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DeMars named
iTA Region II
Coach of the Year
Fjom staff reports
Men's tennis coach Kent DeMars
was named Intercollegiate Tennis Association
(ITA) Region II Coach of the
Year Wednesday and is one of the
ipight finalists for National Coach of
the Year.
_ The Region II award was DeMars'
fourth in the last six years. He has
guided the Gamecocks to a 19-6 overall
record this spring including a perfect
11-0 mark in Region II play. USC
1(isranked No. 13 nationally.
DeMars, a native of East St. Louis,
111., is 371-170 in his 21st year of
coaching in the collegiate ranks. His
, 157-99 mark as USC coach includes
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, From staff reports
USC's men's and women's tennis
Steams placed a league-high 10 student-athletes
on the SEC Academic
r Honor Roll announced by the league
office Wednesday.
; It marks the third straight year that
; Gamecock tennis has placed more
Student-athletes on the Honor Roll
< than any other SEC school.
Coach Arlo Elkins' Lady Gamecocks,
who posted an overall team
GPA of 3.612 during the fall semester,
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Kent DeMars, right, is in his 10th year
four NCAA playoff berths, five AllAmerica
honorees and 10 consecutive
seasons ranked in the nation's Top 25.
DeMars was named National Coach
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niors Claire Hammond (3.76 GPA)
and Heather Coburn (3.62) both
made the honor roll while majoring
in marketing and accounting respectively.
Sophomore Tracy Pulliam
(3.48) and junior Helen Crook (3 9)
both excelled academically while majoring
in journalism. Junior Victoria
Davies (3.82), a geography student,
and eraduate student Nathalie Acacio
(3.01) also made the list.
Four of coach Kent DeMars' Gamecock
tennis players made the academic
honor roll as well.
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of the Year following the 1989 season
in which the Gamecocks reached the
NCAA semifinals for the first time in
school history.
mic Honor Roll
Seniors Jose Frontera (3.15) andjohan
Sandberg (3.36) and sophomore
Enrique Alarcon (3 28) all made the
honor roll while majoring in marketing.
Graduate student Johan Wiig
posted a 4.0 GPA while studying in
the USC International Business pro
gram.
Thirteen of DeMars' Gamecocks
have been named to the honor roll
his three year tenure at USC, more
than any other SEC school over that
period.
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USC's Softball team is ranked ninth
from 13th place two weeks ago. Th
1. Arizona 48-2
2. S.W Louisiana 53-3
3. Oklahoma State 38-?
4. Northridge 38-"
5. UCLA 32-f
6. Fresno State 37-1
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8. Hawaii ? 42-]
9. South Carolina 48-1
10. Oregon 29-1
11. Texas A&M 52-1
12. Utah 35-S
13. Washington 31-1
Source: USC Sports Information
SEC honors golf
Norris, Lim, Dar
From staff reports
The USC women's golf team placed three in
on the 1994 SEC Women's Goli Academic Hone
nounced Wednesday by the league office.
Sophomores Julie Norris (3.51, sports admit
and Siew Ai Lim (3.37, psychology) along with
Darr (3.5, English) were named to the list whi<
all individuals in the league with a GPA of 3.0
Lim leads the Lady Gamecocks in stroke aver
over 76 strokes per round and has been in the
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