European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 27, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 Toth Butler win coaching accolades.  i a from Page 17 Davis Wiesbaden s James Kennedy and Wuerzburg s Mike Lusk the smallest player on the squad at 5-7, Are the guards. Dil lard is a Junior the others seniors. Thornton the top scorer in Dodds As a Junior retained that Honor again this year chalking up a 27.3 average that almost duplicated her 27.4 Mark of 1985. She had Little to work with at Ulm find ing herself bringing up the Ball most of the time and averaging better than six re Bounds a game from her guard position. Ulm coach Maggie Larson called Thornton s bal handling abilities the Best i be Ever seen in  Kilpatrick Heidelberg s All time Lead ing scorer averaged 14 Points 11 re Bounds and three steals a game As Rich Bennett s cagers swept to an undefeated Campaign. That cause was helped considerably by Poslik s outstanding play. Poslik finished her Campaign As Heidelberg s All time Leader in assists and steals. This year she averaged eight Points five assists and five steals a game and forced the opposition into Many turnovers. Miley the most valuable player in the Italy tournament despite the fact that the saints did t win is one of the most prom Ising players Ever to come out of the Ameri can schools in Italy league. She averaged 15.8 Points and 10.3 re Bounds a game and scintilla Ted on de sense usually against the opponent s bes player. Santelli a 5-11 the Junior propelled Asl to a perfect Campaign with a 16.3 scoring average on 63-percent shooting from the Field 8.1 rebounds per game and 58 blocked shots 62 assists and 63 steals. Ford scored 206 Points grabbed 263 re Bounds for a 15.5 average and averaged More than six blocked shots a game. Wilson was a key performer again As Baum older established a Dodds record of 33 straight victories. She averaged 16.4 Points 4.0 steals and 4.2 assists a game and was called by coach Jack Dougan perhaps the finest All around player in Europe  Nichols chalked up 20.4 Points 8.5 assists 7.9 steals and 5.1 rebounds As Naples took its second straight Asil title. The wildcats lost twice to Aviano in regular season play but avenged those defeats in the tournament. Roberts led Torrejon to a perfect Campaign by scoring 23 Points and grabbing 18 rebounds a game while shooting 55 percent from the floor. She also shot 65 percent from the free throw line. Nolan won her recognition with 15.4 Points 9.6 rebounds 5.7 assists and 4.9 steals and was called one of the Premier Giessen s Charlie Toth. Makes Dodds history James Kennedy Tim Barnes players in Europe by Bison Mentor Hurt Lank. Winning has become rather routine for Butler at Munich but despite All his Suc Cess this is the first time he has been named girls basketball coach of the year. He won the Honor this time with lesser Talent than he possessed in the past thus emphasizing his coaching Talent. Munich lost twice to Baum older in the regular season but when All the marbles were in the Circle in the Small schools championship game Butler turned in his finest Effort of All giving him a 17-2 record for the year and a Mark of 109-9 in the1980s. Butler had strongest Competition from 1985 Winner Dougan Naples Tom Deangel Heidelberg s Rich Bennett Aviano s Tom Stafford and Asl s de Ladd. Hutchinson and Lusk were or. Inside and or. Outside in Wuerzburg s March to the double a league title and big schools championship. Hutchinson averaged 17.4 Points a game and averaged 15 rebounds. He had 67 blocked shots and according to coach Steve Perkins who knows How Many in  Lusk was t a big scorer but was an outstanding passer and play maker Lead ing the team with 65 assists. Defensively he was outstanding coming up with 62 steals in addition to forcing Many turnovers. Knapp scored 444 Points and pulled Down 150 rebounds leading Heidelberg in All offensive categories and was also the team s Best defensive player according to coach Wes Sisson. He broke the Dodds tournament scor ing record with a 39-Point Effort against Stuttgart. Scott sparked Baum older with a 19.1 average and 11.3 rebounds a game leading the bucs to a perfect a Gold record and 15 2 Overall Mark that included third place in the Small schools tournament. Daniel was the driving Force for bad Kreuz Nach which finished second to Giessen in both the league and Small schools tournament. He hit 51 percent from the Field in posting a 17.5 average. He also came through with 11.8 boards game. Dillard averaged 22.3 Points a game for the season the second Best one year Effort in Pitburg s basketball history. He had 379 total Points off a 55.6-percent Field goal performance and also was outstanding on defense. Mcgee led Giessen in every offensive category 274 Points 163 rebounds 48 percent Field goal accuracy 70 assists and 78 steals. He was acclaimed Small schools tournament map and was according to Toth the Best player in class a Basket Ball including the Bennor. He has a lot of basketball knowledge and was a great Leader for our Young  Barnes averaged 20.6 Points and 10.6 re Bounds a game and blocked 27 shots for the stallions the Only team to conquer Wuerz Burg this season. His Best Effort was against the wolves with 31 Points. He had 25 in the second game. Kennedy was practically the whole team at Wiesbaden. He averaged 19.28 Points a game and turned in a sensational 83-per cent Mark at the free throw line. Despite Heidelberg s Britta Kilpatrick. One of 2 repeaters Diane Roberts Heidi Miley being a guard Kennedy averaged almost seven rebounds every time out. Davis keyed Vicenza to its third straight Asil league and tournament titles hitting 14.2 Points a game. He also was credited with five steals forcing six turnovers and seven assists game. Toth beat out Vicenza s Lenny Dempsey Perkins shape s Steve Sherrill and bad Kreuz Nach s Randall Bryant in the coach of the year race. 1986 is All Europe basketball teams position Forward Forward Forward Forward Center Center guard guard guard guard player Britta Kilpatrick Regina Nolan Heidi Miley Diane Roberts Felicia Santelli Mary Ford Pam Thornton Sanjanetta Wilson Kelly Nichols Tanya Poslik girls first team school Heidelberg Mannheim Aviano Torrejon Asl Wuerzburg Ulm Baum older Naples Heidelberg height 5-9 5-9 5-9 6-0 5-11% 6-4 5-6 5-7 5-5 5-5 second team forwards Trish Grant shape Dawn Reed Ankara Donna Horn Kelly Johnson Munich. Centers Gloria Wright Hanau Bernadette Kelliher Mary mount. Guards Londa Andrews Heidelberg Alix Ronka Bonn Nikki Klein Iwana Malone Wuerzburg player of the year Pam Thornton Ulm. Coach of the year Ernie Butler Munich. Class senior Junior soph. Senior Junior Junior senior senior senior senior Nuernberg Nuernberg position Forward Forward Forward Forward Center Center guard guard guard guard fora Burg Mil fun Ai denier guards Hank we player Bryan Knapp Stacey Dillard Terence Daniel Tim Barnes Steve Hutchinson Nathan Scott Vince Mcgee Andre Davis James Kennedy Mike Lusk boys first team school Heidelberg Pitburg bad Kreuz Nach Stuttgart Wuerzburg Baum older Giessen Vicenza Wiesbaden Wuerzburg second team height6-4 6-4 6-56-1 6-7 6-36-1 6-06-1 5-7 class senior Junior senior senior senior senior senior senior senior senior  stu"8art cd Gallagher Patch Mike Brown Wuerz Well Nuernberg. Gary Samf Pitburg Jim Bellotte Kaiserslautern. De Muniz shap�5 Carlos. Player of the year Steve Hutchinson Wuerzburg. Coach of the year Charlie Toth Giessen