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GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 25, EXPRESS 21 • 9 BY ALAN KARPICK AND STACY CLARDIE T his should have been old hat for Terry Dischinger. But returning Sunday to West Lafayette to be recognized for having his banner in the rafters at Mackey Arena still was a bit overwhelming. "I was a bit nervous with all this atten- tion," Dischinger said moments after he was honored at halftime of the Nebraska game. "But it was a great day." Dischinger was a three-time Big Ten scoring champion (1960-62), Olympic Gold medalist (1960) and two-time consensus All-American (1961-62). After his playing days, he became a renowned orthodontist who has lived for over 40 years in Lake Os- wego, Ore. "I love getting back to games as often as I can, but to do this under this circumstance, is such an honor," said Dischinger, who was joined for the game by his wife of over 50 years Mary, two grandchildren and daughter-in-law. Dischinger addressed the Purdue team at its shootaround five hours before the game and gave a chalk talk to boosters just before tipoff. Dischinger's message to the team was pretty direct. "I told them that it was important to be at your best every day, and I mean every day," Dischinger said. "You can't just do it when it is convenient, you have to do it all the time and develop the ability to be consistent." While Dischinger was a little uncertain how his message would resonate with the players that were five decades removed from his playing days, it appar - ently struck a cord. "He was a rock star when he talked to the team," said Brian Cardinal, who served as Dischinger's escort for much of the day. "It was emotional for him — that M E N ' S BA S K E T BA L L : N E W S A N D N OT E S Tom Campbell One of Purdue's most accomplished players, Terry Dischinger, was back in Mackey Arena Sunday. Dischinger had 54 double-doubles in his career. Dischinger Enjoys Day In Spotlight For Season Stats Click Here www.MeetYouAtArnis.com LAFAYETTE • INDIANAPOLIS • GREENWOOD Visit one of our 18 Indiana locations Meet You At Arni's TM Celebrates Purdue's Student-Athletes SERVING BOILER FANS FOR 50 YEARS World Famous Pizza, Salads, Sandwiches Ashley Evans RS Freshman, Major in Engineering Evans, a setter from Liberty Township, Ohio, was one of five volleyball players to be named Academic All-Big Ten on Dec. 10. Seventy-one Purdue student-athletes received Academic recognition eclipsing last fall's total of 64 and 2012's total of 46. To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, student-athletes must be letterwinners, in at least their second year at their institution and carry a grade point average of at least 3.0. Football and women's cross country led the way for the Boilermakers with 20 honorees for football and 19 for women's cross country. Women's soccer followed with 16, men's cross country had 11 members recognized and the volleyball team had five. PRESENTS vertime