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• I L SEpTEMbER 28, 1999 Tli E PolEM ic 7 Marty Mix, former Lumberjack returns to ACC to coach By Heidi Skuse Co-Editor and Sports Editor This season, ACC welcomes back Marty Mix, a former ACC basketball player. Only this season, he will not be playing Lumberjack basketball; instead, he will be an assis- tant coach along with Bobby Allen. Mix is a 1999 graduate of ACC with an associate's in arts degree. He played point guard on the baske.tball team for two years and participated in intramural volleyball. He was also a tutor during his sophomore year, tutoring other students in algebra and math for elementary teachers. He is presently taking 15 credit hours at ACC and Spring Arbor as an el- ementary education major and history minor. "Someday I'd like to teach in this area to be close to my. family," Mix said. If that doesn't work out, Mix said he would teach downi state or wherever he could be hired first. He .has set up his classes around practices and has no classes on Wednesday nights for the games. He also has big gaps between his • classes so if the guys are practicing, he can practice and then go to class when it's time. Mix was born in Petoskey, Michigan, and resided in Onaway, Michigan, his whole life. He is 20 years old and · has two older sisters who are married with children. He has two nieces and two nephews. Mix is a 1997 graduate of Onaway High School. Throughout high school he was very active. He play a sport in each season of his high school career. Mix played football, basketball, and ran track for the Cardinals. He played defensive halfback on the football team, point guard on the basketball team, and ran the mile, two mile, two mile relay and mile relay on the track team. He was class president for four years, in leadership class for four years, on the yearbook staff for four years, and participated on the student council and in SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) for high school career. · Last year, Mix blew out his knee playing basketball in the Muskegon tournament, when an opposing player from East Lansing fell on it. He thne got in touch with the coach from Spring Arbor and was going to take a medical redshirt and finish his last two years at Spring Arbor. A medical redshirt is when a player practices with the team and is still part of the team, but doesn't play in the games. ..--------------------------' EXCHANGE CONTINUED he difference between Den- mark and the United States is hat each university is for one specific job. Adolfsson was born in Spain and he was adopted a ew weeks after he was born y his mom and her husband. is parents hall pis younger sister and then divorced. dolfsson's mom is a nurse nd his sister works at a bank nd has ~ baby. His mom likes ·t that he is going to school, but f course she wishes he were loser to home. When he was t home he worked the front esk at a hotel. He made $15 n hour, but half of that goes o taxes. In Denmark certain things re paid for out of income axes, including school, insur- ce, hospital bills, and doctor ills._ Things are more expen- sive. It costs $1,500 to get a driver's license, which people get at 18. Vehicles are more expensive too so most people walk or ride their bikes. Adolfsson will be trying to get his driver's license here and then transfer it over to Den- mark because it's cheaper here. lri the United States, Adolfsson lives with Wayne and Chris Christopherson . Wayne works for the health department and his wife Chris is a school teacher. Wayne en- joys jogging and running mara- thons. Chris likes horses. "They are super cool," Adolf sson said. "They treat me real good. They make me feel at home. It's a warm family · atmosphere." In Copenhagen, Denmark, Adolfsson said there isn't as much nature as here. Also, it's Photo by Heidi Skuse The Lumberjack Basketball Team adds Marty Mix, a former Lumberjack, to their coaching staff. Then, Frank McCourt, men's basketball coach here at · ACC, asked Mix if he was interested in becoming an assis- tant coach at ACC. Mix told Mccourt he would think about · it._ Mix de~ided that the coaching job would be a very good thmg for him because he c uld finish his last two years right here close to his f11mily and ould be able to help with stme- thing he loves. , more of an inner city, but wi h- out the crime. They hardly et any snow, but it rains in he winter there. He's not sure he will like a winter in Alpena!. "It's gonna be an experi- ence," Adolfsson said. . Adolfsson is studying to become a physical ·therapist. He will attend ACC for two years while playing basketball. He currently works at the ACC Bookstore. He hopes after ACC to transfer to a 4-yea school, play ball, and finish his degree in physical therapy. . Photo by Heidi Skuse The ACC men's basketball team adds freshmen Christian Adolfsson at power forward and center. Mix's knee is still not 100% and may never be so this will give him a great opportunity since he wants to coach in the . future . · "Frank has taught me so much already and I'm still learn- ing from him," Mix said. "It will be fun to see what he's got in mind for me this year. He made me into a good basketball player and will make me into a good coach." Mix plans to be right with the players through everything. He will be running with the guys to motivate them. . "[Coach Allen] Bobqy has taught me a lot and I will prac- tice with the guys just like he does," sai'd. Mix. . Mix believes three people working with the team will help keep practic~ more focused and the team more focused. Mix worried that coming back this year as a coach would be a little awkward for his formerl eamrnates, but that isn't the case. Mix said the first day when he saw David Manchester a former team- mate, that Manchester came up to him and said, Hey _coach what's up? Mix said that this made him feel good and helped him to realize that there would be no problems. Manchester said, "[It's] great that he comes back. He pushes us really well and he's a great guy." He added, " I like it because he has been there . He knows what were going through. He just got done going through it." Mix said the guys have been "really cool" about every- thing. After the first game he believes everything will have fallen into place, all of the hard work that the coaches and play- ers have put into practice will pay off. "It will be fun to watch everything come together," said Mix. Mix will be bringing the same attitude from last year back to the court -- to work hard and do whatever it takes to win, to fire up the guy's and. to get hyped up wiJh them just like last year. "The orily difference that there will be from last year is that I will be dressed up in~tead of wearing a jersey," said Mix. Scramble for Scholarships is a hole-in-one for Dave McDonald Dave McDonald takes the keys for his new 1999 Ford F150 Super Cab 4x4 from donator Dave Dixon. McDonald won the truck after getting a hole-in-one on the seventh hole at ACC's Scramble for Scholarships. The annual fundraiser raised more than $15,500 for A CC scholarships. The Alpena Country Club hosted the event on Saturday, September 18. McDonald's team also took first place in the competition. aee PURSUE A . 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