ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, April 5, 1996 TAG: 9604050089
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: SPORTS EDITION: METRO
TYPE: NEWS OBIT
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
* Marcus Camby, who led Massachusetts to a 35-2 record and its first NCAA Tournament Final Four appearance, was named the 1996 winner of the John R. Wooden Award as college basketball player of the year.
Camby, who has monopolized the postseason individual honors, added the Wooden Award to his list that already includes The Associated Press and Naismith player of the year awards.
* Former North Carolina State standout Charles ``Hawkeye'' Whitney, who was accused of robbing and abducting White House lawyer Mark Fabiani, pleaded guilty to one count of armed kidnapping.
Whitney, 38, could receive maximum penalties of life in prison or a $250,000 fine when sentenced on June 20.
Champions lose at U.S. Boxing Trials
Terrance Cauthen, 20, outpointed 17-year-old Jacob Hudson of Augusta, Ga., and advanced to the 132-pound final at the U.S. Olympic Boxing Trials.
Three U.S. champions were beaten in semifinals and now have to reach the Olympic box-offs April 18-20 by winning in the losers' bracket of the this double-elimination tournament.
Sean Johnson of Washington, beaten 17-9 by Albert Guardado of Topeka, Kan., in the U.S. championships 106-pound final in February, scored an 8-7 decision over Guardado. It was Johnson's first win in four bouts against Guardado.
Jesus Vega of Salinas, Calif., the U.S. 119-pound champion, had a big third round, but couldn't overcome a slow start and was beaten 18-15 by Steve Carter of the Navy at Norfolk in a semifinal match.
National 165-pound champion Omar Sheika of Paterson, N.J., was sent into the losers' bracket, 15-6 by Rhoshii Wells of Riverdale, Ga.
Ronald Simms, at 32 the oldest competitor and competing his third Olympic trails, reached the 165-pound final with a 12-11 win over Byron Mitchell of Ozark, Ala. Simms, who didn't get past the quarterfinals in the 1988 and 1992 trials, is stationed at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia.
Six champions will be crowned tonight and six Saturday. They will then meet the losers' bracket winners, to be determined Sunday, at the box-offs to determine the Olympic team for Atlanta.
* Rosie Casals, holder of 12 Grand Slam doubles titles, and the late Dan Maskell, known as the ``Voice of Wimbledon,'' have been elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
* The New York Islanders, their new logo a flop with fans, will revert to their circle crest next season.
The Islanders had planned to trot out the old logo for selected games next season as an alternate third jersey to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the franchise.
But backlash by home fans, along with taunting by opposing fans, has forced the team to consider ditching the cartoonish mariner, though a team source said the change had been planned for months.
* Barney Ewell, a three-time Olympic medalist and former world record holder in the 100 meters, died Thursday. He was 78.
* Jim Reid, the men's basketball coach at Georgetown College in Kentucky for the past 23 seasons and this year's NAIA coach of the year, died Thursday at his home after a two-year battle with lung cancer. He was 48.
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