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Monday, May 26, 2008
Lotta games left to be played
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day. Its been awhile since my last blog, but here goes:
Tennis gaining groung
Amanda McDowell will be playing for the NCAA women’s singles title today. This is illustrative of the quality and depth that Bryan Shelton is creating in his squad.
We took the team title last year and have a player going for the singles title this year ? after the team was bounced out by Florida in the Elite Eight. Tech tennis is in the early stages of developing into a national power, similar to how we have watched the men’s golf team develop in the past. With Bryan Shelton leading the program they’ll always be in the national title discussion.
Pitch for baseball team
The men’s baseball team played valiantly against Miami in the ACC tourney, but fell in the end. The luck that pushed us past NCSU in the first game seemed to switch allegiances and gave the Canes the late inning heroics needed to progress while our Jackets were sent to face Clemson and await our fate. It looks like we’ll be on the road for the regional but I think we’ll be a relatively high seed.
The ACC is very strong this year with UNC, Miami, and Florida State all being ranked in the top 5.
Lastly…
Drugs and substance abuse appear to have cost cost Michael Hutts his life and Joe Hamilton his job and a good bit of reputation here in the recent past. I just don’t understand it ? how do you mess things up like that when by all appearances you are on top of the world? Hutts was a Dean’s List
student who was pitching his best since arriving on campus at Tech ? and Hamilton had just been handed a job on the Tech athletics staff which would have definitely put him onto the coaching track at his alma mater. My condolences to the Hutts family and Hamilton’s career … But I have to say, what were they thinking and why didn’t someone see this coming and speak up? If you see a friend getting involved with drugs … speak up. If you see someone leaving a party or social
gathering when they shouldn’t be driving … speak up. If you sit by and silently allow people to harm themselves or others, you are just as guilty as if you facilitated their addictions or actions.
