Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 1, 1994 TAG: 9406020049
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Roanoke coach Frank Anzalone and general manager Pierre Paiement chose Sebastien with the eighth pick.
Sebastien, a native of Regina, Saskatchewan, had 30 points (11 goals, 19 assists) in 66 games for Louisville last season.
Louisville's Trevor Buchanan was selected first in the draft by Huntington. The Blizzard had first pick because of its ECHL-worst record in '93-94.
The IceHawks' all-time leading scorer, forward Sheldon Gorski, was chosen fourth by Erie.
Louisville owner Horn Chen opted to suspend operations for '94-95 rather than pay for refurbishing of the club's home Broadbent Arena. Chen is considering relocating the franchise for '95-96, possibly to Daytona Beach, Fla.
In college sports:
VMI reserve forward Terrell Milam said he has left the institute and is pursuing other basketball opportunities out of state.
The former William Fleming High School standout said he left VMI for ``military reasons and to try something else,'' but he would not discuss what other schools he was interested in attending.
``I'm looking for new and better experiences,'' he said.
Milam averaged two points per game in 23 games last season as a sophomore for the Keydets. He averaged 5.7 minutes per game and made one start.
VMI coach Bart Bellairs said Tuesday that he filled the extra scholarship by signing 6-3 guard Bryan Taueg out of Pike High School in Indianapolis.
The Virginia Tech golf team begins play today in the NCAA Golf Championship at Stonebridge Country Club in McKinney, Texas.
Tech, making its first trip to the NCAA since 1967, is one of 30 teams that qualified for the 72-hole tournament that runs through Saturday on the par-72, 7,000-yard Pete Dye-designed course.
The Hokies qualified for the championship by finishing eighth in last week's East Regional in Alabama. Tech posted three tournament wins this season, including its second straight Metro Conference title.
Junior Brian Sharp, selected to the All-Metro team for the third straight year, paced the Hokies with a 73.5 stroke average.
The field will be cut to 15 teams after two rounds. The individual play will be reduced to the top 68 players, including the top three not on one of the teams continuing play.
Tech is paired with East Tennessee State and Houston for the first two rounds. ESPN will carry the second and fourth rounds live, while ESPN2 will show the third round live.
Senior women's tennis player Rachid Benjelloun of Radford University made the 1993-94 Virginia Sports Information Directors Academic All-State team for the third consecutive year.
Junior women's basketball player Christi Osborne of Virginia Tech was selected for the second straight year.
Other athletes from area colleges making the first-team included senior football player Tom Burns of Virginia, sophomore baseball player Graig Fantuzzi of Washington and Lee, junior wreslter Eric Shirley of W&L and senior perfomer Scott Covey of W&L. Blacksburg native Stephanie Herbert, a senior track performer at James Madison, also made first team.
Women's volleyball player Amanda Yelsh of Virginia Tech, graduate student performer Rob Cook of UVa and senior women's vollegball player Anne Fontaine of Radford made the third team.
Washington and Lee placed four athletes on the GTE Academic All-District III At-Large teams. Scott Cover and Eric Shirley were selected to the men's team, and Angie Carrington and Corinda Hawkins were selected to the women's squad. All four advance to the national ballot for GTE Academic All-America honors.
Blacksburg native Stephanie Herbert, who competed in track and field at James Madison, has been selected to the 1994 GTE-CoSIDA Academic At-Large All-District III team.
The Southwest County United 14-and-under girls' soccer team won the championship of the McDonalds Soccer Festival in Norfolk on Monday. The team compiled a 2-0-2 record and was led by Bevin Swisher's three goals during the weekend.
by CNB