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(Photos by Dave Ro ac ) Review By Richard Meyers finnrt The top ten sports stories of t^e year: 1. GEORGE ROGERS wins the Heisman Trophy. The 6-2, 220-pound tailback easily outdistanced Pittsburgh's Hugh Green and Georgia's Herschel Walker for the Heisman, representative of the nation's outstanding collegiate football players. Rocers led all rushers in io?n with 1 7P1 \zarrle auoroflinn C w ? ~ - .?rwv WW A,?UA UO, U T VI U^lllg U yards per carry, while scoring 14 touchdowns. He finished his four year career at Carolina with 4,958 yards, to place fourth among the all-time leading rushers in NCAA history. 2. ZAM FREDRICK leads the nation in scoring. The 6-2 guard from St. Matthews who scored only 189 points in his junior season exploded for 781 in his final year to become the country's top scorer with a 28.9 average. Over the final 13 games of the season, Fredrick averaged 36 Doints Der same, including a career-hieh 43 noints in his final contest against Georgia Southern. 3. USC'S BASKETBALL team is overlooked by the National Invitation Tournament for a post-season bid. Despite a 17-7 record, including 16 wins in their last 22 games and the attraction of the nation's No. 1 scorer in Zam Fredrick, the NIT chose not to invite the Gamecocks to participate in their tournament. After waiting all night, Coach Bill Foster called the selection committee at midnight to be informed that Carolina would not be invited. Conference upsets appeared to doom the Gamecocks, as only five independent teams made either the NIT or the NCAA tournaments. 4. GEORGE ROGERS is the first player selected in the National Football League's annual collegiate draft. The New Orleans Saints, trying to regroup after a 1-15 season, made Rogers their first pick ns expected. Rogers' teammate, ight end Willie Scott was also a first round selection. The Kansas City Chiefs, with the 14th pick overall, took Scott. Surprisingly, no other Gamecock players were ianen in tne remaining rounds. 5. USC'S FOOTBALL team defeats Michigan 17-14. Before the largest crowd (104,213) to ever see the Gamecocks play, Carolina registered their biggest win ever with a 17-14 victory over the Rose Bowl champions. Trailing 14-3 at halftime, USC scored two second-half touchdowns and held on to win the game when a Wolverine last second touchdown drive stalled as time expired. 6. PITT CRUSHES Carolina in the 36th annual Gator Bowl. Playing in their second bowl game in as many years, the Gamecocks faced the third ranked Panthers of Pitt. George Rogers gained over 100 yards for the 22 nd consecutive game, but it wasn't nearly enough as Pitt won handily 37-9. Aiinougn rne pame was supposed to snowcase Heisman winner Rogers versus runner-up linebacker Hugh Green, it never developed. Panther linebacker Ricky Jackson stole the spotlight, racking up 17 tackles to help give USC it's second consecutive 8-4 season. 7. ONE PLAYER and two administrators quit the Lady .?_ 1 1 ll 11 A *** -J ' - uamecucK oasiteioau leam. vjruara rai Mason, assistant coach Karen Brown and administrative assistant Linda Singer quit the team within a two week period. The spark leading to the resignations seemed to stem from an emotional team meeting the ballclub held in the Coliseum parking lot for two hours following a victory over N.C. State. Mason became the 16th player to quit in four years under Parsons, who was rumored to be in danger of losing her job after the incidents. 8.THE LADY Gamecock basketball team forfeits eight games due to an ineligilbe player. Transfer Frani Washington was ruled ineligible by the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women and USC had to forfeit eight games that Washington played in. Washington was found to be ineligible because she did not make normal academic progress at her former school, Ohio ^ -r - " . . . > a A I ATA f IF 1 State. Carolina appealed the decision, oui uie /lmn reiuseu to change their original ruling. 9. USC'S BASKETBALL team beats Marquette. Starting four freshmen on the road against the second winningest team of the past ten years, Carolina pulled off it's biggest upset in three years by edging the Warriors 91-89. Fredrick canned two free throws with 12 seconds left to seal the win. The senior co-captain scored 31 points that night, to begin his scoring streak that eventually netted him the national scoring championship. 10. CAROLINA'S BASEBALL team sweeps two games from Clemson. After falling to the Tigers in the finals of last year's regional playoffs at Clemson, the Gamecocks gained a measure of revenge by beating Clemson twice in two days before a total of 11,000 fans at Sarge Frye Field. Carolina won the opening game 6-2 behind a complete game effort by southpaw Dennis Lubert. USC watched an early 5-0 lead evaporate before rallying for a 11-7 victory in the following day's game.