Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, October 7, 1994 TAG: 9410100007
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-9 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Johnson, a 6-foot-9 1/2 forward, averaged 22 points and 11 rebounds last year for Lassiter High in Marietta, Ga. He picked the Cavaliers over Wake Forest, Connecticut and Georgia.
``Everybody kept telling me that Tom Perrin had never recruited before,'' Johnson said, ``but every time I turned around, he was in the corner of some gym, not pressuring me, but letting me know I was wanted.''
Perrin served as UVa's restricted-earnings before moving up to full-time status last spring.
In other sports in the region:
Former Johns Hopkins lacrosse standout Charlie Speno has been hired as an assistant coach at Radford University.
Speno, a 1993 Johns Hopkins graduate, coached high school lacrosse last season at Dulaney High School in Timonium, Md. Dulaney was 10-3 under Speno and advanced to the regional playoffs.
As a player at Johns Hopkins, Speno was a four-year letterman, playing on teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament each season and the Final Four during his junior and senior seasons.
Marc Hill, who managed in the Seattle Mariners organization for three years, was appointed the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates Carolina League affiliate in Lynchburg, Pirates farm director Chet Montgomery said.
Hill managed at Peninsula in 1992 and Class AA Jacksonville the past two years.
Jim Bibby, who has spent 11 summers in Lynchburg working for different organizations - most recently Boston Red Sox - was named pitching coach.
The trainer will be Rob Lich, who worked in Salem this past summer.
Jenn Roessler scored three goals to lead Roanoke College to a 7-0 home win over Guilford in women's soccer. Jenn Miller, Laura Bukavec and Amanda Dickinson also scored for Roanoke (6-2-1 overall, 4-1 ODAC), which outshot Guilford 30-5. Goalkeeper Kara Hedges recorded her fifth shutout. Guilford dropped to 4-6, 3-4.
by CNB