RENAISSANCE MAN DOES IT ALL FOR T.O.; GRIMM USED TO WINNING.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. High middle blocker Dan Grimm Daniel Jay Grimm (born February 7, 1941 in Perry, Iowa) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for four different teams. He played college football for the University of Colorado. makes no secret about his preference for soccer over volleyball. The 6-foot-5 senior was a goalkeeper on the Lancers' soccer team that captured its first Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. championship in 18 years, earning All-Southern Section Division I honors and helping Thousand Oaks reach the Division I quarterfinals. ``I think soccer is a lot more entertaining,'' Grimm said. ``I play volleyball for fun.'' Grimm figures to play an important role in the Thousand Oaks volleyball team's run through the playoffs. T.O. (11-6) plays at Quartz Hill in the first round of the Division I playoffs tonight. Thousand Oaks coach Scott Van Wig is impressed by Grimm's talents in both sports. Van Wig, who plays in an adult indoor soccer
``He doesn't play in the back row often but you can really see his skills as a goalie to get to the ball,'' Van Wig said. Grimm's older brother Dave, a sophomore on the USC volleyball USC has a long tradition with Volleyball, with both the Men's and Women's programs winning 6 national titles each for a total of 12 national championships. Women's Volleyball Women's Program Record The Women's program has an all-time record of 500-213-4. team, was an all-Marmonte League first-team selection as a senior in 1996. Dan is planning to attend USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. film school next fall on an Army ROTC scholarship but has no intention of playing volleyball or soccer at the collegiate level. His involvement with volleyball stemmed from his brother's participation. ``I played it pretty much because he did,'' Grimm said. ``Soccer is my main sport, but it's something of the past. I might play on a club team but ROTC is going to keep my hands and legs full.'' Grimm is on a tight time table at Thousand Oaks. A boy scout since the sixth grade, Grimm, 17, is nearing the deadline to compete the requirements to become an Eagle scout Ea·gle Scout n. One who has achieved the highest rank in the Boy Scouts. Noun 1. Eagle Scout - a Boy Scout who has earned many merit badges Boy Scout - a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts before his 18th birthday in six weeks. For his community service project, Grimm assembled a network to link the school's newspaper and yearbook computer desktop publishing desktop publishing, system for producing printed materials that consists of a personal computer or computer workstation, a high-resolution printer (usually a laser printer), and a computer program that allows the user to select from a variety of type fonts and sizes, . Grimm solicited donations of $2,000 worth of computer parts from local businesses to upgrade eight computers for the project, which required more than 250 hours work. After school, Grimm works several days a week at ISX ISX InstallShield Express (Setup software) ISX Internet Service Exchange (Abovenet) ISX Insoluble Starch Xanthate ISX Information Superiority Experiments ISX Infrastructure ISX Incisive Software Extensions , a computer resource corporation in Westlake as a junior network administrator overseeing the operation of nearly 100 computers. ``I'm working with rocket scientists who write software,'' Grimm said. ``My job isn't too technical as much as nitty nit 1 n. The egg or young of a parasitic insect, such as a louse. [Middle English, from Old English hnitu. gritty and how the computers work.'' Grimm is also delving into film-making as a member of the the Thousand Oaks video club. He recently produced and directed a taping of the school talent show that is being aired on a public access channel. Grimm, who plays the piano, also wrote the music for the talent show broadcast on his computer. Grimm calls his musical compositions ``modern progressive rock.'' He is working on a script and music for a 15-minute video on the life of a high school student. ``I want to show another side of high school and show what high school is about,'' Grimm said. Nevertheless, soccer has been his primary endeavor. He grew up playing the game, starting at age 5 with AYSO AYSO American Youth Soccer Organization AYSO All Your Saturdays Occupied AYSO Alabama Youth Soccer Organization AYSO Albuquerque Youth Soccer Organization (Albuquerque, New Mexico) . Last season, he recorded eight shutouts for the Thousand Oaks soccer team, which finished 15- 4-5. During one stretch, Grimm, the Marmonte League Goalie of the Year, notched a school-record four shutouts in a row. ``I love watching my teammates busting their butts and here I am doing nothing,'' Grimm said. ``Volleyball is such a team sport and you have to be in tune with all players at all times.'' FIRST SERVE Southern Section volleyball playoffs Tonight, first round, 7 p.m. Division I Thousand Oaks at Quartz Hill Saugus at Royal Division II Moorpark at Los Altos Temple City at Newbury Park CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO Thousand Oaks' Dan Grimm uses his skills as a soccer goalie to help him in volleyball. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News BOX: FIRST SERVE (See text) |
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