European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes february 1981 Eric Heiden is Winner of Sullivan award Indianapolis a Speed skater Eric who set five olympic records while winning five Gold med als in he 1980 Winter received the Amateur athletic unions prestigious Sullivan award monday night As the nations outstanding Amateur the 22yearold who had been a finalist for the Honor in finished first in voting by More than persons at a news conference following the the aau released the vote totals for the top three Heiden totalled diver Greg Louganis was runner up at a Distant 678 and skier Phil Mahre was third at the 10 finalists had been selected by the aau in de voters were asked to consider demonstrations of character and sportsmanship in addition to Clear Bench in 9463 rout athletic ability while voting for their three top the which is named in memory of James the founder and a past president of the was presented by former Indiana state University gymnast Kurt who won the award last the announcement of Veidens selection was made at the annual Sullivan award banquet in a capacity filled ballroom of at the Indianapolis convention Heiden and five of the other finalists were at the ban which was held Here for the third consecutive in previous the award was announced in the Home town of the the other four finalists swimmer Mary Meagher and runner Donald Paige were unable to attend due to being in who now lives in san Diego while taking pre med studies at the University of Californi Asan was the first Speed skater to receive the award in its 51year Robert a two time member of the olym Pic team in the modern and Louganis were both finalists for the second consecutive other nominees this year were bantamweight Boxer Jackie wrestler Ben synchronized swim Mer Linda Shelley and distance runner Craig Heiden joins a Long list of those who have received the award after achieving Success in the the list includes Bruce the 1976 olympic decathlon Cham Pion Debbie who won three individual Gold medals while swimming in the 1968 summer games Don schol a double Winner in individual swimming events in the 1964 summer and swimmer Mark who won a record seven Gold medals in the 1972 Irish Romp Over marys by United press International notre Dames Bench warmers put the heat on the key to tonight game i thought was the with Mike said notre Dame coach Digger Phelps after his ninth ranked Irish trounced marys 9463 monday we Are trying to get him More playing when Stan Wilcox came off the Bench in the second half and teamed with i was just very Happy with the backcourt Joe Kleine also played very Well for us coming off the Kelly Tripucka hit the 20point Mark for the ninth time this year to Lead notre Dames attack according to has earned a while we were trying to get a lot of mileage out of the were also trying to rest some like Orlan do Tracy Jackson and John said who finished with eight Field goals and was 4of4 from the was joined in double figures by who had and Jackson and Bill Varner with 10 Junior guard David Vann led now with 14 we were a Little especially in the second but that no said marys coach Bill id have to say College basketball that that was the poorest defense we played All i cant explain Why we played so but i have to give them Tiey played a hell of a marys held an 1816 Lead with 11 minutes to play in the first but the Irish went on a 100 including three straight baskets by in route to a 4434 halftime notre hit a season High 41 Field goals and extended its Lead to 6442 with two separate eight Point outbursts and led by As much As 33 the who had 11 of their 12 play ers finished the game with a 62 per cent shooting Mark from the slightly above their season what marys tried to do was run a transition said they were very Sirn liar to South we just stayed in an aggressive defense and when we stole the Ball after the foul shot Early in the second half we got the momentum going and took it in from fifth ranked Arizona the Only other ranked team to see action monday got a big scare from needing two overtimes to defeat the bears 8481 in Byron Scott and Johnny Nash scored 17 Points each for which improved its record to 81 in the conference and 162 Asu trailed 6664 with two min utes left in but Sam Williams stole an inbound pass and passed to notre Dames Tim Andree blocks a shot by Eric vial of marys ninth ranked Irish extend record to 153 who banked in a 12footer to tie the ass Lafayette lever hit an 18foot jumper to Send the contest into a second the Sun devils never trailed in the second extra six Asu players finished in double Fig including Elton Lister with 14 and Sam lever and Paul Williams with 12 in other Drake edged Bradley Johns downed Boston College Creighton Defeated Illinois Detroit clobbered Bonaventure new Mexico state beat Indiana state 67 60 and Louisville thumped International at Des Lewis Lloyd hit a 15 foot jumper with one second left and finished with a game High 30 Points to lift Drake to a Missouri Valley conference Triumph Over colleague Leader at new Frank Gilroy scored 24 Points and Wayne Mckoy added 21 to Lead the redmen to a big East at Creighton used a pressing defense and shut Down Southern Illinois Center Rod Camp in the second half in route to a Missouri Valley conference Vic at Joe Kopicki pumped in 21 kinds and grabbed 18 rebounds and Jerry Ivis chipped in with 19 Points to Lead Detroit to its third straight at Terre Jaime the Only aggie player in double scored 32 Points to Power new Mexico at Jerry eaves tossed in a game High 19 Points and Scooter Mccray added 16 Points to Pace Louisville to its fourth straight Cavaliers 1 St in a continued from Page 21 jumped two spots and Are seventh this week with 812 Points six More than Wake notre Dame and Tennessee rounded out the top the who slipped a notch despite wins Over Cornell and South got 770 the Vic tors Over Georgia and had 657 North Carolina headed the Sec Ond Urcla was 12th followed by Brigham Wichita state and South beavers hold Lead in Cage ratings new York up before the col lege basketball regular season is Ore gon states stiffest Challenge for 1 Hon ors in the nation May come from within its own Arizona another prize team from the pacific10 continues to make rapid advancement in the United press internationals Board of coaches weekly the Sun devils moved up two notches to 5 in the latest balloting of 41 a loser to Oregon state Back in the Sun devils have been on a hot Streak of late and Are looking More and More like a team that could give the beavers a run for the pac10 the two teams have one More game with each on March 7 at Oregon state continued to hold a respect Able Lead Over Virginia in the latest the beavers 170 received 33 firs place votes and 602 Points from the coaches while the Cavaliers 180 got seven firs place votes and 578 the third and fourth positions also remained unchanged from last Depaul held onto the 3 spot with 509 Points and Louisiana state remained in the 4 position with 473 the tigers got the Lone firs place vote not awarded Oregon state and to make room for Arizona state in the top Kentucky slipped Back one place to 6 despite winning a pair of games last and which Defeated archrival Brigham Young to run its record to moved up one place to Wake ranked sixth a week fell Back two places to 8 after splitting a pair of and notre Dame held onto the 9 North Carolina moved up one place to replacing which dropped four spots to 14 after being soundly whipped by Oregon