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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
April 15, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S
1992 NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS
The Rose Garden
10:19 A.M. EDT
all here in the Rose Garden. And may I salute our basketball-
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we're just delighted to have you
Coach ask him about the Indiana game, but -- (laughter.) And didn't I welcome
playing, basketball-loving Vice President. (Laughter.) We
players the and staff. And, of course, Coach Tara VanDerveer
Mike Krzyzewski -- Coach K we call him. The Blue may Devils
mine Cardinal -- and all the members; and single out our Cabinet over here,
Little Carla Hills, who's here. She was on Stanford's tennis mate team. --
trade short for basketball, but -- (laughter) -- plenty tough in
negotiations. So we're glad she's here.
And then, of course, a new addition to
some think, of very exciting weed-and-seed program -- Digger Phelps, new who
I administration who is working in the antidrug program, our this and,
you may remember. Digger, welcome back.
signing autographs and meeting them -- the champions from you
And also we have here -- and I saw some of all
the right, there they go. (Applause.) These guys all look you forward guys?
Woodson and from Forestville High Schools. Where are H.D. All
and visits Girls of the champions to the Rose Garden. But we have the to
we don't Clubs of Washington. Now, where are you all? Well, maybe Boys
there. have them. There they are -- there are some of the guys
(Applause.) Good to see you.
getting concerned that there's a monopoly going out here People in
1990. We have to stop meeting like this. (Laughter.) in are
Well, last year Duke was here, and then Stanford
championship season."
country. But thank you for joining us to celebrate, once more, our "that
losing streak, "Those games were beyond my apprehension."
A sports figure noted for malapropisms once said of a
tested (Laughter.) Well, today we've got two teams whose winning streak
the comprehension of basketball fans everywhere.
beat their fourth straight PAC-10 title. Then they upset Virginia; games then
NCAA Women's Champions. This year the Cardinal won 30 and
Take, for example, Stanford University -- again, the
strategist since Perry Mason. (Laughter.)
are becoming old friends. (Laughter.) She may be the best court
Western Kentucky to win the championship. No wonder Tara and I
Now, consider first, as evidence, Stanford's all-
-- everything center -- Val Whiting. Now, where's Val? Way down the
she's studying to be a doctor. She scored 28 points in the
there she is. (Applause.) And some of you may not know this: on
Cardinal's thrilling semifinal victory, grabbed 13 rebounds in the
over final, here made -- the All-Tournament Team. Her teammate, Molly Goodenbour,
psychology -- and why not? (Laughter.) All season she made
number 4, right there -- (applause) -- majoring in
opponents shake their heads. Her "Molly Rules" helped set an NCAA
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tourney record for the most three-point field goals with 18, and a
single-game record for the most three-point field goals with six.
There's always enthusiasm here in Washington for someone with a good
three-point program. (Laughter.) Especially in an election year.
Now, this season Academic Third Team All-American Chris
MacMurdo scored points on the court and in the classroom, setting a
great example. I want to note Ann Adkins, the only senior on the
team; Christy Hedgpeth, excelling outside; and Rachel Hemmer, the
PAC-10 Freshman of the Year, prevailing under the boards. Then
there's Kelly Dougherty -- right here -- always at her best in March.
And walk-on Kate Paye, way down at the end; and Anita Kaplan, in the
middle, perhaps Stanford's top reserve; and Angela Taylor, way, way
down there someplace -- Angela. I won't say what kind of reputation
Angela has for her skills on defense, but they want to talk to her --
Cheney does -- (laughter) -- over at the Pentagon. (Laughter.)
This brings me to today's other guests. As my
predecessor might have said: "There you go again." (Laughter.) A
year ago I said you showed that nice guys can finish first. This
season you struck again: Atlantic Coast Conference record: 14-2.
Overall record: 34-2. Champions of the ACC regular season and
tournament. Then, the first team since UCLA in 1973 -- and first ACC
team -- to win back-to-back NCAA titles. Duke and I have something
in common. Both of us like the word "repeat." (Laughter and
applause.)
Here's what we'll recall about their 1992 "stairway to
heaven." First, one Christian that the lions would be afraid to take
on. (Laughter.) Listen to this box score: a record 23rd tournament
game; the first player ever to start in four straight Final Fours.
His perfect game against Kentucky -- including that amazing last-
second shot that everybody that watched TV will remember all the rest
of their lives. We salute Christian Laettner, a true Player of the
Year. Welcome back. (Applause.)
And then, of course, we'll remember Bobby Hurley's
wizardry on the court. You know, to Bobby, basketball is a familiar
affair. His dad coached him in high school. He guarded his brother
in this year's regional semi-finals. This year Bobby made America
Duke's family.
Think of how he became Duke's career assist leader --
and NCAA Final Four MVP -- or Bobby's amazing record in NCAA
tournament play -- NCAA tournament play -- 17-1. It's players like
Bobby who helped Coach K -- a graduate of West Point -- do to
opponents on the court what General Schwarzkopf did to his on the
field of battle. Welcome back, Bobby. (Applause.)
Finally are other players who helped the Blue Devils
slam-dunk opponents: Brian Davis, of nearby Capitol Heights,
Maryland. He didn't have far to go. Grant Hill, another near-in guy
from Reston, Virginia, who threw the pass against Kentucky. Thomas
Hill, Duke's superb second-leading scorer. Ron Burt and Marty Clark,
who grew up with six basketball-playing sisters. Marty, sounds like
a typical weekend with my grandkids around this place. (Laughter.)
And all the Devils who helped Coach K -- Duke's Special K -- make
basketball history.
This year, Duke became only the fourth school to gain
its third straight NCAA championship game. Stanford's in the same
league: three straight appearances in the Final Four. There's a
word for that: consistency. And there's another word for that:
Excellence. They are words which embody you as student athletes.
Both of these champions -- and this is a very important point for the
kids from the high schools here and the Boys and Girls Clubs here
today -- both of these champions have high academic standards. Each
recruits aggressively, but honestly, because neither bends the rules
-- because both play within the rules.
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A prediction: You players will make an even greater
difference after graduation than before.
A Chinese scholar once wrote of "the great end of
learning." Well, learning is a great end with either a book or
basketball. That's why over the past decade more than 90 percent of
Duke and Stanford players got their diplomas -- rivaling the general
graduation rates of their outstanding institutions.
Already, you've been missionaries for educational
excellence. You've shown how a nation that is physically fit and
educationally fit is fit to take on the world. Today, I ask you to
carry that zeal to our educational systems at all levels to your
careers and to the dream we call America. You stand here as examples
of how will and heart can stir the human spirit.
So, again, I am delighted to be out here. The Vice
President's delighted to be with me to congratulate as fans; to thank
you for showing how education is our most enduring legacy, vital to
all we are and all we can become.
so, good luck. And may God bless you all. And now
here's the drill. (Laughter.) Last year we had a shoot-out by these
and another substitute team was here last year -- (laughter.) So
after you all have a chance to visit a little bit and say hello, I'm
going to invite the players down and we will have a shoot-out, a
White House shoot-out to see who wins our little trophy this year.
The trophy is very modest, but we need these guys back and we welcome
the Cardinal to the White House court for a very, very brief
appearance down there.
Now, thank you all very much. (Applause.)
END
10:30 A.M. EDT
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Women's Basketball
April 10, 1992
White House Trip Scheduled for Wednesday
STANFORD WOMEN TO VISIT PRESIDENT BUSH
Stanford--For the second time in three years, the Stanford women's
basketball team has earned a special invitation to visit President
George Bush at the Rose Garden on the White House Lawn.
Tara VanDerveer's Cardinal team, the 1991-92 NCAA women's national
champions, will meet the President, along with the NCAA men's national
champions, the Duke Blue Devils, Wednesday, April 15 at a 10 am (EDT)
reception and press conference.
It promises to be a whirlwind tour for the Stanford team, which will
be in Washington D.C. for less than 24 hours. The Stanford women will
travel via U.S. Air Flight #106, leaving San Francisco at 12:45 pm Tuesday
(April 14), arriving in Charlotte at 8:40 pm. The team will then leave
Charlotte on U.S. Air Flight #1082 at 9:40 pm, arriving at Washington
National at 10:40 pm.
The team then flies out of Baltimore on U.S. Air Flight #1195 at 7:45
pm Wednesday (April 15), arriving at LAX in Los Angeles at 10:25 pm. From
LAX at 11 pm on U.S. Air Flight #2141, the team will then land at SFO at
12:13 am.
This trip marks Stanford's second visit to Washington in the last
three years. Stanford also met President Bush in April of 1990, just after
winning its first national title over Auburn in Knoxville, Tennessee.
"We're thrilled to have a chance to revisit the President,"
said VanDerveer. "He was very gracious and I was very impressed with his
remarks to the team two years ago. This is special. We're all looking
forward to our visit to the White House next Wednesday."
Last Saturday and Sunday at the Final Four, Stanford first defeated
#1-ranked Virginia, 66-65, in the national semifinals, then #15-ranked
Western Kentucky, 78-62, in the national championship game at the Sports
Arena in Los Angeles.
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For Information Contact:
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Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6150
Telephone: (415) 723-4418
FAX: (415) 725-2957
Women's Basketball
April 10, 1992
RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND HONORING
THE 1991-92 STANFORD CARDINAL WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM
WHEREAS, the Stanford Women's Basketball Team won the 1991-92 NCAA
Championship, defeating Western Kentucky, 78-62, in Los Angeles
California on April 5, 1992; and
WHEREAS, the Cardinal Women's Basketball Team had an exceptional season,
winning a total of 30 games, while losing only three; and
WHEREAS, Stanford head women's basketball coach Tara- VanDerveer led this
very youthful Stanford Cardinal team to its second NCAA
championship in the last three years, to its third straight
appearance in the Final Four, and to its fourth straight Pac-10
championship; and
WHEREAS, Stanford junior center Val Whiting was named Kodak First Team
All-America, United States Basketball Writers First Team
All-America, NEA/World Almanac First Team All-America, the
Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Year, First Team All-Pac-10,
MVP of the Cardinal Classic, and the 1991 Delaware Athlete of
the Year; and
WHEREAS, Val Whiting was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Final
Four, primarily for the fact that she scored 28 points and had
12 rebounds in the thrilling 66-65 national semifinal victory
over No. 1-ranked Virginia, and then added 16 points and 13
rebounds in the national final victory over Western Kentucky; and
WHEREAS, Stanford junior guard Molly Goodenbour was named Most Outstanding
Player at the NCAA West Regionals in Seattle, then one week
later was named Most Outstanding Player at the Final Four in
Los Angeles, and who set an NCAA Tournament record for most
three-point field goals with 18 in five games, and who set an
NCAA Single-Game Tournament record for most three-point field
goals and with six versus Southern California in the Regional Final;
WHEREAS, Stanford junior forward Chris MacMurdo was named GTE/COSIDA
Academic Third Team All-America for her 3.50 GPA in Human
Biology, GTE/COSIDA Academic All-Regional in District VIII, MVP
of the UNLV/Desert Classic, and who scored nine points while
pulling down 11 rebounds in the national championship game versus
Western Kentucky; and
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WHEREAS,
Stanford sophomore guard Christy Hedgpeth was named GTE/COSIDA
Academic All-Regional in District VIII for her 3.20 GPA in
Psychology, and who scored 17 points in the national championship
game versus Western Kentucky; and
WHEREAS,
Stanford freshman forward Rachel Hemmer was named to the All-
Tournament Team at the NCAA West Regionals, primarily for her
game-high 22-point effort against Texas Tech in the Regional
Semifinals, then was named to the All-Tournament Team at the
Final Four, primarily for her game-high 18-point, game-high
15-rebound effort in the national championship game versus
Western Kentucky, for which she was named the Chevrolet Player of
the Game; and
WHEREAS,
Stanford sophomore forward Kelly Dougherty, who scored the
winning point in the national semifinal victory over Virginia,
and junior guard Angela Taylor, a defensive specialist, both
provided excellent bench strength throughout the entire season;
and
WHEREAS, Stanford center Anita Kaplan, guard Tanda Rucker, guard Kate
Paye, and redshirt guard/forward Bobbie Kelsey, along with Rachel
Hemmer, comprised the best freshman class in the nation; and
WHEREAS, Stanford guard/forward Ann Adkins, the team's only senior, and,
who along with Molly Goodenbour and Val Whiting, served as
team captain and provided the team with the necessary leadership
to guide it to a national championship; and
WHEREAS, Assistant Coaches Amy Tucker, Julie Plank, Carolyn Jenkins, and
Lisa McNamee, along with Managers Angela Young, Marla Tuchinsky,
Jaeleen Kokoosh, Art Romero, and Raymond John, as well as
Trainer Karen Middleton and Sports Information Director Steve
Raczynski formed a portion of the best support group in the
nation; and
WHEREAS, Cardinal fans established a Stanford record average attendance
figure of 3,765 in 16 home dates this past season, and
WHEREAS, The Stanford campus, the community of Palo Alto, its surrounding
communities, the Bay Area, and the entire state of California,
were thrilled with the Stanford Women's Basketball Team and its
surprising 1991-92 NCAA Championship season;
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Stanford, CA 94305-6150
FAX: (415) 725-2957
FINAL BIOGRAPHIES
1991-92 STANFORD UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM
(alphabetical order)
ANN ADKINS
HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
Senior
5-11 Guard/Forward
Ann Adkins' role on this 1991-92 national championship team was
probably as important off the court as it was on the court She was one of
three Stanford captains SHE WAS THE ONLY SENIOR ON THE TEAM On the
court, Ann was employed as a reserve forward, capable of hitting a
long-range three-point shot at any time
She will likely remember her
performance at Oregon this past season, where she not only made her only
career start, but also where she hit four three-pointers (all in the second
half) to break open a close game, and lead Stanford to a 74-57 win
She
scored 12 points in that game Earlier in the year, she scored a
career-high 14 points against Oral Roberts
All in all, Ann played in 29
of the team's 33 games, starting one
She averaged 2.5 points, 1.2
rebounds, and 0.8 assists
She shot 333 from the field, but she shot a
very respectable .354 from three-point range 48 of her 75
field
goal
attempts this season were from beyond the three-point line She also shot
714 from the free throw line Her 249 minutes were 10th most on the
team Off the court, it was her leadership that was most striking As
a
captain, she acted as the perfect liaison between the coaching staff and
the team
OTHER THAN ONE PLAYER (4th-YEAR JUNIOR CHRIS MacMURDO), ANN WAS
AT LEAST 2 1/2 YEARS OLDER THAN EVERY PLAYER ON THIS TEAM Ann's maturity
off the court played as much importance in this team's winning a national
championship as any other single factor
Ensuring team chemistry was
Ann's strength Ann is a former two-time USA Today Honorable Mention High
School All-American (1985-86 and 1986-87)
She is also a former Converse
High School Academic All-American
Ann
is majoring in HUMAN BIOLOGY and
would like to become a physical therapist and perhaps work in the field of
sports medicine someday She was recently named honorable mention Pac-10
All-Academic for the 1991-92 season.
KELLY DOUGHERTY
LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS
Sophomore
5-11 Forward
If Reggie Jackson can be called "Mr. October", then Kelly Dougherty
can be called "Miss March"
It seems Kelly always saves her best moments,
her most dramatic moments, for the post-season tournament At least that's
averaged 4.8 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 0.4 assists while coming season, off the
the way it's been her first two years on The Farm
For
the
Kelly
bench
Her field goal percentage of .564 led the team
She
shot
688
from
the free throw line Her 327 minutes were eighth most on the team But in
the post-season, Kelly averaged 5.4 points, shot 750 from the field
(9-of-12), and .818 from the line (9-of-11) It began with the team's
first post-season game against UC-Santa Barbara, a tough 82-73 victory
In that game, Kelly scored a season-high 13 points (That game was
reminiscent of her other two highest-scoring totals, both of which occurred
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in
the
post-season
in
1990-91 Kelly scored what is still a career-high 15
points and pulled down 8 rebounds in the national semifinal 68-60 loss to
eventual national champion Tennessee that season
And she scored 13 points
in the NCAA West Regional semifinal 73-47 victory over Washington--also in
1990-91)
But back to this season, Kelly was summoned off the bench in
this year's national semifinal versus #1-ranked Virginia
In that game,
she scored eight points
SHE ALSO SCORED WHAT PROVED TO BE THE WINNING
POINT, A FREE THROW WITH 26 SECONDS LEFT, IN THE NAILBITING 66-65 WIN OVER
THE TEAM THAT HAD BEEN RANKED #1 THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE YEAR
Kelly is a
former USA Today Pre-season Top 15 Player to Watch, and a former USA Today
High School Player of the Year in the state of Kansas (both in
1989-90)
Kelly is the one player on this squad who perhaps most keeps
everyone loose Only a sophomore, Kelly is majoring in Economics She
would like to become an athletic director
In what is a scary thought to
most of her teammates, she has jokingly said, "Maybe someday I'll become
Tara VanDerveer's boss. =
MOLLY GOODENBOUR
WATERLOO, IOWA
Junior
5-6 Guard
Every great team, certainly a national championship team, must have
a great point-guard (witness Bobby Hurley of Duke)
Molly Goodenbour
is that player for the Stanford women
Tara VanDerveer has said that she
has never seen a player improve as much in one season as Molly did this
past
year
Molly's improvement probably had as much to do with the fact
that she played directly behind two Kodak All-Americans, Jennifer Azzi (in
1988-89 and 1989-90) and Sonja Henning (1990-91), in each of the previous
two years, as anything else
But another factor in her improvement may
stem from the new rules that were implemented this season
The coaches
called them "Molly Rules"
Stanford's tempo this season was "up-tempo"
And because of Molly's uncanny ability to run, run, and run some more,
Stanford ran as a team more this season than ever before
Seemingly, Molly
never
got
tired
So, in a sense, this team was tailored to Molly
One
"Molly Rule" was that she was not supposed to shoot in the first two
minutes of any game
"I'm not sure I followed that rule too closely," "
Molly
has
said
with
a
sly
grin
Indeed, in the first 45 seconds of the
NCAA West Regional Final versus Southern Cal, Molly shot and made a
three-pointer It was the first of six three-pointers she would make in
that contest, which set an NCAA post-season single-game record for most
three-pointers made in one game Molly would make a total of 18
three-pointers during the five games in the tourney, setting an NCAA
post-season tournament record for most threes in one tourney
MOLLY WAS
NAMED THE MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER IN BOTH THE NCAA WEST REGIONAL AND IN THE
FINAL FOUR
During the tourney, Molly averaged 16.2 points, 3.8 rebounds,
and 3.4 assists
She shot 473 from the field and 462 from
three-point-range
(18-for-39)
Overall, on the season, Molly averaged 12.3
points, 3.3 rebounds, and led the team with 5.4 assists (4th in the
Pac-10)
Molly also led the team in steals (54)
She shot 447 from the
field, 423 from the three-point line (2nd in the Pac-10), and 736 from
the
free
throw
line
She was Stanford's third-leading scorer on the
year
Her high-scoring games included 23 points versus Arizona, 22 vs. USC
in the NCAA West Regional final at Washington, 19 vs. Texas Tech in the
NCAA West Regional semifinal at Washington, and 18 in the regular season
game at Washington Molly had two double-doubles this season With 618
career points, she is now 21st on the Stanford all-time scoring list
With
253 assists, she is eighth on the Stanford all-time assist list
In
1991-92,
she
started
all
33
games
Molly is majoring in Psychology
She
skipped third grade, so she is younger than most who are juniors in
college
She was the VALEDICTORIAN of her class at Waterloo West High
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School, graduating with a 4.0 GPA
In 1988-89, she was named the Gatorade
High School Player of the Year in the state of Iowa, and for the entire
Midwest Region She was also a member of the U.S. Olympic Festival West
Team in 1990.
CHRISTY HEDGPETH
THOMASVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
Sophomore
5-10 Guard
Considered the team's top outside threat, Christy started the majority
of the season for Stanford's national champions
Christy started 27 of the
team's 33 games, including the last 14 straight
Overall, she averaged
13.3 points (2nd high on the team) 3.6 rebounds, and 2.2 assists She
shot .492 from the field (10th best in the Pac-10), 395 from three-point
range (7th best in the Pac-10), and 804 from the free throw line (3rd best
in the Pac-10) SHE WAS THE ONLY PLAYER IN THE PAC-10 TO BE LISTED IN THE
LEAGUE'S TOP 10 OF ALL THREE SHOOTING CATEGORIES LISTED ABOVE--FIELD GOAL
PERCENTAGE, THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, AND FREE THROW PERCENTAGE
In the five games of the NCAA post-season, Christy averaged 13.2 points and
3.8 rebounds She scored 21 points in the NCAA West Regional final versus
USC in Seattle
In that game, she made five three-pointers (which tied the
NCAA West Regional post-season single-game record) The only trouble is
that teammate Molly Goodenbour made six three-pointers in the very same
game, breaking the record
Christy also scored 17 points in the National
Championship game against Western Kentucky
She was Stanford's
second-leading scorer in that game
Over the course of the regular season,
Christy's high-point game was 26 at UCLA (she was 9-of-10 from the field in
that game) Overall, she scored 20 points or more six times She scored
in double figures 22 times, including 16 of the last 19 games
She led
Stanford in scoring five times in '91-'92
Her high-rebound effort was
nine at Arizona State Christy was her CLASS SALUTATORIAN at Westchester
Academy in North Carolina
This year, she was named Pac-10 Second Team
All-Academic, and was also named GTE-COSIDA Academic All-Regional in
District VIII with her 3.20 GPA in Psychology
Christy has said that she
would like to go on to graduate school after Stanford, probably somewhere
in North Carolina With 688 career points, Christy is 19th on the Stanford
all-time scoring list
She was second on the team in the following
categories field goals made (157), field goals attempted (319),
three-point field goals made (51), three-point field goals attempted (129),
points (439) and ppg average (13.3)
Her high-assist game was seven
against Washington State
Christy was a 1989-90 Street & Smith's High
School All-American
She made the U.S. Olympic Festival West Team in the
summer of 1991.
RACHEL HEMMER
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Freshman
6-3 Forward
Rachel Hemmer was named the PAC-10 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR this past
season
According to the Stanford coaching staff, Rachel may have been
the best freshman player in the nation
She was named to the
All-Tournament team of both the NCAA West Regional in Seattle, and the
Final Four in Los Angeles
She started all 33 games played this past
season, during which she averaged 11.2 points (4th high on the team),
6.7 rebounds (2nd high on the team), and 2.2 assists She shot 516 from
the field, which would have been 8th best in the Pac-10 except that she
oddly did not have enough field goals made
Rachel's 758 free throw
percentage was second best on the team, and 7th best in the conference
Rachel's 222 rebounds were fourth best ever in a single season by a
Stanford freshman
She led Stanford in scoring three times this past
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season, twice in the post-season, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME
In that game against Western Kentucky, she scored a GAME-HIGH 18
points
In the NCAA West Regional semifinal against Texas Tech, she scored
22 points
Her career-high effort was 24 points at Washington State
Her
point-scoring average in the five NCAA post-season games was 13.6 ppg
She
led Stanford nine times in rebounding
Her career-high rebounding effort
(15) came in the national championship
game
Overall, Hemmer had five
double-doubles in her freshman season
She had seven assists in the Santa
Clara and the California home games
Her 18 blocks tied for second most on
the team (with Anita Kaplan)
Hemmer was named a preseason high school
All-American by Street & Smith's in both the 1989-90 and 1990-91
seasons
She actually went to three different high schools, two in
Virginia, and one in Texas
Her senior year was spent at Westlake High
School in Austin, Texas.
ANITA KAPLAN
DELMAR, NEW YORK
Freshman
6-5 Center
Anita was Stanford's top reserve this past season
She averaged 14.2
minutes per game, sixth most on the team although she was just a
freshman She was Stanford's sixth-leading scorer (6.4 ppg), and the
team's fourth-leading rebounder (3.7 pg)
Anita's field goal percentage
was 485-sixth best on the team
Her free throw percentage was 647
Her
18 blocks tied for second most on the team (with Rachel Hemmer)
Anita
started one game the San Diego game
In that contest, Anita scored a
career-high 21 points, which led the team in scoring
She also had 10
rebounds
That game marked one of two double-doubles she had on the
season
She also had 13 points and 12 rebounds in an earlier contest
against
Oral Roberts Anita has the uncanny ability to shoot hook shots
with either hand (a la George Mikan and Bill Russell) A good
low
post
player
Anita scored in double figures nine times in '91-'92 She had
double-figure rebound efforts twice
Scored only six points in the five
post-season games, but two of those points came on a nice turnaround from
in close in the national championship game versus Western Kentucky Anita
came to Stanford with some incredible credentials
In her junior year at
Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar, New York, Anita averaged 37 points
and 20 rebounds per game Among other accolades, she was a USA Today Top
25 performer, and a First Team Parade All-American in 1990-91 She was on
the U.S. Olympic Festival East Team in the summer of 1991.
BOBBIE KELSEY
DECATUR, GEORGIA
Freshman
5-11 Guard/Forward
Bobbie did everything all year long with the Stanford team--except
play in games She was redshirted due her injured right knee The scary
thing is that she just may have been Stanford's best freshman of them all,
although only those who saw her practice in the last month or so of the
season would have realized that
She will get a chance to prove herself
next season, when she will be listed as a freshman again Her advantage is
that she will have gone through an entire season of learning the VanDerveer
system Bobbie suffered a severe knee injury six games into her senior
season at SW DeKalb High School in Decatur, Georgia
She
had
surgery
to
repair an anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee in January of
1991 She tried coming back this season, and actually practiced from the
very first day (Oct. 15) on a limited basis But her knee was never at
full strength, and it was decided fairly early on to redshirt her
Kelsey
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is considered to be a fine three-point shooter who can also put the ball on
the floor She will add a dimension to the Stanford team next season that
is in currently Atlanta The lacking battle-cry will be to see whether Stanford can "return to
Next year, the Final Four will be held at the Omni
the Final Four in Atlanta for Bobbie" and attempt to successfully defend
its national title Bobbie was the last one to cut the net down at this
year's Final Four in Los Angeles Her teammates wanted her to keep that
net for the appreciation they had towards her tireless work Scottie all Pippen season
She is very popular among her teammates
Lists
long as her role model After college, she would like to help her mom open up
her "dream floral shop"
In 1989-90 and 1990-91, Bobbie was named a Street
& Smith's preseason High School All-American She was also named a USA
Today Top 25 prospect in 1990-91
Interested in communications.
CHRIS MacMURDO
AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA
Junior
6-0 Forward
Considered a workhorse of this Stanford team, Chris did not often
receive very much limelight But she was very important to the group
effort, starting 28 of the 33 games overall She started the season by
being named MVP of the UNLV/Desert Classic at UNLV a tournament that
Stanford won She finished the year averaging 10. 9 points (5th high on the
team), 5.5 rebounds (3rd high on the team) and 1.8 assists She shot 541
from the field (2nd high on the team, high among the starters, and 6th-best
in the Pac-10), and shot 752 from the free throw line (4th best on the
team, and 10th best in the Pac-10)
She had a 22-point game (her
career-high) at Notre Dame early in the season
She led the team in
scoring five times this past season
She
scored 20 points or more three
times
She scored in double figures 18 times
She also rebounded in
double figures three times, including a season-high 11 in the national
championship game versus Western Kentucky
She had nine rebounds in the
first half of that game, which was an NCAA record for most rebounds in a
half in a national championship game
She also scored nine points in the
national championship game Chris Mac", as she is referred to, is now
20th on the Stanford career scoring list with 652 points She is 16th on
the Stanford career rebounding list with 402
She led Stanford in
rebounding twice this season, including 11 in the 73-51 win at USC in
January
Considered a serious student, CHRIS WAS NAMED A GTE/COSIDA
ACADEMIC THIRD TEAM ALL-AMERICA this past year for her 3.50 GPA in
Human Biology Chris was also named GTE/COSIDA Academic All-Regional
for District VIII, and was FIRST TEAM PAC-10 ALL-ACADEMIC Chris has
stated that she wishes to become a doctor after her playing days are
over
Chris was her CLASS VALEDICTORIAN, and was her CLASS PRESIDENT all
four years at South Aiken High School
In
1987-88,
she
was
named
the
Converse National High School Player of the Year That same year, she was
also named the Gatorade Southeast Region High School Player of the Year
Chris has now been named Pac-10 All-Academic in each of the past three
years, although this is the first year she has made First Team
Chris
will be a fifth-year senior in 1992-93
In her first year at Stanford,
she was a medical redshirt due to two herniated disks in her back Her
comeback from that injury was so powerful, that some labelled her "a
miracle child"
A strong rebounder.
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WOODSIDE, CALIFORNIA
KATE PAYE
5-8 Guard
Freshman
One of this past year's true surprises, Kate decided to come to
Stanford 1) to play as a walk-on, and 2) to follow in the footsteps of her
season, the freshman learned that she had earned a scholarship (for next
father, her brother, and her sister But two-thirds of the way through the
season) 1.3 rebounds, and 0.8 assists overall
Kate played in 30 of the team's Her 33 true games, worth averaging came as 1.7 a back-up points,
point guard Termed a "very smart player" by VanDerveer, Kate found
herself in a crucial situation in the national semifinal game against
Virginia down by as many as eight points Inserting Kate at the "point" allowed
She entered the game with 12 minutes to play, and with her team
Molly Goodenbour to roam free at the "2 position"
Molly would hit three
three-pointers, which got Stanford back into the game
Kate finished with
three points, including a huge basket that tied the score at 61-all with
2:30 remaining, four rebounds, and three assists
It was her greatest
contribution of the entire season
Kate had played only a total of four
minutes in the entire NCAA Regional the weekend that before 74-57 Kate victory, had started Kate
one game during the season- at Oregon
During
played a season-high 31 minutes, and had career-high totals of 7 points, 6
rebounds, and 4 assists
She scored 7 points and had 5 rebounds in a big
92-69 win at UCLA the very next weekend
A local product from Woodside,
Kate is a former three-time California State High School Player of the Year
(in Division 5) In each of those three years, she led Menlo School to the
California state title in her division
She was coached at Menlo School by
her brother John, who was the Stanford starting quarterback for four
straight years (1983 to '86), before he was drafted by the San Francisco
49ers.
TANDA RUCKER
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
Freshman
5-9 Guard
A true talent, Tanda, like Kate Paye, also played back-up point guard
this
past campaign She played in 32 of, the team's 33 games this past
season, starting three of them She averaged 3.5 points, 1.5 rebounds, and
2.3 assists
Her 74 assists were second-most on the team, although she
played the seventh most amount of minutes (420)
Tanda shot 438 from the
field, .300 from three-point range, and 702 from the free throw line
She scored in double figures three times throughout the season, including
a career-high 11 against Washington State at home
She also had five
rebounds and four assists in that game
She also scored 10 points in home
wins over USC and UC-Santa Barbara, the latter an NCAA post-season
victory Her starts came against USC and UCLA at home, and at Oregon State
She had a career-high eight assists in a win over Oral Roberts
One of
her biggest contributions came in a 79-69 victory at Washington
with her
team leading by only four with just one minute to go, Tanda drained
a
three-pointer with no time left on the 30-second clock
It was the shot
that sealed
the win Tanda is a local product-coming from Berkeley, only
30 miles away
She is a former USA Today Top 25 player, and last year
(1990-91) was named the California State High School Player of the
Year
In addition, she was named the "Best Point Guard in the Nation" by
All-America by USA Today, Third Team All-America by Parade Magazine, and
Cal-HI Sports Magazine in 1990-91
Moreover, she was named Third Team
Fourth Team All-America by Street & Smith
S
Tanda made the U.S. Olympic
Festival West Team in the summer of 1991
Tanda
is
from
good
basketball
stock Her uncle is Phil Chenier, another Berkeley High product who went
on to play at the University of California, then on to the Washington
Bullets and the Golden State Warriors in the NBA
Tanda led her Berkeley
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High team to two straight state championship games against Morningside But High in
her junior and senior seasons
In her junior year, her team lost
want to coach women's basketball
her senior year, Berkeley High won the state is title toying Tanda with may the eventually idea of
She
also
becoming involved in sports broadcasting.
NIKI SEVILLIAN
FLINT, MICHIGAN
Sophomore
5-10 Guard
A reserve on the 1991-92 Stanford national championship team, Niki's
contributions were as considerable off the court as they were on
An
excellent shooter, Niki wound up playing in 18 of the team's 33 games
She averaged 1.2 points, 0.3 rebounds, and 0.4 assists All told, she
scored 21 points on the season
Nine of those points were scored in the
112-74 victory over Oral Roberts
Niki finished with a three-point
shooting percentage of 231 (she was 3-of-13 like from to that range) to medical
Niki is
majoring in Biology at Stanford
She
would
go
school
upon graduation She was recently named an honorable mention Pac-10
All-Academic
performer
Her GPA is 3.30
Niki was a fine player at
Flint's Northwestern High School
She
was
Fourth Team All-State
This
past season at Stanford, although Niki did not see much playing time, her
attitude was exemplary She worked hard every day, prompting Coach
VanDerveer to say how much she would like to get her into the line-up more
Niki was her class
VALEDICTORIAN, often and was her Class President all four years in high school.
Her hard work could pay off next season
ANGELA TAYLOR
MOUNTAIN HOME, IDAHO
Junior
5-6 Guard
Angela Taylor, best known for her stellar defensive play, found
herself in quite the situation in the national semifinal game versus
Virginia the game for the first time Her job was to guard two-time Naismith
With just 8/10's of a second remaining, Angela was inserted into
National Player of the Year Dawn Staley
Stanford was leading, 66-65, at
the time, but it was Virginia's ball
Staley received the inbounds pass,
but was forced to take one dribble
Her 26-footer (which missed anyway)
came after the buzzer, and Stanford was in the national championship game,
thanks in part to Angela's defense
That Angela was playing at all was
testimony to some very hard determination 1) to make the team as a walk-on
in 1989-90 (she earned a scholarship midway through that national
championship season), and 2) to come back to play after suffering a major
knee injury in April of 1991 While playing a pick-up game, Angela
suffered damage to the dreaded anterior cruciate ligament in her left
knee
She had surgery to repair the damage in April, 1991 This injury
generally requires a year's layoff
But Angela's hard work really paid
off
She played her first game of the 1991-92 season on December 28--well
before she was expected to return
Angela wound up playing 21 games,
starting three (at Washington State, at Washington, and Arizona at home)
on the season, she averaged 0. 6 points, 0.8 rebounds, and 1.0 assists
She had four points in the game at Arizona
She had five assists in the
game at home against Arizona
In 1990-91, Angela was voted the team's
Best Defensive Player She would often come in to games this past season
with the express purpose of stopping a hot-shooting guard Angela followed
her brother, Gary, to Stanford Gary played football (a halfback at times,
a cornerback at times), and is graduating this year
Angela would like to
someday be in business management.
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VAL WHITING
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
Junior
6-3 Center
Perhaps Stanford's most accomplished player
Certainly she is if
you believe what the nation's coaches believe
This past season, Val
Whiting was named a Kodak First Team All-America (the fourth time in the
past four years a Stanford player was named to this most prestigious
All-America team)
Whiting was also named NEA/World Almanac First Team
All-America (a 5-player first team), and United States Basketball Writers
Association First Team All-America (a 5-player first team) She was named
the Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Year, and First Team
All-Pac-10 She was also named to the Final Four All-Tournament
Team
Earlier in the year, she was named MVP of the Cardinal Classic
She
was also named the 1991 Delaware Athlete of the Year (beating out all other
men and women, amateurs and pros)
The very same night she received the
Delaware award (in absentia) at a banquet in Wilmington, she also scored a
career-high 35 points in a game played on ESPN national TV at home against
USC
That was the middle game in a fabulous three-game stretch where she
scored 33 (at Cal), 35 (USC) and 35 (UCLA) points She became the first
Stanford player ever to score 30 points or more in three consecutive
games
And she became only the third Stanford player to score as many as
35 points in a game (the other two were Jeanne Ruark Hoff and Trisha
Stevens)
Val started all 33 games this season
She has now started 52
games in a row Overall, she averaged a team-high 18.5 points (6th best in
the Pac-10), a team-high 9.1 rebounds (3rd best in the Pac-10), and 2.0
assists She also averaged a team-high 1.4 blocks (4th high in the
Pac-10) and 1.6 steals (2nd best on the team to Molly Goodenbour)
She
shot .513 from the field (9th best in the Pac-10), and 753 from the free
throw line (9th best in the Pac-10)
In Pac-10 play only, Val averaged
19.6 points In NCAA post-season tournament play only, she averaged 17.0
ppg
and
11.6
rebounds She led Stanford in scoring this season 17
times
She led the Cardinal in rebounding 20 times
She had 14
double-doubles She scored in double figures in 30 of the 33 games
She had a run of 40 straight double-figure games extending from last year
to this year before that streak was broken
She scored 30 points or more
three times, 20 points or more 13 times
She had double-figure rebound
games 14 times, including a career-high-tying 17 versus UCSB in the
post-season Perhaps Val's most important effort of the season came in the
national semifinal versus Virginia (28 points, 12 rebounds)
Her two free
throws with 1:42 to go gave Stanford a 65-63 lead, Stanford's first lead in
that game since it led, 4-2
Val followed with 16 points and 13 rebounds
in the national championship game against Western Kentucky
In career
standings at Stanford, the junior is 5th in scoring with 1,480 points, and
3rd in rebounding with 848 Val scored 611 points this past season, second
most in Stanford history (Jeanne Ruark Hoff had 622 in 1979-80) Val would
need 559 points next season to break the Stanford career record of 2,038 by
Ruark Hoff Val had exactly 300 rebounds in '91-'92, third most in
Stanford history (the record is 310, held jointly by Val Whiting (1990-91)
and Ruark Hoff (1979-80))
Val is 10th in Stanford career assists with
172
During this past season, Val became Stanford's all-time leader in
blocked shots with 153 (breaking Jill Yanke's (1985-89) mark of 122)
Val
had 47 blocks this past season, third best to her single-season mark of
57
in
1989-90
and
49
in
1990-91
Val is majoring in Human Biology
She
eventually would like to become a doctor (a pediatrician or involved in
sports medicine)
In 1989-90, Val was the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, and
the Women's Basketball News Service National Freshman of the Year She
made the U.S. olympic Festival in 1988-89 (East Team) and in 1989-90 (West
Team)
She was the MVP of the NCAA West Regional in Las Vegas in
1990-91
She also led the team in minutes played (1057) this past season.
Duke
Mik
Val Whiting (junior)
All Tournament Team at Final Four; First team
All - America; PAC-10 Player of the year', perhaps
Stanford's most accomplished player, 1991 Delaware
athlete of the year.
Molly Gooderbour (junior) Point Guard
skipped 3rd Most Outstanding Player at NCAA West Regionals
goode so she's
young for her age. Most Outstanding Player at Final Far; NCAA
record most 3 point field goals, NCAA Single
Gane Tourney record for most 3 point field goals (6)
3rd leading score. Majoring in Psychology
Right
Chris MacMurdo (junior) "Chris Mac"
Says
GTE/ COSIDA Academic Third Team All America
Types
(3.5 GPA); workhorse of the team; Wants to become
a doctor; she came back from 2 herniated disks freshnun year
Fear
Rachel Hanmer (freshman)
chars
All tournament team at NCAA West regionals', All
tournament tran at Final Four Chevrokt Player of
the Game in the Final; PAC-10 Frishman of the year
Ann Adkins (serior)
only serior on this young team, one of three
captains; acted as mature link to coaches (as
she was 01/2 years older than all but one of
her teammates). Wants to become a physical
therapist (majoring in Human Biology)
starter
Christy Hegp Hedgpeth (sophomer)
started majority of Stanford's games; Considered to
be the tean's top outside threat, bombing away
from 3 point line;
Kelly Dougherty (sophomore)
Could be called "Miss March" for her heroic and
dramatic moments in the postseasor; Scored winning
point over #1 ranked University of Virginia in
national scnifinals; Majoring in conomics would
like to become Athletic Director ; "Maybe I'll
become (Coach) Tara VanDerver's boss."
Far -a /
Coach Tara Van Derveer
led youthful Stanford team to Sccond NCAA
championship in 3 years, its third straight
Final Four appearance, and its 4th straight
Pac - 10 championship. Finished 30-3 on the year.
Nicknames (??)
(415) 326-7797 Any Pay [Kate Pay's older sister ]
graduation rate
Nicknames
none
"Alright Now" 1971 7 Free (band)
before beginning of game
when game crds
7143
Not mentioned
Tanda Rucker (Tonda)
Gooden bower
Nikki Sevillion
might want to mention (if possible)
Bolloir Kelsca
DUKE BLUE DEVILS
Christian Laettner (senior) -- Record 23rd tournament game; Record 407
tournament points; championship game high 19 points; four time
starter in the Final Four; game-winning shot against Kentucky;
named player of the year by several organizations, including AP.
Bobby Hurley (junior) -- Final Four Most Outstanding Player and
tournament MVP; came back from broken bone in his foot to lead the
Devils to victories against Indiana (kept the team close) and against
Michigan.
Grant Hill (sophomore) -- Named Player of the Game for Duke in the
championship (18 points and 10 rebounds); threw "the pass" to
Laettner against Kentucky; went to high school in nearby Reston VA.
Brian Davis (senior) -- Started every game this season except championship;
played crucial minutes despite severely sprained ankle suffered
against Indiana; from Capitol Heights MD.
Ron Burt (senior) -- led "Dream Team" to intramural championship last
year; gained a spot on this year's "Dream Team" through open try-
outs.
Coach Mike Krzyzewski -- led Duke to become the first team in 19 years that
repeated as national champions (last was UCLA in 1973); five
consecutive Final Four appearances and six in seven years; named
coach of the year by Atlanta Tipoff Club: able to defeat his mentor and
former coach (Bobby Knight) and his Indiana team in national semi-
finals; won ACC regular season and ACC tournament; became first
team since Indiana in 1976 to remain No. 1 from the preseason
ranking through the postseason tournament.
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HOME TOWNS OF STANFORD PLAYERS '92
1. Ann Adkins
Huntington, WV
2. Kelly Dougherty
Leavenworth, KS
3. Molly Goodenbour
Waterloo, LA
4. Christy Hedgpeth
Thomasville, NC
5. Rachel Hemmer
Austin, TX
6. Anita Kaplan
Delmar, NY
7. Bobbie Kelsey
Decatur, GA
8. Chris MacMurdo
Aiken, SC
9. Kate Paye
Woodside, CA
10. Tanda Rucker
Berkeley, CA
11. Nicole Sevillian
Flint, MI
12. Angela Taylor
Mountain Home, ID
13. Val Whiting
Benedict, NE
Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-6150
April 14, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR CURT SMITH
FROM:
BOBBY SEPUCHA (RESEARCH INTERN)
SUBJECT: SPEECH TO DUKE AND STANFORD BASKETBALL TEAMS
I called the Duke University Sports Information Office to confirm
some facts and they relayed the following information:
Thomas Hill should be included in the remarks. He was the
second leading scorer for the Blue Devils this season. He
will be a senior leader next year and his father was
an Olympic athlete.
Grant Hill's father, Calvin Hill, was a professional
football player (playing for the Dallas Cowboys and the
Washington Redskins), and is now an executive for the
Baltimore Orioles.
There are not any nicknames for the players, nor any team
cheer. The fans did adopt an "unofficial" fight song
entitled "Devil With A Blue Dress On". Also, these fans
could be recognized, as they are notorious for their ardent
support of the Blue Devils and their heckling of opposing
teams.
Since the Stanford Information Office is three hours behind us, I
will call them at noon today and then relay any information I
receive to you.
Thank you.
Thomas Hill
Second leading Scarcr on the team: a leader on
the court and off and will be a senior
hader next year', Father was an Olympic
athlete
No nicknames, no team cheers. The Duke fans are
notorious for rembunctious behavior and for
harping the other teams. "Unofficial" fight
song is "Devil With the Blue Drss On"
(Calvin Hill)
Grant Hill's father was a professional football
player (played for Couboys and Redskins) and
is now an excentive for Baltimor Orioks
Duke - 1st team since UCLA to repeat as national
champions. Made Final Four 5 out of last 6 years
and made championship game last 3 years.
ACC regular Scason champs
ACC tournament champs
#1 regional seed in East
Coach K is first coach since Wooder to repeat
beat his mentor Coach Knight in senis
Christian Lacttner - 4 time starter in Final Four
game winning shot against Kentucky
1st team All-America
baseball
MVP (?) Player of the year (?)
pass 1
Grant Hill - Final game heroics from alley -oop against
Lettner
UNLV to Finals MVP against Michigan.
Bobby Hurhy - tournament MVP (?). Led Duke to
charpionship , coming back from broken foot
earlier in season. Kept Dulce alive with 3
pointers against Indiana
Brian Davis - started all but the Finals and
Played couraguously on sprained ankle
suffend against Indiana
Cherolue Parks - valuable minutes off the bench
Ron Burt - led "Dran Tram" to intramoral
championship only to gain a spot On Duke
Blue Dwil "Dran Team" by a well on
tryout.
Tony Lang valuable minutes (?)
?
d Michigan
d UNCU
championship
L. UNLV
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Raczynski
Steve Ruzinski
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SPORTS
TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1992
Back
to Back: Blue Devils, 71-51
Grant Hill Muscles Michigan
ond half and ended with its lowest
By Steve Berkowitz
point total in eight years.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Junior point guard Bobby Hurley
MINNEAPOLIS, April 6-Say it
(nine points, seven assists) was
again because Duke has done it
named the tournament MVP. He
again. The Blue Devils tonight be-
tied his career high with 26 points
came the first team to repeat as
in the semifinal win over Indiana. on
national college basketball cham-
Saturday.
Duke (34-2) becomes the first
pions in 19 years by defeating
team to repeat as national cham-
Michigan, 71-51, in the NCAA tour-
nament final at the Metrodome.
pions since UCLA won seven in a
row from 1967 to 1973. It also be-
Duke put the game away with a
comes the first team to remain No.
17-4 run that consumed eight of the
1 from the preseason ranking
last nine minutes. It began after
through the postseason tournament
Michigan had cut a seven-point def-
since Indiana in 1976.
icit to 48-45 with nine minutes to
In addition, Blue Devils Coach
play. As they did from nearly begin-
Mike Krzyzewski passed UCLA's
ning to end-they trailed at the
John Wooden on the tournament's
half, 31-30-the Blue Devils did
all-time career winning percentage
much of their damage along the
list. Krzyzewski is 33-7 (.825) to
baseline.
Wooden's 47-10 (.824).
Sophomore swingman Grant Hill,
"It keeps getting better each
who totaled 18 points and 10 re-
time," said Hurley. "It wasn't the
bounds, clearly found something in
prettiest game but we got the job
Michigan's defense when he drove
done."
the left baseline for two layups in
Michigan (25-9) and its five
about 30 seconds late in the first
freshman stars can look to the fu-
half. Hill, of Reston, Va., was
ture with thoughts of a tremendous,
named player of the game for Duke.
and mostly unanticipated, run
Freshman forward Chris Webber
through the tournament. The
(14 points) was player of the game
school's athletic department was so
for Michigan, which shot a meager
pleased that it announced on Sun-
29 percent, nine for 31, in the sec-
See NCAA FINAL, C8, Col. 3
NCAA FINAL, From C1
moving from one end of the CC
the other.
day that it would host a pep rally
His injured ankle was he
honoring the team Tuesday after-
wrapped, and what appeared to
noon at Crisler Arena, regardless of
some type of brace bulged his :
tonight's outcome.
just above the top of his three-qua
The second half began with Mich-
high-top shoe.
igan guard Jalen Rose whispering in
Grant Hill took Davis's place in
Hill's ear as the teams lined up to
lineup-his first start since Feb.
begin play. Hill just grinned, and the
shortly before he sprained an ai
Blue Devils continued grinning early
and missed three games.
on.
Duke senior center Christian
Duke began the game with 6-
Laettner quickly converted a fast-
Hurley guarding 6-8 Rose and La
break layup and a three-point goal,
ner guarding Webber. Michig
and Thomas Hill drove the baseline
early defensive strategy quickly
for another layup that gave Duke a
came apparent when Laettner
37-33 lead. Hill's play was a con-
ceived a pass in the low post
tinuation of the first-half success
Coach Steve Fisher yelled: "Dou
the Blue Devils-Grant Hill, in par-
Double!," meaning the Wolveri
should double-team Laettner.
ticular, as he did not appear both-
ered by the bruised knee he suf-
But it didn't take long for Michi
fered in Saturday's game-had at-
to have a much greater worry. GI
tacking Michigan along the base-
Hill stole the ball from Webber
line.
Michigan's first possession, and W
Rose and Webber, Michigan's
ber committed a foul trying to re
spearheads through the tourna-
in and take it back. Soon thereafte
ment, then committed their third
after just 5:06 had been playe
fouls 33 seconds apart, the latter
Webber charged into Laettner for
with about 17 minutes to play. They
second foul and was replaced by
each departed, but only momentari-
foot junior Eric Riley.
ly. Duke missed a couple of chances
However, Duke's star, Laettr
to increase its lead to six, but it con-
wasn't faring much better. He C
tinued to make some progress.
mitted four turnovers during
With the score 41-39 and 12:45
game's first four minutes.
left, Rose committed his fourth foul
Michigan led 14-10 about n
ASSOCIATED PRESS
trying to prevent a third-chance
Duke's Antonio Lang pressures Juwan Howard. Blue Devils trailed by
minutes in. Meanwhile, Davis
basket by Cherokee Parks. He was
one after subpar first half, putting another kind of pressure on Michigan.
checked into the game for the f
replaced by junior Michael Talley.
time to a standing ovation fr
Michigan recouped a bit a few sec-
mount. Jimmy King missed a three-
cent mark shooting the ball. There
Duke's fans. But during a 3½-min
ond later, when Hurley committed
pointer, and Webber committed his
were 12 lead changes and four ties.
stint, he favored his injured ankle :
is third foul, pursuing a loose ball.
fourth foul with 5:17 remaining-a
Duke committed 12 turnovers,
had problems making quick chan
He stayed in.)
foul that also put Duke into the one-
Michigan 10.
of direction. But before he depart
However, after a television timeout
and-one. He stayed in, but Michigan
In addition, each team's marquee
the Blue Devils moved ahead 15
with a little more than 11 minutes
took a timeout to regroup.
player struggled. But Webber came
on a free throw by Antonio Lang
left, Laettner made one of his trade-
Play resumed with Laettner con-
back from early foul trouble to
jumper by Thomas Hill and a st
mark game-altering three-pointers
verting the one-and-one for a 54-45
score a team-best eight points.
and layup by Hurley.
for a 46-39 Duke lead, the game's
bulge. Michigan's James Voskuil
Laettner, who scored just eight
Webber returned with 8:52 left
argest margin to that point. It
made two free throws, but Thomas
points in Duke's semifinal victory
the half (almost exactly six minu
prompted Michigan Coach Steve
Hill made a third-chance layup and
over Indiana on Saturday night,
after he had left).
Fisher to send Rose back into the
Grant Hill continued Duke's pound-
scored just five points on two-of-
ing of the Wolverines' baseline de-
MICH
Min
FG
FT
0-T
A
PF
game.
eight shooting. He also committed
Webber
30
6-12
2-5
4-11
1
4
The Wolverines responded with
fense by driving to and under the
seven turnovers-one more than
Jackson
16
0-1
0-0
1-1
2
1
Howard
29
4-9
wo baskets while Duke missed three
goal against the foul-saddled Rose
1-3
1-3
0
3
he had committed in any game this
Rose
37
5-12
1-2
2-5
4
4
relatively easy shots. Hurley then
for a dunk that made it 58-47 with
King
40
3-10
0-0
1-2
1
1
season.
Riley
19
2-6
0-0
2-4
1
2
nade it four misses in a row, and
3½ minutes left.
Michigan went into the intermis-
Voskul
15
1-2
2-2
0-3
3
2
ommitted his fourth foul trying to
Webber scored to make it 58-49,
Pelinka
10
1-2
0-0
sion with a 31-30 lead, a far cry
1-2
1
0
Hunter
2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0
0
ake the rebound from Webber, of all
but Grant Hill scored on a tip-in,
from the 43-33 deficit it faced at
Talley
1
0-2
0-0
1-1
0
0
eople, with nine minutes left. He
Bossard
made a steal, and after Duke spread
1
0-1
0-0
0-0
0
0
halftime in December.
Seter
1
0-1
0-0
1-1
0
0
nitially stayed in, then departed.
the court, he passed to Antonio
One of the game's mysteries was
Totals
200
22-58
6-12
15-35
13
17
Meanwhile, Duke's cold shooting
Lang for a dunk that made it 62-49
partially resolved before tip-off.
DUKE
Min
FG
FT
0-T
A
PF
Lang
32
2-3
1-2
2-4
0
1
ontinued, and when Rose cut the
with 1:50 to play. Michigan called
Duke senior forward Brian Davis,
G.Hill
37
8-14
2-2
5-10
5
2
margin to 48-45 with seven
time and the celebration was on.
who sprained his left ankle in the
Laettner
36
6-13
5-6
1-7
0
1
Hurley
37
3-12
2-2
0-3
7
4
minutes left, Duke called time out.
The game was a rematch of an
victory over Indiana, was in uni-
T.Hill
35
5-10
5-8
3-7
0
2
Hurley returned. Laettner went
88-85 overtime thriller that Duke
Parks
form.
13
1-3
2-2
2-3
0
3
Davis
10
0-2
0-0
0-0
0
0
aseline for a reverse layup and
won Dec. 14 in Ann Arbor, Mich.
On Sunday, Coach Mike Krzyzew-
Ast
1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0
0
hen stole an entry lob pass for
Totals
But where that game featured wild,
200
25-57
17-22
14-37
12
13
ski indicated that the 6-foot-6 Davis,
Webber. The Blue Devils pro-
Halftime: Michigan, 31-30.
undulating runs and the Blue Devils
Duke's best defensive player and one
MICHIGAN: Three-point goals: 1-11 (King 1
eeded to work the shot clock be-
stacking up a large lead, tonight's
of its key leaders, would play very
Webber 0-2, Rose 0-3, Howard 0-1, Voskul 0-
OW five seconds before Grant Hill
Talley 0-1, Bossard 0-1); Blocked shots: 3 (Jac
game began with a closely, if slop-
little-if at all.
son 2); Turnovers: 20 (Howard 4, Rose
gain drove the baseline for another
pily, played first half.
Davis was not in the starting lineup
Steals: 8 (Webber 2, Rose 2, King 2).
ayup, making the score 52-45.
DUKE: Three-point goals: 4-9 (Laettner 2-4, Huri
Neither team led by more than
for the first time this season. But dur-
1-3, T. Hill 1-2); Blocked shots: 4 (G. Hill :
Michigan's problems continued to
four points or reached the 50 per-
ing warmups, there he was, gingerly
Turnovers: 14 (Laettner 7); Steals: 9 (G. Hill 3
A: 50,379.
Senior
*
Guard
*
6-0
*
165
Kansas City, MO
Engineering
Ron Burt
Born: August 17, 1970
Was among 38 participants intryous hirld the night of
October 15 for the 1991-92 team member of intramural
championship team or Duke the past two seasons.
High School
Attended the Gould Acudemy in Bethel. Me., where he
played for two seasons under coach Richard
Dohrmann captain of 1987.88 squid also lettered twice
in succer where hc played fullback eurned ouches award
for scholasue success father, Ronald. played baskcrball at
Tarkin College in Missouri played in pickup games with
the team last fall and then carned spor on the ruster after
open tryouts. played guard on Duke's intramural champi-
onship team the past two scasons: "The Dream Team."
Bun at the seam tryours in October 15
The 1991-92 Blue Devils
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Front Row (left in right): Manager Mark Williams. Marty Clark. Bobby Hurley, Drian Davis. Christian Lacaner. Thomas Hill, Kenny Blakeney. manager
Surname Gilbert. Back Row (left to right): Head Couch Mike Krzyzewski. assistant coach Mike Bruy. trainer Max Crowder. Antonio Lang, Erik Meel
Chernkee Parks. Grant Hill. Christian Asr, volunteer coach Jay Bilas. assistant coach Tommy Amaker. associate charh Para
Freshman
Forward
*
6-11
*
235
Huntington Beach, CA
*
Undeclared
Born: November 11, 1972
Top level innact player that stund develop well in
first year under tursiage of Christian Laettner named
one of the top five freshmen players in the country hv
several nutional magazines.
High School
A consensus first team high school All-America
II
Marina HS averaged 29 points and 14 reboundsas
a .nior for head coach Steve Popovich a rhree-year
starter who overaged 22 points and 13 rebounds as a
junior team advanced to final of CIF Southern Section
I A after J 64.55 victiny over Mater Dei eu team to two
Sunset I eague championships had 30 points and 11
rehounds in sermitinal victory two-time Orange County
Player of the Year called the most gifted player in
county history has excellent shooting tange and can
handle the ball well MVPol McDonald's Capital Classic
the 24 points and 16 rebounds in 24 minutes of
ion. played in 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival and for the
USA on the Junior World Championships team.
Froshman Chernkee l'arks on Easi Campus with Baldwin
Auditorium behind him
Cherokee Parks
Freshman
Center * 6-10 * 240
Escondido, CA * Undeclared
Born: January 17, 1973
Hus insule significant progress from serious ane
accident last spring had It' attend his high school
graduation in a wheel chair an excellent prospect that
should lend rebounding help underneath.
High School
^ four year starting center for head coach Tom
Buck at San Pasqual HS averaged 32 points and 14
rebounds a game as a senior and carned high school All-
America honors led school to first over CIP-Division
IT county title wich 33 portes and 11 repounds against
top-ranked LI Camine was rwice named the Avocado
League's Player of the Year and a consensus all county
selection scored career-high 49 points against Carlsbad
hitting 18-of-21 shots from the floor numed sophornore
player of the year in California anked as one of rbe top
10 centers in the country and top 50 players in the
country following graduation plays big inside and is
not afraid to bang away with his 240-pound frame was
must recruited baskerball player from San Diego since
Bill Walton scored six points with six rebounds in 16
minutes at McDonald's Capital Classic also played in
Derhy Classic.
Freshman Erik Meek in the world famous
South # Dute Gurdens
Sophomore
Forward
*
6-8
205
Mobile, AL
*
Undeclared
Born: May 15, 1972
Inside offensive and defensive threat in tookle
points and grabbed most rebounds in school
season should see more playing time in 1991.92 and
history team captain both junior and senior
contribute 111 strong inside game an integral part of
years played in both McDonald's Capital Classic and
USA's Junior World Championship team that captured
Dapper Dan Classic class valedictorian was last Duke
the gold medal last summer in Canada,
signee in five-number class on April 30 father, Eural.
played baskerball for South Carolina State both par-
ents are teachers grow from 5-11 to 6-8 between the
/ reshman Season
seventh and ninth grades played on Gold Medal team
Played in 36 games forthe Blue Devils started eight
at the U.S. Olympic Festival in Minneapolis.
games in early January and responded with solid
MN teamed with Thomas Hill on south squad, averag-
effort blocked 28 shots. including six each against
ing 6.8 points a game.
Michigan and East Carolina played in all SIX NCAA
Tournament games and recorded a blocked shot against
UNLV had eight points on 4-of-5 FG and four rebounds
vs. Northeast Louisiana in first round game played in
both ACC Tournament games scured eight points with
NO rebounds in sernifical vs. N.C. State. making 3-of-3
G scored a season-high 12 points against
Lchigh required 10 stitches due to a head injury against
Antonio
North Carolina (1/19). but returned in second haif and
finished with six points and two rebounds vs. Tar
Heels made first career start vs. Georgia Tech (1/9) with
four points and four rebounds scored six points and
grabbed five rebounds at Virginia had currer-high 12
points (5-of-5 FGs) and nine boards versus Lehigh had
three blocks VS, UNC Charlotte to go with five rehounds
and eight points came off the bench at Oklahoma with
I points and four rebounds.
High School
Parade All-America at LefTore HS for head coach
J.D. Shelwood averaged 21.5 points. 5.5 rebounds, and
3.0 assists per game senior year team was 27-6 and
reached the state senutinals three-time all-state selec-
tion 1989 Alabama player of the year led squad to a 31
I record and state 6 A ritle his junior year scored most
Lan
an
Career Statistics
Year
GP-GS
Min
FG-FCA
Pet
3P-3PA
Pet
FT-FTA
Pct
Reb-Avg
Ast
BS
St
Pts-Avg
1991
36-8
426
57.94
.606
0-0
.000
40-76
.526
92-2.6
7
28
14
154-4.3
Career Highs
g
Points: 12 V&. Lehigh (12/29/90)
Rebuunds:9 va. Lehigh (12/29/90)
Assists: I I vs. several teams. JIMISE recent vs. St. John's (3/24/91)
Blocked States: 6 vs. Hast Carolina (11/26/90). V%, Michigan (12/8/90)
Sophomore
Forward/Guard
6-8
225
Reston, VA
Undeclared
Born: November 5, 1972
One of the must versable performers in the ACC who
Freshman by College Basketball Yearbook preseason
can pluy virtually any position ON the court a starter on
ACC Rookie of the Year by Dick Virale's Basketball."
last summer's USA National Team that captured the
bronze medal ar the Pan Am Games in Cuba
Freshman Season
High School
Freshman All-America player for the Blue
McDonald's and Parade All-America at South Lukes
Devils had solid NCAA Tournament with five double-
HS moder the direction of Wendell Byrd three-time
are scoring games. including 11 points against
Northern Virginia player of the year who led the
got Duke off 10 great start in ritle game against
Seahawks to a 25.4 record his senior year selecred
Kansas with a memorable half-court alloy-nop jam from
twice as Metro Player of the Year averaged 29.0
Bubby Darley earned ACC. All-Freshman honors in
points. 11.0 rebounds and 8.0 assists a gaine played
rookie campaign played in 36 games with 31 starts starts
point guard in high school but can play virtually any-
on the wing and backs up point guard Hobby
where on the count averaged 25 points a game junior
Hurley poured in 14 points and fell just shy of season
year in leading team to state semifinals and FF 27-2
high with nine rebounds versus lowa in NCAA game
record was co-MVP of McDonald's Capital Classic
which included four runks named second-team All-
with 17 points and three assists son of former NHL star
ACC Tournament. scoring 24 points and grabbing 10
Calvin Hill who is now a vice president of the Baltimore
Grant
hounds in the two games made 7-of-10 FG cn roote w
Orioles developed baskerball skills with fellow Reston
points vs. N.C. State in tournament played well down
residents Deams Scon of the clando Magic and former
stretch of regular season. averaging 16.0 points and 7.0
Georgetown guard Michael Jackson starred on USA
rebounds while shooting 58.5 percent tied career best
Immor National Team prior to enrolling at Duke second
with 19 points to go with nine rebounds at Arizona with
leading scorer for USA with 17.8 average. earning all
39 minutes played also hit for 19 points vs. Michigan
fournament honors for Gold Medal team at the COPABA
and at Oklahoma canned 7-of 8 FG. had five dunks and
Junior Championships of the Americas in Montevideo,
scored 16 points at North Carolina (3/3) in regular season
Uruguay.
finale started first 13 games and became first Duke
freshman since Johnny Dawkins to score in double fig-
res in his first six career games had 26 games in double
gures suffered broken nose in early January and missed
Georgia Tech (1/9) and Maryland (1/12) games had live
straight double-figure scoring games upon return to start.
ing lineup at Clemson missed Davidson game due to hip
pointer grabbed season-high 10 rebounds in Big East
ACC showdown with Georgetown made 5-0f-10
field-goal attempts in collegiate opener vs. Marquette en
route to 12 points selected prescason first team All-
Career Statistics
Year
GP-GS
Min
FG-FGA
Pet
3P-3PA
Pet
FT-FTA
Pet
Rcb-Avg
Ast
BS
St
Pts-Avg
1991
36-31
887
160-310
516
1-2
.500
81-133
609
183-5.1
79
30
$1
$02.11.2
Career Ilighs
Points: 19 vs. Michigan (12/8/90). Oklahuma (12/22/90). Arizona (2/24/91)
Rehounds: 10 vs. Geurgetown (12/5/90)
Assists: 7 vs. Hurard (12/19/90)
- 39 -
Sophomore
*
Guard * 6-6 * 205
Western Springs, IL
Undeclared
Born: December 21, 1971
Showed promise in rookie compaign for the Blue
Devils is an excellent bulihandler with ability to drive
or pull up for outside jumper should - more playing
time in 1991-92.
reshman Season
Played in 23 games. missing four games in midse
with deep thinh bruise. hud ouslanding performance ar
Harvard in December when he scored scason high 12
points and grabbed season-high Seven rebounds Sank
two three-pointers en route to eight points VS. Maryland
(2/9) played a season-high 17 minutes versus
Lehigh sank 2-of-3 FG efforts in Dodge NIT till vs.
Boston College played in first four NCAA Tournament
games scored two points each against Connecticut and
1. John's played in 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival for
South squad.
High School
All-State selection at St. Joseph HS under bead
couch Gene Pingature played just one season in Illinois
after trunsferring from Mullen HS in Denver. CO earned
all-state honors in Colorado as well averaged 18.0 points
and 7.0 reboureds a game last year led team to a 25.4
record and number two ranking in the state averaged
19.1 points 3 game junior year grew three inches his
servor year to current height shot 48 percent from the
three-point line played in both McDonald's Capiral
Classic and Derhy Classic has six sisters of whom all
play baskethall two older sisters. Margaret and Sharon.
played collegi ately at Pepperdine father. Robert. coached
high school, college and AAU teams. attended same
high school as Isiuh Thomas.
Career Statistics
Year
GP-C5
Min
FG-FGA
Pet
JP-3PA
Pet
FT-FTA
Pet
Reb-Avg
Asl
US
St
1991
Pts-Avg
23.0
104
13-29
448
29
222
20-32
625
17-07
8
2
3
48-2.1
Career Highs
Points: 12 vs. Harvard (12/19/90)
Rebounds: 7 vs. Harvard (12/19/90)
Assists: ! V5. several learns. most recent vs. lows (3/16/91)
Sophomore
Guard
6-4
190
Washington, DC
Undeclared
Born: November 29, 1971
An excellent all-around article who prides himself
on strong defense has four years of eligibility remaining
at Duke worked our extensively with Johnny Dawkins
this pass summer.
FT shman Season
Did not play in any games in 1990 91 was instru-
mental in Doke's daily practice plan as backup point
guard to Bobby Hurley often emulated opponent's point
guard in Duke's game preparation plays excellent de-
fense and is cupable of hitting the outside jumper. had
nine points. three rebounds. three assists and two steals in
Blue-White Scrimmage in Cameron Indoor
Stadium selected to play in US Olympic Festival but did
not participate due to a knee injury.
High School
Prepstar for head coach Morgan Woomen at DeMatha
HS averaged 17.5 points and 5.6 rebounds in leading the
Stags to a 26-8 record team won the Metro title for the
26th time in the last 30 years seiected All-Mctro and all-
county excellent outside shooter who shot over 60 percent
from the field senior year Gatorade State Player of the
Year in Maryland senior year. MVP of three all-star
games: War Memorial, Morgan Koller, and Blue Chip
Classic top game was a 31-point outing against Towson
Catholic his senior year had two 30-point ganies his
junior year teammate of Ted Jeffries (Virginia) and Rod
Balanis (Georgia Tech).
High School Averages
Year
Pty
Reb
Senior
17.5
5.6
Career Statistics
Year
GP-GS Min FG-FCA Pet 3P-3PA Pet FT-FTA Pet Reb-Avg Ast BS St Pts-Avg
1991
did not play--
Blakeney
Career Highs
Points: none
Reliounds: none
Assists: none
Sophomore
Forward
*
6-8
*
210
Heidelberg, Germany
Undeclared
Born: July 20, 1971
Developed well in rookie season at Duke came
to
the University of Heidelberg played on West Germany's
United States in Fulbright Cultural Exchange Student
last junior national team the summer before freshman
Program in 1988 has excellent shooting range and
year.
should develop inside game D) provide depth played on
Germuny's under-22 squad this past summer.
Freshman Season
Played in 17 paines in 1991. including three NCAA
Tournament games (Northeast Louisiana, Iowa. St.
John's) played final four minutes vs. East Carolina and
responded with a 3-for 4 FG performance. including a
three-pointer for seven points scored four points vs.
Georgia Tech (1/9) scored two points VS. Clemson (1/
26) had four points off bench vs. Boston University and
three against Harvard and Boston College scored first
collegiate points against Boston College in first game of
scored two points in NCAA First Round VR.
thease Louisiana.
High School
Leit High Point in Beitsville, Md., to the state cham-
pionship game two struight seasons under head coach
Frinc Welsh native of Heidclberg. Germany who came
to the United States before junior year in high
school averaged 25.6 points. 12.7 rebounds. and 2.4
locks per game senior year 33 team finished secund in the
au won championship junior year with 3 25-1
record earned All-State bonors as well as All-
Metro named county player of the year last season had
career highs of 38 points and 18 rebounds in high
school played in Capital Classic considered a strong
defensive player with good quickness for his size is
fluent in four languages. including English, German.
French. and Italian futher is u mathernatics professor at
Career Statistics
Year
GP-GS
Min
FG-FGA
Pet
JP3PA
Pet
FT-FTA
Prt
Reb-Avg
Ast
BS
St
Pts-Avg
1991
17-0
SI
12 18
667
1.4
250
3-1
750
10-06
n
J
0
28-1.6
Career Highs
Points: 7 Vs. East Camlina (11/26/90)
Rebourads: 2 VS. Dosum U. (10/91)
Assists: None
Junior
Guard
6-0
165
Jersey City, NJ
Sociology
Born: June 28, 1971
Established homself as we of the premier point guards in the
Johnny Dawkins in 1986. inade things happen on the court with bis
upter outstanding sophomore seuson first icam presention
school reened 288 Assists and modest * 8 scoring average also led
selection by Inside Sports ied USA to gold matui At 1991
team in steals with 67. the fifth highest total in school history twice
Yorld University Gomes in Finglund. brother Dunny is 3 freshman at
named ACC Rookie of the Week. after Syracuse-Michigan perfor-
Hall.
manees prid Ulemson-Notre Dame tilts collected 10 assists Against
the Orangomen (first doubie-digit game) and caree:-high 19 points at
Sophomore Season
Michigan. Including four thice pointers. named to Rambow Classic
Anhoporabic mention by AP was Hunman
leasu. collecung 21 assists in three garties. had careers
Duke's un in the title, playing 40 minutes agnist borh UNLV and
high 13 Assisrs in games Against Georgia Tech and C. State had 15
nd was named to the All-Final Four solled had 12 points and
points and U assists in time Georgia Tech contest for his first double-
was against the Rebols. anchiding a key threr-pouster in trual
double were un 10 have five domble-doubles second on team in
MI had 12 pointsmed name assists against Kansas memorable
three pointers with 41 made III 115 attempts made yeasun-high four
Mircourt alley onp pass to Granr Hill began title game with a 7-2
against both Michigan and Numb Carolina solid free throw shouter as
tun named Midwest Regional MVP aller scoting combined 32 points
well with 76.9 percentage. nade 10.tur 10 against
with 11 assists and live steais against Connecticut and St. John's had
Northwestern. tough customer III NCAA Tournament play. helping
Yi points. including four three-pointers. along with ream-high seven
team advance iu Final Four with 12 points. nine assists against CCLA
rebounds and four UNSIBLN Against St. John's III Midwest Regional
and eight asists with just two funjoyers " 41 minutes against
Final, dished our 43 assists with only 10 introvers III 1991 NCAA
Connecticut played on USA National Team coached by Mike
Tournament selected to third-team All ACC squad has started All 71
Krzyzewski. played In Guodwill Games but did not travel to World
games in his career at Duke. computing 61-16 record ng Blue Devils'
Championships.
playmake first Duke player in history to dish out 200 assists in back-
to-hack seasons broke Own school record with 289 masists in 1991 7.4
High School
per game was the 12th best in NCAA last seasun.. played 73
exin ACC Tournament and 219 of 2 possible 240 in NCAA's led
First Team McDonald's and Parade All-Amency selection for
Dues with 76 three-puimers which was just three shy of Phil I fenderson's
head coach and father Bob Hurley JA St Anthony wn-year first
school record. sank four the ee-pointers at North Carolina (3/3). winduig
team all-state selection Gerorade Player of the Year for New
up with 18 points and six assists honored us CBS Player of the Game
Jersey led school in 32-0 record. New fetsey state title and the USA
in that contest which chuched ACC regular scason ritte has dishou out
Today narional championship as a seaior was MVP of state champ-
577 career Assists 10 rauk second all-time or Duke and needs only 132 to
ionship game, led prep squied to a 20 record as a junior and number
pass Turniny Amaker' school recurd illshed our career high 11 assists
two spot in USA Cudny ranklags...co-Most Valuable Player at
VS LSU (2/10) had seven or more assists in 26 gurnes in 1991 has
McDonald's All-Annerica game in Kansas City set McDonald's
collected 10 or more assists 16 titues during careel finished fourth un
record with 10 assists in that game smoking at Dapper Dan Classic in
team in scoring with 11.3 average has 11 double-doubles (poinrs-
Pintsburgh leading the East to 96.84 visiory finished career with
assists) in career. latest was 14 assists and 10 pounts Against USU. dished
1.700 points and 800 assists. scored career-high 95 points against
eight Assists and no nimovers against Georgia Tech in final collegiate
Prospect Hill in averaged 19.8 points and 3.0 resources as
chup Against Kenny Anderson grabbed à career-high eight re.
well as 8.0 assists per game AS 1 senior a junior averaged 195
ads at Notre Dame to gn with nine points and seven assists scured
points and 8.5 assists. and 14 points and seven Assists AS a
high in first Mary land content. recording 26 points to go with 10
sophowore played for East squal that capiured silver medal in U.S.
assists. WAS named ACC Mayer of the Week un Jan. 14.
Olympic Festeral high school learnmate of Jeny Walker and Terry
Deliere, both ar Serou Hall.
Freshman Season
Firscream Freshmant All-America by Bosketball Times
mention All-Ametica by The Sporting News started all 18 games. the
most by a frashman in Duke history led team in minures playen with
33.4 average AS the point guard nust minutes os a Drike player since
Career Statistics
Year
GP-CS
Min
FG-FCA
Pet
3P-3PA
Pet
FT-FTA
Pei
Reh-Avg
Ast
RS
St
Pts-Avg
1990
3X-38
1268
92-262
351
41-115
357
110-143
769
68-18
288
1
67
335- 8.8
1991
39 39
1353
141-333
423
76-188
.404
83-114
728
93-2.4
*289
3
51
441-11.3
Totals
77-77
2631
233-595
392
117-303
386
193-257
.751
161-2.1
577
4
121
776-10.1
Career Highs
Points: 20 vs. Maryland (1/12/91)
Rebounds: X vs. Nome Daine (2/2/11)
Assists: *14 VN. Louisiana State (2/10/91)
*Inaicates School record
Junior
Guard/Forward
6-5
200
Lancaster, TX
History
Born: August 31, 1971
A virtual unknown ur the start of last year who
mark in two other gaines for career-high played in all six
became one of the ACC'S best "sixth men" and then
NCAA Tournament games, scoring total of 10 points, includ-
earned starting nud down the stretch to NCAA litte
ing six against Richmund in liest round Ind 11 points with
member of USA national team in the Pan American
three rebounds and three steals in 19 minutes at Wake
Games last summer has excellent defensive reputation
Forest started on South's U.S. Olympic Festival icam in
summer of 1990 team won Gold Medal as he averaged 9.7
Sophomore Season
points and 4.3 rehounds a game also on team were Duke's
Antonio I ang and LSU's Shaquille O'Neat.
Solid inside and outside rhreat third learn AB-ACC xe-
non and member of Hasketball Times All-Region
High School
started 23 of 39 games. including last 12 contexts of the
year only Duke player to twice earn ACC Player of the Week
All-state selection as senior for head couch Joe Rushing
12/4, 1/21) honors in 1991 ranked third on Icam in scoring
at Lancaster HS 1988-89Converse All-America named MVP
(11.5) and led ream in scoring five times provided solid per-
of district. three-time all district. all area and all region
formances in NCAA Tournament, scoring 18 and 17 points
selection staired for the United States learn at the Albert
respectively V3. Northeast outsiana and lowa and then was
Schweitter Tournament in Germany, averaging 19 points per
named to the All Midwest Regional learn shot over 55 percent
contest eraged 21.0 points and 100 rebounds per game
from the Field for second best figure on team. grabhed career-
along with ().1) assists as a senior scored 14 points at Kentucky
high mne rebounds in back-to-back games vs. Davidson (2/13)
Derby Classic thier-year icam captain scored career-high
nd Wake Forest (2/16) had streak of 13 straight double-figure
40 points in a game during his senior year bit for 25 points, 14
mes which circled in ACC Championship against North
rebounds. three assists and six blocks per game as a
prolina hit for career-high 22 points VS. Wake (1/14) had 25
junior iveraged 19 points and nine rebournds as it supho-
more left-handed shooter Mother. Thomas Sr.. san track at
games in double figure scoring. 12 of which came in games he
Thomas
Arkansas State and is an assistant athletic director at
did not start excelled in bench role in midscason beinre replacing
Bill McCaffrey in starting lineup against N.C. State (2/
Oklahoma he Was world-class hurdler who won a brouze
20) scored 18 points at Notre Dame earning NBC Player of the
medal in the 110-ineter event in the 1972 Olympics
Game honor had game winning basket at Georgin Tech as
time expired in 77-75 will. scored 20 points in that game on 7-
for-9 FG poured in game-high 20 points in win over North
Carolina (1/19) drew national attention with 16 point eifort at
Oklahoma playing is) front of his family was named CBS/
Chevroles Player of the Game. carned spot on 14 player Pan
im inster.
Freshman Season
An impacr player use the bench his rookie senson played
in 34 games averaged 12.6 minutes a game. scored in double-
figures in three games, including cureer-high is points at
Maryland had 11 points against Harvard in first colleginte
game. aixo grabbed five rebours in that game equalied this
Career Statistics
Year
Hill
GP.CS
Min
FG-FGA
Pet
3P-3PA
Per
FT-FTA
Pet
Reb-Avg
Ast
BS
St
Pts-Avg
1990
34. 0
430
46- 89
517
3- 7
429
22- 35
.629
74-2.2
25
6
24
117- 3.4
1991
39-23
908
164-297
552
21-52
404
101-136
743
142-3.6
31
15
59
450-11.5
Totals
73-23
1338
210-386
544
24-59
.407
123-171
.719
216-3,0
76
21
83
S07- 7.8
Career Highs
Points: 22 v3. Wake Forest (1/14/91)
Rebounds: 9 Vs. Davidson (2/1 V91). Wake Forest (2/16/91)
Assists: 4 vs. Louisiana State (2/10/91)
Senior Co-Captain
Forward/Center
6-11
235
Angola, NY
Sociology
Born: August 17, 1969
National Player of the Year candidate in 1991 97.. woking to
USAWA second lean, All ACC and second team AII-ACC Tourna-
become seventh player in ACY header with 1000 polnts and 1.000
thent sciented Most Valunble Player of the NCAA East Regional
serving tending scores CAPS USA national which won
after souring 23 points in the final against Connecticut. including
pronze medai CIT the Pan Am Cames
gamd.w.nning shot with less than one second un The clock scured a
career-high 29 points in second round ACC Tournament contest
Junior Season
against Georgia Tech hit on 11-of 15 field Roals in that game lod
Consensus see and team All-America USBWA District Player of
Lenni in rehound average (96) and was scrond on the team in scoring
the Yearand Flist team all district selection. MVI of the Final our after
average (16.3) recound rotal of 364 was the fourth highest in school
retaing 46 points and 17 rebounds in the TWO games winner of ACC's
history. had 10 games with over 20points including two in the NCAA
McKevlin Award as arhlete of the year in the conterence team
Tournament. grabbed career-high 19 reboureds at Virginia in 72-69
ding figures of 28 points and seven rebours against UNI.V Flus 18
loss led the ACC in tree throw percentage (83.6). I'm throws made
unes, 10 rebounds versus Kansas in tirle game clinched UNT.V
(225). and attentipted played for USA National Team averagen
ictory with two cthiuws 77 77 with seconds remaining first-
62 puints = game at World Champiouships, topped by n 17-point
team All-ACC. named 10 All-Midwest Regional Team after scuring 19
ownng Regard Spain inam caphired branze medial.
points against borh UC JOB and St, John's sank S-of 6 FG and 9.01-9
free throws in Midwest Regional championship.. has secred in double
Freshman Season
figures IfI 15-ot-17 career name in NCAA Tournament led the Blue
Emerged as one of the nation's ourstanding fust year
Devils in nearly every subtistical category: points (19.8). rehound (8
players., played 111 at: 36 names and earned in states. including all of
Christian
steals (75). blocked shots (+1). and field goal percentage 575) has
postseason. had highest freshman scoring average (87) at Dirke since
played in three Final Four named first-team AII-ACC Tournament
1983 group sparked tenin in NCAA FAST Regional final versity
after scorine 20 and 22 points respectively vs. N.C. State and North
Georgetown with currer-high 24 points 09-0f-10 FGs) and nine
Carolina. because the 55th Blue Devil to reach the 000-point mark and
reborteds enrned All-East Regional honors., established school meand
tands 11th all-rime currently with 1,709 steady free throw
for season field goal accuracy with 72.3 percent mark (115-01
number who converted 80.2 percent of free throw (211 nr-263). includ
139). his for Quantestigures in every NCAA Tournament game and
RUE NCAA Final Hour record 12.for 12 in title game. hnd double-double
ACC unletilt. had yeason-migh 11 rebounds Against Minnesora second
(points-rebounds in 8-of 14 ACC games. received national aculaim
team ALL-ACC Tournament second on Icans in blocked shots with
after duminating LSU's Shaquille O'Neal with 24 pounts and 11 R
28 had flrst career start against Cornett and nexted 20 points with
hounds in 88-70 victory.. heid Neal 3 scason low 15 points had 17
seven rebounds end five steals to notch ACC roukin of the week
games with 20 or none pours in 1991 tatlied 18 double-doubles 't'
homors earned nokie hundrs again the next week after sparking team
1990-91 and has 35 in career ranks eight in caleer rebounds with
MY victury at Virginia with Plue straight second half points and 15
874. First Drike player sunce Randy Denton (1969-70. '70-71) to have
total hAd kneak of 14 straight made lield goals over course ot three
back-to-back 300 rebound seasons. statuis second all-time nt Duke 121
games
blocked shots with 113.. tied for Fifth in carder steals at Duke with
169 shored 14 pourts with 12 rebounds against Alonen Mourning at
High School
Georgetown tn rekundle freshman clash exploded versus UNC-Char
Four-yeur letterman for conch Tim Kramel at The Nichols School
loue with career-lugh 37 puints on Den 1. the must by n Blue Devil suice
in Boffaio consensus choice as one of the up prep players in the
Danny terry's ACC-recurd 58 against Miami: named to the Dodge NIT
narion averaged 37.8 points and 17.5 rehounds a game senior
all-toymornent squad with double-digit points and rebuands against
year funished career with 2,006 noints and was second nut-time
Marquene, Arkansas and Noue Dame continued international experi-
loading scurer in Western New York named Galorade Player of the
ence this summer when he played for the USA at the Pan American
Year in the State led Lean to 17.6 record and Alliance of independent
Games summer of 90 played tur Coach Ky World Championship
Schenis championship team also won state Class C championship his
icans
freshman and soptiomore years played in McDonald's Capital Clas-
Sophomore Season
sie and East-Wes: zame and single game records of 46 points And 27
rebounds .orice blocked 16 shots to A game his suphomore
Third team All-America selection by The Sporting News earned
season played stongside Greg Koubek in Empire State Games. yoes
bonorable mention from Associated Press and UPI selected to second
by given name Christian. as he has a brother named Chris with 19 a
team by Rasketball Tunes first reart All-Distric: selection by
professional umpue. productation: ATE-ner.
Career Statistics
Year
GP-GS
Min
FG-FGA
Pet
3P-3PA
Pet
FT-FTA
Pct
Reb-Avg
Ast
BS
St
Pts-Avg
1989
36-16
607
115-
159
.723
1.
1
1.000
88-121
.727
170-4.7
44
28
35
319-
8.9
Laettner
1990
38-38
1135
194-
380
5il
6-12
.500
225-269
836
364-9.5
84
41
50
619- 16.3
1991
39-39
1178
271-
471
575
18-53
.340
211-203
.802
340.8.7
76
44
75
771- 19.8
Totals
113-93
2920
580-1010
574
25-66
379
524-653
.802
874-7.7
204
113
169
1709-15.1
Career Highs
Points: 37 Vs. UNC Charlotte (12/1/90)
Rebounds: 19 vs. Virginia (2/8/90)
Assista: 6 vs. William & Mary (1/22/90)
77
Senior Co-Captain
Forward
6-7
195
Capitol Heights, MD
Afro-American Studies
Born: June 21, 1970
Called ACC's brsi defender by Dick Vitale's
emotional play against Virginia, Maryland and N.C. State
Baskethull ourgoing personality involved in several commu-
home games scored in all six NCAA Tournament games,
wire projects member of national Board of Directors of the
including six points against buth UNLV and Richmond played
21st Century Commission un African American Males had
23 minites against Connecticut in East Regional Final, net-
outstanding tour with NIT All Starr in Europe this past summer.
ring 3 key rehound basket late in the game.
Junior Season
Freshman Season
Had 11 starts in 1990-91 played career gaine in Hig East-
Came off the bench to play in 29 gunes us = permeter
.00 Challenge clash against Georgetown with career high 18
player scored in 21 or his appearances look on prominent
points and eight rebounds. sparked Blue Devils in NCAA
rule at Notre Dame with a 20-minite stint that included six
servifical win over UNI.V with 15 points off the bench. includ
points and three steals averaged me minutes a game after
ing decisive (bree point play late in the contest clune back
that February clash hit 3-of-1 shurs for career-high eight
against Kansas with cight points On 4-of 5 shooting from the
points against Kansas dso netted six points at Harvard first
lield had total of three dunks and two charges taken in Final
collegiate points were against The Citariel. with four points
Four. tied for terun high in rebounds versus North Camlina (3/
and three rebounds played on ACC All Star squari that
3) with seven five times in 1991 either led or tied for team best
loured Greene scored 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds
in rebounds. 10 times scored in double figures started Hcb. 20
in five games ns areserve also wer ked for U.S. Senator Terry
meeting with N.C State and scored nine points and limited
Sanford during off scason.
inc's Kodney Montoe to four secund-halt points three times
Red down a career high nine rebounds. vs. Virginia (2/7). vs,
The Citariel. and in NCAA Tournament VS. Northeast
High School
ouisiana had reached double ligures in five straight ganes
Three-year letterman for coach Bon Pasterson at
prior In The Cityricl. 3 career best dished our five assists on
Bindensburg. missed 11 games senior year with assorted
three occasions in 1991 scored eight points VS. No: Carolina
injuries selected to play in the McDonald's Capital
in ACC Tournament championship. responded well in NCAA
Classic ulso picked for Converse All-Star (cain averaged
Tournament of the bench scared is points with nine rebounds
16.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game senior year team
vs. Northeast Louisiana in First Round came back with eight
MVP shor 52 percent from the field and 78 percent from the
points and Five rebounds against lown played combined 43
foul line dad season highs of 43 points, 19 rebounds and 15
minutes VS. Connecticut and St. John's made 5-01-6 free
assists member of Bob Gibhons' Top 100 honor sible incn-
throws and tied for team lead with five rehounds in UCorin
tion all metio and all-county. MVF at B/C Gettysburg All-
game.
Stars camp following junior year lso leitered two years in
football as a wille receiver and punter namod school's Scholar
Athletc of the Year played on Executive III AAU team listed
Sophomore Season
on Hunor Roll for cight consecutive quarters
A key reserve on the permeter played in 37 games off the
bench notched carecr-high 16 points with five rebounds versus
Georgia Tech in Cameron. then matched that with 16 points
against East Carolina hiton 7-of-11 field goals in the game had
six double-digit performances. including 11 against Maryland
in first round of ACC Tournament. sparked the team with
Carcer Statistics
Year
GP-GS
Min
FG-FCA
Pct
3P-3PA
Pet
FT-FTA
Pet
Reb-Arg
Ast
8S
St
Pts-Avg
1989
24-0
245
20-52
.385
0-0
.000
27-53
509
33-1.1
21
I
13
67-2.3
1990
370
531
62.130
477
0-0
.000
61-95
.642
80-2.2
28
6
25
185-5.1)
1991
39-11
903
104 228
456
1-3
.200
89-122
.730
158-4.1
63
8
39
298-7.6
Totals
105-11
1679
186-410
.454
1-5
.200
177-270
.656
271-2.6
112
15
77
550-5.2
Career Highs
Points: 18 vs. Georgetow (12/5/90)
Rebounds: 9. V5, The Citadel (1/16/91). Virginia (2/7/91). NE Louisiana (3/14/91)
Assists: 5 VS Maryland (1/12/91). Wake Forest (1/14/91). Davidson (2/13/91)
APRIL 13. 1992
VOLUME 76. NO. 14
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Illustrated
CONTENTS
18
THE FINAL FOUR
Duke became the first school since 1973 to win back-to-back
men's NCAA basketball titles, by beating Michigan
BY CURRY KIRKPATRICK
DEPARTMENTS
30
6
MOLLY RULES IN L.A.
LETTERS
By heeding savvy precepts, Molly Goodenbour led Stanford
to the women's national basketball title
11
BY SHELLEY SMITH
SCORECARD
32
72
SEASON ON ICE
PRO BASKETBALL
A late-season players' strike, the first in NHL history, put the
Stanley Cup playoffs in jeopardy
78
BY STEVE WULF
HORSE RACING
34
96
A SPLENDID NEST
FOR THE RECORD
The charming new ballpark in Baltimore has Oriole fans and
baseball purists chirping with delight
98
BY TIM KURKJIAN
POINT AFTER
42
DOWN MEMORY LANE
At the Tradition, where Lee Trevino beat Jack Nicklaus by a
stroke, recollections were fond and faulty
BY JOHN GARRITY
60
WHITEY, BUCK AND THE COWBOY
Gene Autry, whose Angels haven't ever won a pennant, has
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Early Bird
BY RON FIMRITE
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68
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could barely contain
but it rekindled his ardent desire to win
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BY BRUCE NEWMAN
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be opened-a little
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TRUE TO HIS WORDS
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Fighter Hurricane Carter, imprisoned for 18 long years for
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Yards. When they
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Even at tip-off, Laettner seemed to send a
message to the Wolverines: Not yet, kids.
tian Laettner, suffering through the worst
20 minutes of his life, in which his turn-
overs outnumbered his baskets and re-
bounds, seven to two to two. But if these
dances with Wolves continued, Coach K
must have known there was no way Duke
would become the first national champi-
on to repeat since UCLA did it in 1973,
the year the Fab Five all were born.
Ah, but youth sometimes wastes the
young. Early in the second half, careless
third fouls by Michigan's Jalen Rose and
Webber squelched the Wolverines' effer-
vescence as Duke took a 39-35 lead.
Webber, a true child of Television Na-
tion, beseeched a referee to look at a re-
play on the giant screen hanging from the
Dome ceiling, not being nearly old
enough to realize that the NCAA does
WEBBER
not review replays of officials' calls.
Moreover, a few minutes later, so sharply
had Duke's interior half-court defense
picked up that when Webber got the ball
inches under the rim, he didn't even both-
er trying one of his trademark smilin'
slams but flipped the ball back outside.
As Laettner came alive in his NCAA
career-record 23rd tournament game,
making four of five shots in the second
half to finish with a game-high 19 points
and another NCAA tournament career
record, for points (407); as guard Bobby
Hurley, saddled with four fouls himself,
handled the ball and spread out the Duke
HE BEST THING ABOUT FRESH-
to shining Shaq-and had run the table.
offense (box, page 24); as forward Grant
T
men is that they become sopho-
To think that these mighty veterans
Hill began penetrating from the wings
mores. The best thing about
were about to let some freshmen whip-
and flying over the now tentative opposi-
Blue Devils is that they win na-
persnappers, whom they had beaten on
tion on the way to 18 points and 10 re-
tional championships. If you are
the road at Ann Arbor 114 days earlier,
bounds, the Michigan defense wilted.
running the numbers on Duke,
deny them their legacy in the champion-
"After a foul or missed shot, guys were
that's 2 in a row
on 4/6
ship showdown was folly indeed. Yet at
hanging their heads," said Wolverine ju-
over the (partially) Fab 5.
halftime, as Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski
nior forward James Voskuil. "We didn't
To understand what rough and resilient
stood in a Metrodome tunnel a couple of
bring enough fight. to this game. We
Duke accomplished over its historic sea-
steps from Michigan's excitable kids, who
weren't having enough fun out there."
son before its 71-51 spanking of young
were jumping up and down and screech-
Specifically, the infant Wolves were
Michigan on Monday night in the NCAA
ing about their 31-30 lead, he could only
horridly base right there on the baseline,
finale at the Metrodome in Minneapolis,
stare at a stat sheet and wonder how his
from which Duke, leading 48-45 with just
it helps to recall that the Blue Devils
Blue Devils could possibly recover.
under seven minutes remaining in the
stared down their own mortality a week
Krzyzewski didn't even look at the Fab
game, initiated a run of 10-2. It began
before against Kentucky and won that re-
Five and their older teammates, probably
with Laettner losing the handle on a
gional final with a miracle on offense.
because he had seen quite enough: visions
drive, recovering it and somehow scoop-
Then last Saturday night against Indiana
such as Michigan's 6' 9" forward Chris
ing the ball up and into the basket, and it
in a national semifinal, they stared down
Webber stealing the ball under his own
ended with Hill sledgehammering a dunk
their coach's master and mentor and won
basket and dribbling coast to coast before
after driving along the baseline.
with a vicious defense. Duke had been
unloading an outrageous, behind-the-
No. 1 all season, had taken on all comers,
back bounce pass to Rob Pelinka for a
Webber and Rose (5), Michigan's mainstays,
everywhere-at UCLA, at LSU, from sea
basket; such as his own star, center Chris-
kept Grant Hill & Co. in check for a half.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN W. McDONOUGH
20
COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY MANNY MILLAN
THE FINAL FOUR
Duke scored on 12 of its last 13 posses-
nouncer, referring to the fact that Bonnie
sions while spinning a virtual shutout at
Laettner was wearing, a neck brace after
the other end of the floor, holding Michi-
surgery for a degenerative disk. "He must
gan to nine baskets and a pitiful 20 points
have stepped on her neck."
in the second half-and Laettner was at
The clubhouse of the world champion
the heart of it all. Ultimately, Hill's pene-
Minnesota Twins was Duke's locker room
tration opened the way for Laettner to
in the Metrodome, and ironically Laett-
feed on Michigan. "Grant was the key to
ner dressed in the cubicle of Twins first
the game," said Coach K.
base coach Wayne Terwilliger, one of the
While the Duke players' postgame hab-
gentlest souls in sport. Does a really good
erdashery included the obligatory mes-
player have to have some nastiness in
sage T-shirts-referring to the Wolver-
him? Laettner was asked. nastiness
ines' tendency to trash-blather, the shirts
all of the time just once in a while," he
read: YOU CAN TALK THE GAME. BUT CAN
said. "I get nasty when I need it."
YOU PLAY THE GAME?-the Michigan
Meanwhile the young Wolverines, as is
players were teary-eyed but unbowed.
their wont, took all the excitement in
"There will never be another freshman
stride. "We're not concentrating on
class to do this," said Webber (14 points,
shocking the world anymore," said Web-
11 rebounds). That, along with that won-
ber as Michigan prepared for its semi
drous drive-and-pass play, may have been
against Cincinnati. "Our strength is that
the most accurate Wolverine statement of
we don't respect anyone."
the evening.
"I don't think this team will ever be ner-
Duke-or rather Laettner-arrived at
vous playing basketball," said Rose.
the Final Four last Thursday accompa-
"There are too many other things in life
nied by as much hype as a defending
to be nervous about."
champion-matinee idol has every right to
Coach Steve Fisher, with his Beaujo-
expect. In other words, nearly as much at-
lais-colored cheeks and hay-mown, aw-
tention as those wild and crazy guys from
shucks manner, seemed to be the perfect,
the Michigan freshman class received.
laid-back mentor for his volatile rookies.
On Friday, as he boarded the team
"I don't have cue cards," Fisher said early
bus after practice at the Metrodome,
last week of coaching such talent. "I have
Laettner was confronted by several wom-
great trust in them. They get along so well
en trying to give him their phone num-
as a group that their spontaneity has car-
bers. The night before, in the crush of
ried over into how they handle stressful
Dukesteria at the Blue Devils' hotel, one
situations on the court."
overzealous fan had left a two-inch
As if Michigan faced any of those situa-
scratch below Laettner's left eye. "He's
tions before Monday. When Cincinnati
gorgeous," Kristin Hannemann, a high
pulled in front of the Wolverines 50-43
school senior from suburban Cottage
early in the second half of the first semi-
Grove, told Curt Brown of the Minneapo-
final game, Rose admonished the press-
lis Star Tribune. "I wasn't the one who
ing, trapping, indomitable Bearcats: "It
scratched him, but I wish I was."
doesn't matter, you're still gonna lose."
What had transpired up to that point
IT
Pretty is as pretty does. While the most
overworked expression in basketball's lex-
should have given the Wolverines pause,
icon has come to be he stepped up,
except that they could hardly catch their
Laettner has become notorious for having
breath what with the Cincinnati back-
stepped down on the chest of Kentucky's
court of Nick Van Exel and Anthony Bu-
Aminu Timberlake in that-instantly clas-
ford swarming between, around and
sic East Regional championship game on
among them in coach Bob Huggins's
March 28, which Laettner won with a mi-
"amoeba" defense. Van Exel and Buford
raculous last-second shot, How notori-
wound up combining for seven of the
ous? During their car trip to the Final
Bearcats' 11 steals as well as for 39 points
Four from their home in Angola, N.Y.,
and a whole lot of words. "It was like a
Christian's mother, father and two sisters
street game," said Buford afterward. "It
heard a radio show host criticize Christian
seems like talking trash adds to their
for the stomping incident. "Did you see
calmness ... like it makes them feel
Laettner's mother on TV?" said the an-
they're at home on the playgrounds."
An ineffective Laettner had more turnovers
but after intermission he rose to the oc-
(seven) than points (five) in the first half
casion-and didn't commit a single turnover.
Webber rumbled for 11 rebounds and 14
points, but foul trouble dampened his thunder.
The taller Wolverines' zestful hunger
for rebounds slowly but surely turned the
game around. Webber, Rose and center
Juwan Howard ganged up for 28 boards
to help give Michigan a 46-30 edge in that
department. But the Fab Five needed aid
and sustenance from a couple of the For-
gotten Five, who used to light up Ann Ar-
bor before the freshmen came on the
scene. Michael Talley was one. Earlier
this season, after losing his starting spot,
an angry Talley missed a practice and was
suspended for a game. On Saturday, how-
ever, he tarried just long enough for his
younger mates to get their bearings, after
which he was replaced by the 6' 8" Vos-
kuil, an aerospace engineering major and
two-time Academic All-Big Ten selec-
tion. Voskuil started 14 games in 1990-91
and another 14 this season in addition to
struggling with an oral presentation enti-
tled "Turbular VS. Laminar Boundary
Layers Flowing over a Rotating Foot-
ball," a project in his aerospace studies.
With Michigan clinging to a 65-63 lead
with 3:29 to go-and with Fisher shouting
"Keep-away," meaning the Wolverines
were supposed to be in their delay
game-Voskuil hit a three-pointer from
the top of the circle. "That's my trade-
mark, the spot-up jumper," he said.
With a five-point cushion, Rose and
Howard went on to confidently swish six
of six free throws, and Rose, Webber and
Jimmy King combined on a characteristi-
cally spectacular Wolverine fast break to
give Michigan its 76-72 victory.
"Who was Voskuil?" said Cincinnati's
Corie Blount of the future engineer. "The
guy was our fault. I guess we thought we
didn't have to worry about anyone who
wasn't a freshman."
In the second semifinal Indiana be-
haved as if it didn't have to worry about
anyone who wasn't a Laettner. Every time
he got his hands on the ball, which wasn't
often, two or three or maybe 23 Hoosiers
CIN
would bump, bang and otherwise hammer
Laettner to the point that it was folly to go
to him. Laettner took only eight shots and
made two. "We wanted to stop the bot-
tom and top of their offense," said Indi-
ana coach Bob Knight, "but the top got
away from us."
That would be Hurley, whose four
three-pointers kept Duke alive in a first
half during which it did little right and was
THE FINAL FOUR
outhustled 21-9 on the backboards. Con-
his players. "He said to forget about Ken-
the Hoosiers came down the court with-
sequently, Duke went into the locker
tucky," said Hill, "that it's not our destiny
out scoring. Eight missed shots, six turn-
room trailing 42-37, and could have been
to win, it's our choice. I was surprised how
overs. Meanwhile the Blue Devils scored
a lot farther behind. "We were scared. We
intense we came out in the second half."
the first 13 points and 21 of the first 24.
were tired. We were still thinking about
Hill wasn't the only one. Duke's defen-
Two minutes into the second-half car-
the Kentucky game," said Hill.
sive intensity simply overwhelmed Indi-
nage, Knight leaped off the bench and
At halftime Krzyzewski sought to focus
ana. Three
four
seven
11
times
was hit with a technical by Ted Valentine,
INSIDE
He's made the big shots and the
big plays year after year."
The two votes that went to
The Final Four
Mourning were based largely on
his defensive ability. "There's al-
ways a place in the NBA for a
shot blocker," said a scout.
"Even if Mourning never gets
any better offensively-and he
DAMIAN STROHMEYER
by PHIL TAYLOR
probably will-he'll be a force in
the NBA."
The Rebs will run under Rollie.
Head of the Class
Shaquille O'Neal's announcement last week that he will for-
Recount
go his final year at LSU gives the NBA draft its biggest jack-
Indiana coach Bob Knight, deemed racially insensitive by
pot since Georgetown's Patrick Ewing fell into the New York
some critics for his playful use of a bullwhip on Hoosier for-
Knicks' lap in 1985. O'Neal is certain to be the No. 1 pick, but
ward Calbert Cheaney, who is black, during the West Re-
the question remains: Who will be No. 2, Duke's Christian
gional in Albuquerque, defended himself in part by saying
Laetther or Georgetown's Alonzo Mourning?
that 15 of the 18 black players who had completed four years
During the Final Four weekend SI asked 14 scouts and
in his program had earned their degrees. According to Indi-
player personnel specialists representing 12 NBA teams
ana media guides and the university's registrar, Knight's
whom they would choose if they had the second selection of
math is off: Eight of 11, black players who have played four
the draft. Laettner received 12 of the 14 votes, and one West-
years for him have graduated. And since Knight brought up
ern Conference scout said he would seriously consider choos-
the subject, there are other points worth mentioning.
ing Laettner ahead of O'Neal.
Knight just finished his 21st season at Indiana, and 11 black
Laettner was preferred because of his versatility, the fact
players staying four years during that time is not exactly a
that a traditional center like Mourning is no longer seen as
huge number. Knight's record is even less impressive in light
essential to winning a championship and, as one scout put it,
of the fact that those 11 are less than half of the 24 black play-
"whatever it is inside Laettner that makes him such a winner.
ers who entered Indiana as freshmen under Knight (he has
had four black junior college transfers)
That's not to say that race was a factor in all or any of the
Most NBA scouts think
departures-Knight has had his share of white players, in-
Mourning is less versatile
cluding Larry Bird, leave early as well. Knight made his rec-
than Laettner.
ord with black players look better than it really is by forget-
ting about a lot of them. We just wanted to jog his memory.
Rolling Stone
UNLV's hiring of Rollie Massimino was a hot topic of con-
versation among the coaches gathered in Minneapolis. Some
wondered whether Massimino, who favored a deliberate style
of play at Villanova, would adjust to the up-tempo required
to keep fans in the stands in Las Vegas. "Rollie in Vegas is
like Sinatra singing rock 'n' roll," says one coach. "They both
have their appeal, but they just don't go together."
Massimino insists the run won't go out of the Runnin' Reb-
els, but the key will be whether he can recruit the type of play-
ers needed to keep up the pace. First, he müst keep the play-
GEORGETOW:
ers who led UNLV to a 26-2 record this season. Several indi-
cated during the season that if former coach Jerry Tarkanian
BUTLER NAT
didn't return, they wouldn't either. It might help that Massi-
mino has Tark's approval. "Now that he's UNLV Tar-
kanian says, "I think you'll see Rolliè open it up."
THE FINAL FOUR
a referee whom Knight continued to be-
Following Duke's 81-78 victory, Knight
coaching these guys," said Coach K, who
rate the rest of the game. "Chair
chair
hardly brushed the hand of Krzyzewski,
at the championship moment Monday
chair," Duke's transplanted Cameron
his friend and former player and assistant,
night surely must have thought back to
Indoor Stadium Crazies chanted, in refer-
before rushing to embrace Colonel Tom
the week before, when Laettner lifted
ence to Knight's having once hurled a
Rogers, a Duke aide who also used to
Duke from the precipice of certain defeat
chair across a court. When the Blue Dev-
work for Knight. "It was a tough loss.
against Kentucky.
ils led 58-45 midway through the half,
[Knight] said, "Congratulations" and
On the day after that, Krzyzewski was
surely the end was Knigh. Or was it?
'Good luck,' about what I expected," said
at home in Durham, N.C., watching a
Indiana pared Duke's lead to 69-64
Krzyzewski, who nevertheless looked
tape of the game in a darkened room. His
with 1:44 left. Then, astonishingly, this all-
dazed and forlorn in the postgame press
three daughters call him Mole Man at
star gunfight came down to a shoot-out at
conference.
these times, and one of the three, 14-year-
the unknowns' corral: Duke's Marty
"Coach never mentioned how special
old Lindy, joined him after returning
Clark made five of six free throws, and In-
this game was to him, probably because
from a cheerleading competition. Father
diana's Todd Leary hurled in a trio of
he knew that we knew," said Hill just be-
and daughter watched Duke's miracle of
three-pointers. When Hurley, who scored
fore switching his thoughts to the rematch
miracles all over again: Laettner's shot,
a game-high 26 points, stepped out of
with the Wolverines. "The dangerous
Tony Lang's rolling on the court, Thomas
bounds with the ball and with Duke lead-
thing about Michigan is that the freshmen
Hill's unforgettable expression of joyful
ing 78-75 with 26 seconds to play, the
know they'll probably get here again. It's
relief, Laettner's open-mouthed goofball
Hoosiers had one last chance. With the
like shooting two free throws When you
whirl.
Blue Devils pressing Leary hard, he was
know you' ve got another one coming, the
"Look at those faces," Krzyzewski said
forced to pass off to Chris Reynolds, who
first one is easy."
with both astonishment and the under
in turn was forced to pass to Jamal Meeks,
That it turned out to be so difficult for
standing that a coach doesn't go through
whose three-point attempt with 17 sec-
the young Wolverines was as much attrib-
all the labor and agony merely to make
onds left was off the mark.
utable to the technology and leadership
five straight Final Fours or to win two
of Krzyzewski as it was to the maturity
straight national championships. He does
The first team since UCLA in 1972-73 to win
and spirit of his players. "This is the great-
it to see moments like these, to relive
consecutive titles, Duke had reason to smile.
est year I've ever had
just incredible
those moments with his daughters.
29
A surly Hurley scolded his teammates and then
served up the triumph with pinpoint passing.
HOWARD
Laettner off at halftime of the title game. It
was quite a role reversal. For three years
Laettner had been Hurley's private scold,
"coming up to me and yelling at me," as
Hurley put it, "and telling me to do this and
this and this." But last Saturday, when
Laettner muddled through the Blue Devils'
semifinal victory over Indiana, Hurley
bailed out Laettner, Duke's senior star,
with a career-high 26 points, including six
fearless three-pointers. And it was Hurley
who challenged Laettner in the locker
room at halftime on Monday night after
Laettner had turned the ball over seven
POS
times in the first 20 minutes.
CINCINNATI
FI
"I didn't get up in Christian's face," Hur-
ley said, with a strand of the victory net still
POLI
hanging around his neck. "The things I
DUKE
said, I said to everybody. But they per-
tained to him. If he didn't come out and
perform, we weren't going to win."
Hurley jump-started Laettner during the
opening moments of the second half with
an over-the-shoulder fast-break pass for a
basket and with another find, at the top of
the key, for a three-pointer. Krzyzewski
pulled Hurley shortly after he picked up his
fourth foul with nine minutes to play, but a
MILLAN MANNY
minute and a half later he was back. From
then on Duke scored on 12 of its last 13
possessions, including one in the final min-
ute in which Hurley found Grant Hill with a behind-the-back,
Face Value
back-to-the-play, scoop pass in transition. Hurley finished
the game with only nine points, but he had seven assists and
the game safely under his baton. "Absolutely sensational,"
Krzyzewski said in assessing Hurley's performance.
Michigan freshman Jimmy King, who guarded Hurley
IF CHRISTIAN LAETTNER IS DUKE'S POSTER BOY, BOBBY HUR-
most of the night, begged to differ. He pronounced Hurley's
ley is its poster child, a Jersey City, N.J., kid with sunken eyes,
play "average."
bad teeth and a CYO gymnasium pallor. His face had once
What of Hurley's being named the Final Four's Most Out-
been so Danny Aingean in its expressiveness that the Blue
standing Player?
Devils' coaching staff tried to cure him of it by showing Hur-
"I wasn't on the committee," King said.
ley videotape of himself at his most petulant.
Ah, freshmen. When Hurley was himself a Final Four
But Hurley needs some anger on his face to be effective,
freshman, he sprinted to the bathroom during a timeout in
and that wasn't there during Duke's two games leading into
the semifinal against Arkansas because of diarrhea and then
the Final Four. Playing against Seton Hall and his brother
watched as UNLV sprinted past him and his teammates in a
Danny in the regional semifinals, Hurley's visage registered
30-point title-game rout.
conflicting emotions. Against Kentucky it betrayed mild be-
On the playground, the turf that the Michigan players
wilderment at the Wildcats' helter-skelter style. Thus last
claim as their own, they call it "face"-the ineffable com-
week Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski was determined to fit his
modity that provides the subtext of the game. Face is won and
junior point guard with his Final Four face, the one Coach K
face is lost. Funny what Hurley noticed in the Wolverines
calls "that cocky-but-not-arrogant look, like he's chewing
during the second half: "They had blank expressions on their
gum without the gum."
faces. When you see that, that's when you can tell you have a
Hurley tried it on and looked terrific-both while piloting
team." Last weekend, by contrast, Hurley won face with face,
Duke to its second straight championship and while telling
and he wore it well.
-ALEXANDER WOLFF
MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1992
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GOLF/RACING/COMICS C1
The Washington Post
SPORTS
Laettner, Staley Honored
Associated Press
nia, Alonzo Mourning of
ATLANTA, April 5-Chris-
Georgetown and Shaquille
O'Neal of Louisiana State.
tian Laettner of Duke and Dawn
Staley of Virginia, who led their
Staley, a 5-5 senior guard,
teams to berths in the men's
averaged 14.4 points and 5.5
rebounds this year. She holds
and women's final fours, were
the NCAA career record in
named college basketball play-
steals. She scored 19 points Sat-
ers of the year today by the At-
urday as Virginia lost to Stan-
lanta Tipoff Club.
ford in the national semifinals,
The club, which polls NCAA
66-65.
Division I coaches, former Nais-
Dena Head of Tennessee,
mith Award winners, sports re-
MaChelle Joseph of Purdue, Su-
porters and a national advisory
san Robinson of Penn State and
board, named Duke's Mike
Val Whiting of Stanford were
Krzyzewski men's coach of the
the other women's finalists.
year. Chris Weller of Maryland
Krzyzewski goes for his sec-
was the top women's coach, giv-
ond straight NCAA title Monday
ing the Atlantic Coast Confer-
night. Weller led her team to
ence a sweep.
the final 16 of the women's
Laettner, the 6-11 senior
tournament for the fifth time.
center who helped Duke win the
Yolanda Watkins of Decatur
national title last year, averaged
High School in Decatur, Ala.,
21.9 points and 7.9 rebounds as
and Jason Kidd of St. Joseph
the Blue Devils won the ACC
Notre Dame High School in Al-
championship and the top seed
ameda, Calif., were named high
in the NCAA tournament.
school players of the year. Kidd
Other men's finalists were
will play at Cole Field House on
Jim Jackson of Ohio State, Har-
Thursday for the U.S. all-stars
old Miner of Southern Califor-
in the Capital Classic.
BASKETBALL/HOCKEY/RACING H1
SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1992
R1
The Washington Post
SPORTS
NOTEBOOK
Honors Mount for Laettner,
Wins AP Player of the Year
By Steve Berkowitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
MINNEAPOLIS, April 3-Duke
senior center Christian Laettner,
who will be closing his spectacular
career by becoming the first player
ever to start in four NCAA Final
Fours, today was named Associated
Press player of the year.
Kansas Coach Roy Williams, who
led the Jayhawks to a 27-3 record
and the Big Eight regular season
and tournament championships, was
honored as coach of the year in bal-
loting by the 65 members of the
media who decide the wire service's
weekly top 25 rankings.
Laettner, who has won three oth-
er national player of the year awards,
is a finalist for three more-the
Naismith, the Wooden and one spon-
sored by the U.S. Basketball Writers
Association.
"I'm very honored and hopefully
this team will get some more
awards," Laettner said after Duke's
workout today at the Metrodome-
one he ended by swishing a shot from
halfcourt.
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Women's Basketball
April 10, 1992
RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND HONORING
THE 1991-92 STANFORD CARDINAL WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM
WHEREAS, the Stanford Women's Basketball Team won the 1991-92 NCAA
Championship, defeating Western Kentucky, 78-62, in Los Angeles
California on April 5, 1992; and
WHEREAS, the Cardinal Women's Basketball Team had an exceptional season,
winning a total of 30 games, while losing only three; and
WHEREAS, Stanford head women's basketball coach Tara- VanDerveer led this
very youthful Stanford Cardinal team to its second NCAA
championship in the last three years, to its third straight
appearance in the Final Four, and to its fourth straight Pac-10
championship; and
WHEREAS, Stanford junior center Val Whiting was named Kodak First Team
All-America, United States Basketball Writers First Team
All-America, NEA/World Almanac First Team All-America, the
Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Year, First Team All-Pac-10,
MVP of the Cardinal Classic, and the 1991 Delaware Athlete of
the Year; and
WHEREAS, Val Whiting was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Final
Four, primarily for the fact that she scored 28 points and had
12 rebounds in the thrilling 66-65 national semifinal victory
over No. 1-ranked Virginia, and then added 16 points and 13
rebounds in the national final victory over Western Kentucky; and
WHEREAS,
Stanford junior guard Molly Goodenbour was named Most Outstanding
Player at the NCAA West Regionals in Seattle, then one week
later was named Most Outstanding Player at the Final Four in
Los Angeles, and who set an NCAA Tournament record for most
three-point field goals with 18 in five games, and who set an
NCAA Single-Game Tournament record for most three-point field
goals with six versus Southern California in the Regional Final;
and
WHEREAS, Stanford junior forward Chris MacMurdo was named GTE/COSIDA
Academic Third Team All-America for her 3.50 GPA in Human
Biology, GTE/COSIDA Academic All-Regional in District VIII, MVP
of the UNLV/Desert Classic, and who scored nine points while
pulling down 11 rebounds in the national championship game versus
Western Kentucky; and
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WHEREAS, Stanford sophomore guard Christy Hedgpeth was named GTE/COSIDA
Academic All-Regional in District VIII for her 3.20 GPA in
Psychology, and who scored 17 points in the national championship
game versus Western Kentucky; and
WHEREAS, Stanford freshman forward Rachel Hemmer was named to the All-
Tournament Team at the NCAA West Regionals, primarily for her
game-high 22-point effort against Texas Tech in the Regional
Semifinals, then was named to the All-Tournament Team at the
Final Four, primarily for her game-high 18-point, game-high
15-rebound effort in the national championship game versus
Western Kentucky, for which she was named the Chevrolet Player of
the Game; and
WHEREAS, Stanford sophomore forward Kelly Dougherty, who scored the
winning point in the national semifinal victory over Virginia,
and junior guard Angela Taylor, a defensive specialist, both
provided and excellent bench strength throughout the entire season;
WHEREAS, Stanford center Anita Kaplan, guard Tanda Rucker, guard Kate
Paye, and redshirt guard/forward Bobbie Kelsey, along with Rachel
Hemmer, comprised the best freshman class in the nation; and
WHEREAS, Stanford guard/forward Ann Adkins, the team's only senior, and,
who along with Molly Goodenbour and Val Whiting, served as
team captain and provided the team with the necessary leadership
to guide it to a national championship; and
WHEREAS, Assistant Coaches Amy Tucker, Julie Plank, Carolyn Jenkins, and
Lisa McNamee, along with Managers Angela Young, Marla Tuchinsky,
Jaeleen Kokoosh, Art Romero, and Raymond John, as well as
Trainer Karen Middleton and Sports Information Director Steve
Raczynski formed a portion of the best support group in the
nation; and
WHEREAS, Cardinal fans established a Stanford record average attendance
figure of 3,765 in 16 home dates this past season, and
WHEREAS, The Stanford campus, the community of Palo Alto, its surrounding
communities, the Bay Area, and the entire state of California,
were thrilled with the Stanford Women's Basketball Team and its
surprising 1991-92 NCAA Championship season;
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 17, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
TONY SNOW TS
FROM:
CURT SMITH
SUBJECT:
BASKETBALL CEREMONIES
On Monday, April 22nd, at 10:25 a.m. in the Rose Garden,
you will deliver brief remarks (approximately seven minutes, on
cards) before roughly 220 invited guests. Remarks focus on the
achievements of Duke University's Blue Devils and University of
Tennessee's Lady Volunteers and the contributions of their
respective coaches.
Acknowledged are Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski, Tennessee Coach
Pat Summit, Bob Kimmitt, representatives of the Midnight
Basketball League and their President and Executive Director Van
Standifer, DeMatha high school basketball team and coach Morgan
Wootten, Madison high school basketball team and coach Pat
Deegan.
(Smith/Grossman)
April 18, 1991
Draft Five
DUKE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BASKETBALL CEREMONIES
ROSE GARDEN
MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1991
Good morning. Mike Krzyzewski (shi-SHEF-ski) -- Coach K. -
- graduate of the West Point class of 1969. I understand a few
of your academy classmates are with us today, including Bob
Kimmitt, a key member of our State Department team. Blue Devil
players and staff. / Tennessee Coach Pat Summit and her
assistants. And the players who helped Tennessee reach the
summit. Representatives of the Midnight Basketball League --
points of light for an entire nation -- and of course Executive
Director Van Standifer. High school championship teams from
DeMatha High school, coached by Morgan Wootten and from Madison
High School, coached by Pat Deegan. It is a pleasure to welcome
all of you to the White House. //
Just a few feet from here is where Yogi Berra once said of a
State Dinner, "How could you get a conversation started in there?
Everybody was talking too much." //
Well, today all of America is talking. They are talking
about your two teams, and your incredible championships. They're
calling it Blue Devil Destiny. or yet another Volunteer victory.
//
Consider, first, how Tennessee won its third title in five
years. Showing what Hemmingway termed "grace under pressure" --
2
that depth and quickness, shooting, intelligence, poise and
strength of character, which embodies a champion. //
In the Good Book it reads, "And a little child shall lead
them. " Here, the little child was Pat Summit's 6-month-old son,
Tyler. / Before the title game against Virginia, Pat dressed him
in a T-shirt with a Cavaliers mascot crossed out -- then
presented her son to the team. / The gift helped the Vols upset
Virginia -- in overtime. Mission Impossible became Mission
Achieved. //
Dena (DEE-nah) Head spurred that mission -- scoring 28
points in the championship game. So did teammate Daedra (DAY-
dra) Charles -- 19 points and 12 rebounds. Jodie Adams, whose
last-second three-pointers helped get the Lady Vols to the title
game. Peggy Evans, a sixth woman -- great center; Lisa Harrison
-- great passer, and Kelli Casteel, the "blue collar" Lady Vol,
and Most Valuable Player in this year's MidEast Regional.
Together, you and your teammates helped Pat win her third NCAA
championship title -- more than any coach but John Wooden and
Adolph Rupp, / She's fast becoming the most famous legend to
come out of Tennessee since Davey Crockett. //
Then, there's the pride of Tennessee's neighboring state.
Five times in the last six years -- including the last four --
Duke had made the Final Four. This year, you made a good thing
even better. / First, you stunned unbeaten UNLV in one of the
greatest games in NCAA tournament history. //
3
Next, you beat Kansas in the title game with one of the
youngest teams in Coach K's tenure -- two seniors, three juniors,
three sophomores, and five freshmen. //
( (Like fans across America, I marveled at the wizardry of
the Blue Devils all year. // Actually, when I was in college, I,
too, could dribble a ball with either hand, behind my back, and
through my legs. // Which got me thrown out of a lot of bowling
alleys. )) //
Bobby Hurley never had that quandary. His craft is
basketball, and he is a virtuoso on the court. So was Christian
Laettner, the Final Four's Most Valuable Player. Grant Hill,
Thomas Hill added to the Blue Devils' hit parade. And seniors
Greg Koubek (KOO-bek) and Clay Buckley have set a record that can
never be broken: They made it to four Final Fours. Together, the
Blue Devils slam-dunked opponents and seized Duke's first-ever
championship.
Coach K, like Pat Summit, you showed that nice guys can
finish first. Moreover, your team, like Pat's, proved that
scholar-athlete is not a contradiction in terms. / Let me repeat
what you said about your players: "Everything in their lives
doesn't hinge on a basket or a rebound. So they can rationalize
when there's a roadblock, when maybe they should stay on the same
avenue a little longer. " //
At Duke and Tennessee, that avenue leads to graduation.
Both schools have high academic standards. Each recruits
aggressively, but honestly. Both stay within the rules. / Over
4
the last decade, more than 90 percent of Duke and Tennessee
players got their diplomas. Both teams have higher graduation
rates than the student bodies at their institutions. Like many
of your fellow alumni, you players will make an even greater
difference after graduation than before. //
I ought to tell the rest of our audience that I just met
with the players of both teams and asked them to serve as
missionaries for educational excellence -- to help energize our
educational system at all levels. I'm proud to report that they
agreed -- enthusiastically.
In a real sense, the student-athletes from Duke and
Tennessee have become a metaphor for our national education
strategy -- a long-term movement that touches every school and
student in America. You set high goals, and you reached them.
You excelled in the classroom. You demonstrated the kind of
commitment and determination that we hope all students will adopt
in the future. You showed why education is our most enduring
legacy -- vital to everything we are and can become. //
For that, I salute you. Thank you for what you've done, and
are doing today. God bless you, and the United States of
America.
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TO:
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202/456-1647 fax
FROM:
Richard Kilwien
Duke Sports Information 919/684-2633
DATE:
Monday, April, 13, 1992
Duke finished the season with a 34-2 overall record and a 14-2 mark in the Atlantic
Coast Conference (ACC).
Duke won its second-consecutive NCAA national championship with a 71-51 win over
Michigan in the Final Four at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Duke became the first school since UCLA
won seven-straight from 1967-1973 to win back-to-back titles and the first ACC team ever to do
so. The Blue Devils also became only the fourth school in history to advance to three-straight
NCAA championship games.
Duke won both the ACC regular-season and Tournament championships, becoming
the first school since Duke in 1986 to do so.
Duke senior Christian Laettner was named consensus National Player of the Year,
ACC Player of the Year, First-Team All-America, East Region MVP, ACC Tournament MVP and
First-Team All-ACC. He was also named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team. The 6'-
11" senior from Angola, N.Y. made a last-second shot with just :00.03 left on the clock to defeat
Kentucky 104-103 in the East Regional Finals at Philadelphia, Pa.
Laettner became the first player to ever start in four-straight Final Fours. He passed
Houston's Elvin Hayes to become the all-time NCAA Tournament's career scoring leader with
407 points in 23 games. He set a national record for most games played in a career with 148 in
four seasons and had his #32 jersey retired prior to the Virginia game, becoming only the sixth
Duke player to have his jersey retired. He scored 2,460 points and grabbed 1,149 rebounds in his
career.
#
Duke junior Bobby Hurley was named NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player,
First-Team All-America, First-Team AII-ACC, All-East Regional, All-ACC Tournament, Second-
Team All-ACC. The Jersey City, NJ native became Duke's career assist leader with 803 in just
three scasons and is on track to break the NCAA career mark of 1038.
Hurley had the rare distiction of playing against his brother, Danny, who plays for
Seton Hall in the third-round of the NCAA Tournament in Philadelphia, Pa. Duke won that
matchup 81-69 as four members of Hurley's High School, St. Anthony, participated in that game.
St. Anthony was coached, ironically, by Hurley's father, Bob.
Duke owns a 91-17 record for a .843 winning percentage with Hurley quarterbacking
the team and a 17-1 record in NCAA Tournament play.
Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski was named the National Coach of the Year. A
1969 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, Krzyzewski owns a 33-7 career record in nine trips
to the NCAA Tournament and is the winningest active coach in Tournament play with an .825
winning percentage. He will be an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic team under head caoch
Chuck Daly in Barcelona this summer.
Duke overcame mid-season injuries to Hurley and Grant Hill (sophomore, Reston, Va.
and son of Calvin Hill, former NFL Cowboy and Redskin running back) and were ranked
number one in the nation every week from preseason through the championship.
#
Both Laettner and fellow senior Brian Davis (College Park, Md., and former summer
intern for senator Terry Sanford) are scheduled to/graduate in May after four years of college.
*
Duke finished the season with a 34-2 overall record and a 14-2 mark in the Atlantic
Coast Conference (ACC).
Duke won its sccond-consecutive NCAA national championship with a 71-51 win over
Michigan in the Final Four at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Duke became the first school since UCLA
won seven-straight from 1967-1973 to win back-to-back titles and the first ACC team ever to do
SO. The Blue Devils also became only the fourth school in history to advance to three-straight
NCAA championship games.
Duke won both the ACC regular-season and Tournament championships, becoming
the first school since Duke in 1986 to do so.
*
Duke senior Christian Laettner was named consensus National Player of the Year,
ACC Player of the Year, First-Team All-America, East Region MVP, ACC Tournament MVP and
First-Team AII-ACC. He was also named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team. The 6'-
11" senior from Angola, N.Y. made a last-second shot with just -00.03 left on the clock to defeat
Kentucky 104-103 in the East Regional Finals at Philadelphia, Pa.
Laettner became the first player to ever start in four-straight Final Fours. He passed
Houston's Elvin Hayes to become the all-time NCAA Tournament's career scoring leader with
407 points in 23 games. He set a national record for most games played in a career with 148 in
four scasons and had his #32 jersey retired prior to the Virginia game, becoming only the sixth
Duke player to have his jersey retired. He scored 2,460 points and grabbed 1,149 rebounds in his
career.
#
Duke junior Bobby Hurley was named NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player,
First-Team All-America, First-Team AII-ACC, All-East Regional, All-ACC Tournament, Second-
Team All-ACC. The Jersey City, NJ native became Duke's career assist leader with 803 in just
three seasons and is on track to break the NCAA career mark of 1038.
Hurley had the rare distiction of playing against his brother, Danny, who plays for
Seton Hall in the third-round of the NCAA Tournament in Philadelphia, Pa. Duke won that
matchup 81-69 as four members of Hurley's High School, St. Anthony, participated in that game.
St. Anthony was coached, ironically, by Hurley's father, Bob.
Duke owns a 91-17 record for a 843 winning percentage with Hurley quarterbacking
the team and a 17'-1 record in NCAA Tournament play.
Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski was named the National Coach of the Year. A
1969 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, Krzyzewski owns a 33-7 career record in nine trips
to the NCAA Tournament and is the winningest active coach in Tournament play with an .825
winning percentage. He will be an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic team under head caoch
Chuck Daly in Barcelona this summer.
Duke overcame mid-season injuries to Hurley and Grant Hill (sophomore, Reston, Va.
and son of Calvin Hill, former NFL Cowboy and Redskin running back) and were ranked
number one in the nation every week from preseason through the championship.
#
Both Laettner and fellow senior Brian Davis (College Park, Md., and former summer
intern for senator Terry Sanford) are scheduled to.graduate in May after four years of college.
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FROM:
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DATE:
Monday, April, 13, 1992
#3 Marty Clark, 6'-6", Sophomore, Guard, Western Springs, III.
grew up in a house with all women as he has six sisters who have all played
basketball two older sisters played at Pepperdine
#4 Kenny Blakeney, 6'-4", Sophomore, Guard, Washington, D.C.
recovered from knee surgery which caused him to miss last summer's U.S.
Olympic Festival
#5 Ron Burt, 6'-0", Senior, Cuard, Kansas City, Mo.
One of 38 Duke students that tried-out for one spot on the roster on October 14.
Made the team as a senior engineering major and played in 19 games. Scored 4 points against
harvard and two against Clemson as only scores of career. National championship completed a
dream season for Burt, who had never played collegiate basketball before this season and will
graduate in May with an engineering degree. Was a member of the Duke intramural
championship team teh past two seasons named the "Dream Team".
#11 Bobby Hurley, 6'-0", Junior, Guard, Jersey City, N.J.
MVP of the Final Four tough street smart kid who played for his dad at St.
Anthony HS in Jersey City high school did not have a basketball gym and so they played in a
converted bingo parlor for practice played against his brother Danny when Duke beat Seton
Hall in the regional semifinals this season.
#12 Thomas Hill, 6'-5", Junior, Guard, Lancaster, TX
father, Thomas, Sr., was a world class hurdler who won a bronze medal in the
110-meter event in the 1972 Olympics Thomas played in the Pan Am games this past summer
with Grant Hill and Christian Laettner during warmups before the first game in Havana he
broke a backboard while dunking which came shattering down to the ground - the game was
delayed 40 minutes to repair the basket.
#21 Antonio Lang, 6'-9", Sophomore, Forward, Mobile, AL
Class valedictorian in high school
#23 Brian Davis, 6'-7", Senior, Forward, College Park, Md.
the team's "spokesman" has aspirations for a political career after his playing
days are over worked in Senator Terry Sanford's office two years ago and looked very "at home"
when we toured Capitol Hill last year.
#32 Christian Laettner, 6'-11", Senior, Forward, Angola, N.Y.
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1991-92 Rosters
Numerical
No
Name
Pos
Ht
Wt
CI
Exp
Hometown / High School
3
Marty Clark
G
6-6
205
So
IV
Westchester, IL / St. Joseph
4
Kenny Blakeney
G
6-4
190
So
SQ
Washington. DC / DeMatha
11
Bobby Hurley
G
6-0
165
Jr
2V
Jersey City, NJ / St. Anthony's
12
Thomas Hill
G/F
6-5
200
Jr
2V
Lancaster, TX / Lancaster
5
Ron Burt
G
6-0
165
Sr
HS
Kansas City, MO / Gould Academy
21
Antonio Lang
F
6-8
205
So
IV
Mobile, AL / LeFlore
23
Brian Davis
F
6-7
200
Sr
3V
Capitol Heights, MD / Bladensburg
32
Christian Laettner
F
6-11
235
Sr
3V
Angola, NY / The Nichols School
33
Grant Hill
F/G
6-8
225
So
1V
Reston, VA / South Lakes
44
Cherokee Parks
F
6-11
235
Fr
HS
Huntington Beach. CA / Marina
52
Erik Meek
C
6-10
240
Fr
HS
Escondido, CA / San Pasqual
54
Christian Ast
F
6-8
210
So
IV
Heidelberg, Germany
Beltsville, MD / High Point
Alphabetical
No
Name
Pos
Ht
Wt
CI
Exp
Hometown / High School
54
Christian Ast
F
6-8
210
So
1V
Heidelberg, Germany
Beltsville, MD/High Point
4
Kenny Blakeney
G
6-4
190
So
SQ
Washington, DC / DeMatha
5
Ron Burt
G
6-0
165
Sr
HS
Kansas City, MO / Gould Academy
3
Marty Clark
G
6-6
205
So
1V
Westchester, IL / St. Joseph
23
Brian Davis
F
6-7
200
Sr
3V
Capitol Heights, MD / Bladensburg
33
Grant Hill
F/G
6-8
225
So
1V
Reston. VA / South Lakes
12
Thomas Hill
G/F
6-5
200
Jr
2V
Lancaster, TX / Lancaster
11
Bobby Hurley
G
6-0
165
Jr
2V
Jersey City, NJ / St. Anthony's
32
Christian Laettner
F
6-11
235
$r
3V
Angola, NY / The Nichols School
21
Antonio Lang
F
6-8
205
So
IV
Mobile, AL / LeFlore
52
Erik Meek
C
6-10 240
Fr
HS
Escondido, CA / San Pasqual
44
Cherokee Parks
F
6-11 235
Fr
HS
Huntington Beach. CA / Marina
Head Coach: Mike Krzyzewski (Army '69)
Career Record: 336-167/16 seasons
Record at Duke: 263-108/11 scasons
Assistants: Mike Brey (George Washington '82)
Tommy Amaker (Duke '87)
Pete Gaudet (Boston U. '66)
Jay Bilas (Duke '86)
Trainer: Max Crowder (Duke '62)
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Stanford Sports Information
For Information Contact:
Media Release
Department of Athletics
Stanford University
Telephone: (415) 723-4418
Stanford, CA 94305-6150
FAX: (415) 725-2957
FINAL BIOGRAPHIES
1991-92 STANFORD UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM
(alphabetical order)
plabant shehing over
ANN ADKINS
HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
Senior
5-11 Guard/Forward
Ann Adkins' role on this 1991-92 national championship team was
probably as important off the court as it was on the court She was one of
three Stanford captains
SHE WAS THE ONLY SENIOR ON THE TEAM
On the
court, Ann was employed as a reserve forward, capable of hitting a
long-range three-point shot at any time
She will likely remember her
performance at Oregon this past season, where she not only made her only
career start, but also where she hit four three-pointers (all in the second
half) to break open a close game, and lead Stanford to a 74-57 win She
scored 12 points in that game
Earlier in the year, she scored a
career-high 14 points against Oral
Roberts
All in all, Ann played in 29
of the team's 33 games, starting one
She averaged 2.5 points, 1.2
rebounds, and 0.8 assists She shot 333 from the field, but she shot a
very respectable 354 from three-point range
48
of
her
75
field
goal
attempts this season were from beyond the three-point line She also shot
.714 from the free throw line Her 249 minutes were 10th most on the
team
Off the court, it was her leadership that was most striking
As a
captain, she acted as the perfect liaison between the coaching staff and
the team. OTHER THAN ONE PLAYER (4th-YEAR JUNIOR CHRIS MacMURDO), ANN WAS
AT LEAST 2 1/2 YEARS OLDER THAN EVERY PLAYER ON THIS TEAM Ann's maturity
off the court played as much importance in this team's winning a national
championship as any other single factor
Ensuring team chemistry was
Ann's strength Ann is a former two-time USA Today Honorable Mention High
School All-American (1985-86 and 1986-87)
She is also a former Converse
High School Academic All-American
Ann is majoring in HUMAN BIOLOGY and
JOICE
would like to become a physical therapist and perhaps work in the field of
sports medicine someday
She was recently named honorable mention Pac-10
All-Academic for the 1991-92 season.
KELLY DOUGHERTY
LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS
Sophomore
5-11 Forward
If Reggie Jackson can be called "Mr. October", then Kelly Dougherty
can be called "Miss March" It seems Kelly always saves her best moments,
her most dramatic moments, for the post-season tournament At least that's
the way it's been her first two years on The Farm
For the season, Kelly
averaged 4.8 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 0.4 assists while coming off the
bench
Her field goal percentage of .564 led the team
She
shot
688
from
the
free
throw
line Her 327 minutes were eighth most on the team
But in
the post-season, Kelly averaged 5.4 points, shot 750 from the field
(9-of-12), and .818 from the line (9-of-11)
It began with the team's
first post-season game against UC-Santa Barbara, a tough 82-73 victory
In that game, Kelly scored a season-high 13 points
(That game was
reminiscent of her other two highest-scoring totals, both of which occurred
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in the post-season in 1990-91 Kelly scored what is still a career-high 15
points and pulled down 8 rebounds in the national semifinal 68-60 loss to
eventual national champion Tennessee that season And she scored 13 points
in the NCAA West Regional semifinal 73-47 victory over Washington--also in
1990-91)
But back to this season, Kelly was summoned off the bench in
this year's national semifinal versus #1-ranked Virginia In that game,
she scored eight points SHE ALSO SCORED WHAT PROVED TO BE THE WINNING
POINT, A FREE THROW WITH 26 SECONDS LEFT, IN THE NAILBITING 66-65 WIN OVER
THE TEAM THAT HAD BEEN RANKED #1 THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE YEAR Kelly is a
former USA Today Pre-season Top 15 Player to Watch, and a former USA Today
High School Player of the Year in the state of Kansas (both in
1989-90)
Kelly is the one player on this squad who perhaps most keeps
everyone
loose
Only a sophomore, Kelly is majoring in Economics
She
would like to become an athletic director
In what is a scary thought to
most of her teammates, she has jokingly said, "Maybe someday I'll become
Tara VanDerveer's boss. "
MOLLY GOODENBOUR
WATERLOO, IOWA
Junior
5-6 Guard
Every great team, certainly a national championship team, must have
a great point-guard (witness Bobby Hurley of Duke)
Molly Goodenbour
is that player for the Stanford women
Tara VanDerveer has said that she
has never seen a player improve as much in one season as Molly did this
past year
Molly's improvement probably had as much to do with the fact
that she played directly behind two Kodak All-Americans, Jennifer Azzi (in
1988-89 and 1989-90) and Sonja Henning (1990-91), in each of the previous
two years, as anything else But another factor in her improvement may
stem from the new rules that were implemented this season The coaches
called them "Molly Rules"
Stanford's tempo this season was "up-tempo"
And because of Molly's uncanny ability to run, run, and run some more,
Stanford ran as a team more this season than ever before
Seemingly, Molly
never got tired
So, in a sense, this team was tailored to Molly
One
"Molly Rule" was that she was not supposed to shoot in the first two
minutes of any game
"I'm not sure I followed that rule too closely,"
Molly
has
said
with
a
sly
grin
Indeed, in the first 45 seconds of the
NCAA West Regional Final versus Southern Cal, Molly shot and made a
three-pointer It was the first of six three-pointers she would make in
that contest, which set an NCAA post-season single-game record for most
three-pointers
made
in
one
game
Molly would make a total of 18
three-pointers during the five games in the tourney, setting an NCAA
post-season tournament record for most threes in one tourney
MOLLY WAS
NAMED THE MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER IN BOTH THE NCAA WEST REGIONAL AND IN THE
FINAL FOUR During the tourney, Molly averaged 16.2 points, 3.8 rebounds,
and 3.4 assists
She shot 473 from the field and 462 from
three-point-range (18-for-39)
Overall, on the season, Molly averaged 12.3
points, 3.3 rebounds, and led the team with 5.4 assists (4th in the
Pac-10) Molly also led the team in steals (54) She shot .447 from the
field, 423 from the three-point line (2nd in the Pac-10), and 736 from
the
free
throw line She was Stanford's third-leading scorer on the
year
Her high-scoring games included 23 points versus Arizona, 22 vs. USC
in the NCAA West Regional final at Washington, 19 vs. Texas Tech in the
NCAA West Regional semifinal at Washington, and 18 in the regular season
game at Washington
Molly had two double-doubles this season
With 618
career points, she is now 21st on the Stanford all-time scoring list
With
253 assists, she is eighth on the Stanford all-time assist list
In
1991-92, she started all 33 games Molly is majoring in Psychology
She
skipped third grade, so she is younger than most who are juniors in
college
She was the VALEDICTORIAN of her class at Waterloo West High
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School, graduating with a 4.0 GPA
In 1988-89, she was named the Gatorade
High School Player of the Year in the state of Iowa, and for the entire
Midwest Region
She was also a member of the U.S. Olympic Festival West
Team in 1990.
CHRISTY HEDGPETH
THOMASVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
Sophomore
5-10 Guard
Considered the team's top outside threat, Christy started the majority
of the season for Stanford's national champions
Christy started 27 of the
team's 33 games, including the last 14 straight
shot .492 from the field (10th best in the Pac-10), 395 from three-point She
13.3 points (2nd high on the team), 3.6 rebounds, and 2.2 assists
Overall, she averaged
range (7th best in the Pac-10), and 804 from the free throw line (3rd best
in the Pac-10) SHE WAS THE ONLY PLAYER IN THE PAC-10 TO BE LISTED IN THE
LEAGUE'S TOP 10 OF ALL THREE SHOOTING CATEGORIES LISTED ABOVE--FIELD GOAL
PERCENTAGE, THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, AND FREE THROW PERCENTAGE
In the five games of the NCAA post-season, Christy averaged 13.2 points and
3.8 rebounds
She scored 21 points in the NCAA West Regional final versus
USC in Seattle
In that game, she made five three-pointers (which tied the
NCAA West Regional post-season single-game record)
The only trouble is
that teammate Molly Goodenbour made six three-pointers in the very same
game, breaking the record Christy also scored 17 points in the National
Championship game against Western Kentucky
She was Stanford's
second-leading scorer in that game
Over the course of the regular season,
Christy's high-point game was 26 at UCLA (she was 9-of-10 from the field in
that game)
Overall, she scored 20 points or more six times
She scored
in double figures 22 times, including 16 of the last 19 games
She led
Stanford in scoring five times in '91-'92
Her
high-rebound
effort
was
nine at Arizona State
Christy was her CLASS SALUTATORIAN at Westchester
Academy in North Carolina
This year, she was named Pac-10 Second Team
All-Academic, and was also named GTE-COSIDA Academic All-Regional in
District VIII with her 3.20 GPA in Psychology Christy has said that she
would like to go on to graduate school after Stanford, probably somewhere
in North Carolina With 688 career points, Christy is 19th on the Stanford
all-time scoring list
She was second on the team in the following
categories--field goals made (157), field goals attempted (319),
three-point field goals made (51), three-point field goals attempted (129),
points (439), and ppg average (13.3)
Her high-assist game was seven
against Washington State
Christy was a 1989-90 Street & Smith's High
School All-American
She made the U.S. Olympic Festival West Team in the
summer of 1991.
RACHEL HEMMER
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Freshman
6-3 Forward
Rachel Hemmer was named the PAC-10 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR this past
season
According to the Stanford coaching staff, Rachel may have been
the best freshman player in the nation
She was named to the
All-Tournament team of both the NCAA West Regional in Seattle, and the
Final Four in Los Angeles
She started all 33 games played this past
season, during which she averaged 11.2 points (4th high on the team),
6.7 rebounds (2nd high on the team), and 2.2 assists She shot .516 from
the field, which would have been 8th best in the Pac-10 except that she
oddly did not have enough field goals made
Rachel's 758 free throw
percentage was second best on the team, and 7th best in the conference
Rachel's 222 rebounds were fourth best ever in a single season by a
Stanford freshman
She led Stanford in scoring three times this past
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season, twice in the post-season, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME
In that game against Western Kentucky, she scored a GAME-HIGH 18
points
In the NCAA West Regional semifinal against Texas Tech, she scored
22 points
Her career-high effort was 24 points at Washington State
Her
point-scoring average in the five NCAA post-season games was 13.6 ppg
She
led Stanford nine times in rebounding
Her career-high rebounding effort
(15) came in the national championship game
Overall, Hemmer had five
double-doubles in her freshman season
She had seven assists in the Santa
Clara and the California home games
Her 18 blocks tied for second most on
the team (with Anita Kaplan)
Hemmer was named a preseason high school
All-American by Street & Smith's in both the 1989-90 and 1990-91
seasons
She actually went to three different high schools, two in
Virginia, and one in Texas
Her senior year was spent at Westlake High
School in Austin, Texas.
ANITA KAPLAN
DELMAR, NEW YORK
Freshman
6-5 Center
Anita was Stanford's top reserve this past season
She averaged 14.2
minutes per game, sixth most on the team-although she was just a
freshman She was Stanford's sixth-leading scorer (6.4 ppg), and the
team's fourth-leading rebounder (3.7 pg)
Anita's field goal percentage
was 485 sixth best on the team
Her free throw percentage was 647
Her
18 blocks tied for second most on the team (with Rachel Hemmer)
Anita
started one game--the San Diego game
In that contest, Anita scored a
career-high 21 points, which led the team in scoring She also had 10
rebounds
That game marked one of two double-doubles she had on the
season
She also had 13 points and 12 rebounds in an earlier contest
against
Oral
Roberts Anita has the uncanny ability to shoot hook shots
with either hand (a la George Mikan and Bill Russell) A good low post
player Anita scored in double figures nine times in '91-'92 She had
double-figure rebound efforts twice
Scored only six points in the five
post-season games, but two of those points came on a nice turnaround from
in close in the national championship game versus Western Kentucky
Anita
came to Stanford with some incredible credentials
In her junior year at
Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar, New York, Anita averaged 37 points
and 20 rebounds per game. Among other accolades, she was a USA Today Top
25 performer, and a First Team Parade All-American in 1990-91 She was on
the U.S. Olympic Festival East Team in the summer of 1991.
BOBBIE KELSEY
DECATUR, GEORGIA
Freshman
5-11 Guard/Forward
Bobbie did everything all year long with the Stanford team--except
play in games
She was redshirted due her injured right knee
The scary
thing is that she just may have been Stanford's best freshman of them all,
although only those who saw her practice in the last month or so of the
season would have realized that She will get a chance to prove herself
next season, when she will be listed as a freshman again Her advantage is
that she will have gone through an entire season of learning the VanDerveer
system
Bobbie suffered a severe knee injury six games into her senior
season at SW DeKalb High School in Decatur, Georgia
She had surgery to
repair an anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee in January of
1991
She tried coming back this season, and actually practiced from the
very first day (Oct. 15) on a limited basis
But her knee was never at
full strength, and it was decided fairly early on to redshirt her
Kelsey
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is considered to be a fine three-point shooter who can also put the ball on
the floor She will add a dimension to the Stanford team next season that
is currently lacking Next year, the Final Four will be held at the Omni
in Atlanta The battle-cry will be to see whether Stanford can "return to
the Final Four in Atlanta for Bobbie" and attempt to successfully defend
its national title
Bobbie was the last one to cut the net down at this
year's Final Four in Los Angeles
Her teammates wanted her to keep that
net for the appreciation they had towards her tireless work all season
long
She is very popular among her teammates
Lists Scottie Pippen
as her role model
After college, she would like to help her mom open up
her "dream floral shop"
In 1989-90 and 1990-91, Bobbie was named a Street
& Smith's preseason High School All-American She was also named a USA
Today Top 25 prospect in 1990-91
Interested in communications.
CHRIS MacMURDO
AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA
Junior
6-0 Forward
Considered a workhorse of this Stanford team, Chris did not often
receive very much limelight But she was very important to the group
effort, starting 28 of the 33 games overall She started the season by
being named MVP of the UNLV/Desert Classic at UNLV--a tournament that
Stanford won She finished the year averaging 10.9 points (5th high on the
team), 5.5 rebounds (3rd high on the team), and 1.8 assists She shot 541
from the field (2nd high on the team, high among the starters, and 6th-best
in the Pac-10), and shot .752 from the free throw line (4th best on the
team,
and
10th
best
in
the
Pac-10)
She had a 22-point game (her
career-high) at Notre Dame early in the season
She led the team in
scoring five times this past season
She
scored
20
points
or
more
three
times She scored in double figures 18 times She also rebounded in
double figures three times, including a season-high 11 in the national
championship game versus Western Kentucky She had
nine
rebounds
in
the
first half of that game, which was an NCAA record for most rebounds in a
half in a national championship game
She
also
scored
nine
points
in
the
national championship game
"Chris Mac", as she is referred to, is now
20th on the Stanford career scoring list with 652 points She is 16th on
the Stanford career rebounding list with 402 She
led
Stanford
in
rebounding twice this season, including 11 in the 73-51 win at USC in
January Considered a serious student, CHRIS WAS NAMED A GTE/COSIDA
ACADEMIC THIRD TEAM ALL-AMERICA this past year for her 3.50 GPA in
Human Biology
Chris was also named GTE/COSIDA Academic All-Regional
for District VIII, and was FIRST TEAM PAC-10 ALL-ACADEMIC Chris has
stated that she wishes to become a doctor after her playing days are
over
Chris was her CLASS VALEDICTORIAN, and was her CLASS PRESIDENT all
four years at South Aiken High School
In
1987-88,
she
was
named
the
Converse National High School Player of the Year That same year, she was
also named the Gatorade Southeast Region High School Player of the Year
Chris has now been named Pac-10 All-Academic in each of the past three
years, although this is the first year she has made First Team Chris
will be a fifth-year senior in 1992-93
In her first year at Stanford,
she was a medical redshirt due to two herniated disks in her back Her
comeback from that injury was so powerful, that some labelled her "a
miracle child"
A strong rebounder.
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KATE PAYE
WOODSIDE, CALIFORNIA
Freshman
5-8 Guard
One of this past year's true surprises, Kate decided to come to
Stanford 1) to play as a walk-on, and 2) to follow in the footsteps of her
father, her brother, and her sister
But two-thirds of the way through the
season, the freshman learned that she had earned a scholarship (for next
season)
Kate played in 30 of the team's 33 games, averaging 1.7 points,
1.3 rebounds, and 0.8 assists overall Her true worth came as a back-up
point guard
Termed a "very smart player" by VanDerveer, Kate found
herself in a crucial situation in the national semifinal game against
Virginia
She entered the game with 12 minutes to play, and with her team
down by as many as eight points
Inserting Kate at the "point" allowed
Molly Goodenbour to roam free at the "2 position"
Molly would hit three
three-pointers, which got Stanford back into the game
Kate finished with
three points, including a huge basket that tied the score at 61-all with
2:30 remaining, four rebounds, and three assists
It
was
her
greatest
contribution of the entire season
Kate
had
played
only
a
total
of
four
minutes in the entire NCAA Regional the weekend before
Kate had started
one game during the season--at Oregon
During
that
74-57
victory,
Kate
played a season-high 31 minutes, and had career-high totals of 7 points, 6
rebounds, and 4 assists
She scored 7 points and had 5 rebounds in a big
92-69 win at UCLA the very next weekend
A local product from Woodside,
Kate is a former three-time California State High School Player of the Year
(in Division 5)
In each of those three years, she led Menlo School to the
California state title in her division
She was coached at Menlo School by
her brother John, who was the Stanford starting quarterback for four
straight years (1983 to '86), before he was drafted by the San Francisco
49ers.
TANDA RUCKER
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
Freshman
5-9 Guard
A true talent, Tanda, like Kate Paye, also played back-up point guard
this past campaign She played in 32 of the team's 33 games this past
season, starting three of them She averaged 3.5 points, 1.5 rebounds, and
2.3 assists
Her 74 assists were second-most on the team, although she
played the seventh most amount of minutes (420)
Tanda shot 438 from the
field, .300 from three-point range, and a 702 from the free throw line
She scored in double figures three times throughout the season, including
a career-high 11 against Washington State at home
She also had five
rebounds and four assists in that game
She
also
scored
10
points
in
home
wins over USC and UC-Santa Barbara, the latter an NCAA post-season
victory
She had a career-high eight assists in a win over Oral Roberts
Her starts came against USC and UCLA at home, and at Oregon State
One of
her biggest contributions came in a 79-69 victory at Washington
With her
team leading by only four with just one minute to go, Tanda drained a
three-pointer with no time left on the 30-second clock
It was the shot
that sealed the win Tanda is a local product--coming from Berkeley, only
30 miles away
She is a former USA Today Top 25 player, and last year
(1990-91) was named the California State High School Player of the
Year In addition, she was named the "Best Point Guard in the Nation" by
Cal-HI Sports Magazine in 1990-91
Moreover, she was named Third Team
All-America by USA Today, Third Team All-America by Parade Magazine, and
Fourth Team All-America by Street & Smith'
Tanda made the U.S. Olympic
Festival West Team in the summer of 1991
Tanda is from good basketball
stock
Her uncle is Phil Chenier, another Berkeley High product who went
on to play at the University of California, then on to the Washington
Bullets and the Golden State Warriors in the NBA
Tanda led her Berkeley
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her junior and senior seasons
High team to two straight state championship games against Morningside High
her senior year, Berkeley High won the state title Tanda may eventually But
In her junior year, her team lost
in
want to coach women's basketball
She is also toying with the idea of
becoming involved in sports broadcasting.
NIKI SEVILLIAN
FLINT, MICHIGAN
Sophomore
5-10 Guard
A reserve on the 1991-92 Stanford national championship team, Niki's
contributions were as considerable off the court as they were on
An
excellent shooter, Niki wound up playing in 18 of the team's 33 games
She averaged 1.2 points, 0.3 rebounds, and 0.4 assists
All told, she
scored 21 points on the season
Nine of those points were scored in the
112-74 victory over Oral Roberts
Niki finished with a three-point
shooting percentage of 231 (she was 3-of-13 from that range)
Niki is
majoring in Biology at Stanford
She would like to go to medical school
upon graduation She was recently named an honorable mention Pac-10
All-Academic performer
Her GPA is 3.30
Niki was a fine player at
Flint's Northwestern High School
She was Fourth Team All-State This
past season at Stanford, although Niki did not see much playing time, her
attitude was exemplary
She worked hard every day, prompting Coach
VanDerveer to say how much she would like to get her into the line-up more
often
Her hard work could pay off next season
Niki was her class
VALEDICTORIAN, and was her Class President all four years in high school.
ANGELA TAYLOR
MOUNTAIN HOME, IDAHO
Junior
5-6 Guard
Angela Taylor, best known for her stellar defensive play, found
herself in quite the situation in the national semifinal game Versus
Virginia
With just 8/10's of a second remaining, Angela was inserted into
the
game
for
the
first
time
Her job was to guard two-time Naismith
National Player of the Year Dawn Staley
Stanford was leading, 66-65, at
the time, but it was Virginia's ball
Staley received the inbounds pass,
but was forced to take one dribble
Her 26-footer (which missed anyway)
came after the buzzer, and Stanford was in the national championship game,
thanks in part to Angela's defense That Angela was playing at all was
testimony to some very hard determination 1) to make the team as a walk-on
in 1989-90 (she earned a scholarship midway through that national
championship season), and 2) to come back to play after suffering a major
knee injury in April of 1991
While playing a pick-up game, Angela
suffered damage to the dreaded anterior cruciate ligament in her left
knee
She had surgery to repair the damage in April, 1991 This injury
off generally requires a year's layoff But Angela's hard work really paid
She played her first game of the 1991-92 season on December 28--well
before she was expected to return
Angela wound up playing 21 games,
starting three (at Washington State, at Washington, and Arizona at home)
On the season, she averaged 0.6 points, 0.8 rebounds, and 1.0 assists
She had four points in the game at Arizona She had five assists in the
game at home against Arizona
In 1990-91, Angela was voted the team's
Best Defensive Player She would often come in to games this past season
with the express purpose of stopping a hot-shooting guard
Angela followed
her brother, Gary, to Stanford Gary played football (a halfback at times,
a cornerback at times), and is graduating this year
Angela would like to
someday be in business management.
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VAL WHITING
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
Junior
6-3 Center
Perhaps Stanford's most accomplished player
Certainly she is if
you believe what the nation's coaches believe
This
past
season,
Val
Whiting was named a Kodak First Team All-America (the fourth time in the
past four years a Stanford player was named to this most prestigious
All-America team) Whiting was also named NEA/World Almanac First Team
All-America (a 5-player first team), and United States Basketball Writers
Association First Team All-America (a 5-player first team)
She was named
the Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Year, and First Team
All-Pac-10 She was also named to the Final Four All-Tournament
Team
Earlier in the year, she was named MVP of the Cardinal Classic
She
was also named the 1991 Delaware Athlete of the Year (beating out all other
men and women, amateurs and pros)
The very same night she received the
Delaware award (in absentia) at a banquet in Wilmington, she also scored a
career-high 35 points in a game played on ESPN national TV at home against
USC That was the middle game in a fabulous three-game stretch where she
scored 33 (at Cal), 35 (USC), and 35 (UCLA) points She became the first
Stanford player ever to score 30 points or more in three consecutive
games And she became only the third Stanford player to score as many as
35 points in a game (the other two were Jeanne Ruark Hoff and Trisha
Stevens)
Val started all 33 games this season
She has now started 52
games in a row Overall, she averaged a team-high 18.5 points (6th best in
the Pac-10), a team-high 9.1 rebounds (3rd best in the Pac-10), and 2.0
assists
She also averaged a team-high 1.4 blocks (4th high in the
Pac-10), and 1.6 steals (2nd best on the team to Molly Goodenbour)
She
shot .513 from the field (9th best in the Pac-10), and 753 from the free
throw line (9th best in the Pac-10)
In Pac-10 play only, Val averaged
19.6 points In NCAA post-season tournament play only, she averaged 17.0
ppg
and 11.6 rebounds She led Stanford in scoring this season 17
times
She led the Cardinal in rebounding 20 times She had 14
double-doubles
She scored in double figures in 30 of the 33 games
She had a run of 40 straight double-figure games extending from last year
to this year before that streak was broken
She scored 30 points or more
three times, 20 points or more 13 times
She had double-figure rebound
games 14 times, including a career-high-tying 17 versus UCSB in the
post-season Perhaps Val's most important effort of the season came in the
national semifinal versus Virginia (28 points, 12 rebounds) Her two free
throws with 1:42 to go gave Stanford a 65-63 lead, Stanford's first lead in
that game since it led, 4-2 Val followed with 16 points and 13 rebounds
in the national championship game against Western Kentucky
In career
standings at Stanford, the junior is 5th in scoring with 1,480 points, and
3rd in rebounding with 848 Val scored 611 points this past season, second
most in Stanford history (Jeanne Ruark Hoff had 622 in 1979-80) Val would
need 559 points next season to break the Stanford career record of 2,038 by
Ruark Hoff Val had exactly 300 rebounds in '91-'92, third most in
Stanford history (the record is 310, held jointly by Val Whiting (1990-91)
and Ruark Hoff (1979-80))
Val is 10th in Stanford career assists with
172 During this past season, Val became Stanford's all-time leader in
blocked shots with 153 (breaking Jill Yanke's (1985-89) mark of 122)
Val
had 47 blocks this past season, third best to her single-season mark of
57
in
1989-90
and
49
in
1990-91
Val is majoring in Human Biology
She
eventually would like to become a doctor (a pediatrician or involved in
sports medicine)
In 1989-90, Val was the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, and
the Women's Basketball News Service National Freshman of the Year She
made the U.S. Olympic Festival in 1988-89 (East Team) and in 1989-90 (West
Team)
She was the MVP of the NCAA West Regional in Las Vegas in
1990-91
She also led the team in minutes played (1057) this past season.
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STANFORD WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FINAL STATS
Basketball Statistics - STANFORD 1991-92
(Includes 33 Games)
1-- TOTAL --/
1--- 3PT ...;
OFF DEF TOT
PLAYER
G/
GS
FG/
FGA
FG%
FG/
FGA
FG%
FT/ FTA
FT%
PTS
AVC
RES
REB
REB
AVG
PF/
D
AST
TO
BLK
STL
MIN
Val Whiting
33/
33
231/450
513
01
3
.000
149/
198
.753
611
18.5
104
196
300
9.1
TII
1
65
77
47
52
1057
Christy
Hedgpeth
33/
27
157/319
.492
51/
129
.395
741
92
.804
439
13.3
35
83
118
3.6
57/ 0
73
60
4
36
912
Molly
Goodenbour
33/33
138/309
.447
661
156
.423
64/
87
.736
406
12.3
19
89
108
3.3
99/
4
177
124
8
54
1015
Rachel Henmer
331
33
127/246
.516
01
4
.000
116/
153
.758
370
11.2
75
147
222
6.7
103/
5
75
89
18
39
869
Chris MacHurdo
33/
28
138/255
.541
2/
7
.285
82/
109
752
360
10.9
61
119
180
5.5
46/
1
58
58
9
36
835
Anita Kaplan
33/
1
95/
.485
0/
0
.000
22/
34
-647
212
6.4
39
82
121
3.7
74/
0
7
34
18
10
469
Kelly Dougherty
33/
2
53/
94
.564
01
0
.000
53/
77
.683
159
4.8
33
48
81
2.5
35/
0
14
42
1
11
327
Tanda Rucker
32/
3
35/
80
.438
9/
30
.300
331
47
.702
112
3.5
10
38
48
1.5
36/ 0
74
43
1
27
420
Ann Adkins
29/
q
25/
75
.333
17/
48
.354
5/
7
.714
72
2.5
10
24
34
1.2
19/
0
22
20
2
4
249
Kate Paye
30/ 1 91 39 .231 2/ 19 .105 30/ 44 .682 50 1.7 10 30 40 1.3 25/ 0 23 29 1 14 268
Niki Sevillian
181
D
71
31
.226
3/
13
.231
41
8 .500
21
1.2
2
3
5
.3
D
7
9
3
3
69
Angela Taylor
21/
3
61
20
.300
of
5 .000
1/
5 .200
13
.6
8
9
17
.8
10/
0
20
11
0
3
135
Team Rebounds
145
Stanford
33/ 33 1021/2114 .483 150/ 414 .362 6331 861 .735 2825 85.6 406 868 1419 43.0 590/11 613 596 112 289
--
Team Rebounds
133
Opponent Totals 33/ 33 901/2221 .406 118/ 364 324 392/ 613 .640 2312 70.1 420 721 1274 38.6 723/32 483 634 48 259 --
/
PER-GAME AVERAGES
/
SEASON HIGHS
/-TOTAL-/
/- 3PT -/
(Points-Rebounds-Assists)
PLAYER
FG
FGA
FG
FGA
FT
FTA
PTS
REB
AST
TO
BLK
STL
MIN
Val Whiting
7.0
13.6
.0
.1
4.5
6.0
18.5
9.1
2.0
2.3
1.4
1.6
32.0
P - R - A
Christy Hedgpeth
4.8
9.7
1.6
3.9
2.2
2.8
13.3
3.6
2.2
1.8
.1
1.1
27.6
Whiting
35 -17 - 4
Molly Goodenbour
4.2
9.4
2.0
4.7
1.9
2.6
12.3
3.3
5.4
3.8
.2
1.6
30.8
Hedgpeth
26 - 9 - 7
Rachel Hemmer
3.9
7.5
.0
.1
3.5
4.6
11.2
6.7
2.2
2.7
.6
1.2
26.3
Hemmer
24 -15 - 7
Chris MacMurdo
4.2
7.7
.1
-2
2.5
3.3
10.9
5.5
1.8
1.8
.3
1.1
25.3
Goodenbour
23 - 6 -12
Anita Kaplan
2.9
5.9
.0
.0
.7
1.0
6.4
3.7
.2
1.0
.6
.3
14.2
MacMurdo
22 -11 - 6
Kelly Dougherty
1.6
2.9
.0
.0
1.6
2.3
4.8
2.5
.4
1.3
.0
.3
9.9
.3
1.5
3.5
1.5
2.3
1.3
Kaplan
21 -12 - 2
Tanda Rucker
1.1
2.5
.9
1.0
.0
.8
13.1
Ann Adkins
.9
2.6
.6
1.7
.2
-2
2.5
1.2
.8
.7
.1
.1
8.6
Adkins
14 - 4 - 4
Kate Paye
.3
1.3
.1
.6
1.0
1,5
1.7
1.3
.8
1.
.0
.5
8.9
Dougherty
13 - 9 - 5
Niki Sevillian
.4
1.7
.2
.7
.2
5
1.2
.3
.4
.5
.2
.2
3.8
Rucker
11 - 5 - 8
Angela Taylor
.3
1.
.0
.2
.1
.2
.6
.8
1.
.5
.0
.1
6.4
Sevillian
9 - 2 - 2
Paye
7 - 6 - 4
Stanford
30.9
64.1
4.6
12.6
19.2
26.1
85.6
43.0
18.6
18.1
3.4
8.8
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Taylor
4 - - 5
Opponent Totals
27.3
67.3
3.6
11.0
11.9
18.6
70.1
38.6
16.6
19.2
1.5
7.9
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SCORE BY PERIOD
1
2
OT
OF
TOTAL
DEADBALL REBOUNDS
Stanford
1404
1412
9
0
2825
75
Opponent Totals
1078
1226
8
0
2312
94
OVERALL TEAM RECORD
30- 3
CUMULATIVE ATTENDANCE 114100
TOTAL AVERAGE ATTENDANCE 3458
Pacific-10
15- 3
HOME
60238
HOME AVERAGE 3765 ##0
7-UP/UNLV Classic
2-0
AWAY
53862
AWAY AVERAGE 3168
Fry's/Cardinal Classic 2-0
ICAA Post-season
5- 0
### 3,765 a Stanford home attendance
record (in 16 dates) (breaks old
mark of 3,541 set in 1989-90)
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GAME# OPPONENT
SCORE
ATTEND LOC HIGH SCORER
HIGH RESOUNDER
OPP NI SCORER
OPP HI REBOUNDER
1
at Georgia (#4)
92- 66 w
3458
A
Whiting,MacNurdo18 Whiting 11, MacM.9
Hardmon 20,Jones10 Cosby12, Turner 7
2
at Notre Dame (#29)
88-
76
W
1381
A
MacHurdo22,Whit.17 Whiting11,Hem 9 Nowlin 24,Haysb.13 Nowlin10, Jones 8
3
#at UNLY (#25)
96. 85 W
947
A
MacNurdo21,Hedg.17 Whiting17, MacM. 6
Jackson22,Hargr.18 Jackson13, 7
4
#Geo.Washington (#26) 74. 71 W
750
N Whiting19, Hedg.16 Whiting 11,MacM.10
NordLing22Shasky15 Nordling,NcArdle11
5
LONG BEACH ST. (#39)100- 59 W
4783
H Hedgpeth21,MacH.15 Hemmer, Kapian 9
Jackson17,Parri.11 Parriott12,Jacks.8
6
TENNESSEE (#1)
96. 95 W
5522
H
Whiting26,Hedgp.21 Whiting14,MacMur.9
Head19,Woosley 14 Evans 8, 4 w/5
7
ZORAL ROBERTS
112- 74 W
1178
M MacHurdo19,Good.16 Kaplan 12,Doughe.9
Rushing23,Curmi.15 Rushing 11, 2 w/7
8
%SO. ILLINOIS
82- 63 W
1736
H MacH.17,Wh,,Kep.13 Whit.15,Hem.,Goo.6
Redeker17,Rouge.14 Firth 12,Rougeau 7
9
SAN DIEGO
103- 68 W
2505
H
Kaplan21,Whiting19 Kaplan 10, MacM. 7
Shaver24,Goltni.11 Shaver, Jones 5
10
SANTA CLARA(#39)
86- 71 W
4217
H Whiting24,Goode.16 Whiting16,Hemmer 9
King 19, Vanos 13 Vanos 7, Hughes 5
11
*at California
65- 74 1.
2510
A Whiting33, Good.11 Whiting, Hemmer 6
Stafford, Vukad.18 Martin12,Stafford9
12
*USC
87- 72 W
2305
N Whiting35, Good.16 Whiting9,Hedgpeth7
Leslie 25, East.14 Leslie 5, 2 w/5
13
*UCLA (#35)
95- 92 W
4364
H Whiting35,MacHu.17 Whiting11, Hemmer8
Stephens39,Will.28 Williams15,Steph.7
14
"at Washington State
89- 71 W
1037
A Hemmer24,Whiting16 Whiting9,Hemmer8
Norman19,Wellst.15 Norman5,Peterson4
15
*at Washington (#10)
79- 69 W
7211
A Whiting25,Goode.18 Hemmer 10, 3 w/5
Moore16,R.Smith 12 Gonsalves8,Sm 7
16
*ARIZONA
92- 77 W
2568
H
Goodenbour23,Mac17 Hemmer11,MacHurd.9
Clark 26, Coder 14 Clark 7, Sweet 7
17
*ARIZONA STATE
89- 66 W
3742
H
Whiting22,Hemmer13 Hemmer12,Whiting 7
Becenti16, Smith14 Smith 7, Becenti 5
18
"at Oregon State
69- 75 L
572
A Whiting15,Good.14 Whit.8,Good,/Hemm6
Shan.30,Jon./All12 Shannon13,
19
*at Oregon
74- 57 W
1121
A
Whiting14,Adkins12 Whiting 10, Paye 6
Wallenborn22,Wi.12 Wilson10,Waltenb.9
20
*at UCLA (#27)
92- 69 W
725
A
Hedgpeth26,MacK.16 MacMurdo9,Whiting8
Stephens29,Jelew14 Williams15,Steph12
21
*ausc
73- 51 W
944
A
Whiting20,Hermer17 MacNurdo11,Hemmer6
Leslie 14,Story 11 Gessig 6, 2 w/5
22
*WASHINGTON (#16)
83- 61 W
3307
M
Whiting24,Hedgp.19 Whiting9, Gooden.6
Williams17,Green10 Williams 8, 2 w/5
23
*WASHINGTON ST.
86- 63 W
3179
a
Hedgpeth18,Good.12 Memmer11,Whiting 7
Wellsandt16,Thom12 Norman 8, 2 w/7
24
*at Arizona St.
65- 77 L
647
A Whiting22,Hedgp.14 Whiting 9, Hedg.9
Smith 20, Ambers17 Ambers 13, Smith10
25
*at Arizona
97- 66 W
966
A MacHurdo19,Hedg.16 Dougherty8,Mac,Ka6
Clark 19, Magee 14 Clark 12, Magee 8
26
*OREGON
92- 70 W
2323
H Hedg.22,Whiting 21 Whiting 8, Hemmer7
Lillard17,Schutt14 Sporcich9,Lillard7
27
*OREGON STATE
103- 68 W
4044
H Hedgpeth21,Mach.20 Whiting7, Dough.7
Smith18,Evashev.16 Shannon9,Evashav.5
28
*CALIFORNIA (#33)
83- 81 W
7320
И
Whiting22,Hemmer16 Henmer11,Whiting10
Vukedinovic29,St17 Dixson9,Wil,,Nar.6
29
&UC-SANTA BARBARA(#31
82-
73
W
7145
M
Whiting18,Dough.13 Whiting17, Hemmer 6
Kienast23,Beainy19 Beainy 8,Kienast 7
30
&Texes Tech (#12)
75- 63 W
3623
N
Hemmer21,Gooden.19 Whit.11,Hemm.Hed.8
Swocpes17,McMill13 Swoopes11,Johnson4
31
&USC (#23)
82- 62 W 3477
W
Goodenbour22,Hed21 Hemmer 9, Whiting5
Woods12,Easterly11 Leslie11,Easterly6
32
&Virginia (#1)
65- 65 W
12421
N Whiting28,Gooden16 Whiting 12, 3 w/4
Staley19,HethBrg10 Wagener10,Staley 9
33
&W,Kentucky (#15)
78- 62 W
12072
M
Hemer18,Wedgpet17 Neemer15,Whiting13 Lang 18, Pehike 16 Lang 12, Monroe 6
* Pacific-10
# 7-UP/UNLV Classic
% Fry's/Cardinal Classic & NCAA Post-season
SEASON HIGHS/LOWS
STANFORD
Opponent
Points 1st Half:
High
57 V$ LONG BEACH ST. (#39)
49 by UCLA (#35)
Low
27 VS Virginia (#1)
21 by Texas Tech (#12)
Points 2nd Half:
High
57 vs ORAL ROBERTS
50 by TENNESSEE (#1)
Low
28 VS at Arizona St.
18 by ausc
Total Points:
High
112 VS ORAL ROBERTS
95 by TENNESSEE (#1)
Low
65 VS at Arizona St.
51 by ausc
Total Field Goals Made: High
43 VS ORAL ROBERTS
37 by TENNESSEE (#1)
Low
22 VS W.Kentucky (#15)
21 by W.Kentucky (#15)
Total Field Goals Att: High
83 VS ORAL ROBERTS
81 by TENNESSEE (#1)
Low
53 V$ at Washington State
53 by Texas Tech (#12)
Total FG Percentage:
High
.646 VS OREGON STATE
.500 by USC
Low
349 V$ Geo.Washington (#26)
.296 by W.Kentucky (#15)
3-Pt Field Goals:
High
12 VS USC (#23)
8 by at Washington State
Low
0 vs SANTA CLARA(#39)
0 by Virginia (#1)
3-Pt FG Attempted:
High
24 vs ORAL ROBERTS
22 by at Oregon
LOW
0 vs SANTA CLARA(#39)
3 by at Oregon State
3-Pt FG Percentage:
High
.600 V8 UC-SANTA BARBARA(#31)
.700 by at California
Low
.000 VS SANTA CLARA(#39)
.000 by Virginia (#1)
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4372-74 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
VS. #15 W. Kentucky
STANFORD VS W.Kentucky (#15)
4-5-1992
Come #g3
/-- TOTAL --/
1--- 3PT ---/
PLAYER
OFF DEF TOT
G/ GS
FG/
FGA
FG%
FG/
FGA
FG%
FT/
FTA
FT%
PTS
REB
REB
Rachel Hemmer
REB
1/
PF/ D
1
AST
51
TO
12
.417
BLK
01
STL
MIN
0 -000
8/
11
.727
18
6
9
15
Christy Hedgpeth
3/ 0
1/
1
2
61
4
15
0
-400
1
37
2/
7 .286
3/
3 1.000
17
1
1
Val Whiting
2
1
2/0
1/
1
41
1
10
.400
0
1
O/
33
0 .000
8/
9 .889
16
7
6
13
Molly Goodenbour
1/0
1/
1
2
2
3/
10
1
.300
0
36
1/
7 .143
5/
6 .833
12
0
3
Chris MacHurdo
3
2/0
1/
1
6
3/
5
5 .600
0
0/
1
36
0 .000
3/
4 .750
9
3 8
11
Kate Paye
1/
1/0
0
1
of
3
0 .000
1
0/
0
31
0 .000
41
4 1.000
4
0
0
0
Anita Kaplan
2/ 0
1/
0
0
1/
0
3 .333
0
0
01
7
0 .000
D/
0 .000
2
0
1
1
Angela Taylor
il 0
1/ D
O/
0
0 .000
0
0
01
0
0 .000
3
01
0 .000
0
0
0
Ann Adkins
0
1/
1/ 0
0
0
01
0
0 .000
0
0
D/
0 .000
2
01
0 .000
0
0
0
Kelly Dougherty
0
1/
01 0
0
0/
0
,
0 .000
0
0
O/
0 .000
1
0/
0 .000
0
0
1
Tanda Rucker
1
1/
0/ 0
0
0
of
1
0 .000
1
0
0/
5
0 .000
of
0 .000
0
D
Niki Sevillian
1
1
1/
0/ 0
0
1
of
1
0 .000
0
0
O/
0 .000
8
0/
0 .000
0
0
Team Rebounds
0
0
01 0
0
1
0
0
1
4
Stanford
1/
1
22/
55
.400
31
14
.214
31/
37
.838
78
17
30
51
13/
0
13
18
3
3
--
Team Rebounds
4
apponent Totals 1/ 1 21/ 71 .296 71 19 .368 13/ 20 .650 62 16 22 42 27/ 2 10 14 1 11 --
echnical Fouts: None
CORE BY PERIOD
1
2
oT
OT
TOTAL
DEADBALL REBOUNDS
tanford
37
41
0
0
78
0
oponent Totals
27
35
0
0
62
3
ME# OPPONENT
SCORE
ATTEND
LOC
HIGH SCORER
&W.Kentucky (#15)
HIGH REBOUNDER
78- 62 W
OPP H: SCORER
12072
N
OPP HI REBOUNDER
Hemmer18,Hedgpet17
Hermer15,Whiting13
Lang 18, Pehike 16 Lang 12, Monroe 6
Pacific-10
# 7-UP/UNLV Classic
% Fry's/Cardinal Classic & NCAA Post-season
April 14, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR CURT
FROM:
JAG
SUBJECT:
NCAA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
--U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills (was on Stanford's tennis
team)
--Sec. Kemp
--Digger Phelps, Special Asst. to the Director of the Office of
National Drug Control Policy
--basketball champions from H.D. Woodson and Forestville high
schools
--members of the Boys and Girls Club of Washington D.C.
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
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Women's Basketball
April 10, 1992
White House Trip Scheduled for Wednesday
STANFORD WOMEN TO VISIT PRESIDENT BUSH
Stanford--For the second time in three years, the Stanford women's
basketball team has earned a special invitation to visit President
George Bush at the Rose Garden on the White House Lawn.
Tara VanDerveer's Cardinal team, the 1991-92 NCAA women's national
champions, will meet the President, along with the NCAA men's national
champions, the Duke Blue Devils, Wednesday, April 15 at a 10 am (EDT)
reception and press conference.
It promises to be a whirlwind tour for the Stanford team, which will
be in Washington D.C. for less than 24 hours. The Stanford women will
travel via U.S. Air Flight #106, leaving San Francisco at 12:45 pm Tuesday
(April 14), arriving in Charlotte at 8:40 pm. The team will then leave
Charlotte on U.S. Air Flight #1082 at 9:40 pm, arriving at Washington
National at 10:40 pm.
The team then flies out of Baltimore on U.S. Air Flight #1195 at 7:45
pm Wednesday (April 15), arriving at LAX in Los Angeles at 10:25 pm. From
LAX at 11 pm on U.S. Air Flight #2141, the team will then land at SFO at
12:13 am.
This trip marks Stanford's second visit to Washington in the last
three years. Stanford also met President Bush in April of 1990, just after
winning its first national title over Auburn in Knoxville, Tennessee.
"We're thrilled to have a chance to revisit the President,"
said VanDerveer. "He was very gracious and I was very impressed with his
remarks to the team two years ago. This is special. We're all looking
forward to our visit to the White House next Wednesday."
Last Saturday and Sunday at the Final Four, Stanford first defeated
#1-ranked Virginia, 66-65, in the national semifinals, then #15-ranked
Arena in Los Angeles.
Western Kentucky, 78-62, in the national championship game at the Sports
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
April 15, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S
1992 NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS
The Rose Garden
10:19 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we're just delighted to have you
all here in the Rose Garden. And may I salute our basketball-
playing, basketball-loving Vice President. (Laughter.) We didn't
ask him about the Indiana game, but -- (laughter.) And may I welcome
Coach Mike Krzyzewski -- Coach K we call him. The Blue Devils
players and staff. And, of course, Coach Tara VanDerveer over here,
the Cardinal and all the members; and single out our Cabinet mate --
mine -- Carla Hills, who's here. She was on Stanford's tennis team.
Little short for basketball, but -- (laughter) -- plenty tough in
trade negotiations. So we're glad she's here.
And then, of course, a new addition to our
administration who is working in the antidrug program, this new and,
I think, very exciting weed-and-seed program -- Digger Phelps, who
some of you may remember. Digger, welcome back.
And also we have here -- and I saw some of you all
signing autographs and meeting them -- the champions from H.D.
Woodson and from Forestville High Schools. Where are you guys? All
right, there they go. (Applause.) These guys all look forward to
the visits of the champions to the Rose Garden. But we have the Boys
and Girls Clubs of Washington. Now, where are you all? Well, maybe
we don't have them. There they are -- there are some of the guys
there. (Applause.) Good to see you.
Well, last year Duke was here, and then Stanford in
1990. We have to stop meeting like this. (Laughter.) People are
getting concerned that there's a monopoly going out here in our
country. But thank you for joining us to celebrate, once more, "that
championship season.
A sports figure noted for malapropisms once said of a
losing streak, "Those games were beyond my apprehension."
(Laughter.) Well, today we've got two teams whose winning streak
tested the comprehension of basketball fans everywhere.
Take, for example, Stanford University -- again, the
NCAA Women's Champions. This year the Cardinal won 30 games and
their fourth straight PAC-10 title. Then they upset Virginia; then
beat Western Kentucky to win the championship. No wonder Tara and I
are becoming old friends. (Laughter.) She may be the best court
strategist since Perry Mason. (Laughter.)
Now, consider first, as evidence, Stanford's all-
everything center -- Val Whiting. Now, where's Val? Way down on the
-- there she is. (Applause.) And some of you may not know this:
she's studying to be a doctor. She scored 28 points in the
Cardinal's thrilling semifinal victory, grabbed 13 rebounds in the
final, made the All-Tournament Team. Her teammate, Molly Goodenbour,
over here -- number 4, right there -- (applause) -- majoring in
psychology -- and why not? (Laughter.) All season she made
opponents shake their heads. Her "Molly Rules" helped set an NCAA
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tourney record for the most three-point field goals with 18, and a
single-game record for the most three-point field goals with six.
There's always enthusiasm here in Washington for someone with a good
three-point program. (Laughter.) Especially in an election year.
Now, this season Academic Third Team All-American Chris
MacMurdo scored points on the court and in the classroom, setting a
great example. I want to note Ann Adkins, the only senior on the
team; Christy Hedgpeth, excelling outside; and Rachel Hemmer, the
PAC-10 Freshman of the Year, prevailing under the boards. Then
there's Kelly Dougherty -- right here -- always at her best in March.
And walk-on Kate Paye, way down at the end; and Anita Kaplan, in the
middle, perhaps Stanford's top reserve; and Angela Taylor, way, way
down there someplace -- Angela. I won't say what kind of reputation
Angela has for her skills on defense, but they want to talk to her --
Cheney does -- (laughter) -- over at the Pentagon. (Laughter.)
This brings me to today's other guests. As my
predecessor might have said: "There you go again." (Laughter.) A
year ago I said you showed that nice guys can finish first. This
season you struck again: Atlantic Coast Conference record: 14-2.
Overall record: 34-2. Champions of the ACC regular season and
tournament. Then, the first team since UCLA in 1973 -- and first ACC
team -- to win back-to-back NCAA titles. Duke and I have something
in common. Both of us like the word "repeat." (Laughter and
applause.)
Here's what we'll recall about their 1992 "stairway to
heaven." First, one Christian that the lions would be afraid to take
on. (Laughter.) Listen to this box score: a record 23rd tournament
game; the first player ever to start in four straight Final Fours.
His perfect game against Kentucky -- including that amazing last-
second shot that everybody that watched TV will remember all the rest
of their lives. We salute Christian Laettner, a true Player of the
Year. Welcome back. (Applause.)
And then, of course, we'll remember Bobby Hurley's
wizardry on the court. You know, to Bobby, basketball is a familiar
affair. His dad coached him in high school. He guarded his brother
in this year's regional semi-finals. This year Bobby made America
Duke's family.
Think of how he became Duke's career assist leader --
and NCAA Final Four MVP -- or Bobby's amazing record in NCAA
tournament play -- NCAA tournament play -- 17-1. It's players like
Bobby who helped Coach K -- a graduate of West Point -- do to
opponents on the court what General Schwarzkopf did to his on the
field of battle. Welcome back, Bobby. (Applause.)
Finally are other players who helped the Blue Devils
slam-dunk opponents: Brian Davis, of nearby Capitol Heights,
Maryland. He didn't have far to go. Grant Hill, another near-in guy
from Reston, Virginia, who threw the pass against Kentucky. Thomas
Hill, Duke's superb second-leading scorer. Ron Burt and Marty Clark,
who grew up with six basketball-playing sisters. Marty, sounds like
a typical weekend with my grandkids around this place. (Laughter.)
And all the Devils who helped Coach K -- Duke's Special K -- make
basketball history.
This year, Duke became only the fourth school to gain
its third straight NCAA championship game. Stanford's in the same
league: three straight appearances in the Final Four. There's a
word for that: consistency. And there's another word for that:
Excellence. They are words which embody you as student athletes.
Both of these champions -- and this is a very important point for the
kids from the high schools here and the Boys and Girls Clubs here
today -- both of these champions have high academic standards. Each
recruits aggressively, but honestly, because neither bends the rules
-- because both play within the rules.
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A prediction: You players will make an even greater
difference after graduation than before.
A Chinese scholar once wrote of "the great end of
learning.' " Well, learning is a great end with either a book or
basketball. That's why over the past decade more than 90 percent of
Duke and Stanford players got their diplomas -- rivaling the general
graduation rates of their outstanding institutions.
Already, you've been missionaries for educational
excellence. You've shown how a nation that is physically fit and
educationally fit is fit to take on the world. Today, I ask you to
carry that zeal to our educational systems at all levels to your
careers and to the dream we call America. You stand here as examples
of how will and heart can stir the human spirit.
So, again, I am delighted to be out here. The Vice
President's delighted to be with me to congratulate as fans; to thank
you for showing how education is our most enduring legacy, vital to
all we are and all we can become.
So, good luck. And may God bless you all. And now
here's the drill. (Laughter.) Last year we had a shoot-out by these
and another substitute team was here last year -- (laughter.) So
after you all have a chance to visit a little bit and say hello, I'm
going to invite the players down and we will have a shoot-out, a
White House shoot-out to see who wins our little trophy this year.
The trophy is very modest, but we need these guys back and we welcome
the Cardinal to the White House court for a very, very brief
appearance down there.
Now, thank you all very much. (Applause.)
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