Alcalá 1960

THE SAN DIEGO UNION C .Q ® Su n. ,Ja n. .17, Iflfio C 70 SA N D IEG O . C A LI FO R N IA HOLDING COURT

Sandra Loubat Is New O rl ean s Ath le te Of Yea r By DA VE GA LLUP

Sandra Louba t, a cha rm- , Ing 19-yea r-old sop hom ore at the Un ive rsi ty of Sa n Di eg o's Col lege for Wom­ en, ha s been name d the Ne w Orleans met ropolit an ar ea 's outs tand ing ath lete lor 1959. San dra is the lop-ra nk­ ing woman tennis pla yer of the sout hern st at es and two ye ar s ago, up set San Di ego 's K ar e n Han tze whe n the two were play ­ ing the summ er cir cui t. The Lou isia na m is s wit h light brown hair and brown ey es, is only the second wom an to win the New Orleans outs tand ing ath let e awa rd in 20 years. She wil l f lyback Wedn es­ da y night fo r the pre sen - I tati on banque t to be hel d Thu rsda y. Sandra is the he alt hy ail- Am eric an girl typ e. An hono r student with a B plu s av erag e, she is tre as­ ure r of her soph omore cl as s and presid ent of the co lle ge 's Wome n's Athle ­ ti c Ass oci ati on. She al so was tre asu rer of he r fres h­ ma n cl as s. She is ma jor ­ ing in his tor y and min or- in g in lan gu ag es pre par a­ tory to stu dy inglaw . Sh e and Kar en be came fa st fri en ds while ma kin g th e cir cu it two "summers ag o and this had a lot to do with Sandra 's de cis ion to atte nd col leg e he re. Th is plu s the opportun ity to hone her ten nis ga me -on th e tough com pet itio nlurk­ ing eve rywhere on the wes t coa st. , '

In fact, San dra and Ka­ ren ar e in the wome n's dou ble sfin als of the' March of Di mes tournamen t. Howe ver , the y wil l be un­ ab le to play their ma tch wit h Kath y Chabo t and Mo lly Danie lson on sch ed­ ul e ne xt Sun day at Kona Kai Club due to Sand ra' s flying awards t rip. T h e ma tch wi ll be pla yed at the convenien ce ofall parties. San dra took up ten nis at the rip e old ag e of 8 un­ de r the coach ing, of he r fa­ the r, Ste rli ng Louba t. who owns a ho tel and restau ­ rant sup ply bu sin ess in New Orl ean s, a ci ty fa ­ mo us for its food and hos- te lr ies . Un for tun ate ly, al l Da d Loubat coul d do wa s coach. Hi s pla yin g da ys had been end ed by a se vere ea rt att ack in 1947. San- r a lat er got inst ruc tion fro m Emmett Pa re , the promin ent Tula ne coac h wh o has tutor ed Hamil ton Ric har dso nand Ron Holm- be rg , am on g oth ers . Cur­ rent ly, San dra is ge tti ng poi nte rs from Le s Sto efe n at the La Jol la Be ach and Te nn isClub. Sa nd ra' s mot her, Ev a, and her 10-y ear-o ld sis ter , Lyndell, a lso p lay, a n d Sand ra be lie ve s tha t Lyn­ de ll is a re al com er.

A C h a m p ion College forWomen Student Honored Sa nd ra Lo ub at is a soft-s po ken south ern you ng lady— but she swing s a vicio us rack et on the ten nis co ur t. And bec aus e of he r pro we sson the na tio n'sten nis co ur ts, the 19- yea r-ol dmis s com e Ja nu ar y21 will be hono red as th e ou tst an din gathl eteof 1959 in th e Gre at erNew Orl ean sar ea . Sa nd ra is a sop hom ore a t ® *

Sa nd raan d Louis Rie cke , a we ig ht lif ter see kin ga sp ot on th e U.S. Olym pic tea m, will be hono red as th e New Or­ lea ns at hl et esof th e ye ar a t th e ba nq ue t of cha mp ion s spo nso red by the New Or­ lea ns At hle tic Club in it s gr an d ball room Th ur sd ay , Ja nu ar y21. Whe n she rece ived the tel e­ gr am inf orm ing he rof th e aw ar d. Sandra sa id , " I w as so ove rjoy ed th at I th ought I was con fus ing wis hes wi th re al ity . I fee l ve ry pro ud to hav e been giv en suc h a gre at hon or. It is sti ll ha rd to beli eve ." Bu t the Alc ala Pa rk sop ho­ mo re ea rne dit .

the Un ive rsi tyof Sa n Diego' s Colle ge for Wom en. Sh e's ma jor ing in his tor y, and her mi nor is lan gu ag es. Aft er rec eiv ing he r ba ch elo r's de ­ gre e, she pla ns to stu dy law . Sa nd ra is a na tiv e of New Orl ean s, and st ar te dpla yin g ten nis a t the ag e of eigh t. Bet wee n pou ndi ng aw ay a t ten nis ball s. Sa nd ra 'sstu di es took her th ro ug h gr am mar scho ol and the Ac ademy of the Sa cre dHea rt,a school In New Or lea ns con duc ted by the Rel igio us of th e Sa cre d Hea rt. It wa s only na tu ral th at she would wan tto com e to the Colle ge fo r Women— also con duc ted by the Re ligi­ ous of the Sac red H ea rt . H |

Col le ge Girl Hon or edAs Top Athl et e

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