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Student looks forward to new experiences at UHV

Thursday, July 15, 2010 | By Paula Cobler
<table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse; bordercollapse: collapse;" width="100"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-collapse: collapse; bordercollapse: collapse;"><img alt="Eric Horelka" border="0" src="images/Uploads/underclassmen/HorelkaEric.JPG" width="150" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="middle" style="border-collapse: collapse; bordercollapse: collapse;"><font size="1">Eric Horelka</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Eric Horelka is looking forward to doing something different in the fall when he&rsquo;ll be part of the FIRST 200 at the University of Houston-Victoria.</p> <p>&ldquo;It will be a whole new experience with new classes and new people,&rdquo; said Horelka, who recently graduated from Memorial High School in Victoria.</p> <p>Since Horelka lives in Victoria, he already was familiar with UHV before he applied. In fact, his family has friends who are employed at the university.</p> <p>Horelka played baseball for two years in high school before serving as the team manager his junior year. He also participated in Future Farmers of America and was a bull rider for an area rodeo team made up of high school students.</p> <p>He plans on majoring in biology at UHV and hopes to eventually become a dentist.</p>