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 ----- Original Message -----
 From: TruOrange@aol.com
 Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 10:39 PM
 To: TruOrange@aol.com; judy.roach@bakerbotts.com
 Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fas #52

 True Orange Fax/E-Mail Service
 Volume 9, Fax/E-Mail #52, Tuesday, May 22, 2001
 Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
 Phone=
 =20
 512-795-8536

 Barnes Hires New Assistant; Summer Football Camps Start Next Week

 Texas basketball coach Rick Barnes announced Tuesday he has hired South=20
 Carolina assistant coach Frank Haith to replace Rob Lanier as one of his
 top=
 =20
 assistants.
 The 35-year-old Haith, who joined coach Dave Odom's staff at South
 Carolina=20
 on April 16 after spending the past four seasons under Odom at Atlantic
 Coas=
 t=20
 Conference member Wake Forest, will begin his post at Texas immediately.
 =20
 Haith assumes the post vacated by Lanier, who left the Texas coaching
 staff=20
 on April 18 to take the head coaching position at Siena College.
 While at Wake Forest, Haith was instrumental in leading the Demon Deacons
 to=
 =20
 four consecutive postseason tournament appearances, including an NCAA
 First=20
 Round showing last season.  He also helped Wake Forest secure one of
 the=20
 nation's Top 10 recruiting classes during the 1999-2000 campaign.=20
 "In Frank Haith, we have hired one of the top assistant coaches in the=20
 nation,"  Barnes said.  "He came very highly recommended from many of
 the=20
 high school coaches in the state of Texas and around the nation.  Frank
 also=
 =20
 brings a great deal of familiarity with coaching and recruiting in this
 area=
 =20
 of the country.  There is no question that it is just a matter of time
 befor=
 e=20
 he becomes a head coach at this level."
 Prior to joining the staff at Wake Forest, Haith served one year as the=20
 associate head coach at Texas A&M (1996-97).  He spent one season
 (1995-96)=20
 as an assistant coach at Penn State, helping the Nittany Lions to a
 21-7=20
 overall record.  During the year, Penn State was ranked as high as ninth
 in=20
 the national polls before placing second in the Big Ten Conference=20
 regular-season standings and earning the school's first NCAA Tournament
 bid=20
 in 31 years.
 "I am extremely excited about the opportunity to coach at The University
 of=20
 Texas," Haith said.  "There were two things that proved to be the key
 factor=
 s=20
 in my decision to come to Austin.  One is the opportunity to work for
 Rick=20
 Barnes.  And second, having worked in College Station for four years, I
 know=
 =20
 the potential that exists in Austin.  The Texas program is one that can
 win=20
 the National Championship."
 * * * *
 ILB Aaron Harris of Mesquite, RB Albert Hardy of Galena Park, DE Travis=20
 Leitko of The Woodlands and C Bob Morton of McKinney have at least two
 thing=
 s=20
 in common. They are the state's best players at their respective
 positions=20
 and they have already achieved qualifying scores on the SAT.
 Morton is committed to Texas A&M. Hardy favors Texas very strongly, and=20
 Harris and Leitko are considering several schools, including UT.
 This is a year when many of the top junior recruits have awesome test
 scores=
 .=20
 OL Josiah Vinson of Irving has a 1,500 SAT score and Leitko and Morton are
 i=
 n=20
 the 1,400 range.
 Unfortunately, it's also a year when many of the super recruits will wind
 up=
 =20
 having to go to the junior college ranks unless they sign with Oklahoma.
 Two=
 =20
 top  Sooner recruits from Texas are full qualifiers now and they were
 about=20
 300 points away from qualifying when they signed back in February.
 Coach Mack Brown and his assistants might seem to be starting a little
 bit=20
 slow in recruiting this year, but they actually are right on schedule.
 June=20
 is summer camp month at Texas and it's also when the Longhorn coaches
 start=20
 racking up pledges from top recruits. They have been doing it ever since
 the=
 y=20
 got here, and they will do it again this year. Look for the Horns to get
 at=20
 least five or six top commitments next month.
 The summer camps start one week from Saturday, so get ready for some
 hot=20
 recruiting news.
 * * * *
 My next e-mail/fax will be whenever events warrant.
 * * * *
 The True Orange Fax Service includes  at  least  99 fax/e-mails  a year
 and=20
 costs $99 ($79 by E-Mail). The True Orange Newsletter includes  26
 newslette
 rs and is published weekly during football season and twice monthly
 during=20
 most of the other months. It costs $45. Save by subscribing to both for
 $130=
 =20
 (or $110 if you take the faxes via E-Mail  or $99 if you take the faxes
 and=20
 newsletter  via E-Mail). Send check  to address at the top of page. I also
 =20
 update my 900 number =E2=80=93 1-900-288-8839 =E2=80=93 frequently with
 recr=
 uiting news. My=20
 E-Mail address is: truorange@aol.com


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