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Thirty-three players named MIAA Scholar Athletes A league-high 33 student-a thletes from UMR were named to the Missouri Intercollegiate Athl eti c Associati on honor roll , according to fi gures re leased by the conference. Male athletes fro m UMR accounted for 28 percent of the tota l among men, as a total of 24 were na med to the 86-member team. Among th e 100 females mentioned, nine were fro m UMR. To be considered , a student-athlete must earn a cu mul a tive grade po int average of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, be at least a sophomorc in school and be a starter or key reserve on his or her team. "We are pro ud of the accompl ishm ents of our student-a thl etes in the classroom ," said UMR athl eti c d irector Billy Key. " Since we feel th at this is a very important part of intercollegiate athl eti cs, we share with th em the great pri de they take in the ir accomplishments there as well as in their particular sports." The fo ll ow ing we re nam ed to the honor ro ll : Baseball- Kev in Dry (Cape Gi rardeau), Glen We ible (St. Louis) Men' s Basketbal l- Greg Sa llee (Cincinnati , Ohi o) Women' s Baske tball- Jenni fe r Cordes (S t. Lo ui s; also co mpetes in softball), Casey Engstrom (S heridan, Ark.; also competes in traCk) , Jan Grotenhuis (I nd epe nd ence) , Suzann e Spencer (Harper, Kan .), Men's Cross Co untry(Track and FieldMi ke Halbac h (St. Louis), Kerry Kimm el (Ab ilene , Texas), Sco tt Musgrave (St. Charles), Keith Schoby (Califom ia) , Joe Stemler (St. Charl es) W om e n 's Cro ss Co untr yrrrac k a nd Field- Jeann e Jac kson (St. Louis) , Kath y Ryan (S t. Louis), Regina Turner (St. Loui s) Foo tb a ll - J o hn B utt e no b ( Will ow Springs), Mark Diamond (Carbondale, IlL), Rand y M ullin ax (Co rd ova, Ala.), M ike Nob le (O maha, Neb.), Todd Parks (Clinton), Bret Riegel (Was hin gton), Mike Swinfo rd (Morlon, III.) Men' s Soccer-Carl Jung (E ureka)
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Women's Soccer- Regina Dressel (St. Louis) Softba ll- JoAnn Stratman (Vienna) Swi mming- Doug Cordi er (Springfi eld) , Terry Cruse (Wichita, Kan .), Jeff M itchell (Borger, Texas), Bob Philli ps (Dixon), Jason Schnepp (Springfield), Mi ke Stus (Friendswood , Texas) Tennis-John Hertel (Sterling, IlL), John Johnson (Fremont, Neb.) -JK
Hall of Fame to induct six Miners UMR Athletic Direc tor Bi ll y Key has ann ounced that ten new members of the MS M-UMR Hall of Fame have been chosen by a selec tion committee. The six-m ember group , none of whi ch is a member o f the athletic departm ent, selected th e ten men who will be ind uc ted on Sept. 15. To be e lig ible for the Hall of Fam e, a player must have completed his eligibility at least 15 years ago . The inductees, along with th eir fam ilies and guests, will be honored at a Saturday morning brunch on their inducti on day. They also wi ll be introduced at halfti me of the Miner football ga me th at aftern oon aga inst Missouri Western State College, and conc lude the day as the gues ts ofUMR Chancellor Martin C. Jischke for a reception at his home. " It is a honor for us to have th is fine gro up of individual s who contributed so mu ch to our athle ti c program duri ng th e lime they attended the Misso uri School of Mines and the Uni versity of Missouri-Rolla," Key sa id. The 1990 inductees are: Ralph Fa rber, class of 1965-An ou tstanding basketball player from 1961 to 1965, Farber ranks tenth on the all-ti me Miner scoring list. He was a co-captai n fo r two years and twice was named to th e ail-conference team-as a first-team er in the 1963-64 campa ign. His tota l of 1,140 points is th e second-hi ghest total by a three-yea r player in Miner history. Kent D. Gastr eich , class of 1973- The first rifle team member to be selected to the Hall of Fame, Gas tre ich was one of the nation's best fron 1970 to 1973. He was the national and internati onal champion in small bore competition in 1972 and at one time P AGE
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held five nationa l reco rd s simul taneo usly. In 1988 , he was a fin a list for the United States Ol ympic tea m. Ken Lanning- From 1951 to 1954 , the Rolla nati ve was one of the most dominant golfers in the hi story of the Missouri Intercolleg iate Athleti c Association. On three occas ions he was th e MIAA medalist as th e Miners won the team ti tie , and later coac hed the Mi ners to the MIAA ti tle. In 195 1, Lanning was the runner-up in the Nati onal P ublic L inks co mpe tition held in Mil waukee, WI. Today, Lanning sponsors the largest golf tourn ament in th e sta te o f Missouri and was c ited by Go lf Diges t for hi s work with junior go lfers. Jim McGrath , class of 1949-McG rath had his athl etic career interrupted by World War II, butitdidn ' t keephim from becomin g a sta ndout upon his return . He won a leller in 1942, then three more from 1946 to 1948. He won All-MIAA honors in each of his two years and was voted as the team 's most valuable player as a seni or. McGrath stood ou t on the Miners ' first MIAA cham pionship team in 1947. Ray Parker, Jr., class of 1960-A terrific three-sport athlete, Parker enj oyed his bes t success on the gridiron where he played from 1956 to 1958 . He stands out in th e Miner record books, as he is the fourth allti me leading scorer in Miner history with 139 poi nts . T wice a first-team All-MIAA pick, he is a lso high on the li sts for touchdow ns and ex tra po ints. Parker also co mpeted in basketball and trac k. Bo b Somerville, c lass o f 1972-0ne of the best wide receivers to ever wear a Mi ner uniform , Somerville is still the holder of a number of receiving records . During a career that spanned fro m 1968 to 197 1, he caught 16 1 passes for a total of 1,956 yards. He won honorable menti on All- Ameri ca honors after a spectacular junior season when he set sc hool records fo r receptions with 72 and yards with 862. Somerville was an AllMIAA selec ti on in bo th 1970 and 197 1. Kenn eth Sta llin g, class of 1974-Oneof the greatest baske tba ll players ever at the sc hool, Sta lling remains the top all-time scorer fo r two-year players with 992 poin ts. He was an All-MIA A selec ti on in the 197273 and 1973-74 seasons, and was nam ed as the MIA A' s most va luable player in 1974.
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