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and we had a great time together. "Bow-Wow."
The tenth annual Vermont Ski Museum Antique Ski Race was held at Pico Peak ski area yesterday.
I was the "Technical Delegate" -- which is Alpine Skiing's title for the head referee.
I was wearing a hat with a UConn logo on it. A very pleasant 42 year old man approached me and asked if I was a UConn graduate. I replied: "No, just a big fan of the Women's Basketball Program."
He (Jim Chambers) pulled out his wallet and showed me a picture of himself in the Jonathan "uniform."
Turns out he was one of the two Jonathans who covered all the major events for both men's and women's sports. They have try-outs every year; and he was one of the winners for his sophomore, junior and senior years. In his sophomore year (1990-91) he went to the women's final four with the girls' team. That was UConn's first final four appearance. Kerry Bascomb was a senior, and Meghan Pattyson a Junior. Wendy Davis was their 3 point specialist (whose UConn record for most threes in a season will be broken by KML tomorrow night). Meghan has said often that her team was "slow, white, and dorky, but they really knew how to play basketball." Virginia, in a close game, beat UConn in the semi-finals; and Tonya Cordoza was one of Virginia's star players.
Jim has two daughters (age 8 and 10, I think) and he takes them to 3 or 4 basketball games at UConn every year. Sometimes, men's games, and sometimes the girls'.
Jim was not aware of Mel's book, Heart of a Husky --- so I will mail him a copy tomorrow.
(For those who don't know, I was Mel's editor; and I helped her to get a publisher and printer, and to establish her marketing program with CPTV.)
It's a small world! And there are Huskies everywhere.
The tenth annual Vermont Ski Museum Antique Ski Race was held at Pico Peak ski area yesterday.
I was the "Technical Delegate" -- which is Alpine Skiing's title for the head referee.
I was wearing a hat with a UConn logo on it. A very pleasant 42 year old man approached me and asked if I was a UConn graduate. I replied: "No, just a big fan of the Women's Basketball Program."
He (Jim Chambers) pulled out his wallet and showed me a picture of himself in the Jonathan "uniform."
Turns out he was one of the two Jonathans who covered all the major events for both men's and women's sports. They have try-outs every year; and he was one of the winners for his sophomore, junior and senior years. In his sophomore year (1990-91) he went to the women's final four with the girls' team. That was UConn's first final four appearance. Kerry Bascomb was a senior, and Meghan Pattyson a Junior. Wendy Davis was their 3 point specialist (whose UConn record for most threes in a season will be broken by KML tomorrow night). Meghan has said often that her team was "slow, white, and dorky, but they really knew how to play basketball." Virginia, in a close game, beat UConn in the semi-finals; and Tonya Cordoza was one of Virginia's star players.
Jim has two daughters (age 8 and 10, I think) and he takes them to 3 or 4 basketball games at UConn every year. Sometimes, men's games, and sometimes the girls'.
Jim was not aware of Mel's book, Heart of a Husky --- so I will mail him a copy tomorrow.
(For those who don't know, I was Mel's editor; and I helped her to get a publisher and printer, and to establish her marketing program with CPTV.)
It's a small world! And there are Huskies everywhere.
