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Check out next week for another installation of Singleton 3:16. The topic' Probably wrestling and liquor. Wednesday. June 17. 1998 Ohlssonl sports a/t/orBRYAW JOHNSTON , South Carolina track athlete Mattias Ohlsson, a recent graduate of the j University of South Carolina, was j named Thursday to the 1997-98 GTE ( rssn si; 1 ?JjT y?, .?y * " a I " ? Mattias Ohlsson was named to the GT Large First Team for his outstanding' Fnrmpr I shines i: college press EXCHANGE Frankfurt, Germany?Reserve quarterback Jim Arellanes stepped in and threw three touchdown passes, including one to former South Carolina receiver Marcus Robinson on Sunday to lead the Duesseldorf Rhein Fire to a 34-10 victory over the Frankfurt Galaxy in the Worid Bowl. Arellanes had attempted just one pass all season prior to the NFL Europe title game. Arellanes was forced into the starting lineup when the league's top-rated quarterback, Mike Quinn, was deemed unfit to play just before kickoff because of a strained ankle. The former Fresno State player teamed up with Dialleo Burks for scares from 15 and 27 yards out and tossed another score to Robinson for a 74-yard touchdown. Robinson had two receptions for 114 yards in the game. < L lonored i Academic All-America Men's At-Large First Team. Ohlsson, who was an NCAA qualifier in the hammer throw, graduated in May with a 3.90 average in Mechanical Engineering. ^ * mm. -JK j> r * ^ ***?% * & \ ^ ^ J " SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK IB Academic All-America Men's Atsvork in the classroom. Carolina n World The win before 47,546 fans at Ws stadium represented the Fire's first Wa r> ii^i. j : ii n i i i dow i u Lie, ueuyuig uie uaiaxy vwihj w in 1995) a second championship. With the Frankfurt faithful in a fit zy early on, Arellanes helped silence thi with a 40-yard completion to Robins on the first play from scrimmage. Arellanes finished the game 12-fi 18 for 263 yards. His counterpart, Galaxy quarterba Chris Dittoe, didn't fare as well, tossi two interceptions. Dittoe was also filling in for an injui starter, Damon Huard. The Galaxy managed to cut the F lead to 17-10 early in the third quail courtesy a 40-yard field goal by Ralf Kle mann. But the Fire and Arellanes respor ed immediately, as the quarterback a Robinson hooked up on their 74-ya touchdown to dash Frankfurt's hopi Jon Vaughn capped the scoring for t Rhein Fire, scoring on a 16-yard run wi just 1:53 remaining. "1 >PORT{ The Gamecock Foracadei "It's an honor, of course," Ohlsson said. "It's awesome. I put a lot of work and time into my schooling. It's nice to see it pay off with an honor like this." A native of Hudiksvall, Sweden, Ohlsson made only five Bs in his college career. He was a member of both il _ n : j a>_ t /r nn* a a\ uie rresraents usi uur a urn ui <t.uf and the Dean's list (for a GPA of 3.5) three times. Ohlsson was also a Phi Beta Kappa Honors fraternity member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers member and Phi Theta Kappa member at South Carolina. "I studied a lot and prioritized school," he said. 1 didn't have much of a social life during the week. I finished early so I could have a social life on the weekends. If s easier for an athlete [to do well], because I know I have practice. I have to do this and then that. me structure neips. Ohlsson transferred to USC from Blinn Junior College in Brenham, Ifexas, where he won the hammer event at the NJCAA Championships in 1994 and 1995. His team won both the indoor and outdoor titles both years. He was on the President's List twice and the Dean's List once while there. Ohlsson said he learned how to write and understand English while in Sweden, but didn't speak a lot of the language until arriving in America. i reueivt Bowl Jd ^ on ; -WL s wL * rd BS. ' he SPECIAL TO THE GA ith Marcus Robinson had two rec in the World BowL m BJs ^ one ^ in a J atV mic work Ohlsson, the son ofAlf Jourdon and Elisabeth Rojd-Ohlsson, said he hopes to go into the automotive industry after attending graduate school at USC, beginning this fall. Sophomore Jerome Jourdon of the USC men's tennis team was named to the Academic All-America Second Tfeam. The Courbevoie, France, native has a 3.88 GPA in Business Administration. Jourdon was ranked No. 29 in singles and No. 10 in doubles according to the Rolex Collegiate Rankings. The men's tennis team (21-8) advanced to the round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament before falling to Mississippi State. Jourdon participated in the NCAA Singles Tournament and the Doubles Tournament with partner Vladimir Pavicevic. T work as hard as possible, academically-wise," Jourdon said. "When I came here, I spoke a little bit of English, but for at least three months, I struggled. "Sometimes, you listen to the teachers in class, and by the end of the day, you get tired. At the beginning, it's really tough to learn a second language when you Ve never been in an Englishspeaking country." Staff writer Anthony Z. Isaac III contributed to this story. Mckie a fii Goodwill < staff writer ANTHONY ISAAC COLORADO SPRINGS, Col ie, who will return to Columb 17 finalists for the U.S. team m Goodwill Games. Joining McKie on the squa # Padgett. The finalists were annour lowing three days of trials at i The other guards selects i:~ c L.L.e to iieapuiid uuui ouiy were El-Amin of Connecticut, AJ. ( . * of Utah, whose team lost to I * NCAA championship game. m*m In addition to Padgett, the of Duke, Dion Glover of Geor] A homa, Jumaine Jones of Georgi Marion ofVincennes Univers Ruffin of Tulsa and Wally Scz ^ Two centers were picked Lari Ketner of Massachusetts Minnesota coach Clem Ha 1 :n a ai a a in | ne win cui uie rosier to ve. pit jhecock The Goodwill Games' basl eptions 24 at New York's Madison Squ; against defending champion I ays Dennis Rodman and Karl Malhave signed a contract to take part tag-team wrestling match on July 12 rnun ?n_ i * ii n i_ n fL-v* s nasn ai ine Deaui. Page 9 QB Penn transferring staff artfer ANTHONY ISAAC Vic Penn, a rising redshirt sophomore at USC, plans to transfer to another school this fall, Gamecock head coach Brad Scott announced Tuesday. Scott said he met with Penn earlier this month and the school has granted him his release to transfer. "Vic and his family indicated that be wanted to pursue other college football opportunities this fall," Scott said. "Our program appreciates his contributions, in particular the three gutsy efforts he turned in at the end of last season when Anthony Wright went down with his knee injury. We wish Vic all the best." Penn served in a backup role his first two seasons at South Carolina. Following his redshirt season in 1996, the native of Miami, r la., was the team s No. L quarterback last year. When Wright suffered a season-ending knee injury in the first half of the Tennessee game, Penn stepped in and was the starter the remainder of the season. In 1997, Penn completed 43 of 93 passes for 55 yards, three touchdowns and four interceptions. nalist for Games team lo. ? South Carolina guard Bj Mckia for the *98-99 season, was among that will compete in this summer's id from the SEC is Kentucky's Scott icea dune i Dy uj>a DasKetoan 101its training center, d to attend training camp in MinKeith Carter of Mississippi, Khalid jruyton of Indiana and Andre Miller 'adgett's Kentucky Wildcats in the forwards chosen were Elton Brand gia Tech, Ryan Humphrey of Oklaa, Quincy Lewis of Minnesota, Shawn ity, James Posey of Xavier, Michael cerbiak of Miami, Ohio. ? Calvin Booth of Penn State and iskins will serve as head coach, and tyers following training camp. :etball competition will run July 19are Garden. Hie United States opens hierto Rico.