The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 30, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 22, 1975 Page: 6 of 6

                                
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PAGE 6—THE NORTH TEXAS DAILY
Wednesday, Octobar 22,1976
Punter’s Perseverance
Earns NT Scholarship
By KARLA SHIELDS
Sports Editor
Two years ago, Don Fechtman’s fu-
ture as a college football punter didn’t
look bright. He had just graduated from
Duncanville High School, whose football
team finished the year with a l-9 season
record. In fact, that record tied for the
worst season record in Duncanville’s
football history.
"It’s obvious why I wasn’t recruited,’’
Fechtman said. "That year I had six
punts blocked in the first four games and
had roughing the kicker penalties called
three times in it row.”
In a two-game span, Fechtman punted
23 times and “if I got them off, they
were pretty good, ’cause it was good to
even get them off—I was probably the
biggest man on the fourth down team.”
And then he only weighed about 150
pounds.
When he wasn’t approached by a col-
lege, Fechtman decided to contact them.
So he wrote letters to not only North
Texas, out colleges aii over Texas and
surrounding states. "Only one school
answered,” Fechtman said, “Arkansas,
and they just wanted to know how big l
was.”
Not even efforts by Fechtman’s older
brother, David, a student athletic trainer
for the Mean Green, could persuade NT
coaches to look at Fechtman.
One evening at home, Fechtman and
his brother were watching a television
report about the Dallas Cowboys hold-
ing tryouts for punters. Kiddingly, Fecht-
man said he thought he would go, and
they both laughed at the idea. Later the
idea became serious to David, who even
offered to pay Fechtman for the day’s
work he’d miss by going.
“Dune (David’s nickname) said it was
an excellent idea,” Fechtman said. “And
I realized 1 had nothing to lose, and I
could get some recognition,'
The next day, Fechtman showed up at
the Cowboy tryouts. "I lied about my
name and age," Fechtman said, “and
even told them 1 had graduated from NT
after playing ball three years under Rod
Rust and one year under Hayden Fry.”
There were 12 kickers punting that
day, and Fechtman came in first with a
50.9 yard average for 12 punts. “There
were punters there from junior colleges,
colleges and even one guy from the
WFL” (World Football League), Fecht-
man said.
Cowboy scout Reed Johnson told
Fechtman to come back the next day to
talk about a contract. “I got scared
then,” Fechtman admitted. “1 didn’t
want to get into any trouble with the
NCAA and maybe ruin my chances to
play college ball.”
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So the next day, Fechtman went in to
tell the truth. “I told Mr. Johnson 1 had
something to tell him,” Fechtman said.
"He chuckled and said he thought he
knew what it was.
“He was right—he knew,” Fechtman
said. “He had done some checking up on
me. But he offered to help me get a
scholarship, so I asked him to call Coach
Fry at North Texas."
Fry invited Fechtman, who his team-
mates call Donny, to two-a-day work-
outs that fall. “Eight days into the ses-
sion,” Fechtman said, “they gave me a
scholarship.”
Since then Fechtman has been booting
punts of 43, 56 and even 63 yards for the
Mean Green. “My four best punts have
all been called back because of penalties,
though,” Fechtman said. "I had a 67-
yarder against SMU and a 62-yarder
against Long Beach State last year, and
a 63-yard kick against Drake and a 73-
yard quick kick at Memphis State this
year.”
Against Oklahoma State, Fechtman
punted 11 times, including a 56-yarder,
for a 45.5 average. “That was the most
I had punted since Duncanville,” he said.
In Texas Stadium against Houston,
Fechtman was called upon to punt.
While the ball was being snapped, the
scoreboard flashed—“Don Fechtman—
punter—currently ranked 15th in the
nation with a 43.6 yard average on 31
punts.”
“1 didn’t know it at the time,” Fecht-
man said, “but while that was flashing.
NT Women
Place Third
In Volleyball
The women's volleyball team placed
third in the University of Oklahoma
Volleyball Tournament this weekend,
the team’s best finish of the season.
NTSU placed first in its pool by de-
feating Oklahoma Central State Uni-
versity (OCSU), Emporia Kansas State
(EKSU) and Oklahoma State Univer-
sity (OSU).
Coach Nancye Hood said that al-
though serving problems plagued the
team, the offense was effective. “Tina
(Morgan, Abilene freshman) and Nancy
(Watson, Saginaw senior) began to place
their spikes,” said Ms. Hood.
NTSU advanced to the semi-finals
against West Texas State (WTSU) and
was defeated 15-13 and 15-2. “We let
them beat us. West Texas just picked us
to pieces,” said Hood of the loss.
NTSU defeated Wichita State
(WSU) 15-1 and 15-5 to capture third
place in the tournament. "They (WSU)
still don’t know what happened to
them," said Coach Hood of the match.
WTSU won the tournament with Ok-
lahoma State University second.
The NTSU Invitational Volleyball
Tournament will be held this weekend
(Oct. 24-25) with 20 teams competing.
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1 kicked my worst punt of the year—33
yards. I felt like crawling in a hole.”
At Mississippi State Saturday, Fecht-
man finished with a 42.8 yard average on
eight punts, making his season statistics
43.0 yards on 42 punts. Fechtman isn’t
listed in the top twenty this week, but
he’s close.
With those stats and the encourage-
ment of Fry, his brother and his room-
mate, David Kirk, Fechtman is just that
much closer to his dream—playing pro
ball for the Dallas Cowboys. “My life
has been based around football and
always will be," he said. “Everyone’s
blessed with talents, and I’ve found
mine.”
No Puny Punts
Don Fechtman, Duncanville
sophomore, has a 43-yard
average for 42 punts with the
Mean Green this season.
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Sports Briefs
Men’s Badminton Doubles Begin Today
Men’s intramural badminton doubles
tournament play begins today at 7 p.m.
in the Men’s Gym.
Entries arc due at the two-day double
elimination tournament before play be-
gins.
Players may enter with a team or in-
dividually.
Organizations may enter two doubles
teams. Place points will be awarded to
the first four places (10, 7, 5 and 3 re-
spectively). One point will be awarded
for each match played and an additional
point for each match won.
American Badminton Association
rules will govern.
More information can be obtained
from the Intramural office. Men’s
Building 112; 788-2408 and 788-2358.
INTRAMURAL SCORES
The results of men’s intramural flag
football games played Tuesday are. Sig-
ma Phi Epsilon, 7, Kappa Alpha, 6,
Delta Sigma Phi, 31, Phi Kappa Theta,
0; Alpha Phi Alpha, 7, Phi Kappa Sig-
ma, 0; Clark I, 6, Crumley Crunchers, 6;
and Crumley 11, 25, Clark IV, 6.
The Daily was unable to publish the
results of Monday’s flag football games
because of space limitations.
The results of those games (all men’s)
were:    McConnell, 12, Clark III, 0;
Clark II, 26, Clark IV, 0; Kerr, 40,
Crumley 11, 0; Crumley 1, 7, West, 0;
and Rose City Rebels, 12, Bosons, 6.
TENNIS
The tennis team lost all its matches in
the opening round of play at the Inwood
Intercollegiate Tournament Friday in
Dallas.
Mark Walker, Sarnia, Ontario, Can-
ada, senior, was defeated by Dale Odgen
from the University of Houston 6-3,
6-1. Odgen was an all-American last
year.
Jerry Garcia, Wichita Falls junior,
lost to Larry Gottfried 6-2, 6-1. Gott-
fried, who entered ass an independent,
was nationally ranked last year.
David McKenzie, Dallas freshman,
lost to SMU’s Joe Edles 6-2, 6-1. Dick
Reher, Arlington junior, was defeated by
Jim Timmins from Trinity University
6-2, 6-0.
In doubles action Walker and Garcia
were defeated by UT-Austin’s pair 6-3,
7-5. McKenzie and Reher lost to a TCU
team, 6-2, 6-1.
“Considering the tough competition
we played pretty well,” Coach Casey
Moore said. “Even though we did lose
right off we are not hurting because we
played some pretty good players as well
as teams.”
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