ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, May 21, 1996 TAG: 9605210102
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-5 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
A California man who played football at the University of Texas under an assumed identity last season pleaded guilty Monday to misusing a social security account number.
Ron Weaver, 30, took the name of a younger acquaintance, Joel Ron McKelvey, after his own eligibility to play college football expired at Sacramento State in 1989.
Weaver used McKelvey's name and social security number while playing two seasons at Los Angeles Pierce Community College and one season at Texas. He also played four years under his own name at Sacramento State.
Weaver's scheme was discovered by Texas officials one day before the Longhorns faced Virginia Tech in the Nokia Sugar Bowl on Dec.31 in New Orleans.
Weaver will be sentenced July 29 and could face time in jail and a fine. McKelvey has not been charged.
``It's up to the discretion of the court,'' Peter Andrew Soli, Weaver's attorney, said when asked if he believed his client would be required to serve jail time.
No other charges against Weaver are pending in Texas or California, Soli said, adding that Monday's plea in federal court was made in coordination with officials from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Austin, Texas.
Weaver has worked out his differences with the University of Texas, Soli said.
Texas officials announced in March that the NCAA had cleared the school of any wrongdoing. The school could have been forced to forfeit their 10 victories and Southwest Conference title if it had been found guilty.
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