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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, February 8, 1995
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Frederick in two-man race
Kansas athletic director up for top Big 12 post
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The race to be Big 12 commissioner is virtually a two-man affair between Kansas athletic director Bob Frederick and Southwest Conference commissioner Steve Hatchell, sources tell The Associated Press.
"Others will be interviewed. But it's a showdown between those two," a person close to the process said on condition of anonymity.
"Things can change. Something unexpected can always pop up. But as things stand now, about the only chance anybody else could have
might be as a compromise candidate."
The Hatchell/Frederick option will present a strong contrast when the CEOs of the 12 schools cast their final votes in late April or May.
Hatchell, 47, has a wider breadth of experience than Frederick, 54, who holds a doctorate degree and whose background runs more to academics.
Hatchell, a former assistant commissioner at the Big Eight Conference, has also served as executive director of the Orange Bowl and commissioner of the Metro Conference. Commissioner the past two years of the SWC, Hatchell is widely hailed as an motivator and an energetic, creative marketing expert.
He appears the favorite of most of
the Texas schools coming into the new league — Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Baylor.
Frederick's base of support lies in the northern tier of schools, mostly the current Big Eight members.
There is concern the first important decision of the Big 12, which begins play in 1996-97, could unravel into a North-South split over Hatchell and Frederick. Jon Wefal, president of Kansas State and chairman of the search committee which last week narrowed the official list to about six candidates, has already acknowledged such a split is a realistic possibility.
But reports of a rift already developing are untrue, said Martin Jischke, president of Iowa State.
Young team ready to open season
Unity key to success for Kansas men's golf
By Jenni Carison
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's golf team knows you can't keep a good man down — much less a team of them.
Despite losing four of their top five players to graduation this year, the Jayhawks have come back with a vengeance. Seniors Tom Sims and Tyler Shelton lead a young team, whose fall performance has propelled them to a No. 15 ranking in the last GolfweekTaylor Made poll.
"We were waiting for our time, but I didn't really know how good we were," junior Alan Stearns said.
The Jayhawks won the Kansas Invitational and placed second in three
other tournaments last fall. Several of the teams that Kansas defeated at that time, including Arkansas and Southern Methodist, currently are ranked higher than the Jayhawks.
"That gets us really hyped up." Stearns said. "We know how good we can be. But we have to earn our way up in the polls."
Kansas will have the chance to prove themselves later this month. The team opens its spring season on Feb. 24 at the South Florida Invitational in Tampa, Fla.
The Jayhawks are excited to get the season under way, said Ted Ballmer, Kansas men's golf assistant coach, especially because of the wealth of good players.
In addition to Sims and Shelton,
juniors Slade Adams, Dan Rooney,
Stearns and sophomore Kit Grove
lead the charge for the traveling
team's five spots. Even with intense intersquad competition, Ballmer said he had never seen a closer team in his five years of coaching.
There is team unity and players genuinely seem to like each other, he said.
"We don't care who shoots low scores," Stearns said. "We just want to do the best we can as a team."
Kansas is looking to do well at three late regular-season tournaments. The Augusta College Invitational in Augusta, Ga., and the Western Intercollegiate in Santa Cruz, Calif., will feature several of the nation's best teams. The two tournaments are followed by the Big Eight Conference Championship on April 24 and 25.
By earning a top 10 regional ranking, the team could advance beyond regular season play to the NCAA Midwest Regions in May.
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