Comhusker plans to reach, pass Noonan’s level
By Tim Hartmann
Senior Reporter
Nebraska middle guard Lawrence
Pete is hard to miss at 6-foot-1 and 270
pounds, but he was still overlooked for
all-state and all-city teams while he
was at South High School in Wichita,
Kan.
“I never doubted my ability in high
school,” Pete said. “I guess the reason
for them not picking me for the all-city
and all-state teams was they said I
played a lot of positions in high school
— I wasn’t a designated this or a
designated that.”
When it came time for college
recruiters, Pete said, “I was the man.”
Pete said he was recruited by Ar
kansas, Tennessee, Kansas, Kansas
State and Nebraska. He said he chose
to become a Cornhusker because of
the Nebraska program.
‘‘The academic success, the foot
ball program definitely speaks for
itself — we’re rated in the top five
every year, year in and year out.”
Pete started for the Nebraska fresh
man team in 1984 and tied defensive
tackle Neil Smith for the team lead in
tackles with 36. He redshirted the next
season, and last year backed up All
America middle guard Danny
Noonan.
Playing in every game last season,
he finished with 26 tackles, including
five for losses.
Pete said that playing behind
Noonan was beneficial.
“I watched him play and he’s a guv
who stayed aggressive for four quar
ters, which is something I need to
instill into my game,” Pete said. “He
was a very intense player.”
Pete said as long as he continues to
play, he feels he will improve. He said
he will eventually play at Noonan’s
level.
“In the physical attributes I think
me and Danny are comparable, but the
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mental aspect — he was ahead of the
game because he had a lot of experi
ence,” Pete said. “I think with a lot of
repetitions everything will fall into
place.”
Pete said he would like to follow in
the footsteps of Noonan, a No. 1 draft
choice of the National Football
League’s Dallas Cowboys, by playing
professional football. Playing in the
NFL isn’t a must in his life, he said.
“If it comes, fine. If it doesn t, it
doesn’t,” he said. “I have other things
I’d like to do, anyway.”
Pete, a junior, has already sur
passed Noonan in the weight room.
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Pete holds the Nebraska record in the
bench press with a lift of 500 pounds,
while Noonan’s top lift was 495
pounds.
Pete said weightlifting is an impor
tant part of Nebraska’s success. “We
probably have one of the most intense
weight programs during the season,”
he said. “It’s not as strenuous as the
winter conditioning and off-season
program, but for in-season, it’s very
strenuous.”
Pete said between weightlifting,
school and football he has a full sched
ule.
“It doesn’t allow time for relaxa
tion,” he said. “You take all your
classes in the afternoon, you go to
practice in the evening and study table
at night, and that’s the routine for the
whole week. Saturday is the game, so
basically the only time you have off is
Sunday.”
Pete is surrounded by such players
as All-America candidates Smith and
defensive end Broderick Thomas on
the Nebraska defensive line. Pete said
this is the reason this year’s defensive
line has the potential to be the best line
since he arrived at Nebraska.
“The athletic ability is there, but
the cohesiveness is yet to come,” he
said. “But that will come with
repetitions.’’Pete said Nebraska also
has the talent to be the best team in the
country.
“We have enough talent to take it
all,” Pete said. “It all depends on what
everybody wants to do. If everybody
puts it in their mind that’s what they
want to accomplish, then it can be
done.”
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Nebraska middle guard Lawrence Pete.
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as coaching finalist
for volleyball game
By Mark Derowitsch
Senior Reporter
Nebraska volleyball coach
Terry Pettit was one of six
coaching finalists nominated in
the first annual YugoEast West
Collegiate Volleyball All-Star
Classic.
The game, for graduating
seniors, will be played Jan. 16 in
Stockton, Calif. There also will
be skills contest for the players.
and a coaching clinic put on by
USA National Team coach
Terry Liskevych.
Pettit said he was honored to
be nominated for the oosition,
“I don’t focus on those things
for myself,” Pettit said. ‘‘I think
that an all-star game is good for
volleyball. I will support any
thing that supports volleyball.”
Joining Pettit as finalists for
the East region are Carol Dewey
of Purdue and Mick Haley of
Texas.
Andy Banachowski of
UCLA, Kathy Gregory of the
UC Santa Barbara and Dave
Shoji of Hawaii were nomi
nated in the West region.
“I think we’ve come up with
six coaches that have impec
cable credentials,” said Ron
Edelson, Yugo senior vice
president of marketing and
planning.
Two coaches will be chosen
by ballots that can be obtained
in the October issue of Volley
ball Monthly and the American
Volleyball Coaches Associa
tion newsletter.
The voting began Oct 1 and
will last until Nov. 7.
Pettit has led the Corn
huskers to 323 wins and 10 Big
Eight tides during his 10 years
at Nebraska. He coached Ne
braska to a second-place finish
at the NCAA nationals last sea
son.
Name error noted
A story tilled “Last Mile Costs
Race” spelled Nebraska cross coun
try runner Kraig Vanderbcek’s name
incorrectly. The Daily Nebraskan
regrets the error.