Parents 14002 Slater, Overland PK, 913-681-5219 KS 66223 IN THE SPOTLIGHT AZA Alumnus Wins National uped Racquetball Championship Eric David Muller, BU a sophomore at Boston University, 617- 352 holds the national title in men's open 9455 racquetball doubles and is one of only two athletes to serve on comm commAVe. 126 AVC. both the junior BOX ooa cand adult teams. national 02215 BORN: 1972 Former AZA International doubles championship and the S'gan Eric Muller of Kansas City, Junior Olympics. Kansas recently won the 1991 In April, Eric will be travelling Ektelon U.S. National Doubles to Honduras to compete in the championship in racquetball. Tournament of the Americas. Eric and his partner John Ellis of "This will be the first time I have Stockton, CA, both 19, are the first competed outside North America. juniors to take an adult national "But I've been all over the U.S.," he title in men's open doubles and conceded, "from New York to Flori- currently are the only athletes to da, to California and Minnesota." serve on both junior and adult With all the travelling. prac- national teams. tice, and tournaments, Eric still Eric, a sophomore at Boston maintains nearly a straight A University, is also the only under- average in college. "BBYO pre- graduate to qualify for two con- pared me for this," he explains, "It secutive American Amateur Rac- taught me how to manage my quetball Association (AARA) time and balance my schedule." scholarship awards for his rac- Eric's brother Shawn Muller, a quetball and scholastic achieve- member of Nordaunian AZA in ments - and was the first and Mid-America Region, is also a rac- only recipient of the award when quetball player. He will be com- the program was initiated in 1990. peting in the Maccabiah Games Eric started playing racquet- held in Baltimore, MD this sum- ball at age six, when his parents mer, with brother Eric coaching opened a racquetball club. He the team. began local tournaments when he While a final decision by U.S. was eight and began competing Coach Jim Winterton is pending, nationally at age 13. He met his Eric and his partner John are eli- partner John at the Junior gible to compete for the United National competition and togeth- States at the VI World Champi- er they have won a number of onships scheduled for Montreal contests including the Junior next summer.