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July 1987 Range Rider Page 9
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Langston Presented Two Awards
Basketball standout Vince
Langston was the recipient of two
awards, highlighting the 1986-87
Hardin-Simmons athletic awards
presentations, which saw 26 athletes
win awards in seven sports.
Langston, a junior forward from
St. Louis, was named the most
valuable player on the 1986-87
Cowboy basketball team, which
finished 13-15. Langston led the
'Pokes in rebounding at 9.8 caroms
per contest, good for 21st in the na-
tional rankings, in steals with 52,
blocks with 14, and minutes played
with 940. He also finished second in
scoring at 14.9 points per game, and
third in field goal percentage.
Langston was named Trans America
Athletic Conference player-of-the-
week twice, the first week of the
season, and the last week. He was
also named the most valuable player
of the MetroMobile Tournament in El
Paso as he led the Cowboys to a
third-place finish.
Langston was also named the win-
ner of the Glen Whitis Hustling
Cowboy Award, which is given an-
nually to the player who
demonstrates the best contribution to
Cowboy basketball through leader-
ship and academics.
Also winning awards in basketball
were Terry Yancey of Oakland, CA,
for the outstanding defensive player;
Tyrone Muldrow of San Diego, CA,
for the most improved player; Edwin
Haynes for leading the Cowboys in
assists; Eric Adams for winning the
scoring championship with 15.9
points per game, and the highest free
throw percentage at 88.9, which was
eighth in the nation; Langston for re-
bounding and steals; and Muldrow
for field goal percentage, at 52.1.
Centerfielder Lynn Turner of
Roswell, N.M., was named baseball's
batting average champion, as he hit
for a career-high .411 this season.
Turner's mark ties the school record
for average held by Steve Arias.
Turner leads the Trans America
Athletic conference in hitting, and
has set school records in hits with 76
and RBI's with 73, breaking his own
marks in each category.
Leftfielder Gilbert Arredondo of
Lamesa won the home run cham-
pionship with a school-record 17
round-tripers, while junior Mark Cor-
nett of Carrollton was named most
valuable pitcher with his 32 ap-
pearances and 8-2 mark, and
sophomore Lynn Vanlandingham of
Canyon was the Golden Glove win-
ner. Junior Jonathan Haseloff ofVernon won
Award.
In men's
American Linthe Hustling Cowboy
soccer, two-time All-
Powell was named themost valuable player for the western
division champions, who finished
with a 9-6-1 mark. Powell tied the
career shutout mark for HSU
goalkeepers this season when he
recorded his fifth shutout, giving him
13 for his career. Powell was named
to the all-TAAC team three times,
and his two time All-America selec-
tion is a school record.
Named defensive MVP was
sweeper Peter Jecker of Richardson,
while freshman Tommy St. John,
also of Richardson was named the
MVP of the midfield, and senior
Scott Dillon of Dallas was named of-
fensive MVP. Dillon was also the
scoring champion for the Cowboys,
finishing the season up with 12 goals.
Dillon finished his career in third
place on the all-time HSU scoring
list. Freshman Anthony Griffiths of
Arlington was named the most im-
proved player, and sophomore John
McCullouch of Arlington was named
the winner of the Hustling Cowboy
Award .
Honorable mention All-American
Peggy Sifford was the most valuable
player on the women's soccer team,
which finished the season 10-3-2,
third in the NAIA Midwest Regional.
Sifford was the leading scorer on the
season for the Cowgirls, shattering
her own scoring record by scoring 24
goals on the season. Senior Veronica
Dickenson of Melrose, N.M. won the
Hustling Cowgirl Award, while
fullback Jannell Glotta won the
defensive MVP, freshman Ashley
Aebersold won the midfield MVP,
and forward Karen Hula was named
offensive MVP.
In women's volleyball, sophomore
Karen Peck of Burleson was named
team MVP after leading the Cowgirls
to a 20-19 record, their thrid con-
secutive 20-win season. Kina Koop
of Ft. Worth and Crystal Tarr of
Abilene (Cooper) were named the
recipients of the Hustling Cowgirl
Awards.
In tennis, Beth Upton was named
the most valuable player on the
women's team, while sophomore
Lupe Cantu of Mercedes was named
the men's MVP. Senior Dean Ellis
was the recipient of the Ingerson
Award, which is awarded to a senior
who has contributed the most to the
HSU tennis program and has shown
leadership and outstanding scholar-
ship.MOST VALUABLE,
BASKETBALL - Bas-
ketball Coach Dick
Danford, right, pre-
sents the Most Valu-
able Player award to
Vince Langston, who
also received the Glen
Whitis Hustling Cow-
boy Award, Top Schol-
ar Athlete on the bas-
ketball team award,
and was named honor-
able mention on the
Trans America Confer-
ence team.I
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HSU Soccer Team Signs Five
Hardin-Simmons men's soccer
coach Misial Tsapos has announced
the signings of five players to national
letters-of-intent, including David
Roy, recently named Mr. Metroplex,
and considered one of the top
bluechippers in the state.
Roy, a 5-10, 165-pound forward
out of J.J. Pearce High School in
Richardson, was named "Mr.
Metroplex" by both the Dallas Times
Herald and Dallas Morning News.
He scored 33 goals in 19 games,
leading the traditionally, strong
Pearce squad to a 16-2-1 record. He
will join starting midfielder Tommy
St. John and starting sweeper Peter
Jecker as Pearce alums on the
Cowboy squad.
Tsapos said, "David will be the big
impact player that we'll sign this year,
much like Tommy (St. John) was last
year. Hopefully he will fill a scoring
void that we have since the gradua-
tion of Scott Dillon." Dillon
graduated as the number three all-
time scorer in the HSU annals.
Also signing with the 'Pokes is
goalkeeper Jonathan Hatfield of
Carrollton Newman-Smith High
School. Hatfield is a 5-11,
160-pounder who was named the
most valuable player of his district
this past year, along with being
named defensive player-of-the-year,
and MVP of Carrollton Newman-
Smith High. Once again, he will be
looked upon to come in and fill a
void left by the graduation of All-
American Lin Powell. "Jonathan has
good reflexes and reacts quickly_______________________ I Ii
around the net," observed Tsapos.
"He also plays on one of the top
amateur teams in the state, Comets
'69, and only great players play for
them."
Joining Roy and Hatfield as
signees are Todd Redfearn of
Richardson High, Alan Chandler of
Killeen High, and Shane Knilenburg
of Richland Junior College.
Redfearn, a 5-9, 150-pounder
played midfield last season at
Richardson, but Tsapos has plans to
convert him into a forward. "With his
quickness and goal-scoring abilities,
he will be best suited to our program
as a forward. He is one of those
players who can come in and make
an immediate impact towards our
program."
Chandler, the biggest player
among the signees, at 6-3, 175, is
already being touted as the return of
all-conference performer Billy Grif-
fiths. A good student also, the
fullback from Killeen High scored
1150 on his SAT, prompting Tsapos
to say, "Besides being intelligent in
the classroom, Alan is also very in-
telligent on the field." He can come
in and be one of the leaders of the
defense.
Knilenberg probably has the most
well-known soccer name among the
five, as his dad was a member of the
national team of Holland, and also
played with Ajax, long considered
one of the top teams in Europe. Ac-
cording to Tsapos, Shane has a good
sense of the game that only being
around it all his life could give him.1
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