He's a good writer. I know the print biz is struggling now, but somebody should have kept him. Maybe dump a couple of editorial writers. The world needs less politics. More sports!
Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone On Jul 12, 2012, at 8:11 AM, Helen Huntley <[email protected]> wrote: > Oliver-I don't know his situation. Lots of people in the newspaper business > have lost their jobs, but I can't tell you if he was one of him. Here's his > bio info: > http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=21841 > > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 4:28 PM, mail.bobparks.com <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> I’m even more impressed now with Chris Harry as a writer. >> >> I can’t believe he was unemployed when Gatorzone hired him. >> >> Helen, he was in Tampa, right? Did he get riffed? >> >> Oh yes, this is a great story about Gator performances of the year! >> >> >> >> Wednesday July 11, 2012Harry: Top 10 Individual Performances for Gators in >> 2011-12 Athletic Season >> >> · Print >> >> · >> >> · >> >> · >> >> GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Remember, I was late to the Florida party, arriving at >> GatorZone in November. But I saw some pretty impressive performances by UF >> student-athletes, including some absolute show-stoppers. >> >> >> >> Also missed some moment that I wished I’d seen. >> >> >> >> None of these will soon be forgotten, no matter who saw them. >> >> >> >> >> >> 1. Oh, no-no he didn’t! >> >> >> >> All Jonathon Crawford did to start UF’s NCAA run was throw a no-hitter in a >> 4-0 defeat of Bethune-Cookman, marking the first time a Florida pitcher >> no-hit an opponent since John Burke iced Furman in the NCAA’s opening round >> in 1991. >> >> >> >> Crawford, whose longest previous outing of the season was six innings, faced >> the minimum 27 batters in going the distance -- the lone BCC base-runner >> drew a walk, then was caught stealing -- to become just the seventh pitcher >> in NCAA history to hurl a no-hitter. >> >> >> >> Bravo! >> >> >> >> >> >> 2. One of those “As” in NCAA must stand for “Alex” >> >> >> >> Sophomore Alex Cercone played No. 5 singles for the better part of her two >> seasons with the UF tennis team, but she can stake a claim to No. 1 clutch >> player when it comes to the postseason. >> >> >> >> Cercone, who was undefeated in NCAA Tournament play as a freshman, faced an >> 0-2 hole in the third set of the team championship semifinals against Duke, >> but rallied to win 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 in a 3-hour, 14-minute gut-check match that >> propelled the Gators to a 4-3 victory and advanced the team into the title >> match vs. UCLA. >> >> >> >> Against the Bruins, Cercone was the first Gator to win her singles match, >> making quick work of Channelle Van Nguyen with a 6-2, 6-3 defeat en route to >> UF’s 4-0 win in the team final. >> >> >> >> Her last match gave Cercone a perfect 9-0 mark in NCAA play during her two >> seasons at No. 5 singles with the Gators. >> >> >> >> >> >> 3. Killer Kytra >> >> >> >> When she rolled out for the first collegiate meet of her career -- on the >> road at North Carolina State -- and promptly won the all-around competition, >> Kytra Hunter announced herself as a freshman force to be reckoned with. >> >> >> >> She ended the season as the best gymnast in the country. >> >> >> >> Hunter not only became the first UF gymnast to capture two individual titles >> at the NCAA championship meet (winning the all-around and the vault events), >> she also became only the fifth freshman in the meet’s 31-year history to >> claim multiple titles as a freshman. >> >> >> >> Her performance helped the Gators finish within 0.075 points from the >> program’s first NCAA team crown. That was tough to swallow. >> >> >> >> But in the coming weeks, word came that Hunter was the 2012 Honda Sports >> Award recipient for gymnastics, an honor given annually to the nation’s top >> female. Put another way: the Heisman Trophy winner for gymnasts. >> >> >> >> >> >> 4. He definitely was the “Real Deal” in the postseason >> >> >> >> Speaking of freshmen, Bradley Beal arrived at UF as arguably the most >> decorated men’s basketball recruit in the program’s history. The 2011 >> Gatorade National Player of the Year had his ups and downs early in the >> season, but everything started clicking in March. When it mattered most. >> >> >> >> A first-team All-SEC selection (the first UF freshman ever to be so >> recognized), Beal was spectacular during the postseason. In two SEC >> Tournament games and four NCAA Tournament games, he combined to average 16.5 >> points, making 53 percent from the floor and nearly 46 percent from >> long-distance, eight rebounds and 3.7 assists, as the Gators rolled to the >> Elite Eight only to lose to Louisville one win shy of the Final Four. >> >> >> >> His performance in the spotlight of March Madness, vaulted the 6-foot-5 >> guard to the top of pro scouting charts. He announced for the NBA in April >> and on June 28 -- his 19th birthday -- was selected by the Washington >> Wizards with the No. 3 overall pick in the draft, tying for the >> second-highest a UF player had been chosen. >> >> >> >> >> >> 5. From NCAA champion to two-time U.S. Olympian >> >> >> >> Winning the 200-meter backstroke at the NCAA Swimming Championships proved >> to be a warm-up act for Elizabeth Beisel. >> >> >> >> The UF sophomore, who made the U.S. Olympic team as a 16-year-old Rhode >> Island high school junior in 2008, doubled down on her international resume >> by winning the 400 individual medley at the 2012 Olympic Trials last month, >> then placed second in the 200 back to lock up two spots with the American >> team bound for London. >> >> >> >> While a handful of swimmers with Gator ties (See Lochte, Ryan) will be >> swimming for U.S./UF coach Gregg Troy in England, Beisel was the lone >> current UF student-athlete to make the squad. >> >> >> >> >> >> 6. And while we’re on the subject of Gator Olympians .... >> >> >> >> Junior sprinter Tony McQuay is headed across the pond with Beisel too, only >> he’ll be sprinting on dry land. >> >> >> >> McQuay finished second at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in the 400 >> meters, an event he has claimed as his own three times at the NCAA level. He >> sped to personal-best time of 44.49 to finish behind world leader LaShawn >> Merritt’s 44.12 in the national outdoor meet. >> >> >> >> Just three weeks earlier, though, McQuay ran the anchor leg of UF’s >> victorious 4x400 relay at the NCAA Track and Field Championships, securing >> the winning points on the meet’s final event to give the Gators (and Coach >> Mike Holloway) the program’s first men’s outdoor national crown. >> >> >> >> >> >> 7. Gilroy was there -- all day long >> >> >> >> Northwestern had won seven of the last eight NCAA women’s lacrosse >> championships and were the odds-on favorites to make it eight in nine years. >> >> >> >> But first, the Wildcats wanted to avenge a rare home loss to the upstart >> Gators that gave Florida, in just its third year of existence, the >> regular-season title. The two teams met in the American Lacrosse Conference >> Tournament title game in Gainesville. >> >> >> >> Northwestern came to UF having allowed just 6.9 goals per game, which ranked >> No. 1 in the nation. Think about that stat when digesting the next one. >> >> >> >> Gators freshman midfielder Shannon Gilroy scored seven goals her herself in >> a 14-7 route of the nation’s top-ranked team, as the blossoming Florida >> program celebrated a rare regular-season and tournament ALC sweep on its >> home field. >> >> >> >> >> >> 8. NCAA’s fastest indoor man >> >> >> >> Running back and return man Jeff Demps didn’t have the senior year he wanted >> on the football field, nor did the focus of his Olympic pursuits come to >> fruition. >> >> >> >> But in between, Demps erupted for one big burst in winning the 60-meter dash >> at the NCAA Indoor championships for the third straight year, this time in a >> school-record 6.52 seconds. >> >> >> >> Demps’ title also helped the Gators claim a third straight men’s indoor >> national crown. >> >> >> >> >> >> Nearly every award from A to Z(unino) >> >> >> >> Consensus first-team All-American. Dick Howser Trophy recipient. Baseball >> America 2012 College Player of the Year. Johnny Bench Award as nation’s best >> catcher. Golden Spikes Award finalist. >> >> >> >> Those were the honors junior Mike Zunino threw into his U-Haul and pulled >> out of town with after being taken by Seattle with the third overall pick in >> the MLB Draft; the highest ever by a Gator, no less. >> >> >> >> Want more? >> >> >> >> In helping guide Florida to its third College World Series in his three >> seasons, Zunino also claimed the UF team version of theTriple Crown, leading >> the club in average (.322), home runs (19) and RBI (67) during the 2012 >> season. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 10. Fitting finish for Embree >> >> >> >> A year earlier, she fought back from four games down in the third and >> decisive set to win the crown-clinching point in the NCAA Women’s Tennis >> Championships at reigning champ/dynasty Stanford. >> >> >> >> This year’s task wasn’t nearly as daunting nor dramatic, but once again it >> was UF junior Lauren Embree setting off the celebration for her teammates. >> >> >> >> Her defeat of UCLA’s McCall Jones at No. 2 singles gave Florida its fourth >> point and merely reinforced what anyone who follows college tennis already >> knew. >> >> >> >> No one is tougher in the clutch than Embree. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI >> >> Bob Parks Realty >> >> REO Department >> >> 1517 Hunt Club Blvd >> >> Gallatin TN 37066 >> >> Phone: 615-826-4040 >> >> Direct Line:615-265-4209 >> >> Fax: 615-822-2027 >> >> Mobile: 615-972-4239 >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ======= >> Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. >> (Email Guard: 9.0.0.888, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.20120) >> http://www.pctools.com >> ======= > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > > > -- > Helen Huntley > (727) 823-3801 > www.helenhuntley.com > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
