NU men end season
short of tourney goal
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point margin, 77-53. The win pro
pelled KU into the semifinals and
eventually into the championship,
which they also took en route to the
NCAA tournament.
For NU, the last meeting with
Kansas turned out to be a crushing
blow to their own NCAA hopes.
The squad went on to the
National Invitational Tournament,
winning the first round against
Nevada-Las Vegas before being
beaten at Texas Christian to bring
the season to an end.
But aside from the disappoint
ments in some parts of the season,
the Huskers still had plenty of hon
ors to claim. The 1998-99 squad
boasted senior center Venson
Hamilton, who was a first-team
All-Big 12 selection and also the
Big 12 player of the year.
“It’s really special, what he’s
done,” Nee said of Hamilton, who
now owns the Nebraska school
records in blocked shots with 241
and rebounds, with 1,080. “He has
a great chance to go far in the game
ofbasketball.”
Hamilton is a member of an
elite fraternity of college players
who have achieved 1,000 points
and 1,000 rebounds.
Acting as the supporting cast,
Husker guards Cookie Belcher,
Chad Johnson and Cary Cochran
' and forwards Markowski and Larry
Florence all chipped in to play big
roles this season.
With the exception of Johnson,
who has elected to transfer, and
Markowski, who graduated, all will
; return and be expected to start next
season.
«
At the start of our
season, to say we
could sweep
Kansas was
probably a stretch.
But with our heart,
we fought to
the end ”
Andy Markowski
NU forward
Some tumultuous changes have
created a stir for the team as of late,
with Johnson’s departure and that
of Todd Smith, a backtrp^point
guard who has been plagued by
injuries who will also transfer. Joe
Holmes, who started much of the
year at the point, will also be leav
ing because of health problems.
Assistant Coach Jimmy
Williams has also said that he may
be leaving to take a head coaching
position.
Also in the off-season, Nee had
some trouble trying to nail down
recruiting commitments for next
season, but got what he wanted
with six touted recruits and junior
college transfers.
Ending on that good point, the
Huskers now look to next season,
hoping to break back into the
NCAA Tournament and net their
first win there in school history.
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NU rifle team shoots for varsity success
By Jay Saunders
Staff writer
A new varsity sport shot onto the
scene at Nebraska this year, literally.
The women’s rifle team became the
11th varsity sport in the athletic pro
gram. With a brand-new facility in the
Military and Naval Sciences building,
the first Comhusker team consisted of
four walk-ons from die Nebraska area.
Nebraska found rough going early
in the season, but the Huskers quickly
improved. The second match of the year
brought a400-point improvement in the
small-bore competition. In the air rifle
competition, NU was able to add 140
points from the beginning of the season.
The highlight of the season was an
1 l*-place finish at the Roger Withrow
Invitational at Murray State University.
NU scored 5,634 in the 21-team compe
tition.
Leading the way individually was
freshman Terim Richards, who finished
35th overall. Fellow freshman Rachel
Spiry was 55th.
“We have improved greatly since
our first match,” Coach Karen Anthony
said. “In this competition, we finished
ahead of two teams who defeated us ear
lier in die year, so there has been some
definite improvement on our team.”
Next season, all four Huskers will
return, along with freshman Nicole
Allaire. Allaire, the first person to sign a
letter of intent, has 10 years of competi
tive rifling experience.
Congratulations
Andre P. Ditsch
Andre P. Ditsch is a graduating student in chemical engineering. Leaving the University of
nebraska-Lincoln in May, Andre will begin his new career for Archer Daniels Midland
Company. Tom will be working in corn processing in Decatur, Illinois.
ADM is the world’s largest agri-processing company and is based in Decatur, IL. ADM is
continuing to expand throughout North America as well as in China, Europe and South
America.
ADM processes corn, soybeans and other oil seeds and produces high fructose corn syrup,
citric acid, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, TVP, vegetable oil, lecithin, ethanol, as well as many other
products. Andre found out about ADM’s career opportunities from career services and
scheduled an interview with ADM. He interviewed in Decatur, toured production facilities, and
was then hired as a production assistant.
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Andre will begin training for a period of six to twelve months. During e <
this time he will work with different technicians and engineers as well as ^ A ?
learn about the entire process of production at the plant. He wanted the co ADM *
chance to have hand-on experience. Tom is eagerly awaiting his new ?
career at ADM. We look forward to Tom joining us. >0
WELCOME TO ADM. e'
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