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s Godfrey play: role for Lady D1FKA BHAMBHANI l Staff Writer ^ Heather Godfrey started playing basketball when she was in the third 1 grade and the rest is no mystery. ^ She is now one of the star players 1 of the Lady Gamecocks. "I've gotten to play against the I best women bas ketball players in the country," God- "I'd HkO to freysaid. top three Though only a ?E? fQr th sophomore, Godfrey .... . has definitely made T,e,a? 8031 an impact repre- age." ? So isenting use as Heather Go guard. Slightly mod- ' est, she is happy she has been able to play against the best, but such players are not out of her league. As a freshman, she led the team with a three-point field goal percentage of .406, her specialty, and played in an zt games, mciua* ing a South Eastern Conference Tour"nament game against No. 14 "Arkansas. ? In fact, this extraordinary threepoint shooting ability, combined with _her previous experience, are two ways Heather feels she can benefit lithe team. Her outstanding perfort mance against top ranked teams like * Georgia, Appalachian State and Tennessee have made her an asset to ^the Lady Gamecocks. Godfrey's best game last year was 'against Rice, when she scored 15 It L ii n i I Gamecock j $17 Women j .... coupon " -) 631 Harden St. (upstairs) I Expires 12.31.95 ! omTT7TTT| J I j A I \ iswu^l SPRING 1996 E! Applications c i i \ ] ij The Editor position requires tha t or minimum GPR required to i have worked for The Gamecock submitted samples of work resp e before tl e u < h D 04 L. I i powerful Gamecocks DOints wniie pumng aown iour refunds and dishing out one assist. [n that same game, she hit five of line three-pointers for .600. In the SEC Tournament game IS igainst Arkansas last season, Godirey played 25 minutes and scored line points against the Razorbacks. Although Heather believes her greatest moment in sports was when she broke the North Carolina state |9 be in tho three-point record of tha and was chosen as . . an AAU All-Amerree-point ican basketball playpercent er, her main goal iphomore this season lies in Elfrey the SEC Tourna- 9 ment. "I'd like to be in the top three of the PR| SEC for three-point field goal percentage," she said. Nonetheless, she claims there is always room for improvement. Td like to become a stronger defensive player," she said. Rut sVip dnpsn't denv its hard HI work. The team practices every day for three hours and Sunday if there is a Monday game. In the evenings the players are required to study with tutors, and their schedules are adjusted so they finish all their classes in the early afternoon. "It's really tiring," she said. Godfrey is from Statesville, N.C., " and is majoring in physical educa- SophomorG * tion. Five years from now, she hopes .J" .. -h * to be teaching P.E. and coaching. MCGuire Aren ? Chaplains C PALM The Carolina C '^pfgp Campus Ministry . The Caio(ina c ^ Body and Soul ESTo Dinner and Program: religious life at ( "A Walk Through the Bible" Wednesday at 5:30 pm All association role of healthy n Worship & Dinner Sunday 5:30 pm a Slgiuficant Pai1 All of the chap the Carolina Ch< Partnership Among Lutherans & Methodists available for coi 728 Pickens St. 799-7363 guidance. tSt. Thomas More C Mass Sunday 11am, 6 pm; f Confessioi Sat. 2-3 pm or b Newman CI Evening Prayer Meetings: Tues, if*."? Rev. Michael F. McCafl 1610 Greene Street 799-5870 (across from the 5atcock DITOR THE GAMECOCK NEWSF :an be picked up in Russell House Room 331. 'H ]kwi'/TTililAiiFuTPh i 'hU J it applicants be junior or senior standing, have a minimum GPR remain in good standing in the major college (whichever is grea for at least one year (or equivalent experience). Applications ari onses on their application form, two letters of reference, and a f he Board of Student Publications and Communications. Student Media SPORTS n | HK9w a,<^^ ?ffl%' Mr ml J t \ fl WF^B ..,m.? p .|m I lu-yi ^ l' ' to? Sgl ~:C>y .-.v.. , >.X*.:-ftfe A . : ... '- 'iyfrjffr- w --w--yvw^lrtOTf^liWffi^'I KIM TRUETT The Gam uard Heather Godfrey is a formidable threat from s-point arc. The Lady Gamecocks play tonight at F a against Minnesota. Tip-off is at 7 p.m. /J . J ^ J Corner ha plains Association haplains Association and fellowship as f the diversity of Carolina. members support the digious development as ^BljljKASAa : of higher education. counselors iplains Association ^IHSVIfl inseling and spiritual ? H Center don.-Thurs. 12:15 pm ^ 6:45pm 7 pm Ferty, Chaplain ; School of Nursing) mbULBMII APER Fnrnl __ JL WV V>J of 2.50 overall iter), and must n 2 judged on their ^ ormal interview On Wedn at the US( II Plew reaching on field and < UZA ANCIERNO Staff Writer I Softball catcher Tina Plew be gan her career in the third grad playing on a boy's little league tean She played baseball because i was the only activity in her hom town that wasn't run through th Mormon church. In seventh grad her father made her switch to sof ball because he saw potential for he to play on the collegiate level. According to Plew, the hittin skills and the level of competitio were much different. She went froi a team with "boys who wanted t break everyone's arms to girls wh were afraid to break their nails Plew also felt that baseball require more hand-eye coordination becaus of the different movement on th ball. She believes that softball r< action time is quicker, therefore requires different swings and le1 els of concentration. Plew is a psychology major wit a minor in exercise science. Her goa after graduating are to attend gra< fff uate school tor special education ( possibly coach at the college leve - She experimented with those goa ' s by volunteering to instruct at a Nil clinic in Asheville, N.C., Nov. 2! She and pitcher Kim Sheridan taugi girls from middle school throug high school the fundamentals < catching and pitching. Plew felt was important to show the childre ?l? how they could "utilize their athle ecock ic ability to further their educations ou*" Although she enjoyed instruc tank y1g) pieVs ultimate dream is to pli ity Book me and see Pre Paula Feldi esday, Novemt C Bookstore, F Wednesday, November 29,1995 g for success nff for Carolina professional softball or make the ~ Olympic team in 2000. To accomplish this, she feels she must dedicate herself to her sport even more ^ and complete a few years of heavy training. Other options include playing with the Silver Bullets, a women's semi-pro team or being drafted by the fast-pitch women's league that is beginning after the 1996 Olympics. Plew's proudest moments were making the regional tournament her ^ freshman and sophomore years, as well as finishing off last year with a 53-15 record. Her best individual moment was her freshman year ? when she hit a two-run homer in the ^ seventh inning to win the game. According to Plew, what made the moment was "the excitement in the run^ ner on third's face." It was if they had pulled together to help the team will tuc gauic. Her most embarrassing moment ^ involved her teammates also. Dur^ ing a recruit's visit, the team enterj tained by playing flag football. While Plew was covering a person, she I tripped and fell in a mud puddle. Ac^ cording to teammates, when she stood up, her entire body was covg ered with mud. ^ Despite boasting a .348 batting ^ average, 12 stolen bases and 39 runs batted in, Plew is a modest player. She attributes her success to her parents and tries her hardest to make t them proud not only on the field but in the classroom as well. This isn't ^ an easy accomplishment considering the rigorous training involved iy in her sport. j ^ j iQ wji51aa1a5 i )fessor nan >er 29, 2-4pm Lussell House w '-V