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The Rice Thresher
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Rugby starts spring season with a bang The Rice Rugby Football Club visited San Marcos this past weekend to play its first cup match of the spring season against a strong Southwest Texas State University team. The day proved to be a good one for Rice as the Owls were led to a 45-12 victory over SWTSU with scoring attempts by junior DavOd Salda™a, senior Ben Stamets, junior Steven Vaughan and junior Nick Carling. Although Rice started out slowly on offense, solid playing by both the forwards and the backs helped the Owls obtain a decisive victory. "I think we are going to have a very good season," Carling said. "We're practicing well, everyone is in pretty good shape, and we keep getting better everyday." Rice Rugby has five more weeks left in its regular season and will play at Texas A&M University next weekend in its second cup match.
Owl football players honored at banquet The football team held its annual team banquet Friday night at the Marriott Medical Center to honor outstanding performances both on and off the field. Senior offensive guard Charles Torello and senior defensive end Terrence Melton took home the night's highest awards, capturing the positions of permanent captains of the 1998 team. Torello also won a George R. Brown Offense Award as the Owls' top offensive lineman. Melton was honored with a Jess Neely Defense Award as the team's top defensive lineman. Other Brown Award winners included senior wide receiver Jason Blackwell and senior running back Michael Perry. Also winning Neely Awards were senior linebacker Rashad Reynolds and senior cornerback LaDouphyous McCalla. Senior deep-snap specialist Andy Beard won the Owls' special teams award. It was Blackwell's third straight Brown Award; Torello was also the 1997 winner on the offensive line. On defense, Reynolds won the Neely Award for the third straight year, and McCalla was also honored in 1997. Junior defensive tackle Judd Smith was the only double winner. He took home the James W. Glanville Award for athletics, academics and integrity and the "Bloody Joe" David Award for rising above pain and injury. Also honored Friday were sophomore safety Travis Ortega with the Big Stick Award for the biggest hits, senior running back Keilone Gordon with the Billy Ed Daniels Teammate Award, and defensive lineman B.J. Forguson with the Joe Lipscomb Award as the team's most outstanding true freshman. The Owls finished the 1998 season with a disappointing 5-6 record, but their 5-3 Western Athletic Conference record was good enough for second place in the WAC Mountain Division.
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