calipari.
The Duke students, known for their caustic humor, turned their attention to Temple alumnus Bill Cosby, who was at the game as a fan. After they chanted, "Put in Cosby," the famous comic started to unbutton his shirt as if to enter the game.
Incidentally, the Calipari-Chaney feud reportedly dates to Calipari's days as an assistant at Pittsburgh, when the top player in Philadelphia, Brian Shorter, left town before his senior year in high school and surfaced at Oak Hill Academy, only to sign one year later with the Panthers.
\ SOME EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Marshall athletic director Lee Moon said he has received 75-100 inquiries concerning the Thundering Herd men's basketball vacancy, including a call from former Memphis State and Virginia Commonwealth coach Dana Kirk.
Moon said he received a three-page, single-spaced, hand-written letter from a Marshall fan who had never coached but felt qualified for the job because of his familiarity with the Thundering Herd heritage.
\ VMI SIGNEES: Greg Ellen, who passed for 921 yards and seven touchdowns for Lee-Davis High School in Mechanicsville, has signed with VMI. Ellen, also an accomplished punter, will be joined at VMI by Matoaca High School defensive end Kelly Cook and Monacan High School defensive back Andre Thornton from the Richmond area.
\ QUALIFIED: Matoaca defensive back Quinton Waller has become the 16th of Virginia Tech's 17 football recruits to post the required score on the Scholastic Assessment Test. UVa recruit Robert Hunt also has qualified.
\ CLEARED: Assault charges have been dropped against former Virginia football players Mark Dixon and Bill Edwards, following a Dec. 11 fight in a Charlottesville restaurant. Dixon, an All-America guard, had the misfortune of suffering a kidney-stone attack that kept him inactive for all but one day at the National Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.
\ SUMMERLIN SUPER: North Carolina swimmer Dan Summerlin, a senior from North Cross in Roanoke, brought home seven plaques from the ACC championship last week. Summerlin was first in the 100-yard freestyle and the 200 individual medley, took third in the 400 individual medley and was on four winning relay teams.
Virginia finished second to the Tar Heels in the men's and women's meets, but swept the individual honors. Mark Bernardino of UVa was named coach of the year for men and women; the Cavaliers' Bill Smyth and Nicole Rutkowski were named most valuable swimmers. Rutkowski, a freshman, won the 200, 500 and 1,650 freestyle events.
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