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| 4 | NEWS THEPROSPECTOR SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 QUESTION OF THE WEEK Do you know what is the difference between race, nationality and ethnicity? RUBY CERINO, CRISTINA ESQUIVEL, ANDRES MARTINEZ / THE PROSPECTOR

KIMBERLY RUIZ LAWRENCE HENDERSON AYWANA JERRY ALEXANDRA GUTIERREZ EDGAR ESCALANTE Freshman, UT Austin provisional adm. Junior, political science major Freshman, pre-business major Sophomore, communication major Senior, cellular and molecular biochem- “Ethnicity is the ground basis of it, like “It is hard to tell a part ethnicity and “Absolutely I do, all three are categories to “Race is based on your skin color, national- istry major black, white, Hispanic, and then your race race because race, I would think you are place people into groups. Race and ethnicity ity is where you were born, etnicity is the “Ethnicity is your cultural background, would be everything that is combined. I from Mexico or France, but then that is are a constructed form of identity for the culture of your ancestors.” nationality answers what country you are think nationality is more of your background nationality. So, I wouldn’t be able to tell the individual and whoever is categorizing them from, and race is your human classification.” and your roots.” difference.” as African, African American, etc. National- ity is a category used to place people in groups based on a country they’re from.”

CRISTINA LOPEZ JESSICA VELARDE CHRISTINA BATISTA Freshman, undecided major Freshman, forensic science major Junior, social worke major “Race is your genetic background, ethnicity “I belive so. Ethnicity is like being hispanic, “Race is your background, nationality is is more related towards culture, nationality race could be black, white, or indian, and where you were born and your culture.” is what country you came from.” nationality is what country you are from.”

JIMMY PALACIOS JUAN BARRAZA SHAZELLY ORTIZ Freshman, pre-business major Freshman, UT Austin provisional adm. Freshman, cellular and molecular “I’ve never looked into that. There’s “Nationality is the country where you were biochemistry major definitely a distinction if you go to race, but born, race is where you come from, like “I think so. Nationality Is where you are it doesn’t really matter what color you are. what your parents are, and I don’t know born. To me, ethnicity and race is like the There can be a distinction between what about ethnicity. I would say it is easier to same thing, like being Hispanic.” you are and where you came from.” identify someone’s nationality.”

FERNANDA MENDOZA LEDA ORNELAS ERANDY BURCIAGA Freshman, chemistry major Junior, pre-nursing major Freshman, criminal justice major “Ethnicity would be depending on your “Race is what you are classified under, like “Ethnicity is determined by one’s own culture, nationality depends on the country black, white. Ethnicity is your background cultural and religious beliefs. Nationality is or nation you belong to, and race woud and culture, and nationality refers to the where you originated from and race is the depend on the color of your skin country you were born in.” color you consider yourself.” or physical features.” THEPROSPECTOR NEWS | 5 | SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Foreign students adapt to life in El Paso getting into arguments as well as a lot “Nothing has been settled so far of tribal clashes were taking place. on both ends, so it’s been on and o. “Several years ago, there were a lot However it is a ripple aect, if there of bombings,” she said. “A few months is something going on, it aects us,” ago, people were putting bombs in Raheem said. “Resources are not malls and other public places, but that much as a whole, not that cheap, overall the country is okay, the politi- there is not an extreme poverty.” cal pressure is low.” Although celebrating home tradi- Adeeba Raheem, a civil engineer- ing professor, is from Lehore, Paki- tions are a challenge, Raheem has stan. She has not only dealt with adapted to American culture with the change, but also worries about her help of close friends. family back in Pakistan. “My friends know I am from a dif- “ere were so many things going ferent country and they respect my on, it was very stressful and I was limitations,” Raheem said. always trying to keep in touch with Esmaeil Balal, a graduate student family, always calling them–how they studying civil engineering, comes are doing there and also natural disas- from Tehran, the capital of Iran. Balal ters were happening,” Raheem said. said he did not nd any challenges Raheem lived in Pakistan for 26 adjusting to American culture. years. She said that since Sept. 11, “I grew up in a family that was close 2001, her country has been changing, and more women are pursuing their to American culture,” Balal said. education and are granted equality in He said he witnessed many protests professional settings. going on in his hometown, however “Laws have changed a lot–chang- he was not in the presence of any vio- ing day by day–more women, double lence. He said that since a new gov- the amount of engineering students, ernment in Iran has been in place, not banning women from any elds,” there has been less war, but the incon- SPECIAL TO THE PROSPECTOR she said. “Parents support women’s sistent value of the dollar has caused BY KIMBERLY VALLE ticket is costly. It cost about $2,000,” “I realized there was a lot of Span- decisions because they are more and economic issues. ish here. In fact the day I got here more educated. Education is a very The Prospector Nyachoti said. “My country is not so much ad- there was snow and I’d never seen big push for the government. eir She is a graduate student pursuing vanced, the economy is not in a good Kenya native Syprose Nyachoti snow before,” Nyachoti said. goal is to have more masses educated her Ph.D. in geological sciences. situation, but the technology is im- Nyachoti is from Nairobi, in south- in the future.” has not seen her home since she rst Nyachoti had to compromise in or- ern Kenya. Among the many issues in Although Raheem’s family resides proving every day,” Balal said. “Not a came to UTEP three years ago. der to make a better life for herself. her home country is a water shortage. in the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad, big deal for the country, everything is “I wish to be there any time, but She said she was stunned by the dif- She also said many political disputes which is away from violence, she said calm, people live a normal life.” I haven’t gone back since I came to ferences in culture, people and cli- occurred over elections that were she still worries about the economic Kimberly Valle may be reached at theprospectordaily. the U.S. three years ago because the mate in El Paso. held in 2007 and that people were and social issues that continue to occur. [email protected]. NATIONAL Muslim leaders: Media should stop enabling ISIS By rocKy asutsa e press conference Wednesday was organized by CAIR and the Fiqh SHFWire Council of North America, and it WASHINGTON - Media have been brought together 10 Muslim leaders advised by a group of American Mus- from various organizations and soci- lim leaders to refrain from referring eties in America. to the Islamic State group as ISIS or e leaders rati ed the letter, which jihadists since doing so gives them was originally written in Arabic, ad- dressed to the Islamic State group’s legitimacy. is occurred as Muslim leader Ibrahim Awwad Al-Badri. leaders and scholars came together to Over 120 scholars and Muslim lead- denounce the Islamic State group in ers from around the world signed it. a 17-page letter that sets the record “Point by point, their ideology has straight in as far as the group’s ideol- been rejected,” said Muzammil H. ogy and Islam are concerned. Siddiqi, chairman of the Fiqh Council “If you refer to ISIS as jihadist, you of North America. e council advis- are defeating the purpose and giving es its members on religious matters. them legitimacy,” said Nihad Awad, e leaders decried the media’s ref- the national executive director of erence of the Islamic State group as the Council on American-Islamic Islamic and requested them to work Relations. toward setting a new narrative in reporting about ISIS. ey echoed a similar call by the Muslim Council of Britain last month. “It is clear to the Muslims around PHOTO COURTESY THE SCRIPPS HOWARD FOUNDATION WIRE the world that what this group is do- Ahmed Bedier, president of United Voices for America, center, urges the Muslim community to discourage their youth from joining the Islamic If you refer to ISIS ing is un-Islamic,” Ahmed Bedier, State group. Masjid Muhammad Assistant Imam Ben Abdul-Haqq, left, Secretary General for the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations Oussama president of United Voices for Ameri- Jamal and Fiqh Council of North America Chairman Muzzammil H. Siddiqi, right, look on. as jihadist, you are ca, said. “What is not clear so far is to the media that they are un-Islamic.” “You have coerced people to con- secretary general of the U.S. Council of political solution, then you eliminate defeating the purpose United Voices for America encour- vert to Islam just as you have coerced Muslim Organizations, said. “We are all their base of support.” and giving them ages minorities and people of color to Muslims to accept your views,” the educating our community members e Scripps Howard Foundation participate in governance issues. letter reads. “New caliphate requires not to fall prey to such groups.” Wire refers to the group as the Islamic consensus from Muslims.” legitimacy. e letter references the Quran ex- e leaders said military action State group, following guidelines set It further castigates the Islamic tensively to arm the leaders’ stance against the group should not be by the Associated Press. on points of contention between State group’s misinterpretation of Is- viewed as a lone solution because it them and the Islamic State group. lam, terming it “a great wrong and rocky asutsa is a communication student at Daystar has not worked before. ese include the killing of innocents an oense to Islam, Muslims and the university in nairobi, Kenya, where he majors in “ere has got to be a military and - Nihad Awad, and emissaries, jihad, people of scrip- entire world.” electronic media and minors public relations. He is national executive director of the Council ture or Christians, Yazidis, the caliph- “None of their actions has passed political solution,” said Robert Marro, currently participating in the scripps Howard Foundation’s on American-Islamic Relations ate, attribution of crimes to God and any litmus test to prove that they have a board member of the All Dulles semester in Washington Program. He may be reached at rebelling against leaders. sound Islamic ideas,” Oussama Jammal, Area Muslim Society. “If you can get a [email protected].

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EDITOR Sports JAVIER CORTEZ, 747-7477 Men’s cross country wins again CAMPUS LIFE

SPECIAL TO THE PROSPECTOR La historia de la presencia hispana en la Ene-Efe-Ele Por Juan carlos naVarrete los mejores alas cerradas de todos los tiempos y es casi un hecho que estará The Prospector en el Salón de la Fama. El mes de sep- Además de González, Kiko Alonzo, tiembre en Es- de los Bills de Búfalo, fue nominado tados Unidos es para el premio de novato del año en el mes en que se el 2013, y es considerado uno de los celebra la cultura mejores defensas de la liga. MICHAELA ROMAN/ THE PROSPECTOR hispana y la NFL Tony Romo es probablemente uno (Left to right) sophomore Evans Kripono, senior Ramon Garcia, junior Anthony Rotich, sophomore Cosmas Boit, sophomore Daniel Cheruiyot, no se queda atrás. de los mariscales de campo hispanos junior Elphas Maiyo. The 2014 men’s cross country team poses after winning the 2014 Lori Fitzgerald Classic at Chamizal National Park. La liga aprovecha más famosos. Su ranking de 95.6 more Cosmas Boit. e Kenya native Arkansas at the Chili Pepper Festi- septiembre para recordar y celebrar es la quinta mejor cali cación en la By JaVier cortez aquellos jugadores de raíces hispanas historia para mariscales de campo. has been a consistent second runner val Invitational may help alleviate The Prospector que han impactado el juego—como También es el líder de anotaciones to Rotich, and one of the many young the problem. e UTEP men’s cross country and talented runners on the Miners’ Ignacio Molinet, primer jugador his- de los Vaqueros de Dallas con 215 a “ere will be a lot of schools com- team is in top form heading into the long depth chart. pano en la liga. su nombre. El dueño de múltiples re- latter stages of their fall season com- In three of the rst four meets, the peting, so that will be a very tough Molinet rmo su primer contrato cords de los Vaqueros acaba de rmar ing o another spectacular perfor- Miners have had a least four runners meet,” Ereng said. “Every major col- con los Yellow Jackets de Frankford un contrato que vale 108 millones de mance at the Lori Fitzgerald Classic. place within the top 10, sweeping the lege is going to be there and put their en 1927, convirtiéndolo en la prim- dólares, convirtiéndolo en el jugador era presencia latina en el deporte mejor pagado en la historia de los Va- Four weeks into the season, it has best foot forward, so we are looking más popular de los Estados Uni- queros de Dallas. been nothing but perfection for the forward to see what we can do there.” dos. El contrato fue de 900 dólares En lo personal, aunque no sean men’s team. e Miners have swept e Chili Pepper Festival includes the competition in all four meets and por una temporada. muchos los jugadores en el Salón de la 80 teams in total, which will be the individually they have excelled too. I think there has Al igual que Molinet, otros his- Fama de Futbol American Profesion- Junior All-American Anthony Rotich biggest meet the Miners will be in all panos son celebrados por sus con- al, la presencia hispana siempre ha es- has set the precedent for the Miners been a great season. A good showing could propel tribuciones en la NFL. Actualmente tado en la NFL y debería enorgullecer this season, winning four consecutive the Miners to a top 25 national rank- en el Salón de la Fama hay tres juga- a los fanáticos hispanos. El estigma de dores con raíces hispanas—Steve Van que todos los que son jugadores his- races with no competition coming improvement. I ing. e Miners are still looking for Burén de Honduras, Ted Hendricks panos en la NFL son pateadores es close to challenging him. a national ranking, but coach Ereng In his last meet at the Fitzgerald de Guatemala y Anthony Muñoz de algo que se ha combatido con talento am happy with the believes that might change aer the Classic, the Miners’ only home meet México. Aunque estos jugadores son en el campo, y los jugadores hispanos Miners compete in Fayetteville. all season, Rotich ran a blistering performance of celebrados principalmente por sus se han ganado merecer respeto con time of 16 minutes, 49 seconds, 81 “Aer next week, we will know grandes logros en el campo, es im- mucho esfuerzo y trabajo. milliseconds in the men’s 6K run. everybody. what will come out of that,” Ereng portante recordarlos también por Entre los muchos jugadores latinos sus raíces latinas. en la NFL, siete ya han llegado a la Rotich’s success from the 2014 said. “It depends on the teams that Van Burén gano dos Súper Tazones cima del deporte y levantado el trofeo spring track and eld season has car- we compete with, but I am looking consecutivos con las Águilas de Lombardi. Cada año se ven más juga- ried over, but the All-American has forward to see some type of ranking.” stayed humble, only addressing his - Paul Ereng, Filadel a en 1948 y 1949. Lideró dores latinos e hispanos contribuyen- Regardless of a possible national success as a team success. cross country head coach la liga en yardas por tierra en cu- do a su equipo como titulares. Cada atro temporadas distintas, tres en “We have a plan as a team to run ranking at the end of the week, coach año se ven más jugadores jugando forma consecutiva. Fue el primer together,” Rotich said. “at’s what Ereng has the men focused on bigger en la postemporada, algo que dem- jugador en la historia de la NFL en we have been doing from the start. top two spots in all four meets this and better sights—winning conference uestra que algún día ya no serán solo alcanzar esta hazaña. tres jugadores en el Salón de la Fama ere has been a great improvement season, and they swept the top three and competing at the national level. Muñoz, es considerado el mejor since we started at the beginning of spots in three of their four meets. de la NFL. “Our focus for the men is to win con- tacle ofensivo de todos los tiempos. the calendar (season).” “I think there has been a great im- No se sorprendan si algún día vean ference,” Ereng said. “Other than the Muñoz no solo fue de los primeros Head coach Paul Ereng thinks provement, I am happy with the per- un equipo ganar el Súper Tazón con conference, I am trying to see the men jugadores Latinos consagrados al un equipo repleto de hispanos en var- Rotich’s spectacular start will bene t formance of everybody,” Ereng said Salón de la Fama de Futbol Ameri- ias posiciones. El mes de septiembre him in the long run, when the Con- “Aer six weeks we can see a lot of make it to the national meet this year.” cano Profesional, pero también fue no solo marca la celebración de la ference USA and national champion- adaptation to the practice, so maybe e Miners will head up to Ar- el primer jugador de los Bengalíes de presencia hispana y latina en la NFL, ships come along. in another two weeks we can see the kansas on Saturday, Oct. 4, followed Cincinnati en recibir dicho honor. si no también simboliza lo lejos que “He’s on schedule and he is run- real improvement from the workouts by the NCAA preliminaries, the C- Jugadores recientes como Tony han llegado los jugadores y la huella ning very well,” Ereng said. “I think that we have been doing.” USA Championships and, lastly, the González, de los Halcones de At- que han dejado para las siguientes he should be able to perform well at Although the Miners’ success has NCAA championships in November. lanta y Jefes de Kansas City, también generaciones. conference and the national meet.” been recognized locally and on a na- han dejado su legado en la liga. A Coming in right behind Rotich for tional level, the praise has yet to come. Javier cortez may be reached at theprospectordaily. Juan carlos navarrete puede ser contactado en González se le reconoce como uno de the last three meets has been sopho- e Miners’ next meet in Fayetteville, [email protected]. [email protected]. | 10 | SPORTS THEPROSPECTOR SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 VOLLEYBALL Volleyball looking for success on the road By luis gonzalez hitter is coming o a medically red- streak by beating Louisiana Tech at shirted season, and she has started in home. ey will now go on a three- The Prospector 11 of the 13 matches in which she has game road trip before returning home e UTEP women’s volleyball participated this season. to host the Miners on Friday, Oct. 10. team will go on a four-game road “e record doesn’t show how good To nish the long stretch of road trip as they continue their Confer- we’re doing. We’re playing tough games, the Miners will be in Mur- ence USA schedule. In the midst of teams,” Cason said. “Because we have freesboro, Tennessee, to face Middle a ve-game losing streak, the Min- a lot people, they’re just learning the Tennessee State on Sunday, Oct. 12. ers will visit Rice, UTSA, UAB and system and each match we’re working Another team that was picked to n- Middle Tennessee State in the next on something. We might be messing ish ahead of the 10th-ranked Miners, couple of weeks. up on a few things, but there’s a lot of the Blue Raiders are 5-10 for the year e Miners started conference play good things happening because we’re and 1-1 in conference. Middle Ten- with three home games that ended working really hard as a team.” nessee just started a stretch where in a disappointing fashion. e team UTEP will be in Houston on Friday, they will play ve conference games lost all three matches against UTSA, Oct. 3, to play the Rice Owls. Picked in a row, all at home. North Texas and Florida Atlantic, and to nish third in the conference, the Junior Talia Jones has played in 46 won just two combined sets. e loss- Owls are led by preseason all-confer- of the 49 sets that UTEP has played es leave UTEP’s record at a troubling ence USA selection Sara Blasier. Rice so far this season. Last year’s leader in 2-12. With that being said, second- has started the season o with an 11-5 service aces, Jones puts her emphasis year coach Holly Watts is not panick- record and 1-1 in conference. e on having the right mindset over this ing over the results. Owls will play at North Texas in their stretch of road games. “A lot of it goes back to how young third conference game before hosting “Mindset-wise we got to be pre- we are and how many young play- the Miners. pared to go on the road,” Jones said. ers we have,” Watts said. “It’s still Aer Rice, the Miners will head to “Traveling to play in dierent gyms a building process and we’re still San Antonio for their second meeting and dierent atmospheres with a growing. Overall, I still think we’re against last year’s conference cham- positive attitude.” getting better.” pions. e UTSA Roadrunners only Coach Watts is looking forward to With ve freshmen on the roster lost one regular-season conference the team going on the road, where she and just two seniors, the Miners are game in 2013 and were picked to re- believes the team has provided some of struggling to nd balance and con- peat this season. In their rst meet- its better performances of the season. sistency from set to set. e tough ing, the Roadrunners swept UTEP in “We’ll just have to make it work in opposition faced to this point—play- El Paso, 3-0. our favor. Sometimes when you can ing three nationally ranked teams— e Miners will visit UAB for their sleep in a hotel bed, you don’t have all has also played a part in magnify- third-straight game on the road. e the distractions of home,” Watts said. ing the growing pains the team is Blazers were tied with Southern Mis- “It’s great to be home in front of our currently experiencing. sissippi in the preseason rankings, home fans, but I don’t know if we are Still, with so much room to im- both picked to nish h. Like UTEP, as focused at home as we can be on prove, the positives shown by the UAB has gotten o to a rough start, the road.” MICHAELA ROMAN / THE PROSPECTOR Miners are not lost on senior Jacque- with only four wins thus far. e Blaz- luis gonzalez may be reached at theprospectordaily. Freshman middle blocker Krystal Ejesieme serves the ball against North Texas Friday, Sept. line Cason. e 6-foot, 2-inch outside ers just snapped a ve-game losing [email protected]. 26 at Memorial Gym. THEPROSPECTOR SPORTS | 11 | SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 SOFTBALL Softball begins fall exhibtion season tributed a triple during the second to bring in that leadership role, “We have a great group of newcom- game and freshman in elder Hope the energy.” ers and you mix those with our re- Moreno battled hard to eventu- As coach Echo-Hawk continues to turners, I think we’re going to be pret- ally get the hit that gave the Miners move players around searching for ty good,” Echo-Hawk said. “We’ve just the lead for good. Junior in elder got to work out some of the kinks.” Kawehiokalani Netane hit a two-run the right t, the Miners will nish out home run aer coming o the bench their fall exhibition schedule with a e team’s next game will be against in the second game. Netane pointed total of six more games before the end New Mexico State University at 7 to the incoming freshmen as a mo- of the semester. Echo-Hawk is excited p.m., Oct. 8, at the Helen of Troy So- tivating factor this fall for the team’s about the potential of the squad, but ball Complex. returning players. knows that there is still more work to Jason green may be reached at theprospectordaily. “e freshmen came in strong, so it do before the winter break. [email protected]. made all of the upperclassmen take a step back and say okay, I guess I need to step it up,” Netane said. Aer losing seven players from last year’s much improved squad, Echo- Hawk was able to bring in eight fresh- men to help ll in some of the gaps. Other newcomers to the team include two sophomore transfers, catcher Erica Chasco and in elder Kiki Pepi. Pepi played several positions in the in eld during both games of the dou- bleheader and was very vocal during her time on the eld. “I’ll de nitely keep the defense to- gether when I’m out there. I think I bring a lot of energy and leadership,” Pepi said. “As long as the freshmen see me as someone they can really come up to and trust me on the eld, I’m happy with that.” Pepi brings with her not only the RUBY CERINO / THE PROSPECTOR experience of a transfer who has throws the ball to second base looking for a double play at the Freshman Courtney Clayton played a year of NCAA Division I Helen of Troy Softball Complex on Sunday Sept.28. soball, but the experience of playing By Jason green “She’s done a great job, the kids are in the Pac-12 Conference for Oregon responding well to her and I’ve seen The Prospector State. Pepi says she is much happier some improvement,” Echo-Hawk with the level of connection within e UTEP women’s soball team said. “Erika Harrawood, who didn’t her new team. She is eager to move began their fall exhibition season on pitch a ton for us last year, came in past her Pac-12 past and hopes to be- Sunday, Sept. 27 at the Helen of Troy the rst game and pretty much shut come a leader for the Miners. Soball Complex. e doubleheader them down.” “I don’t like to seem like, oh yeah, against Odessa College was a chance Hitting was far from a problem last I’m from the Pac-12–not at all,” Pepi for head coach Tobin Echo-Hawk to season for the UTEP soball team. said. “I’m very mellow, but I do like see where her team stands prior to the e team ranked fourth in C-USA upcoming spring season. in team batting average with a .290. is year’s team is drastically dier- With a total of 26 hits in two games ent from last year’s with a total of nine versus Odessa College, it does not ap- newcomers to the team. ese nine pear that much has changed. will try to utilize the spring practice Freshman in elder Courtney Clay- time to mesh with the 12 returning ton contributed greatly to the hit players, who are coming o of the barrage in her rst exhibition game team’s best season in the last four in a UTEP uniform. Clayton went years. Despite the improvement last four for ve, with three runs batted season, the team nished 11th out of in during the rst game and added 13 teams in Conference USA. one more RBI in the second game. Following a win in both legs Clayton attributed her great per- of Sunday’s doubleheader, coach formance mostly to the support of Echo-Hawk’s main goal for the fall her new teammates. is to see what each player’s role will “All of the upperclassmen have just eventually be. been so welcoming and we just feel a “We’re trying to mix it up and put part of the family already,” Clayton people in dierent positions to see said. “e community is super wel- how it goes and what the best t is go- coming. e girls are super welcom- ing. It’s just a really comfortable t.” ing to be,” Echo-Hawk said. Clayton and several other fresh- One of the main areas is with men played a prominent role during the pitchers. Last season, the Min- the doubleheader as coach Echo- ers had a league-worst 6.25 earned Hawk mixed in new players with run average and was over one full the team’s returning players. Fresh- point higher than the next highest in man in elder Taylor Sargent con- Conference USA. During Sunday’s games, freshman pitcher Dani Fincham impressed the coaching sta with her recovery from a poor rst inning in the second game. Aer giving up four runs in The freshmen came in the rst inning, Fincham came back strong, so it made all in the fourth and nished the game without giving up another run. of the upperclassmen Fincham is the only new pitcher take a step back and on the team’s roster, but Echo-Hawk expects to see improvement from ev- say okay, I guess I need eryone following the addition of new pitching coach, Sara Plourde, who is to step it up. a native of Bristol, Connecticut, she ranks eighth all-time in the NCAA record books with 1,662 strikeouts during her career with the University -Kawehiokalani Netane, of Massachusetts soball team. Echo- junior infielder Hawk is pleased with what she has seen so far.