ALLEGE SP0RTS NEW? WINTER — 1988

INSIDE All-America List Grows

Hallet on PCA Tour with Araujo Selection Bryant grad Jim Hallet Earns PCA Card The list of Bryant All-Americas grew a lit­ Page 3 tle longer in December when junior Silverio "S.A." Araujo was named to the U.S. Soc­ cer Coaches Association Division II All- Mahler Leading the way America team. Araujo's selection as a member of the women Hoopsters 11-player second team marks the second Having Big Year consecutive year a Bryant player has been named All-America by the U.S. soccer Behind Lori Mahler coaches. Last year Mark Verille, a 1987 Page 2 grad, earned first-team All-America honors. Araujo was honored along with the other Bowlers On a Roll — Page 2 members of the Division Two team and the Division One and Three selections at the national Coaches Awards dinner on Jan. Basketball & Wall St. — Page a 16 at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, D.C. "I am very pleased for S.A. and the Bryant soccer program," said Bryant soc­ Golf Team Ranked cer coach Lou Verrochi. "Nobody deserv­ ed the honor more than S.A. He is one of the hardest workers I have ever coached. Silverio Araujo No. 8 in country But he is more than just a phenomenal The All-America honor was the third player. He is an outstanding young man. award Araujo had received for his play last I hope my son grows up to be just like S.A. fall. Earlier, he also had earned first team The Bryant College golf team, 1987 New That's how proud I am of him. All-New England and first team All- England Intercollegiate Fall champion, has "It's also great for our program to have Northeast 10 Conference selection. been ranked 8th in the first national NCAA two All-Americas in two years," Verrochi Two other Bryant players, Rick Solomon Division II golf poll released by Golf Week continued. "It shows Bryant soccer finally and Bob Bevan, also were named to both magazine this winter. is being recognized throughout the the All-New England and All-Conference The Indians earned their national rank­ country." squads. ing by winning three championships last Last fall Araujo, a midfielder, tallied 22 Araujo's All-America selection also is the fall and also placing among the top teams points on 10 goals and 2 assists. His per­ third All-America honor won by Bryant in several tournaments that included Divi­ formance helped Bryant post a 13-3-2 athletes in the past nine months. Last sion One teams. record, the most successful record in the spring both Dave French and Gary Young In addition to its New England crown, history of Bryant varsity soccer. were named to the U.S. Golf Coaches Divi­ Bryant also won the Rutgers Invitational "Becoming an All-American isn't sion Two All-America team. and the Northeast 10 Conference cham­ something that you establish as a goal for pionship last fall. yourself at the beginning of the season," Bryant is the only team not located in the S.A. explained. "But as the season pro­ Alumni Soccer Came southern or west coast regions ranked in gressed, coach kept telling me to keep up the top 10. the hard work and I'd have a shot at it. Slated for April 30th The rankings: "But I look at this as a team award, not The second annual alumni-varsity 1. Columbus College, Georgia. just an individual honor," Araujo continued. soccer game has been scheduled for 2. University of Tampa, Florida "It takes 11 players to have a successful Saturday, April 30, as part of the 3. Cal. State-Northbridge, California soccer team so without the rest of the team, Bryant Spring Weekend activities. this couldn't have been possible." 4. Troy State, Alabama Any former varsity soccer player 5. Abilene Christian, Texas His 22 points this season gives Araujo who would like to participate in the 6. Florida Southern, Florida a total of 41 points in only two years of col­ game is asked to call (401) 232-6070 7. Cal.State-Davis, California legiate soccer competition. Last year, in his or write coach Lou Verrochi at the 8. BRYANT, RHODE ISLAND first of varsity competition after sitting out Bryant athletic department. Game 9. Cal. State-Sacramento, Calif. his freshman season, Araujo collected 19 time is scheduled for 1 p.m. 10. Rollins College, Florida points on 8 goals and 3 assists. women's Basketball

Mahler Leads Conference Title Bid Some basketball coaches call post­ weekly Honor Rolls and also was named season tournaments a new season. But the ECAC Division II Player of the Week for Bryant women's coach Ralph Tomasso the week of Jan. 12. hopes it's the same old story in this year's Another key to the Lady Indians' success Northeast 10 Conference tourney. has been their balanced attack. In addition Tomasso, who directed the Lady Indians to Mahler, there are two other players — to a 15-6 record during the first two months Stephanie Ladd and Laura Scinto — of the 1987-88 season, doesn't want to see averaging in double figures and four more too many changes over the final few weeks players collecting more than five points per of the regular season campaign and post­ game. season play. "We have a lot of players who can help Despite having only two seniors on the us offensively," Tomassso continued. "We roster, the Lady Indians have became one need that balanced attack if we hope to be of this year's top New England Division 2 successful. We can't count on Lori (Mahler) teams. They also could be in contention for scoring 25 or 30 points every game." a berth in the NCAA national tournament One of Tomasso's most pleasant sur­ if they continue their winning ways in the prises has been the play of senior Patty playoffs. Lori Mahler works in traffic Coelho. Going into the final three weeks of the Mahler. The 5-6 guard from Dennis, Mass., After seeing only limited playing time in regular season, the Lady Indians were in was one of the NE 10's top scorers over her first three years, Coelho moved into the second place in the NE 10 with a 15-6 the first two months of the season with an starting lineup this season and has become overall record and a 9-3 mark in Con­ 18.5 ppg average. one of the NE 10's top rebounders. ference play. After missing two games because of an Through the first 19 games of the "Like all young teams, we have up and ankle injury, Mahler returned to the lineup season, the 5-9 forward from Bermuda has down nights," Tomasso said. "I think we on Jan. 14 and tied a Bryant record for pulled down 152 rebounds for an 8.0 per have proven we could do very well in the most points in one game with a 35-point game average. She also is one of the tournament if keep working the way we performance in a NE-10 game against St. leading Division Two free throw shooters have in the first two months of the season." Anselm. in the country, hitting on 86 percent of her A big reason for the early season suc­ Over the first seven weeks of the season, 50 attempts. cess has been the play of senior Lori she was named to four NE-10 Conference

Bowlers Roll Back into conference Contention One thing bowling coach Ken McKenzie The 1,380 six-game total also was the se­ has learned in eight years at the helm of cond highest individual performance of the the Bryant keglers is not to panic. season in EIBC competition. If McKenzie was ever going to push the Since Emma entered the lineup in mid- panic button, it would have been in the first November, the Indians have steadily pro­ few weeks of this season. gressed up the EIBC standings. By mid- With most of last year's team returning January, McKenzie's squad had moved in­ and several outstanding new bowlers, to third place in the eigth-team circuit with McKenna had expected to be one of the 164 points, trailing only St. John's Univer­ top teams in the Eastern Intercollegiate sity and William Patterson College. Bowling Conference. But after the first four Emma has been the Indians' top scorer matches of the season, the Indians were with a 208 average. Following close behind 0-4. is sophomores Bill Crane and John Legere, Joe Emma Tim Quint freshmen Mike Leist and Tim Quint and sophomore Ken Brunner. BRYANT COLLEGE "Ken (Brunner) has made great strides with his game," said McKenzie. "He has SPORTS NEWS Rather than panic, McKenzie simply put in a lot of work and it has shown. I think reshuffled his lineup and, in the fifth match he is really going to help us in our bid for of the season, came up with an ace in a berth in the national championships. freshman Joe Emma. "We are a young team this year, but we The Bryant College Sports News is a Emma, used in just one game in the first are getting better," McKenzie continued. publication of the Bryant College Sports "If we keep working, I think we have a Information Department. four matches, didn't waste any time show­ The Sports Information Office is ing his coach what he could do as he roll­ chance to qualify for the national responsible for all copy content. ed three-game sets of 695 and 685 in his tournament." For futher information, contact John first two matches as a starter. The first step toward a berth in the na­ Gillooly, Director of Sports Information, Emma's performance led the Indians to tional tourney, scheduled for April in Bryant College, Smithfield, Rl 02917(401) a 22-4 victory over Montclair State and a Florida, will be in the Eastern Regional roll- 232-6071. 15V2-IOV2 triumph over Queens College. offs in early March. Hard work Earns Hallet Spot on PGA Tour

The first time he reported for a golf team For three years he reached the final discouraging, but I always knew I could do practice he was wearing work boots in­ round of the PGA qualifying tournament it. Now I'm looking forward to a successful stead of golf shoes. where 150 players out of an original field career on the tour." Suddenly, golf of 1,200 battle for 50 new PGA playing What Hallet will be trying to do over the coach Archie Boulet cards. But each year he failed, once los­ next 10 months is become one of the top started thinking ing in a playoff for the final berth. 125 money winners on the PGA tour. Each "maybe this Hallet But every time he missed, he packed up year the top 125 on the money list kid isn't the hot shot his clubs and headed back to another automatically qualify for the following golfer everybody obscure tournament, determined he could year's tour. In 1987, the cutoff for the top says he is." make the big time if he kept working at it. 125 was $69,500. That was back in In December, the work finally paid off. Although most of the 175 golfers on the 1979 when Jimmy Firing 13-under par for the first three tour are graduates of collegiate golf pro­ Hallet was splitting jj^F- rounds of the six-round PGA qualifying grams, Hallet is one of the few who his time between golf f tourney in Florida, he easily won the right graduated from a school in the northeast. k— and hockey — and * to play on the 1988 PGA tour with a second "Jimmy proved a player from the north hockey had the upper hand, at least when place finish, one stroke behind the leader. can do it if he is willing to work," said it came to purchasing equipment. The second place finish earned him a Boulet. "When he was here at Bryant, he "I needed both new golf shoes and new berth in at least 41 of the 45 events on this would spend all winter hitting golf ball in hockey skates, but I couldn't afford both,' year's PGA tour. the cage in the gym. He has worked as Hallet once related. "You can play golf "I guess you can say I paid my dues," hard, if not harder, than anyone on the without golf shoes, but you can't play Hallet said after finishing the qualifying tour." hockey without skates, so I bought the tournament. "Sometimes it was a little skates." A few weeks after he started his col­ legiate golf career, Hallet won the Toski In­ vitational tournament. One of the prizes 1988 PGA SCHEDULE was a pair of golf shoes. Work Boots and Sneakers Jan. 20-24 Bob Hope Classic, Palm Dessert, Calif. "I probably would have played my entire Jan. 28-31 Phoenix Open, Scottsdale, Arizona. freshman season in work boots and Feb. 4-7 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Pebble Beach, Calif. sneakers if I didn't win that tournament," Feb. 11-14 Hawaiian Open, Honolulu. Hallet quipped. Feb. 18-21 Andy Williams Open, La Jolla, Calif. Since then, Jimmy Hallet has won a lot Feb. 25-28 Los Angeles Open, Pacific Palisades, Calif. more than shoes on the golf course. March 3-6 Doral Open, Miami. When Bryant dropped its varsity hockey March 10-13 Honda Classic, Coral Springs, Fla. program after Hallet's freshman year in March 17-20 Bay Hill Classic, Orlando, Fla. 1980, the South Yarmouth, Mass. native March 24-27 Tournament Players Championship, Ponte Verda, Fla. dedicated all of his time to golf. What March 31-3 Greater Greensboro Open, Greensboro, N.C. resulted was the most successful collegiate April 7-10 Deposit Guaranty Classic, Hattiesburg, Miss. golf career in New England history. April 14-17 Heritage Classic, Hilton Head Island, S.C. In the spring of his sophomore year he April 21-24 USF&G Classic, New Orleans. began a record-setting string of five con­ April 28-1 Houston Open, The Woodlands, Texas. secutive New England Intercollegiate in­ May 4-8 Las Vegas Invitational, Las Vegas, Nev. dividual championships. May 12-15 Byron Nelson Classic, Dallas. Began Quest in '84 May 19-22 Colonial National Invitational, Fort Worth, Texas. May 26-29 Memorial Tournament, Dublin, Ohio. In 1984 he began his quest to become Kemper Open, Potomac, Md. a professional golfer, a quest that would June 2-5 take him around the world. June 9-12 Westchester Classic, Rye, N.Y. June 16-19 U.S. Open, The Country Club, Brookline, Mass. For three years he made a good living, Atlanta Classic, Marietta, Ga. earning nearly $100,000 each year. June 23-26 June 30-3 Western Open, Oak Brook, III. But he did it the hard way. He won on Anheuser-Busch Classic, Williamsburg, Va. the winter mini-tour at obscure courses in July 7-10 little Florida towns like Plant City and July 14-17 Hardee's Golf Classic, Coal Valley, III. Winter Park. And he won in the summer, July 21-24 Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open, Cromwell, Conn. New England open tournaments where the July 28-31 Buick Open, Grand Blanc, Mich. top prizes were only $4,000 or $5,000. Aug. 4-7 St. Jude Classic, Corodova, Tenn. PGA Championship, Edmond, Okla. Last year he was the leading money win­ Aug. 11-14 Aug. 25-28 Provident Classic, Chattanooga, Tenn. ner (approximately $40,000) on the Asian Canadian Open professional tour where the tournaments Sept. 1-4 includes such events as the Calcutta Open Sept. 8-11 Greater Milwaukee Open, Franklin, Wis. and Hong Kong Classic. The performance Sept. 15-18 Bank of Boston Classic, Sutton, Mass. earned him a berth in last year's British Sept. 22-25 B.C. Open, Endicott, N.Y. Open. Oct. 6-9 Gatlin Brothers Southwest Classic, Abilene, Texas. Texas Open, site TBA. The only disappointment in his career Oct. 13-16 had been his inablility to earn a spot on the Oct. 20-23 Pensacola Open, Pensacola, Fla. U.S. PGA Tour. A chance to play for a top Oct. 27-30 Walt Disney World Classic, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. prize of $140,000 or $150,000 rather than Nov. 3-6 Tucson Open, Tucson, Ariz. $4,000 or $5,000. Nov. 17-20 Kaplua International, Kapalua, Hawaii. Higgs Dribbles His way to wall Street

Basketball has taken a lot of New York 10 Conference competition. kids off the street. Higgs has been one of the conference's But for Bryant's Derek Higgs, basketball most consistent scorers and rebounders, helped put him on the street — Wall Street. averaging 13.8 points and 9.5 rebounds Last summer, instead of dribbling a per game. At press time, he was the No. basketball around the playgrounds of his 2 rebounder in the conference. His .534 Queens, N.Y. neighborhood, Higgs, a 6-4 field goal percentage also was the top junior forward, spent two months testing his shooting mark among the Bryant regulars. computer system skills as an intern for a Only two other players, guards Jamie Wall Street management firm. Ryan and Tom Larranaga, were averaging The internship was part of an extensive in double figures at the start of the final intern program initiated at Bryant a few month of the season. years ago as an opportunity to give Bryant Larranaga, a 5-11 senior, led the attack students real workplace experience in their with a 15.2 ppg average, including 156 chosen field of academic concentration. points on three-point shots. His 52 conver­ For Higgs, a 21-year old Computer sions on 116 three-point attempts made Systems major, it was another opportuni­ him the No. 5 three-point shooter in the ty to develop his talents in a field that has NE-10 Conference. battled with basketball for the lions share Ryan, a 6-0 junior, also was one of the of his time since his early teens Derek Higgs in action leading three-point scorers with 54 conver­ "I have been interested in computers "The internship last summer was a great sions in 136 three-point attempts. The per­ since I saw a secretary at my junior high experience. I worked on updating the pro­ formance gave him a 14.6 ppg average. school working on one 10 or 11 years ago," grams on a special package of about Another bright spot has been the play of Higgs related. "Since then, computers and 900-1,0000 programs that the firm sells freshman Julius Sacko during the second basketball have been my main interests." around the world," he added. half of the season. Sacko, a 6-4 former It was basketball that brought Higgs to Since the opening of the new Koffler Rhode Island schoolboy All-Stater at Pro­ Bryant three years ago after an outstanding Technology Center last fall, Higgs has worn vidence's Classical High, averaged 10.3 high school career at Springfield Gardens a path between the Center and the Bryant ppg in games from Jan. 11 to Feb. 10. High in Queens. But since his arrival in Gymnasium. His top performance came on Feb. 10 Smithfield, his time has been evenly divid­ "I'm always in there (the Center)," he when he scored eight points in the final ed between the court and the College's said. "If I'm not in the gym, you usually can three minutes, leading the Indians to a ever-increasing computer-education find me in the new center. In addition to my 60-58 NE-10 victory over Merrimack. The facilities. own work, I'm also a teacher's aide so I eight points, on four-of-four field goal at­ "I never would have come to Bryant if spend a lot of time there." tempts, gave him a total of 17 points for the it wasn't for basketball," Higgs continued. The extra time at the Tech Center hasn't night. "I knew I wanted a school where I could limited Higgs' production on the basketball Sophomore Bob Arnemann also began combine a business education with my in­ court, however. making a substantial contribution after the terest in computers, but Bryant wasn't on Over the first two months of the season, holidays. Arnemann, a 6-7 center, averag­ my list of schools. his play was one of the few constant bright ed 12.7 points and 6 rebounds in 12 games "Then the basketball coaches started spots in a season of struggle for coach from mid-January to Feb. 10. His top effort talking to me and I became very interested Leon Drury's young men's hoop team. was a game-high 23-point performance in Bryant. In the end, it came down to With only two seniors among the top against Stonehill on Jan. 16. Bryant and Tennessee State and I chose seven scorers, the Indians won only 5 of The Indians will be trying to play the role Bryant because it had a better academic 23 games through Feb. 11. Included in the of spoilers when the conference tourna­ reputation," said Higgs. 5-18 record was a 3-9 record in Northeast ment begins Feb. 28.

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