Amanda Whitlock ~ Daily Egyptian

Tonight, LaMar Owen will attempt do what he was brought here to do.
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Athletic Department still searching to fill schedule

Less than a week after the SIU football team was knocked out of the playoffs, Athletic Director Paul Kowalczyk is scouring the Midwest to fill three holes in the Salukis' 2004 schedule.
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Salukis on the road again

When asked about last year's match-up with Tennessee Tech, Katie Berwanger gets a little confused. Having played the Golden Eaglettes every year since the 1990-1991 season, the SIU women's basketball team is very familiar with its foe to the South. However, so many games can lead to a few mix-ups.
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Beer and wings for thought

Not long after I started at the Daily Egyptian, I learned the power of the pen. After writing a column bashing the football team, I unassumingly walked into my journalism class a couple minutes late and heard people talking about how they were going to bury someone upside down on the 50-yard line.
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Nothing funny about hit on Sambursky

Joel Sambursky, who for the whole season had been the gutsiest quarterback in college football, was motionless on the field. The SIU football team sat solemnly watching as Sambursky was carted off the field on a stretcher.
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Sports flash

The SIU Athletic Department announced its Hall of Fame Class of 2003-2004 Tuesday. The six-person class, which will be inducted in a ceremony Jan. 30, includes Oyd Craddock (football, 1976-79), Steve Heckel (men's golf, 1966-69), Sterling Mahan (men's basketball, 1987-91), Jamie Schuttek (softball, 1994-97), Doug Shields (baseball, 1987-90) and Rob Siracusano (men's diving, 1992-95).

Craddock started 43 of 44 games in his career and was a three-time all-conference selection. He was named First-Team All-MVC in 1979 and earned second-team honors in 1977 and 1978. He was also named to the conference's all-academic team in 1979. Craddock recorded 426 tackles in his career and ranks second in that category in school history. He also ranks third in career interceptions at SIU with 11.

Heckel, who has been the head professional and co-owner of Crab Orchard Golf Club in Carterville since 1972, led the 1968 team with a 73.6 stroke average and was the only Saluki chosen to compete in the NCAA postseason tournament. As a professional golfer, Heckel was a PGA Championship qualifier in 1987 and a U.S. Senior Open Championship qualifier in 1996, 1998 and 1999. He served as the Gateway PGA Vice President for 12 years and was the Gateway PGA Player of the Year in 1988. He is also a member of the Southern Illinois Golf Association Hall of Fame.

Mahan ranks among the career leaders at SIU in numerous statistical categories including ninth in points (1,503), eighth in 3-pointers (118), third in free throws made (383), second in steals (171) and fourth in assists (381). He was a First-Team All-MVC performer in 1990 and was named Second-Team All-MVC in 1991. He also made the MVC All-Defense team in 1990.

Schuttek was a three-time First-Team All-MVC performer (1994, 1996 and 1997) and was the conference's Most Valuable Player in 1997. Schuttek ranks first at SIU in career wins (69), complete games (73), winning percentage (.734), shutouts (23) and RBI (130).

Shields played outfield for the Salukis and was a member of the 1990 team, SIU's last to make an NCAA tournament appearance. He was named Third-Team All-America that season and led the team in home runs (9) and RBI (64). He stands fourth in career RBI (146), second in career games played (236), third in career at-bats (781), fourth in career runs scored (169), third in career hits (256), fourth in career doubles (46) and third in career total bases (373). He was named First-Team All-MVC in both 1989 and 1990 and led the '89 team in hitting with a .364 average.

Siracusano was one of the world's top divers in the early 1990s and was a seven-time All-American on the 1- and 3-meter boards. He competed in four NCAA meets in his four years and led SIU to three top-25 finishes at the NCAAs. He became the first diver since Greg Louganis to place a new dive in the NCAA rulebook. Siracusano holds SIU pool records on the 1-meter (341.48) and 3-meter (386.47) boards in a dual meet (six dives) and on the 3-meter (583.50) board in a championship meet dual (11 dives). He also holds school records in the 1-meter dual (376.80) and championship (547.72) and 3-meter dual (427.40) and championship (597.05) dives.