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THE SAN DIEGO
UNION
C .Q ® Su n. ,Ja n. .17, Iflfio
C 70 SA N D IEG O . C A LI FO R N IA
HOLDING COURT
Sandra Loubat
Is New O rl ean s
Ath le te Of Yea r
By DA VE
Sandra Louba t, a cha rm- ,
Ing 19-yea r-old sop hom ore
at the Un ive rsi ty of Sa n
Di eg o's Col lege for Wom
en, ha s been name d the
Ne w Orleans met ropolit an
ar ea 's outs tand ing ath lete
lor 1959.
San dra is the lop-ra nk
ing woman tennis pla yer
of the sout hern st at es and
two ye ar s ago, up set San
Di ego 's K ar e n Han tze
whe n the two were play
ing the summ er cir cui t.
The Lou isia na m is s wit h
light brown hair and brown
ey es, is only the second
wom an to win the New
Orleans outs tand ing ath let e
awa rd in 20 years.
She wil l f lyback Wedn es
da y night fo r the pre sen - I
tati on banque t to be hel d
Thu rsda y.
Sandra is the he alt hy ail-
Am eric an girl typ e. An
hono r student with a B
plu s av erag e, she is tre as
ure r of her soph omore
cl as s and presid ent of the
co lle ge 's Wome n's Athle
ti c Ass oci ati on. She al so
was tre asu rer of he r fres h
ma n cl as s. She is ma jor
ing
in
his tor y and min or-
in g
in
lan gu ag es pre par a
tory to stu dy inglaw .
Sh e and Kar en be came
fa st fri en ds while ma kin g
th e cir cu it two "summers
ag o and this had a lot to
do with Sandra 's de cis ion
to atte nd col leg e he re. Th is
plu s the opportun ity to
hone her ten nis ga me -on
th e tough com pet itio nlurk
ing eve rywhere on the
wes t coa st.
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GA LLUP
In fact, San dra and Ka
ren ar e in the wome n's
dou ble sfin als of the' March
of
Di mes tournamen t.
Howe ver , the y wil l be un
ab le to play their ma tch
wit h Kath y Chabo t and
Mo lly Danie lson on sch ed
ul e ne xt Sun day at Kona
Kai Club due to Sand ra' s
flying
awards t rip.
T h e
ma tch wi ll be pla yed at the
convenien ce ofall parties.
San dra took up ten nis at
the rip e old ag e of 8 un
de r the coach ing, of he r fa
the r, Ste rli ng Louba t. who
owns a ho tel and restau
rant sup ply bu sin ess in
New Orl ean s, a ci ty fa
mo us for its food and hos-
te lr ies . Un for tun ate ly, al l
Da d Loubat coul d do wa s
coach. Hi s pla yin g da ys
had been end ed by a se vere
ea rt att ack in 1947. San-
r a lat er got inst ruc tion
fro m Emmett Pa re , the
promin ent Tula ne coac h
wh o has tutor ed Hamil ton
Ric har dso nand Ron Holm-
be rg , am on g oth ers . Cur
rent ly, San dra is ge tti ng
poi nte rs from Le s Sto efe n
at the La Jol la Be ach and
Te nn isClub.
Sa nd ra' s mot her, Ev a,
and her 10-y ear-o ld sis ter ,
Lyndell, a lso p lay,
a n d
Sand ra be lie ve s tha t Lyn
de ll is a re al com er.
Col le ge Girl
Hon or edAs
Top Athl et e
A
C h a m p ion
College forWomen
Student Honored
Sa nd ra Lo ub at is a soft-s po ken south ern you ng lady—
but she swing s a vicio us rack et on the ten nis co ur t.
And bec aus e of he r pro we sson the na tio n'sten nis co ur ts,
the 19- yea r-ol dmis s com e Ja nu ar y21 will be hono red as th e
ou tst an din gathl eteof 1959 in th e Gre at erNew Orl ean sar ea .
Sa nd ra is a sop hom ore a t ®
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the Un ive rsi tyof Sa n Diego' s
Colle ge for Wom en. Sh e's
ma jor ing in his tor y, and her
mi nor is lan gu ag es. Aft er
rec eiv ing he r ba ch elo r's de
gre e, she pla ns to stu dy law .
Sa nd ra is a na tiv e of New
Orl ean s, and st ar te dpla yin g
ten nis a t the ag e of eigh t.
Bet wee n pou ndi ng aw ay a t
ten nis ball s. Sa nd ra 'sstu di es
took her th ro ug h gr am mar
scho ol and the Ac ademy of
the Sa cre dHea rt,a school In
New Or lea ns con duc ted by
the Rel igio us of th e Sa cre d
Hea rt. It wa s only na tu ral
th at she would wan tto com e
to the Colle ge fo r Women—
also con duc ted by the Re ligi
ous of the Sac red H ea rt . H |
Sa nd raan d Louis Rie cke , a
we ig ht lif ter see kin ga sp ot on
th e U.S. Olym pic tea m, will
be hono red as th e New Or
lea ns at hl et esof th e ye ar a t
th e ba nq ue t of cha mp ion s
spo nso red by the New Or
lea ns At hle tic Club in it s
gr an d ball room Th ur sd ay ,
Ja nu ar y21.
Whe n she rece ived the tel e
gr am inf orm ing he rof th e
aw ar d. Sandra sa id , " I w as
so ove rjoy ed th at I th ought
I was con fus ing wis hes wi th
re al ity . I fee l ve ry pro ud to
hav e been giv en suc h a gre at
hon or. It is sti ll ha rd to
beli eve ."
Bu t the Alc ala Pa rk sop ho
mo re ea rne dit .
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