Quarles Accepts Difficult Task By Ruth Gutierrez After running track competitively for years, Delethea Delethea also obQuarles has taken a new approach to the sport as LU's tained a psychology assistant women's track coach. degree while here at According to Delethea, coaching is fun but involves a LU, which has been lot of work. Recruiting is a difficult task in itself. useful to her since "I like to recruit, but it is discouraging when you don't graduation. "I think get the people you're trying to recruit because of grades m y psychology backor other reasons," Delethea said. "Recruiting is such a ground helps me gamble." deal with people," she Her job as assistant track coach came as a surprise and said. an honor. "I consider it a blessing," Delethea said. "A lot Delethea's goal is to of people volunteer their time to get into college level go to the 1992 Olymcoaching." pic trials. She would L U track competes on a N C A A Division I level. The also like to obtain a meets involve as many as 50 college teams and provide master's degree in an atmosphere of healthy competition. "Our rivals are counseling psychoourselves," Delethea said. "You want to win, but you go logically disturbed children. "I'm just out there to beat your o w n times." Delethea developed a love for track in high school and continuing to seek received a partial scholarship to Campbell University what God wants to do with m y life. and then transferred to LU. During this time, she broke school records and was ranked among the top 50 track runners in America.
Pastors Sticks to Details By Becky Griggs is not alBaseball is about as American as Grandma's appleCoaching pie, but for LU's assistant baseball coach, it is also a part of ways easy for Pastors, however. "The hardlife. Dave Pastors loves his job. "I don't have all the est part of coaching is being truthful with answers, but I learn as I go," he said. Pastors has been an assistant baseball coach for six the player," he said. years. Prior to coming to Liberty, he worked for one year "Most of our guys as an assistant baseball coach at Coastal Carolina. H e have a love for the came to Liberty in 1986 with Bobby Richardson, former game, and it is difficult to tell them that baseball coach. His family sparked his interest in baseball. "I grew up they don't have the with it," Pastors said. "My dad played pro, and m y older ability to play on our brother played pro. I can remember going to see the team." Pastors looks to the Pittsburgh Pirates play when I was only five years old. I Lord for his future. was born into baseball." Pastors' position carries a lot of responsibilities. "I "I'll go where the Lord directs me," he said. have a long list of details that I stick to each year," he said. "Some of the main things that I do are recruiting, on-the- "As long as I a m here, P h o t o b van V 9'e field coaching, paperwork with the budget, and making I would like for the baseball team to compete nationally and be able to share lodging arrangements." H e also puts the players in N C A A summer leagues. Christ with our contacts." This helps them keep in shape over the summer.
