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  • 18 Western Carolinian October 19,1995 Sports Jiall Of fame Inducts New Members by Jason Queen Associate Editor Three new members were inducted into the Western Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday. The honorees were inducted during a special banquet Saturday morningand were then recognized during half time of the WCU-Marshall football game. Don Dalton, Robyn Keeler Livesay, and Tommy Selzer received this prestigious honor. Dalton quarterbacked the football team in the late '60s. He led the Catamounts to a 9-1 record in 1969, which was good for a top 10 finish in the NAIA national standings. He led the country with 2,626 yards passing, which earned him a spot on the All-America team. In one game, he passed for 433 yards and 5 touchdowns, which are both Catamount records. Dalton served as an assistant coach under Bob Waters for 18 seasons after graduation. Livesay served as the ace pitcher on the softball team in the early '80s, and she posted numbers that would leave Greg Maddux in awe. She started all four years she was here, and won 90 (that's right, 90) games during that span, as well as posting a career batting average over .400. In 1982 she earned All-America honors as a sophomore, as she won 20 games, threw eight shutouts, and batted an incredible .553. WCU finished fifth in the country that year. The next season, all she did was win 26 games (seven shutouts), post a microscopic 1.84 ERA, and hit .435. Those numbers were good enough for second-team All-America honors. She also starred on WCU's volleyball team, which posted a 139-40 record during her tenure. Selzer was a four-year starter on the WCU football and baseball teams in the early '50s. He earned all-conference honors as a defensive back on the football team in 1951. He was also named to the all-conference baseball team in 1951 and 1952. Before coming to WCU, Selzer fought in several key battles in World War II. Alice Benton was honored posthumously with the Patron Award, given to someone influential in the athletic department. Congratulations to all of these very deserving athletes, who make us all proud to be a part of Western Carolina athletics. Golf Team Shows Improvement by Jason Queen Associate Editor WCU's very young men's golf team finished in a tie for last place in the 16th Annual Hargrove B. Davis memorial Golf Tournament October 2-3. The tournament was hosted by Campbell University at the Keith Hills Country Club in Buies Creek, North Carolina. Campbell played the role of the rude host, winning with a two round score of 585. That was 13 strokes better than the nearest team, Charleston Southern. Western finished tied for ninth with the Citadel in the 10 team field with a score of 632. David Mathis of Campbell shot a 140 to earn match medalist honors. Western looked good in he first round and found itself in the midst of a heated battle for second place. The team fired a 308, good for sixth place and just eight strokes back of eventual runner up Charleston Southern. But a second round 324 sank their hopes and took them to the bottom of the heap. Jamie Eckard led WCU. He finished 26th overall with a score of 155. The Catamounts then competed in the UT-Chattanooga State Farm Intercollegiate Tournament October 14-16. Western fired a three round score of 947, which earned them an eighth place finish in a field of twelve teams. Central Alabama won the tournament with a score of 897. Shawn Webster of Central Alabama was the match medalist, he fired a 221. Jeff Wells led the Cats with a three-round score of 233, which was good for a tie for 25th overall. The golf team travels to Radford, Virginia October 22-24 in the Draper Valley Intercollegiate Tournament. From left: Don Dalton, Tommy Selzer, and Robyn Livesay were inducted into the WCU Athletics Hall of Fame Saturday. Photo by OPI WCU Paddlers Fare Well at Local Championships by Natasha Teasley Staff Reporter Western Carolina's Canoe and Kayak team competed in the Southeastern Intercollegiate Whitewater Championships on the Tuckaseegee River in Bryson City on September 23- 24. The team competed against four other schools. Western brought back the second place trophy sliding past Davidson College with a total of 636 points. The annual race consists of two main races slalom on Saturday and a downriver on Sunday. The Cats entered many of the races on both days and placed often. The team won six medals in the slalom events and two in the downriver. Craig Thomas and Brian Miller were the first to win for Western placing third with a time of 151.4 seconds in Men's Tandem Open Short Canoe. The two would later win a second bronze in the Men's Tandem Open Canoe proving to be a winning team with a time of 142.8 seconds. After a first run that placed them in fourth place, Jim McArthur and Brad Taylor moved their boat through the gates with a time 132.0 seconds blowing University of the South out of the water and winning the gold medal in Men's Tandem Open Canoe. Another great comeback of the day came from Jill Alper and Chaz Zartman in the Mixed Tandem Open Short Canoe race. With a first-run time of 173.5 seconds that would have put them in sixth place the pair came back with a vengeance and brought home the silver medal with a time of 142.9 seconds. Mora Bone and Bianca Klar beat out Warren Wilson in the Women's Tandem Open Canoe with a time of 215.0 seconds to win the bronze. Another bronze medal was won for Western Carolina by Chris Boedeker and Amy Brennan in the Mixed Tandem Open Canoe with a time of 166.6 seconds. Western team members worked hard and came home with two more medals from the downriver race on Sunday. Gold medalists Brad Taylor and Jim McArthur won the bronze in the Men's Tandem Open Canoe with a time of 19 minutes 58.8 seconds. The silver medal for Mixed Tandem Open Canoe was won by Jill Alper and Tee Davis with a time of 19 minutes 52.1 seconds.
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