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V :..^ The Broom 2002 Delta State University ^edccciU<M' ^ Opening .amor: Bringing Inistory to life The2002 Broomyearbookstaffproudlydedicatesthis year'seditiontoCurtLamar. LamarjoinedtheDeltaState facultyin 1969. Astapleintheuniversity'shistorydepart- lent,hehashadaremarkableimpactonthe )eltaStatecommunity. Lamariscommitedtoeffectiveclassroomteaching idmeaningful interactionwithstudents.Hisstudents tentalkabouthowhemakeshistorycomealivewith issoapopera-likeworldhistoryclasses.Heseemstobe )letoputthestudentsintouchwithhistoricalpeople, acesandevents.Hebelievesthepenremainsthemost Dwerfiiltoolinthehistoryofinformationtechnology. HisspecialtyareasofhistoryareEnglishandLatin merica,withanemphasisonMexico.Healsotaught atinatDSUfrom1972to1990. Lamar,whoistheauthorofnumerouspublications idamemberofseveralprofessionalorganiza- ons,initiatedandconductedDSUoverseas udyopportunitiestoBritain,Guatemalaand lexicofrom1971to1987.Healsocoordinatedthe acuityScholarsProgramfrom1971to1990andwas iitorofDeltaScenemagazinefrom1976to1986. Heearnedhisbachelor'sdegreefromMillsaps ollege,hismaster'sfromtheUniversityofNorth arolinaandhisdoctoratefromLouisianaState niversity. Lamarandhiswife,Dana,havethree lildren—EliseLamarSelf,BethanyLamar askinandKendallTownesLamar—allof 'hichareDSUgraduates,andfivegrand- ciildren. Lamarhasseveralhobbies, ^eludingtraveling,caringforthe vofamilydogs,motorcycling, jading,airplanewatchingand fficiatingasabaseballumpire, leisamemberoftheEpiscopal 'hurchandisalicensed lyreaderinthediocese. A Opening FLASHBACK Flashback "1 Delta State baseball team comes within one game of national championships storybyJ.J.Giiidiy Ihe DSU diamond Statesmen came ;up one game shy ofthe NCAA Division II na- tionalchampionshipgame,fall- ingtotheSt.Mary'sRattlers17- 4inasemifinalcontestinMont- gomery,Ala. Fernando Tadefapitched a complete game with 1 strikeouts to lead St. Mary's againstDeltaState.TheRattlers wentontodefeatCentralMis- souriStateinthechampionship gametowintheirfirst-everna- tionaltitle. "Itiscertainlynottheway youwantto endyourseason," saidDSUcoachMikeKinnison. "Tadefawasveryhardtogener- TheDeltaStatebaseballteam cameuponegameshyoftheNCAADivision1! national championshipgamein 2001. TheStatesmenfinishedtheseasonwitha50-11 record. ateanykindofoffenseoffof DeltaStateclosedoutits a seniorthird baseman, were seasonandledtheteaminhits first 50-win season under both selected to the American with93andinnmsscoredwith Kinnison, posting a 50-11 Baseball Coaches Association/ 86. record. RawlingsAll-Americateam. The Statesmen won the The Whiteside, who was se- GSCWestDivisiontitlewitha Statesmen lectedinthesixthroundofthe 19-2conferencemark,butwon opened the MajorLeaguedraftbyBaltimore, onlyoneofthreegamesatthe NCAA tour- hit .402 fortheseason. He led conference tournament. They neywitha9- theteamintripleswithsixandin openedwitha9-8 losstoAla- 7 loss to sluggingpercentagewitha.614. bama Huntsville, andthen de- NorthFlorida Van Everyposteda .389 featedValdostaState16-4before VanEvery before scor- batting average and led the fallingtoSouthernArkansas7- ing five runs Statesmenwith81RBIs.Hewas 6. inthetopoftheninthtoover- secondontheteaminhitswith CatcherEliWhiteside,whoearned Whitesidewasnamedthe ctoopm-eraank1e0d-T9admefpiacit14a-n1d0.deDfSeaUt 9do1u,bilnensmwsitshco2r2e.dwith76andin teamAmlalt-eAmMearriccuas VahnonoEvresry,wwiatsh GYeSaCraWnedstPoDlilvesiseiaornnePdlaFyreersohifntahne then posted a 6-2 victory over Delta State won three- dLreaaftgeudeindtrhaeftsixbtyhroBuanldtiomfotrheeMaafjtoerr ofthe Year honors. Joining UMassLowellafterscoringfour straightgamesattheSouthCen- helpingDSUtotheWorldSeries. PollesandWhitesideontheall- runsintheeighthinningtobreak tral Region tournament in GSCfirstteamwereSmith,Van a 2-2 tie. The Statesmen ad- Abilene,Texas.The Statesmen Every, senior second baseman vancedtothesemifinalsafterEli defeatedCentralOklahoma5-4 lected to the ABCA/Rawlings Bradly Clay, senior short stop Whitesidehitagrandslaminthe andAlabamaHuntsville 11-10 All-Regionfirstteam,andJohn BrianParktonandjuniordesig- top ofthe seventh inning to and7-5,respectively. Polles and Frank Smith repre- natedhitterJohnJoiner.Junior break a 5-5 tie and lead the Kinnisonwas namedthe sentedDSUonthesecondteam. pitcherClayOverby,juniorfirst Statesmentoan 11-7 winover SouthCentralRegionCoachof Polles,afreshmanpitcher, baseman Steven Tomaszewski NorthFlorida. the Year and Whiteside was posteda10-1recordwitha4.65 and sophomore outfielder Eric Whiteside, a senior namedtheWestDivisionPlayer earnedrunaverage.Smith,ase- Smithearnedsecondteamhon- catcher,andMarcusVanEvery, oftheYear. VanEverywasse- nioroutfielder,hit .401 forthe Flashback