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Jan Wilson inducted into Slippery Rock Hall of Fame
by Michael Cifelli
Collegian Staff Writer
There was a period of time whenl
schools didn't acknowledge .
women's athletics. Women didn't
have the opportunity to be.
recognized by their respective
school or achieve athletic-related.
honors. That was the situation
Coach Jan Wilson experienced
When she was a student at Slippery
Rock University.
7 Despite never actually competing
intercollegiately, Coach Wilson
was recently inducted into Slippery.
Rock's Sports Hall of Fame. At the
banquet, she was presented with a
pewter plaque and a picture plaque
to join an elite group of five
*omen who own a spot in Slippery
Rock athletic history. Awarding
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She was originally nominated over
.two years ago, but didn't make it.
•After finally being honored, Coach
Wilson credited this opportunity
greatly to, "people
. who
remembered me." She did take
some of the credit though. "I was
really thrilled and feel deserving. It
was odd because I wasn't an All-
American or anything. It's nice
though because it gives older
women who didn't have programs
a chance."
During her college years at The
Rock, Coach Wilson competed in
what was known as in Intramural
Athletic Association. A small
number of "girl jocks", as Coach
Wilson amusingly put it, par
ticipated in self-organized sports.
They did form "green" and
"white" squads which select
women were chosen for. These
squads, in which Coach Wilson
competed for, traveled to various
schools for an opportunity to test
their talents against actual
opposition.
Coach Wilson was a five-sport
athlete. She displayed an amazingly
wide range of athletic ability which
included competing in a Pittsburgh
field hockey league, basketball,
volleyball, tennis and softball. She
also briefly participated in syn
chronized swimming. "Basketball
was my favorite," Coach Wilson
Softball opens
by David Bruce
Collegian Staff Writer•
After having had six games
postponed due to bad weather, the
Behrend Women's Softball Team
finally opened their season at Pitt-
Bradford on April 9th, splitting a
doubleheader against the Panthers.
The Cubs won the first game 8-2,
thanks to a strong pitching perfor
mance by Lisa Hites. The freshman
hurler threw a five hitter for the
victory. She also helped offensive
ly, with two hits and four stolen
bases. Freshmen _Chris Hayes also
batted well, going 2 for 4 in the
opener.
The Cubs were not as fortunate
in the second game, losing 17-7.
Throwing problems plagued the
number of teams to date. There
Setters did their best and spikers was breakdown of 7 womens
hit their hardest in the final days of teams, 18 co-ed teams, and 15 mens
4 the intramural volleyball, March 30 teams who competed throughout
and April Ist. It was decided who the event. And of those 3 divisions
had the 'stuff' to be the 'best of the there were, of course, 3 teams to
bunch.' Up from 37 teams last come out on top. In the womens
year, 40 teams in all competed in category Kart II won first place
the yearly event honors by defeating the Manhat-
The event went well due to the tons 2 game to zero. Team
cooperation of the students. "Over members include:captain; Julie
all, the students are very DiFrancisco, Jayne Hartnett, Barb
cooperative in volleyball in- Byers, Kim Neely Geri-Lyn Faletta,
tramurals," says Sarah Rose,lM Kathy Williamson, Debbie
instructor. "The reason for this is Maurice, and Sonya Sickles. The
the large student involvement_mthe_ _ champion_team- had_an__ overall
volleyball Phys Ed class offered at record of 14 wins and 0 losses.
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pointed out.
In looking back on her playing
days, Coach Wilson commented
that, "I got a lot of developed skill
and learned a lot. It (the in
• tramuralsrhelped me to teach,"
(referring to coaching now).
' Coach Wilson also compared her
atletic experiences of the past to
what she observes in college
athletes presently: "Then com
peting was a hobby, there was ex
citement just to get in the gym.
Sometimes we would even sneak in
to the gym when we weren't sup
posed to," said Coach Wilson hap
pily reminiscing. She went on to
add that, "We had that 'go for the
gold' attitude. Nowadays the kids
still have fun, but it (competing) is
more like a job. There weren't
specialized (one-sport) athletes
then like there are now."
In commenting on the banquet
itself, Coach Wilson emphasized
that, "What was really neat was
being with people that were family
people I went to school with. Joe
Paterno was there too, which was a
surprise. It was also nice to hear
from old classmates again and get
their congratulations."
The name of Jan Wilson has now
taken its respective place with Slip
pery Rock sports heroes and
heroines of the past, as well as
those of the future.
team during the nightcap as they
committed nine errors altogether.
Jodi Buerkle went 3 for 4 and Jill
Smith doubled in a losing cause.
After the doubleheader, coach
Anne Burbules said,"We played
well defensively (in the first
game),...and the team is starting to
gel."
The coach was pleased with the
pitching, and was excited about the
play of catcher Lisa Dorenkamp.
The freshman receiver, who was
making her fast-pitch softball
debut, gave a gritty performance.
Still, Coach Burbules sees room
for improvement-especially on the
basepaths, where she wants the
team to be more aggressive.
The Cubs next game will be April
16th at Mercyhurst.
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Jan Wilson displays the plate she received at the banquet.
best of the bmch"
Again team (not to be confused
with the mens champion team)
spiked their way past the Barking
Spiders 2 . games to 1. Team
members included captain Doug
Pecora, Todd Davis,% Jeff
Ruhlman, Reagan Connoran,
George Gregory, Beth Stephens,
and Tom Wilkinson. The team had
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Photo by Holly Lew
an overall record of 12 wins and 1
loss.
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Another season of IM volleyball
gone by and a successfull at that.
And if cooperation and its popula
tion continues IM volleyball will
continue to produce a successful
event for students at Behrend
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