U Magazine, Winter 1987

ALCALA PARK SPORTS

Soccer squad shatters records

over the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, which enabled USO to win the Coors/UNLV Rebel Classic. UNLV was ranked number three in the nation at the time. What makes the team's story even more amazing is that while it competes at the NCAA Division I level, McFadden has no athletic scholarships to offer prospective Toreros. Individually, USD had a number of players who performed exceptionally well. Bo Kaemerle led the Toreros in scoring, netting a school-record 19 goals and 10 assists for 48 points. Kaemerle concluded his career as USD 's all-time leading scorer. Freshman Mike Brille also contributed a lot to the offense with 12 goals and four assists for 28 points. On defense , junior goaltender Scott Huckleberry had another fine season. A three-year starter in goal, Huckleberry posted a goals-against-average of 0. 97 goals per match and registered 10 shut– outs, also a school record. Can the Toreros continue next season where they left off this one? "I think our success will carry over," McFadden says. "We'll lose some key players. But with more hard work I think we will be able to carry over the winning edge." •

By Die Doumanian

W hile their story may never make it to television , the 1986 seaon for the USO soccer team and its coach, Seamus McFadden, was truly an amazing story. The Toreros posted a 19-4-1 record this fall, claiming second place in the West Coast Athletic Conference and earning McFadden West Coast Coach of the Year honors for NCAA Division I schools as voted on by the Intercollegiate Soccer Asso– ciation coaches. It was the soccer team's first winning record in school history. "The season was a great success ," says McFadden , USD 's coach for the past seven seasons. "It's been a long road to respecta– bility, but we're there. Now we'll have to keep working to stay there. "The keys to our success this year were our ability to recruit quality players, maturity and a real strong work ethic. We worked very hard. n The Toreros got off to a fast start, winning nine of their first 10 matches. Included in that streak was a 1-0 victory

MikeBrille

Egan mixes hoops and books into winning formula

T he University of San Diego admini– stration believes it is possible to mix academics with athletics at the NCAA division I level and be successful. But there is no mistaking what comes first at Alcala Park - academics. USD men's basketball coach Hank Egan knew that when he took the job here. Egan had seen it work before, while he was head coach at the U. S . Air Force Academy for 13 seasons. Now in his third year with the Toreros, Egan still believes the two can mix. "Part of what appealed to me about coming here was that I had been at a school where athletics and academics worked hand in hand ," Egan explains. "The people at that school knew the value of both. So I knew when I came here I'd be comfortable with that. n For a student to be able to successfully mix both academics and athletics takes discipline , a quality with which Egan is quite familiar. Besides being the head man at the Air Force Academy for 13 years and an assistant there for five years, Egan is a graduate of the U. S . Naval Academy. But discipline at USD is slightly different, he feels. "Kids here are in a society where the kid has to discipline himself. which is getting tougher and tougher ," Egan says. But life in San Diego and at USD has a lot of advantages, according to the man

named Co-Coach of the Year last season in the West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC). "The first thing (that is an advantage) is the caliber ofpeople here workingwi th the young people," he points out. "Secondary to that is the location of the school, the nice campus and the facilities. "And because of the academics, it attracts good kids ; and good kids attract good kids. We think a kid can come here and get an education, play basketball and beapartofthecommunity. We're trying to represent the school and community with good student-athletes." It seems to be working. Last year the Toreros sported a 19-9 record. Many basketball observers are picking USD to win the WCAC championship this season. According to Egan , there is at least one disadvantage that comes with coaching at USO. "The tough academic standards put us in a position where everyone else in our conference can take kids we cannot, which reduces the pool we can re- cruit from ." But Egan understands that at USO , academics come first, and he can live with that. 'Tm very comfortable here beca use I understand what we are trying to accomplish. n he says. •

Hank Egan

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