ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, May 30, 1996 TAG: 9605300043
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-1 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: COLLEGE NOTEBOOK
SOURCE: DOUG DOUGHTY
At this time a year ago, Lamont Pegues was considered Clemson's tailback of the future. Now, he'll be spending that future will be at Virginia Tech.
The Hokies also learned Wednesday that Camm Jackson, an All-Group AA linebacker from Amherst County High School, will sign with Tech following the 1996 season. Neither commitment was unexpected.
Jackson, the coaches' choice as Group AA defensive player of the year, was rated the No.13 junior in the state by The Roanoke Times. He is undersized for a linebacker, at 6 feet and 195 pounds, but has the quickness to move to the secondary if needed.
The Hokies earlier received a commitment from Amherst County lineman David Pugh, rated the No.22 prospect in the state. Amherst was the Group AA Division 4 champion in 1995.
Pegues, a 5-11, 205-pounder, rushed for 6,232 yards at Thomasville (N.C.) High School to rank third on that state's all-time rushing list. He was rated the No.12 running back prospect in the country by SuperPrep magazine as a senior.
Pegues led Clemson in rushing as a freshman with 390 yards, including 268 in the last three games. He rushed for 309 yards last year, when he started two games before being replaced by Raymond Priester.
Priester ended up setting a school record with 1,286 yards, and Pegues was relegated to a reserve role. Pegues remained in school, but did not participate in spring practice and will have two years of eligibility starting with the 1997 season.
HOOPS RECRUITING: It was no great surprise to Virginia Tech when 6-foot-10 recruiting target Marvin Webster Jr. committed to Temple. Webster, whose father played in the NBA, also considered Tech and Wake, but never made it to Blacksburg for an official visit.
Webster said he signed with Temple before the end of the spring period, May 15, although he did not reveal his decision until a news conference May 24. There is no indication Webster has met NCAA standards for freshman eligibility; indeed, he could not visit Tech officially because the Hokies did not have his transcript in hand.
* Maryland's last signee was 6-113/4 Mike Mardesich from Worcester (Mass.) Academy, the alma mater of 1995-96 Terps freshman center Obinna Ekezie. Mardesich, originally from Conroe, Texas, picked Maryland over Harvard.
* Georgia Tech hopes 6-6 Jason Floyd of Lovejoy, Ga., will rival another ``sleeper'' the Yellow Jackets signed two years ago, Matt Harpring. Floyd committed in February but did not sign until May, when his father returned from a military tour in South Korea.
IN THE ACC: North Carolina men's basketball recruit Michael Brooker is likely to miss the 1996-97 season after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Brooker, a 6-6 wing player from Sandersville, Ga., sustained the injury in a pickup game in gym class.
AROUND THE STATE: Kevin Connor, suspended from the men's basketball team at Richmond after he was arrested for striking his former girlfriend, was reinstated by the school after a judge dismissed his conviction based on good behavior and the absence of a criminal background.
BACK IN VIRGINIA: Jenny Mitchell, the career scoring leader at Wake Forest, has joined the staff of new Virginia Commonwealth women's basketball coach David Glass. Mitchell, who played at William Byrd High School, coached under Glass for the last two years at Missouri-Kansas City.
W&L AND THE NBA: Jeff Van Gundy, recently signed to a two-year contract extension by the New York Knicks, applied for a position on the Washington and Lee men's basketball staff under former Generals coach Verne Canfield, but didn't get the job.
In an odd twist, it turns out Van Gundy and current W&L coach Kevin Moore are close friends. Moore played under Van Gundy's father at Brockport (N.Y.) State.
YANKEE NOT AN ISSUE: Negotiations between the Atlantic 10 and Yankee Conference for NCAA voting purposes do not impact Virginia Tech. The Yankee is a football-only Division I-AA conference, while Tech is affiliated with the A-10 in almost every sport but football.
1997 CONTENDERS: Roanoke College, beaten in the quarterfinal round of the men's and women's NCAA Division III lacrosse tournaments, has good reason to think it will be back. Both teams won Old Dominion Athletic Conference championships with young teams.
Seven of the top eight scorers return for the men, and that doesn't include defenseman Chris Davin, the ODAC player of the year, and All-ODAC goalie Chris Gordon. Returning for the women will be three players who combined for 168 goals - Ali Ogelsby, Gayle Avery and Lisa Franzino.
SURPRISE TRIP: Robert Kaczmarek, a freshman from Cave Spring High School, was a part-time starter in the outfield for Charleston Southern, which won the Big South Conference baseball championship after being picked last in the coaches' preseason poll. Kaczmarek played in a total of 37 games and batted
LOCAL UPDATE: Stacy Clark, a Bridgewater College sophomore from Rockbridge County High School, was named to the College Division all-state softball team as an outfielder. ... ODAC All-Academic selections from Hampden-Sydney include soccer player Mark Feldmann and tennis player Jeremy Graybill from Roanoke. Feldmann went to Patrick Henry High School and Graybill to Northside.
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