Holtz enjoys ban
By Robert Rejmaniak
Although the Penn State
Capitol Campus basketball
team won only four of twenty
four games, one player, for
ward Lee Holtz, of Pleasant
ville, had a banner year.
“My grades have drop
ped a little, but I’ve pro
spered in other ways. What
I’ve learned outside the
classroom as team co
captain can never be taken
away.”
Lee Holtz
Basketball Team Captain
As a co-captain, Holtz provid
ed the leadership that rookie
coach Charles Bowen can ap
preciate. Holtz averaged over
19 points a game, scoring 20 or
more points twelve times, and
scored a record setting 42
points in a game against
Shenandoah College.
One of only two returning
Pre-season baseball team workouts were held in the gym.
players, the 6’l” twenty-three
year old Holtz has put his name
down in several categories in
the Capitol Campus record
books. Last season Holtz led the
team in total points, 265;
average points per game, 11.5;
most points scored in a game,
26; most field goals in a game,
12; and most free throws in a
game, 10. Holtz showed his
ability to remain cool on the
foul line with a 77 percent free
throw percentage, also a team
high.
Holtz started his basketball
career in Grove City, where he
played for his high school team
for four years. In his senior
year, Holtz averaged 14 points a
game and was elected First
League All-Star in his division.
After he graduated from high
school, Holtz moved to
Pleasantville, Pa., went to work
for two years, and then went on
to receive his associate degree
in accounting from Behrend
College of Penn State. While at
tending Behrend, Holtz shied
away from playing basketball,
he said, so he could maintain
his “B” average.
After receiving his associate
degree, Holtz came to Penn
State Capitol Campus to pursue
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his baccalaureate degree in
business. It was at Capitol
Campus that Holtz decided he
could participate in basketball
and perform well in school.
Maryland trip opens
’B3 baseball season
By Robert Rejmanlak
The 1983 Capitol Campus
Baseball team is preparing
itself for, what looks to be, a
winning season.
This year’s team expects to
improve on last year’s record of
10 wins and 14 losses. Co-
Captains Bobby Hulsizer and
Steve Stapf will be called upon
to supply leadership to this
year’s team.
Co-Captain Steve Stapf is ex
pected to continue his superb
defense in center field and fine
hitting at the plate. In the in
field, returning seniors Scott
Johnson and Mike Skurko are
expected to nail down 2nd and
3rd bases respectively.
Capitol’s pitching staff is also
expected to fair well this
season. Co-Captain Bobby
Hulsizer will head the staff with
strong backing from seniors
Dean Jacobs and Gary Torcaso.
The team is optimistic about
the up-coming season.
“Offensively we have a good
team,” says Melchiorre, “We’ll
go as far as our pitching and
defense will take us.
The Capitol Campus baseball
team kicked off its season with
a 10 to 4 win over St. Mary's,
College of Maryland, in
year
“When I entered Behrend, I had
been out of school for two
years,” says Holtz, “I thought
it might be hard to get back in
to the swing of things
academicaDy. When I got to
Capitol Campus with my
studies in order, I decided to
give basketball a try.”
This decision has save
Capitol’s basketball team from
a possible winless season. Holtz
once again leads this year’s
team in almost every offensive
category. “I feel good about
what I have accomplished this
season,” says Holtz. “My
grades have dropped a little,
but I’ve prospered in other
ways. What I’ve learned outside
the classroom as team co-
captain can never be taken
away.”
According to Coach Bowen,
Holtz’s leadership abilities
helped to keep the team hustl
ing when it seemed as though it
would never be able to win. “He
has earned the respect of all of
his teammates, his opponents
and his coaches,” Bowen said.
In a losing season with more
lows than highs, Lee Holtz was
one of the highs that stood out.
Maryland, on Tuesday, March 25
Trailing 1 to 0 in the fourth in
ning, the Lions loaded the bases
for second baseman Scott
Johnson. Johnson launched a
2-0 pitch over the left field fence
for a grandslam homerun and a
3 run Capitol lead.
Pitcher Steve Stapf started
the game for Capitol and was
credited with the win. Stapf
also contributed 3 hits and a
stolen base to the Lions’ cause.
Capitol continued its winning
ways upping its record to 4 wins
and 0 losses over the weekend.
Last Friday, Capitol ousted
Eastern College by a 14 to 3
score. Steve Stapf worked the
full 9 innings allowing only 3
hits for his second victory of the
season.
The Lions displayed their pit
ching ability by sweeping a
doubleheader from Coppin State
on Saturday.
In the first game Bobby
Hulsizer pitched a 3 hitter to
notch his first win of the
season.
In the second game homeruns
by Mike Skurko, Greg Liv
ingston, and Dean Jacobs
highlighted a 9 to 3 rout by the
Lions.
Jacobs went the distance for
Capitol recording 8 strike outs
in 7 innings pitched.