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> -----Original Message-----
> From:         TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com]
> Sent:         Thursday, August 02, 2001 9:57 PM
> To:           TruOrange@aol.com
> Subject:           True Orange E-Mail/Fax #71
>
> True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
> Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #71, Thursday, August 2, 2001
> Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
> Phone
> 512-795-8536
>
> Keller DL Janszen Picks Horns over Sooners; He's No. 12
>
> The Longhorns are up to an even dozen early commitments now after DT
Tully
>
> Janszen, 6-4, 245, 4.78, of Keller picked Texas over Oklahoma. He had
> considered only Texas, OU and A&M, and had offers from all three.
> Janszen said the Longhorn coaches told him they want him to play DT, and
> he
> said they told him they like his quickness and aggressiveness. He said he

> called head coach Mack Brown Thursday to tell him he wanted to play for
> the
> Longhorns. "He seemed real happy to hear from me," Janszen said.
> He said he picked Texas because "I liked the way I was treated by the
> coaches
> and players. They are like a big family." He also said his sister lives
at
>
> New Braunfels, which is about 35 miles south of Austin. "Her husband is a

> coach at Converse Judson," he said. "It will be good to have family that
> close."
> Janszen said he had 10 sacks and about 15 other tackles for losses last
> year.
> He has a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale and has a 22 ACT score. It takes an 18 to

> qualify, so he made it with plenty of room to spare.
> Coach Brown said at the start of the recruiting season that he hoped to
> sign
> a great class of defensive linemen and he is off to a great start with
> Janszen and three other outstanding DTs - Sonny Davis, 6-1, 320, 5.0, of
> Gulf
> Coast JC in Mississippi and formerly of Austin Lanier, Earl Anderson,
6-4,
>
> 270, 4.8, of San Marcos and Lyle Sendlein, 6-4,  260, 4.8, of Scottsdale
> Chaparral, the two-time defending Class 4A champion in Arizona.
> The other 8 commitments are LBs Brian Robison, 6-3, 245, 4.6, of
Splendora
>
> and Marcus Myers, 6-3, 220, 4.5, of Pflugerville Connally;  OLs  Brett
> Valdez, 6-4, 310, 5.1, of  Brownwood and Neale Tweedie, 6-5, 260, 4.9, of

> Allen;  TE-LB David Thomas, 6-3, 210, 4.6, of Wolfforth Frenship;  WR
> Dustin
> Miksch, 6-0, 165, 4.4, of Round Rock Westwood;  QB Billy Don Malone, 6-2
> 1/2,
> 185, 4.7, of  Paris North Lamar;  RB/Athlete Clint Haney, 5-11, 190, 4.27
> of
> Smithson Valley.
> * * * *
> RECRUITING NOTES: I talked to former Longhorn and Denver Broncho OL star
> David Studdard tonight and he said his son, Kasey, a highly recruited
> defensive tackle at Highlands Ranch, Colo., "really likes Texas and told
> me
> that's where he is 99% sure he wants to go." He said his son probably
will
>
> take a few visits, but said he will be surprised if he doesn't wind up at

> Texas.  Studdard is on several national top 100 teams, and, other than
> being
> an outstanding defensive tackle who led the state's linemen in total
> tackles
> last year, he has another great attribute - he's one of the best blocking

> offensive linemen I've seen on tape this year. He really is an
outstanding
>
> blocker who excels at pulling and taking out defenders. It's great to be
a
>
> top prospect both ways because it gives a recruit an extra chance to make
> it
> big. His dad, who played for the Broncos for a decade after graduating
> from
> Texas in 1978, knows a thing or two about offensive line play, and he
> thinks
> it's 50-50 on whether his son will play offense or defense in college. .
> DE
> Brian Pickryl of Jenks, Okla., one of the nation's top pass-rushing
> linemen,
> says Texas is running slightly ahead of UCLA and Oklahoma on his list
> right
> now. Pickryl plans to graduate in December, so he can go through spring
> football practice with the college he picks. . .  DT Marco Martin of
> Mesquote. who is up to 315 pounds and still running under 5.0 in the 40,
> says
> Texas is slightly ahead of Florida State, Oklahoma and others. Martin
runs
> in
> the 4.7 range when he is around 275 pounds.. . . So far this recruiting
> season, five members of Texas Football's Super Team have committed to
> colleges, and three of them - DT Anderson, TE Thomas, (who made the team
> as a
> linebacker) and OL Tweedie are future Longhorns. The other two who have
> made
> early commitments are OL Jeff Lebby of Andrews to Oklahoma and C Bob
> Morton
> of McKinney, who first committed to A&M, then switched to Notre Dame.
> * * * *
> SOFTBALL RECRUITING NOTE: UT's prize pitching recruit, 6-1 southpaw Cat
> Osterman led her Katy Cruisers to the championship of the elite 71-team
> national tournament in Marietta, Ga., last year, and she might do it
> again.
> She pitched a no-hitter and struck out 18 to lead the Cruisers past the
> California Miners earlier this week. The Cruisers are 3-0 in the
> tournament.
> Osterman, who was chosen the high school player of the year by two
> national
> high school rating groups, did not allow an earned run last season as a
> senior at Cypress Springs.
> * * * *
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