
                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
                 Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, June 2, 1994                    TAG: 9406020633 
SECTION: SPORTS                     PAGE: C8    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: BY ABE GOLDBLATT, STAFF WRITER 
DATELINE: 940602                                 LENGTH: Medium

EX-BAYSIDE TEAMMATES REVISE EAST CAROLINA'S RECORD BOOK

{LEAD} Former Bayside High teammates Michelle Ward and Lisa Corprew finished their college careers at East Carolina University in record-breaking fashion.

Ward, a senior outfielder, was named softball player of the year in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference. Corprew, a catcher, joined Ward as an ECAC first-team All-Star.

{REST} Ward holds NCAA records for stolen bases in a single season (80, this spring) and career (193). She played in 59 games for the Lady Pirates this past season, batting .413 with 17 RBIs.

Ward ranked third in Division I this season in stolen bases per game with a 1.31 average. An All-American candidate, the Virginia Beach resident is ECU career leader in batting (.384), runs scored (164), hits (229) and stolen bases (193).

Corprew batted .317 this season with 30 RBIs and 43 stolen bases. She is ECU's career home run leader with 11, second on the all-time RBI list with 99 and third in career stolen bases with 82.

Ward and Corprew helped guide the Lady Pirates to a 40-24 record in 1994, a four-year record of 141-79, two 40-win seasons and back-to-back berths to the ECAC softball championship.

PAUL WEBB LINEUP: In spite of year-old NCAA limitations that severely restrict what college players can be paid to work summer camps, former Old Dominion basketball coach Paul Webb has put together a strong lineup of guest lecturers for his summer camp.

Heading the list are Kenny Gattison, the former ODU star now with the Charlotte Hornets; Joe Smith, the former Maury High star who had a standout freshman season at Maryland last year; and Odell Hodge, CAA player of the year as a sophomore last season at ODU.

Others include Cornel Parker, the former Maury and U.Va. standout; Harold Deane, who played so well for U.Va. last season as a freshman; and Cory Etheridge, the national amateur slam-dunk champion. Webb will have four sessions at locations in Chesapeake and Virginia Beach.

ODU UPDATE: Outfielder Kevin Gibbs was named to the East Regional all-tournament team. . . . The women's sailing squad placed seventh in the Collegiate National Championships, held at Yale University. The Lady Monarchs compiled 220 points; Tufts won the title with 130. Sailing for ODU in the A boat were Chistine Accettella, Evangeline Callahan, Christi Stroud and Stacey Dumain. . . . The Monarchs are competing in the Team Race Nationals at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., which conclude Friday.

ACADEMIC ALL-STARS: Athletes from Virginia schools named to the 1994 GTE University Division All-District III at-large squad include U.Va.'s Rob Cook (track), Frederik Eliasson of Virginia Commonwealth (tennis), Matt Holthaus of James Madison (cross country) and Rick Mansfield of William and Mary (gymnastics). W&M's Erin Woodfield and Sarah Wikowski are on the honorable-mention list. . . . Old Dominion's Kevin Larkin (basketball) has been named to the 1993-94 Virginia Sports Information Directors' Academic All-State team. Topping the list is three-time choice Rachid Benjelloun, of Radford, who was the Big South Conference Player of the Year. The senior had a grade-point average of 3.935. . . . Repeat winners were Christi Osborne of Virginia Tech (basketball), Chris Paige of Mary Washington (basketball) and Matt Holthaus of JMU (track). Other first-team selections were Tom Burns of U.Va. (football); Todd Mercer (gymnastics) and Stephanic Herbert (track) of JMU; and Eric Shirley (wrestling) and Scott Covey (track) of Washington & Lee. Named to the second team were ODU's Dana Conner (cross country) and Deana Vander Plas (basketball); and William and Mary's Anna Finley (volleyball).

HERE AND THERE: Khary Stockton, a former soccer standout at William amd Mary, has signed a professional contract with A.E. Velo Club Rio Clarense of the Brazilian Second Division. It is believed that Stockton, a native of Alexandria, is only the second U.S. player to sign with a professional soccer club in Brazil. . . . U.Va.'s Cherie Greer has been named to the 1994 U.S. Women's Lacrosse Association Division I All-America team. . . . Kerry Campbell (Roanoke College) was a first-team Division II/III first-team All-America selection. . . . Old Dominion will host the U.S. Tennis Association Area Training Center Rally for the Mid-Atlantic section this weekend. by CNB