ALL-STARS_ Superior Athletes Recognized Perenially dominating cross country and bowling in the AIC, Harding athletes received most of the allconference honors. Four harriers - Phil Hostetler , Randy Jackson, John Sills and Richard Teixeira - were on the AII-AIC and AII-NAIA District 17 team for 1978, with Teixeira winning the meet. Five keglers - Mike Bedwell (a freshman) , Bryan Davis, Mike Flynn, Danny Gerlach and Ron Wheeler - achieved AIl-AiC and AII-NAIA District 17 for 1978 and Fisher was named NAIA All-American. Superior athletes also represented Harding in other intercollegiate sports . As a freshman, Brent Taylor was AIIAIC and AII-NAIA District 17 in golf, finishing the 1978 AIC tournament only one stroke out of a tie for first. Bruce Baldwin , a freshman , set a new record of 48'6" in the triple jump, achieving AII-AIC in track. The indoor 1,600-meter relay team of Darryl Bassett , Cliff Parker, John Reece and Leon White received NAIA AIIAmerican recognition. Mike Moody, a freshman, was named to the AII-AIC baseball team as an outfielder with a 0.377 hitting average and Steve Ulrich was named to the second team as a 1. DETERMINA nON fires Cliff Parker out of the starting blocks and on down the track. utility infielder. Mark McElrea, a freshman, was AII-AIC in swimming, winning the lOO-yard freestyle event in the 1978 meet. As a junior during the 1977-78 basketball season, Stan Eckwood was named to the AII-AIC and AII-NAIA District 17 basketball team. He led the AIC in scoring with 518 pOints and an 18.5 average and was third in rebounds with a 9.8 av,erage. Five senior members of the 1978 football team received AII-AIC and AIINAIA District 17 recognition. On the offensive unit were Gail Gregg, tight end, Jeff Earnhart , center, and Mike Vanlandingham , tailback. On the defensive unit were Clay Connell , tackle, and Steve Johnson, safety. Gregg and Earnhart received NAIA All-American honorable mention. Marshall Grate was the 1978 recipient of the AIC Cliff Shaw ScholarAthlete award. Grate, an American Studies major, graduated summa cum laude on May 13, 1978 , with a 3.984 average on 141 hours and began the study of law at the University of Indiana in Indianapolis. An AII-AIC harrier for four years and a four-year letterman in track also , Grate captured the NAIA District 17 cross country crown in 1975 and placed second in the AIC 5 ,000 meter race in 1978. Mike aedwell • Bowling All-Ale, AII-NAIA Dist. 17 Bryan Do,il • Bowling AU-Ale, AII-NAIA Dist. 17 I.,in Fisher. Bowling NAIA All-American, All-Ale AII-NAIA Dist. 17 Mike Flynn • Bowling AII-AIC, AII-NAIA Dist. 17 Donn, Gerlach • Bowling AU-ArC, AII-NAIA Dist. 17 Ron Wh•• ~r • Bowling AII-AIC, AII-NAIA Oist. 17 All Stars ~ 159
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