Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, November 9, 1993 TAG: 9311090159
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Tech blames Scully for intentionally breaking NCAA rules governing ethical conduct, recruiting contacts and extra benefits. Tech's August 1992 report to the NCAA argues the violations were "secondary" - isolated in one program under one coach and having limited or no competitive advantage.
Tech's report acknowledged that because Tech's men's basketball and football programs were on probation from 1987-89, the school could be subject to the "repeat major sanctions of the NCAA." However, Tech assistant athletic director Steve Horton said Monday the NCAA has told Tech the so-called "death penalty" will not apply in this case.
Horton said a best-case scenario would result in Tech receiving probation only.
"Whether I expect that or not, I can't speculate," Horton said. "The worst-case scenario would include loss of scholarships and loss of recruiting. Those are all possibilities."
Tech announced the violations Oct. 2, 1991, after a six-month-long in-house investigation into the men's cross country program.
In other college sports:
Ryan Gilleland, selected Timesland's baseball player of the year as a junior, said Monday he will sign a letter of intent with Virginia this week.
Gilleland was a first-team All-Group AA selection last year at shortstop for Jefferson Forest, which reached the state semifinals before finishing 20-6.
"It came down to Virginia and Virginia Tech," said Gilleland, whose two older sisters have gone to UVa. "Virginia has kind of been down for a while, but [the Cavaliers] had a really good recruiting year and the ACC was a big selling point."
Gilleland batted .443 as a junior, with nine home runs and 31 runs batted in. He plans to play second base, taking over from a pair of seniors who will share the spot at Virginia this year.
Gilleland was considered a scholarship prospect in football until he decided to concentrate on baseball. He visited UVa on the weekend the Cavaliers defeated North Carolina in football.
UVa has received a commitment from Lewis Chitengwa, an internationally prominent junior golfer from Zimbabwe, home of the PGA Tour's leading money-winner, Nick Price. Chitengwa, who is taking courses at Piedmont Community College this semester, won the Orange Bowl Junior Tournament during the summer and has won junior championships in Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Virginia (17-3) will play host to William and Mary (12-4-3) at 1 p.m. Sunday at Klockner Stadium in Charlottesville in the first round of the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.
Emory and Henry has moved into a tie for fourth place in the South Region in the final NCAA Division III football poll of the season.
The NCAA Division III football committee will select its 16-team playoff field - four schools from each of the four regions - on Sunday. The Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl for the Division III title will be played Dec. 11 at Salem Stadium.
The Wasps (7-2) visit Maryville, Tenn., on Saturday to end the regular season. Coach Lou Wacker's team is tied for fourth with Moravian (Pa.), behind two Pennsylvania unbeatens - top-ranked Washington & Jefferson and Wilkes - and 8-1 Frostburg State (Md.).
The other regional leaders in the final poll are Rowan (N.J.) in the East, Mount Union (Ohio) in the North and Wisconsin-LaCrosse in the West.
by CNB