8B • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19, 2001
KU bowler advances to elite national tournament
By Kevin Flaherty Kansan sportswriter
Marc D'Errico will be bowling for more than pride when the KU bowling team member takes to the alley in March — he will be going after a $25,000 scholarship.
D'Errico is one of four finalists who will compete for the cash award in Virginia, Beach, Va. in the Battle at Little Creek. The tournament will be televised on ESPN.
The Rochester, N.Y., sophomore endured three grueling days of lane competitions and three rounds of head-to-head matchplay before making the finals.
This is his third year of competing in the Youthmasters tournament, but the first to make the finals—and this surprised him.
"I hadn't done too well in the tournament in the past." D'Errico said. "I went in with a different mind set this year that I just wanted to bowl match play well, and all of a sudden I had made the finals."
KU Bowling coach Mike Fine said he wasn't as surprised.
"Having elite bowlers like Marc at KU is one of the reasons we are experiencing success as a team," he said.
"I expect that you will hear more about Marc's success in the future, as well as other KU bowlers." Fine said.
J. BOLTER has two perfect 300 scores to his credit. He scored the second last year in Lawrence at Royal Crest Lanes, where D'Errico teaches a bowling class.
D'Errico said bowling the first 300 game was a relief.
"My first thought was, 'Thank God' D'Errico said. "I had come close so many other times. I had bowled four or five 289s and four or five 299s. It felt good to finally get it."
Bowling a perfect game will be tougher at the Battle at Little Creek though, because the lane conditions will be tough. Bowling lane conditions vary from alley to alley by the amount of oil put on the lane.
"I went in with a different mindset this year that I just wanted to bowl match-play well, and all of a sudden I had made the finals." Marc D'Errico Rochester, N.Y., sophomore
"Each tournament forces you to shoot a certain shot by changing the oil," D'Errico said.
"It makes things more difficult.
Marc D'Errico, center, will bowl for $25,000 in March. The Rochester, N.Y., sophomore is one of four finalists competing in the Battle at Little Creek in Viginia Beach, Va.
Everyone will have to be really good. You have to hit the same spot on the lane every time because of all the oil," he said.
Coach Fine said he liked D'Errico's chances.
"That gives him an edge and the confidence to be successful."
"I think Marc has an excellent chance of winning the whole thing," Fine said. "He is developing into someone who wants to take that big shot when it's down to one shot.
D'Errico said he would like to tour in the professional Bowling
Association.
Association If that doesn't happen, he would like to teach either high school or college psychology, or go into sports psychology.
"Marc has a great combination
of athletic ability and desire to excel," Fine said. "He understands what it takes to compete at an elite level and has worked hard to make himself that kind of athlete."
For more about the tournament visit www.youthmasters.com.
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The winners were chosen from among students wearing KU First T-shirts, which were distributed free of charge on all of the University's major campuses. Staff members from KU Endowment and Intrust Bank, which sponsored the T-shirts, chose students by number as they entered the stadium and by random seat selection.
Congratulations to the 25 KU students who each received $1,000 scholarships at the KU vs. UCLA football game in celebration of KU First,KU's comprehensive fund-raising campaign.
The winners are:
Jack Wesson Nealy III, Los Angeles, CA., sophomore, journalism;
Kevin C. Armitage, Lawrence, doctoral candidate in history;
Zheng Hai Jun, San Jose, Costa Rica master's student, urban planning:
Tom Reid, Lenexa, KS,
sophomore, environmental studies;
Sarah Fennell, Saint Louis, MO. sophomore, undecided major;
James Lightfoot, Schaumburg, IL. senior, biology and French;
Mike Kuebelbeck, Shawnee, KS., senior, political science;
Jamie Smartt, Lawrence, graduate student, English;
Jennifer Mayo, Colorado Springs, CO. sophomore, business administration;
Gus Meyer, Prairie Village, KS., sophomore, accounting;
Scott E. Spal, Prairie Village, KS., junior, bioloby;
Mohammad Motid, Houston, Texas, freshman, computer science;
Sarah Gripka, Tonganoxie, KS., sophomore, pre-pharmacy;
Kari Morgan, Topkea, KS,
sophomore, human development
and family living;
Tara Smith, Lawrence, senior, advertising;
Sarah Thompson, Leawood, KS,
sophomore, illustration;
Susie Whalen, Burlingame, KS., junior, creative writing;
Valerie Flick, Haviland, KS., senior, human biology;
Nathan Hall, Goessel, KS., junior, pharmacy;
Ann Heidebrecht, McPherson, KS., freshman, chemistry;
Ryan Lunt, Pratt, KS., freshman, business administration;
Lance Hayes, Mesquite, TX,
junior, communications;
Brian King, Denver, CO., junior, East Asian history;
Matthew J. Osenbaugh, Hutchinson, KS., junior, pre-med;
THE KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION
Britt Detienne, Wichita, KS., sophomore, business.