
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 19, 1993                   TAG: 9305190255
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

3 HOKIES HONORED BY METRO

Virginia Tech senior outfielder J.R. Hawkins was named first-team All-Metro Conference and Hokies sophomore third baseman Bo Durkac was picked Metro Newcomer of the Year on the eve of today's start of the conference tournament in Richmond.

Hawkins, a second-teamer last season, was the only Tech player to make the first team. Hawkins ranked among the league leaders in batting average (.350), runs batted in (46), home runs (10) and doubles (15).

Durkac, a transfer from North Carolina, leads the conference and is ranked nationally in hitting with a .428 average. Durkac, a native of Kittanning, Pa., has recorded more than 20 multiple-hit hit games this season.

Sophomore shortstop Dee Dalton of Roanoke joined Durkac as Tech's two selections on the second team.

South Florida dominated the first-team selections, placing a league-high six players on the team selected by the Metro Conference Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association.

Junior first baseman Darren Stumberger of South Florida was chosen the league's Most Valuable Player. Eddie Cardieri, who led the Bulls to their first league regular-season title, was named Metro Coach of the Year.

The complete team is listed in the Scoreboard on Page B4.

In other college sports:

At Greenville, S.C., Clemson and Florida State advanced to the championship round of the ACC baseball tournament with victories Tuesday.

The Tigers beat North Carolina 7-4 to remain the only unbeaten team in the double-elimination tournament. Florida State advance with a 5-2 win over regular-season champion Georgia Tech.

The NCAA Baseball Committee has selected sites for the eight Division I regional tournaments, leading to the College World Series. Two ACC schools, Georgia Tech (Atlantic) and Florida State (East) will hold regionals. The other host schools are Tennessee (Mideast), Louisiana State (South), Oklahoma State (Midwest), Texas A&M (Central I), Texas (Central II) and Arizona State (West).

Serena Beedie, captain of the Hollins' volleyball and women's basketball team last season, was named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Beedie graduated this month with a 3.7 grade point average in sociology and education. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Delta, an international sociology honor society.

Beedie was a member of the all-ODAC tournament volleyball team as a junior and a senior. In basketball, she was the ODAC leader in steals, second in scoring, third in assists and fourth in rebounding as a senior.

by CNB