The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 22, 1988 Page: 16 of 20
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16 Friday, April 22,1988 THRESHER Sports
Thresher awards annual honors for athletic prowess
Every year around this time the
Thresher honors the outstanding per-
formers in each Rice varsity sport.
This year's winners were chosen by
sports editors Keith Couch and Joel
Sendek, with lots of input from the
writers who covered each spovt
throughout the year. We didn't al-
ways pick the athletes with the best
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The Thresher award for women's bas-
ketball goes to Edith Adams, the 6-3 sen-
ior from Jacksonville, Arkansas. This
year she averaged 8.4 rebounds per game,
led the team in scoring in eight games, and
in rebounding in twe.lve games. She also
led the team with thirty blocked shots.
Adams is the fifth leading scorer in Rice
history, with 956 points for an average of
9 ' tx?ints in her 102 games.
Tanya Mcintosh is the winner of the
Thresher Award for women's track. A
five time ail-American, she claims five
individual recbrds at Rice University.
During the past indoor track season,
Mcintosh placed 5th at the NCAA Cham-
pionship indoor meet in the 400 meter
dash with a time of 53.29 to gain her latest
all-America crown. Later at the Track
Athletic Congress indoor meet Mcintosh
placcd 4th in the 400 m-dash with a time
of 53.26, against some of the best quarter
milers in the country. She is expected to
defend her SWC title in the 400 m dash,
help the 1600 m-relay qualify for
NCAA's and vie for a birth in the Olym-
pics in the Summer Trials.
Emily Cates is this year's winner for
women's tennis. Cates, just a sophomore,
played through various ailments and
managed a very respectable .500 record
playing at the lop singles position against
the top player of every opponent.
statistics or the flashiest perform-
ances, but we also considered such
intangible factors as team leadership.
We feel you'll agree that the athletes
honored here have done more than
their -hare to enhance Rice's reputa-
tion for excellence..
This year's Athlete of the Year is
once again senior Jay Knoblauh. In
his years as an Owl, Jay has rewritten
the baseball record book, and we look
forward to watching him advance
Not the most athletically gifted of the
Owls, nor the most statistically impres-
sive, Mike Girardi might seem a strange
choice for the Thresher's men's basket-
ball award. What Mike Girardi does on
the court is hard to notice, perhaps even
harder to appreciate. People who know
basketball, however, would probably
concur that Girardi is someone everyone
would want to have on his team. Girardi
does all of the subtle but essential things
for his team; he hits the open jumper,
plays the solid defense, and hustles when-
ever he is on the court. He is a basketball
player's basketball player.
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through the pro ranks.
Special recognition also goes to the
die-hard fans, who showed up even
when the teams weren'tdoing so well.
The John Steinke Memorial Athlete
Worshipper Award goes to Tracy
Sharp and Sarah Monarchi, both of
Hanszen, whose attendance at male
team events was truly inspiring.
This year's Thresher sports award for
golf goes to Scott Gilreath, who was voted
the Owls' Most Valuable Player, and led
the team in stroke average, with a mark of
76.82 in twelve tournaments.
This year's Thresher Coach of the Y ear
is Victor Lopez, the head coach of
women's cross countiy and track & field.
He led the Lady Owls to fifteenth place
finishes both in cross country and track &
field. This year, the women's cross coun-
try team became the first women's athletic
team at Rice to get an invitation to the
NCAA finals. The track team's second
place finish at the SWC Indoor Champi-
onships was the highest finish ever by a
Rice women's team in a SWC champion-
ship competition. Since 1985, Lopez's
teams have produced 27 All-Americans,
ranking Rice tenth in the nation.
Ken Thome is the winner of the Thresher
award for men's tennis. Thome had a
stellar 19-8 record playing at number
three singles. He helped lead the Owls to
an upset victory over nationally ranked
Trinity with wins in both singles and
doubles, and has finished strong heading
into SWC tournament play.
'Ihe Ihresher award for football goes to
Todd Jones this year. The senior running-
back from Los Angeles gained 582 yards
on 82 carries this year for an average of 7.1
yards per carry. This average is second
only to Dicky Maegle's 7.3 yards per
cany average in 1953.
On the receiving end, Jones caught 277
yards on 25 receptions averaging 11.1
yards.
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Wucker, Michele. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 22, 1988, newspaper, April 22, 1988; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245694/m1/16/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.