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¡ FRIDAY,
NOV.
15
11, 1983
Sean Meenan:awardwinningsoccerplayer by Beth Daly Sean Meenan is an award winning new member of the Cabrini soccer team. He has been playing soccer since the age of five. Meenan, a freshman, is a tall, rangy, red-head who seems to habitually wear jeans and other comfortable clothing. Meenan graduated from Cardinal O'Hara high school. He played soccer all four years of his high school career. Meenan was influenced at an early age to play soccer by his father. His father, John Meenan, played in Co. Donegal, Ireland.
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soccer after graduation. He commented that he would like to play in various leagues after graduation. Meenan says he finds college work ha!der than high school material. Meenan says he is "more dedicated to his work than sports." As a result, he is a good student. Meenan's sister, Mary, said "he is a good student when he wants to be." Meenan commented that the transition from a large school such as O'Hara to a small school like Cabrini is not very difficult. He said he "is getting used to Cabrini," and at a small school like Cabrini he is getting to know everyone
'More dedicated to work than sports' Sean Meenan,
'Sean gets along with everybody' Karl Sartor, freshman Meenan won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award of the Southern Catholic division last year. Among his other awards are All Catholic, All Delco and All City. Meenan, an accounting major, said he found Cabrini to be "friendly", and that he chose Cabrini because it was "small, and had a good soccer program." Meenan's sister Mary, a sophomore, feels she had some influence in getting Sean to choose Cabrini. She commented that her brother
knew some people here at Cabrini because she was here last year. Meenan says she and her brother are "close" and that, although she admits she is prejudiced, her brother is "great and the best soccer player" she knows.
Meenan commented that he found the competition greater in college level sports than on a high school team. Meenan said that he would like to play soccer all four years at Cabrini. Although he enjoys soccer, he does not intend to play professional
quicker than at O'Hara where there were so many people. Friends and acquaintances describe Meenan as "an All American Boy". Freshman Karl Sartor said, "Sean likes to have a good time, and he gets along with everybody." Fellow bookstore/postroom worker, junior Ann Hendrickson, said, "he is very talkative and gets to meet many people in the bookstore." Another fellow worker, junior Eileen Jensen, said,"Sean is a very good worker, he's always on ti.me, dependable, nice, and willing to help others."
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'A necessity,not a luxury A topic of concern within the athletic department here at Cabrini is the fact that we do not have a full-time athletic trainer on the athletic staff. Men's Athletic Director, John Dzik has strong feelings on this issue. "Both Helen Goodwin (women's athletic director) and myself feel that an athletic trainer is a necessity," Dzik said. According to Dzik, the reason given by "those higher up than I" (the administration other than the board of trustees) for not highering a full-time trainer is that it is unaffordable. "My opinion is that a trainer is not a luxury but a necessity," Dzik said. This is a point in which John McQueen,junior and co-captain of the men's basketball team, is in agreeance. "I cannot see why the school can not spend the money on something as important as an athletic trainer," McQueen said. Jose Rojas, who serves on a volunteer basis as a student trainer also believes that a full-time trainer is necessary. "With the athletic program growing at the rate it is, I feel that a trainer is necessary," Rojas said, "without a doubt. We need someone to be at all the sporting events who is qualified to administer first aid in the case of an injury."
'It is not part of mine or the other coaches job descriptions to be a trainer.' -John Dzik, athletic director
Eileen Herbig, junior and member of three women athletic teams, also feels that a trainer should be hired. "This is a perfect example of why a trainer is needed," Herbig said as she waited for her coach to tape up a teammate, "the coach has to do the taping, so we lose practice time." ¡ "It is not part of mine or the other coaches job descriptions to be a trainer," Dzik said. Dzik aJso says that he has pointed out to the administration the legal ramifications that could exist if an athletic injury is mishandled because there is no athletic trainer. "This is a serious problem that needs to be addressed," he says , "I am concerned for the welfare of the athletes ." As a former member of an athletic team at Cabrini and as an athlete who has been injured twice in athletic competition here at Cabrini, I am also concerned. At the times ofmy injuries the medical personal who were present performed to the best of their abilities. However, they had no way of knowing the severity of my injuries . Someone is needed who would be able to diagnose injuries when they occur and make sure that the proper first aid is administered . A trainer could also then help with any rehabilitation that might be necessary. It is my hope that the "administration" that Dzik talks of will take a good hard look at this issue before an athlete is injured seriously and no medical personal is at the scene to give the first aid required. If this does occur, then not having an athletic trainer could become much more expensive than the amount necessary to pay ones salary .
by Lucia Laurito It's a little bit tough preparing for a season of athletic competition when your team is psychologically unfit. Psychological methods play a large part in the way athletes perform in a game. There are various methods used to help athletes become psychologically fit. Some say that the methods used can be classified as temporary brainwashing. The athletes
believe the game they are playing in is the most important situation at that time. Some of the methods that can be placed under this title of temporary brainwashing are guilt, for example, "You should be ashamed of yourself ... "; humiliation, "Look at all the people depending on you ..."; pride, "You can play better than that ..."; and common sense, "As long as you play the fundamentals you will win." Of course, the extent to which these methods can be considered temporary brainwashing can only be determined by the individual athlete, and the methods he or she already uses to become psychologically fit. The psychology used by athletes as well as by coaches is, nevertheless, positive in the aspect that the athletes are reprimanded in a constructive fashion. Players are not negatively reprimanded. As a whole, the team needs one another t~ become psychologically fit, but as Mark Pietsch, sophomore, explains, you need to be by yourself first to relax and think about the game. "Before games I like to be by myself to think and relax. I put on either radical or mellow albums depending on how I feel." "Being psychologically ready is the most important part ofmy game strategy. With-
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out having the "desire to win;" why play the game?" Pietsch explained. The amount of people cheering on the players has a lot to do with the way a team performs, especially if those people are friends, John Dzik, men's basketball coach,explained. Other methods used by teams such as chanting, cheering on team members, praying, and exercising together brings a sense of unity to the athletes, which helps them become psychologically fit. "You have to really convince yourself that you're going to win - that you want to win," Virginia Smith, freshman, explains.
'Being psychologically ready is the most important part of my game strategy.' -Mark Pietsch, sophomore "You can't let mmor deteats get you down. If the other team scores a goal on you, or if you personally make a mistake, you've got to try even harder," Smith continued. "A bad mental attitude is the worst opponent a player can have," Smith said. Peer pressure, another method, is both good and bad. It can bring a team together, or seperate them. "When we're on the court and someone is down because of a bad shot or whatever, I always try to pick that person up by making her laugh or smile," sophomore, Shelagh McGinn said. Athletes need the support of their teammates as well as their coaches and their friends to become psychologically fit for a game
Sportstrivia
1. Who was the last player in the NBA to lead the league in scoring and assists in the same year? 2. What was the last "Big 5" school to make the final four in the NCAA championship?
Baseball 3. Who was the last baseball player to win a triple crown? 4. Who was the MVP in the 1980 World Series?
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