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July 31, 2006

Faces In The Crowd

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Gina Schneider
BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO > Softball
Schneider, a senior third baseman at Ohio Dominican, led the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics with 88 hits and was tied for the lead in home runs with 19. She set 10 Panthers single-season records and was named the American Mideast Conference South and NAIA Region IX player of the year.

Steven West
INDIAN VALLEY, ALA. > Wrestling
Steven, a junior at Oak Mountain High, won the 112-pound division title at the National High School Coaches Association's National Open in Virginia Beach. He was named the open's Most Outstanding Wrestler, becoming the state's first wrestler to earn that honor at a national tournament.

Shayla Mahan
DETROIT > Track and Field
Shayla, a senior at Mumford High representing the Motor City Track Club, won the 100-meter dash in the young women's division at the USA Youth Track and Field Championships. She also won the 200 meters at the Division 1 Michigan championships in 23.74 (the fastest time ever by a girl in the state) and took her second straight state 100-meter title.

Austin Anderson
ANCHORAGE > Baseball
Austin, a seventh-grader at Central Middle School and a lefthanded pitcher for the Greens of the City View Little League, had 17 strikeouts and went 4 for 4 at the plate in the team's 10--0 victory over the Reds to win a dual-league tournament. He had a 0.20 ERA and 40 home runs this season.

Molly McClintic
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. > Lacrosse
Molly, a senior midfielder at St. Anne's--Belfield School, scored 95 goals, a school single-season record for boys and girls, and had a team-high 29 assists. She led the Saints to the state semifinals and was named All-State, All-America and central Virginia player of the year.

Bobby Housser
LEOMINSTER, MASS. > Street Hockey
Bobby, a senior at Leominster High and a forward for the U.S. junior team, was named the tournament MVP after the U.S. won its first international street hockey title with a 3--2 victory over Slovakia in the fourth biannual world junior championships in Aosta, Italy.

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