THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, January 25, 1995 TAG: 9501250560
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C4 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY BILL LEFFLER, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE LENGTH: Medium: 52 lines
Andrew Lundquist was flying high when he racked up a school-record 66 points for Stonebridge in a 102-67 victory over Providence.
But it was nothing like the heights he expects to reach in the future.
The 18-year-old senior is headed for the Air Force Academy in September, where he hopes to eventually become a pilot.
Lundquist, a 6-3, 170-pound center/forward, connected on 26 of 37 shots from the field and 14 of 20 free throws in the Saturday game to earn accolades as The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star male athlete of the week.
``It was just one of those games that we were pushing the ball up the court and I was getting good feeds from the point guard,'' said the modest Lundquist, who leads the area in scoring at 28.9 points per game. ``We were playing a zone and I was out front on defense. I was beating them back down the floor. That's where most of the points came.''
Lundquist said he ``knew it was going to be a good game'' when he chalked up 17 first-quarter points.
He added 11 in the second, 15 in the third and 23 in the fourth. It was the first time Stonebridge, a small school in its first year in the Metro Conference, had scored over 100 points.
Stonebridge began its basketball program when Lundquist was an eighth grader. ``We didn't win a game that first year,'' he recalled. ``And since we're such a small school we've had to really work for the games we have won.''
There will be only five in his graduating class. Lundquist, who carries a 4.0 classroom average, will be the valedictorian.
Lundquist was born in Wisconsin. His family moved to Virginia Beach in 1990 and Andrew enrolled in Brandon Junior High School. After his mother secured a French teaching position at Stonebridge, Andrew, sister Elizabeth, 15, and brother Jonathan, 11, transferred there.
Andrew already has an appointment to the Air Force Academy and plans to be a candidate for the basketball team. He's visited there twice, as his grandmother lives outside of Denver.
``That will be a little different,'' he said with a smile. ``We had a really good crowd at our last game and it was about 75.''
He's aware that he will be stepping up in competition. ``But I'm still growing and in the back of my mind I do have thoughts of even playing pro basketball in the future.
``Of course, my real dream is to be a fighter pilot.'' by CNB