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Page 16-Tuesday, June 10, 1980-The Michigan Daily
Just Peachy
Foussianes to play in Ga.
after inking Tiger pact
BY MARK MIHANOVIC leadership and a .327 batting average to character, citizenship, leadership, and
Michigan All-Americsn George the young batsmen's surprising Big Ten academic and athletic achievement.
Foussianes signed a minor league con- championship: drive, then hit .556 He graduated with a 3.5 GPA from
tract with the Detroit Tiger during the three-game sweep of the the School of Business Administration,
organization last Thursday after being Mideast Regional which sent Michigan but is determined to try his luck on the
drafted in the 36th, and last, round of to the Series. The 6-1, 190-pounder, who diamond before moving to more
Wednesday's amateur draft, hit .364 over the whole season, started scholarly pursuits. "I made up my
Foussianes, who had just gotten back the campaign at shortstop, but back mind a long time ago to give itsa shot.
from the College World Series in trouble forced him to first base and "I think it's going to be quite an ad-
Omaha, where the Wolverines bowed designated hitter, the position at which justment, playing in the pros. I really
out last Monday with losses to Miami he received third team All-America don't know what to expect. Naturally,
(Fla.) and Arizona, is scheduled to honors. I'd like to move up through the ranks
report to Macon, Georgia within the Foussianes believes that the Tigers quickly, but I haven't set any timetable
next couple of weeks. Be has been drafted him as a first baseman, and for myself. I'm just going to go down
assigned ito play for the Macon Peaches that's just fine with him. "I'm just hap- there and give it my best shot."
of the Class A South Atlantic League. py to be getting a chance to play," he ________________
The Macon ball club is not in the Tiger said from his home in Birmingham. "A
organization, but Foussianes is "on lot of people don't get that chance.
lean" there, according to a Tiger of- "NO MATTER where you're drafted,17 c k t
ficial. the player still has to put out. The way I
BUT NEITHER Foussianes nor look at it, I've got as good a chance as
Michigan coach Bud Middaugh are anyone. The rest is up to me."U T P w
snubbing their noses at the player's late Foussianes, a three-time Academic
selection. "Be's thrilled to death, and All-Big Ten baseballer and 1979 batting
so are we," Middaugh commented. champ, was recently named recipient BY JON MORELAND
"We're just excited he's getting a chan- of the Big Ten Conference Medal of Blistering 90 degree-plus heat
ce to play because he's done so much Honor and also won the Fielding H. greeted participants in the 1980 NCAA
for us." - Yost Award, which goss annually to one track championshipe this weekend in
As a senior, Foussianes contributed athlete from each sport on the basis of Austin, Texas, on the campus of the
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Foussianes
rs 41st as
s NCAAs
University of Texas.
When the smoke cleared, and the
points were counted, Texas-El Paso
had successfully defended their
national championship with a total of 69
points. The meet runner-up was UCLA
with 46 points, Florida State was third
with 38 and Southern California fourth
with 36.
MICHIGAN'S competitors finished in
a tie for 41st place, earning four points
in the meet, which scored competitors
10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top six places.
The top Michigan performance came
from long jumper James Ross, whose
jump of 26-1 was good for fifth place
in the meet. The jump set a Michigan
school record, but was over 15 inches
short of the winning jump of 27-4/a by
Carl Lewis of Houston.
Ross' leap broke the oldest record on 1
the Michigan track books. The previous
record-holder was Howard Hubbard
whose jump of 25' 101/2" in 1925 was the
previous standard.
TWO OTHER Michigan track recor-
ds fell in Austin. The first came when
Butch Woolfolk was clocked at 20.60 in
the quarterfinals of the 200-meter dash.
Woolfolk qualified for the finals with a
run of 20.63 in the semis, and he
proceeded to place sixth in the finals of
the event with a 20.66.
The winning time in the 200 came
from Michael Roberson of Florida
State, who swept to a time of 29.96
seconds.
The other school record was turned in
by Dan Heikkinen in the finals of the
300-meter steeplechase. Heikkinen
finished with a time of 8:28.91, also good
for sixth place. Wisconsin archrival
Randy Jackson won the event, who
completed the distance in a time of
8:22.81.
AP Photo
High class rope-a-dope
Muhammed All speeds into a federal courthouse in New Orleans yesterday, where he is defending a $20 million suit
accusing him of making racial slurs against two promoters of his 1978 fight in the Superdome. Ali was permitted to
park his chauffer-driven limousine under the complex to elude reporters and photographers.
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