Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, August 17, 1995 TAG: 9508170043
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BY DANIEL UTHMAN STAFF WRITER<
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
For that, he can thank his parents, Tom and Jane Haskins.
Jane Haskins took on an extra shift this summer at Philip Morris, a cigarette manufacturer, in Richmond so her son would not have to work. For pay, that is.
The deal was that Thomas Haskins would spend five days a week, eight hours a day, at the American Family Fitness Center. Most summers, Haskins would find work through a temporary agency. This time, however, he had to undergo knee surgery, so his parents preferred he recuperate and rehabilitate.
``As many times as I carry the ball, I'm the type of player that's going to get hit,'' the All-Southern Conference tailback said. ``I knew I had to get bigger.''
Last season, Haskins was a huge factor in every Keydets game. As a sophomore, he became the first player to lead the league in rushing, kickoff returns and all-purpose running in the same season. His 1,509 yards broke the school's single-season rushing record, set 14 years ago when Floyd Allen ran for 1,276.
This summer, Haskins lifted weights, ran sprints, and ran in a swimming pool. On weekends, he would clean the house, for which he was given an allowance. But even then, his parents usually would be working. ``We worked right many more hours,'' Jane Haskins said. ``We thought [his conditioning] was more important.''
One of his workout partners was Dion Foxx, a former standout defensive end at James Madison who is now with the NFL's Miami Dolphins.
``I don't know everything,'' Haskins said. ``I received a lot of support.''
With all that support, he should clean a different kind of house in the fall.
CAVALIER ARREST: Charles Kirby, a reserve fullback for Virginia's football team, will appear in Charlottesville General District court Aug.28 on charges of assault, battery and stalking. Kirby was arrested July 20 after UVa student Kirstin Boswell filed a complaint against him saying he had hit her in the head. Boswell told the Cavalier Daily he had subsequently stalked her.
Preliminary indications are he will remain with the team at least through the Pigskin Classic on Aug.26 against Michigan. Kirby, who had six carries for 18 yards last season, is no relation to former Cavalier Terry Kirby.
GENERAL INDUCTION: Washington and Lee's Athletic Hall of Fame will induct four members Sept.22-23 during the school's Hall of Fame weekend. The latest inductees are All-America swimmer Mike Bernot, All-America lacrosse player Sam Englehart, former football coach Lee McLaughlin and All-America football player Tony Perry.
NEW MAROONS: Mike McFarland, a four-time All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference soccer player at Virginia Wesleyan, has joined the Roanoke College coaching staff as an assistant. McFarland, a three-time Division III All-American, is expected to work primarily with the Maroons' attackers.
The Maroons also have named a new sports information department intern, Georgia Kovich. Kovich recently completed her master's degree in recreation and sports management at Penn State University. Before that, she was a five-year member and captain of the women's basketball team at Brock University in Ontario.
McELROY JOINS ROYALTY: After an All-State senior season at Parry McCluer High School, Mike McElroy has decided to play basketball at Eastern Mennonite University. McElroy, projected to fill a hole in the Royals' frontcourt, averaged 20.4 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, and was selected as the Pioneer District and Region C player of the year.
Eastern Mennonite coach Tom Baker thinks McElroy can contribute immediately.
BLUEFIELD BOUND: Keath Hampton, from William Fleming High School, has accepted a basketball scholarship to Bluefield College, an NAIA Division II school. Bluefield is coached by former VMI assistant and Franklin County boys' head coach Walt Ayers.
``The thing I like about him is he's coming from a winning program,'' said Ayers, who is in his first year at Bluefield. ``Roanoke is a hotbed for high school basketball.''
Hampton averaged 15.4 points per game for Fleming, which won last season's Roanoke Valley District championship. A 6-foot-1 guard, he is the son of Mickey Fisher, a former guard at Virginia Tech and Ferrum College.
NO SCHMALL FEAT: Brian Schmall, a 1993 All-Big South conference guard at Radford, has signed on as a player/coach for the BBC Grengeald Hueschert team of the Division II professional league in Luxembourg. Schmall will play for and assist head coach Alan Jones, a 1974 Roanoke College graduate who played under Charlie Moir.
Schmall, a 6-2 guard, averaged 26.5 points per game last season for a Division I team in Austria, and scored 42 in his last game.
FOREIGN FLAVOR: Virginia's golf team has added Andrea Brotto from Como, Italy, to a roster that includes Simon Cooke, originally from Buckinghamshire, England; Lewis Chitengwa, from Harare, Zimbabwe; and Jeremy Julie, from Fenwick, Ontario.
Brotto, who just finished a year of military service, was the 1993 Italian amateur stroke-play champion and the 1995 Italian amateur match-play champion.
RAMS' REGIMEN: Virginia Commonwealth has announced its men's basketball schedule for the 1995-96 season, its first in the Colonial Athletic Association.
The Rams open CAA play Jan.4 at William and Mary and play host to their first league game Jan.10 against George Mason.
The schedule, which coach Sonny Smith says he believes is the toughest VCU has played, begins with the San Juan Shootout on Nov.24-26 in Puerto Rico. Louisville, Auburn, James Madison and Western Kentucky are potential opponents.
VCU plays host to Xavier (Nov.30), UNC Charlotte (Dec.7) and Pittsburgh (Dec.9). The Rams travel to Virginia (Dec.21) and Liberty (Dec.2).
ODDS AND ENDS: Virginia football coach George Welsh always has been secretive about his team's workouts, even going so far as to have guards patrol the fences around the field during each practice. Washington and Lee's coaches found out just how secretive the Cavaliers could be when they visited Charlottesville on Aug.10. When the Generals' staff wanted to see a daily practice schedule, they were told they could look at one, but they couldn't have a copy to keep. ... Marion Jones, an All-ACC performer for the North Carolina women's basketball team, underwent surgery Monday morning to repair a broken bone in her left foot. ... James Madison's field hockey team, the 1994 NCAA Division I champion, is the No.2 team in the country, according to a preseason ranking by College Sports magazine. North Carolina is No.1, Old Dominion is No.3 and Virginia is tied for ninth with Northwestern.
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