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for all college athletes, yet the senior broken leg,
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Chappell, a senior midfielder on !
the USC men's soccer team, broke his ^n?j j ^ ^
leg in mid-August. wao,"hesa)
The Frogmore native began play- able to star
ing soccer in the second grade when his just have to
friends all decided to play. As Chap- where I wai
pell's career continued, he was an SCIS- ?\ye ^
SA All-Star and received All-State and and once I c
All-Conference honors. over in the
Chappell's career led him to Car- anc* Iwas 8
olina. He had attended soccer camps Since C
and really eryoyed the experience. of the seasc
"I really wanted to play for South to ot^e
Carolina," he said. "I had come to camp team
here a couple of times and really liked "Moral
Coach Berson, and it was always a great he's out the:
team." trying to gel
Chappell's dream came true when ^^owi v^t
he became a member of the team in . , ,
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Before this fall's campaign, Chap- fact that yoi
pell arrived in Columbia to get a jump B erso n
on the season. However, three days be- dedication t
fore pre-season started, the team was come t0 pra
on a wet field and Chappell collided "Even i
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"1V" - leg, he was
"I knew it was broken," Chappell Berson said
said. "I heard it snap." Chappc
ChappeU's teammates sympathized his leg, he w
with his injury. lineup.
"I was really disappointed because "I wan
it ruined his whole senior season be- game situat
cause he wouldn't get to play," team- get into a
mate Jason Smallwood said. what we've v
Senior Jamie Starr said the team ^
was shocked by the iryrny because every- andlw
one on the team wants the best for its ^ aj j t^e
seniors.
"We hoped it wasn't that bad," le ^tcht
Starr said. "We wanted to get him back However tl
in the lineup as soon as possible." tje ^ ^er
USC Head Men's Soccer Coach The ga
Mark Berson agrees with his players. an(j 8Udder
"It was really distressing be- walked over
cause we all just felt sick about it," warming up.
Berson said. Tie had come back early was going <
and was working on his own. Any time over to sign
you see athletes doing extra to better As sooi
themselves and that type of misfortune field, the sta
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ii ran be out there playing." an assist for Smallwood's goal. tional.
i said Chappell has shown Now that the initial stress is over, J,
o the team by continuing to Chappell can begin to look at the re- 6,7-5,
ctice. mainder of his senior season. Reflect?hen
he had a cast on his mg on his career, ChappeU is proud that |H
out here with the team," be was able t0 P1"? coUege 8?ccer for
four years.
.11 said that before he broke "rm ost proud of being a part of
anted to be on the starting >*. he said. Tm not one of those standout
guys, but I'm proud of being here
. , , i . ., ,. , for four years and helping out from be- I
e o e con n u ing o . a freshmen and taking advice to be10ns,
helping the freshmen . B , . . j ?
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worked so hard on this year," Chappell now looks to enjoy the
iid. "After I broke my leg, rest of the season and receive his CPA
be encouraging to the play- in accounting. He would like to evenanted
to be around every- tually work with the FBI, and he also
time." looks forward to being an alumnus. I
*11 had not played in a sin- Chappell said the competition will
;his season until Oct. 19. be what he really misses. He also will
le Adelphi game was a lit- miss his teammates, but he knows that
ent. they will keep in touch.
me was drawing to a close, Til miss how close we are," he said,
ily Chappell stood up. He It's like a fraternity. We can trust each
to the sidelines and began other with anything. If you've got any I
The crowd questioned what hind of problem, you can go to anybody
in until Chappell walked 0n the team, and they'll help you out if I
himself in. they can. What I like about this pro1
as Chappell ran onto the gram is we've got such a good alumni
inds erupted into applause, that Fm never not going to see these
eammates all began chant- guys."
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1M HUNT Sports Editor SEC and All-South as a junior,
denick batted a school record .419
Catcher Rob Streicher received 87 mns batted in and 81 s S(
'aylor McEntire Most Valuable as aJunior- From Greenville, the
sr award, and right-hander Brett hitter/catcher hit 13 home
was recognized as the outstand- as we^ 38 *8 doub'es and bro^e 01
itcher on the 1997 USC baseball several other offensive recordsl
Oct. 23 at the fall banquet The Irby Raines Award for
sored by the Gamecocks Dugout inspirational player went to out]
er Derrick Urquhart of Florence.
Seven other players received Gamecock left fielder batted 378
fa at thp affair junior with nine home runs and 56
batted in, and he led the outfiel
Streicher, a semor from Boca Ra- fense ^th five assists.
ila., led the 33-24 team in home
4.1.10 j u 44 j 001 .1 fy/\ 1 ne r red brickman Loai
with 16 and batted .321 with 70 A , .. , , . AJ ?
. Award went to shortstop Adam Ev
vhile,starting all 57 games at ei- cv
. j , B. , B ... of Kennesaw, Ga. A transfer from T
etcher or designated hitter. n c. , ^ .. . ,
Carolina State, Everett started s
fodie, a right-hander from Lex- games at shortstop, batted .356
n, was a first team All-SEC se- eight home runs and 51 runs batt
n as a sophomore. He posted an for the Gamecocks before starting
icord with a team-leading 4.44 the USA National Team last sun
while pitching 107 1/3 innings in summer.
The Mark Van Bever Base S
tyan Bordenick received the best ing Award went to outfielder Mike
award. A first team All-Ameri- ry of Jacksonville, Fla. Curry sto
ection by the American Baseball bases in 45 attempts as a sophoi
hes Association, as well as All- and has 62 stolen bases in the firs
)urdon takes title in
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defeated Cha
^SC's Jerome Jourdon defeated third seed Piotr capture the A
wski of Winthrop Tuesday to claim the A-2 Singles
; championship in the South Carolina Fall Invita- Vladimi
Doubles by d
ourdon defeated John Valverud of Old Dominion 3- Pavicevic was
6-2 earlier in the day to reach the finals. Tech 6-7 (5),
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Bor- years of his career. The award is named 0
with for South Carolina stolen base record
-ored holder Mark Van Bever, who has 122
! des- steals in his three year career.
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baseman Ryan Szwejbka of Fairmost
port, N.Y. A shortstop prior to his sefi
el d- Hjoj. season> Szwejbka shifted to second
base and solidified the USC infield with
' 38 a his defense and leadership in addition
to having his best offensive season. 0
The Fall Player of the Year Award
, went to Eric Stanton of Newberry.
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man two seasons> Stanton shifted
ill 57 *? *bird base in fall practice and is expected
to start at the new position as
edin a junior in 1998.
with The Rookie Award for a first-year
lmer player based on performance in fall
practice went to Tripp Kelly of Florence.
Iteal- A first baseman-outfielder, Kelly was 0
Cur- one of the leading hitters in fall inle
42 trasquad games with a .361 average,
more His 34 hits included four doubles and
t two four home runs.
USC Tourney
;he Gamecocks, the team of Pavicevic/Akesson
irleston Southern's Jaworski/Bethune 8-1 to
l-1 Doubles championship. 0
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owning Dennis Lundberg of Tulane 6-4, 6-3.
1 then defeated by Aaron Marchetti of Virginia
7-5,4-6 in the finals.
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