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sion Iwomen to be awarded this post- l said UK tennis coach Dennis Emery. ,   ’ `       `* ‘      4
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also received a 355,000 postgraduate   but one night and it’s over. This is i       ·,;
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After exhibition tennis events in Lex- i played on two select teams, then South teqm copture the bronze medul or this
ington the past two years, professional   joined his own teammates for a play- l "·"“'“°'l‘ U‘S‘ °lY'“l’l‘ F°‘*l"°l‘
tennis came to town for a tournament   ing tour of Italy. second biggest player on the South
in August.   In Olympic Festival competition, team and often drew the other team’s
The Lexington event not only   Walker’s South team wound up with big man as adefensive assignment.
brought the pro circuit to town, but { the bronze medal. Walker was the l Other Wildcats to have made a
also enabled UK alumnus Ford Lank- l leading scorer in three of his team’s i mark in the Olympic Festival are
ford to compete as a fledgling profes- l four games and led in rebounding l Derek Anderson, the leading scorer in
sional. Lankford, captain of UK`s and assists more than once, often play- l the 1993 games; Travis Ford, whose
tennis team last season, was among ing the 4 and 5 positions of power for- 1990 team won the gold medal on
the 32-player main draw in this tour- ward and center. Ford’s winning shot; and Kenny Walk-
nament, which is recognized as one of Walker, 6-8 and 217 pounds, was the l er, who captured MVP honors in 1983.
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