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Tuesday, March 2. 1976
University Daily Kansan
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Adrian Mitchell balances 3 roles
By KRIS ECKEL
Sports Writer
If a vote were held to recognize the busiest member of the University of Kansas women's basketball team, Adrian Mitchell probably would win by a landslide.
Few women know what it's like to raise a child, carry a full class load and compete in sports.
Mitchell is one who does.
ONE OF THREE women playing on a basketball scholarship for KU, Mitchell is also a full-time student majoring in physical education. She was a member of a 2-year-old daughter, Monique.
College life is new for Mitchell, who, at 21, is in her first year at KU. Before coming here she was a clerk typist at City Hall in Pittsburgh. Now she works the job and her only contact with college was the few night courses she took at Penn Valley Community College in Kansas City, so KU coach Mariana Washington's scholarship offer came at an opportune time.
STILL, IT WAS a big decision for her to make, Mitchell said. Whether to leave her job, pack up herself and her daughter and Lawrence were major considerations.
But seeing the excitement of the KU women's team in action helped persuade Mia
"I came down to play a game, and I really felt I could play here," she said.
There's no question now that she was right.
BASKETBALL IS OLD stuff for the slender, soft spoken young woman, and KU is giving her everything she could want out of it.
"KU has a real good program," Mitchell con-
tended to call the whole lot. It’s tremen-
tous that I’ll learn it next week.
At least she's learned enough to become the leading scorer of the women's team. How she's accomplished that is easily actioned by those who have seen her in action.
Of course she hasn't learned everything playing at Karasas. Although Mitchell began playing intramural basketball in high school at Center High in Karasas City, Mo., it wasn't until after graduation in 1972 that she became more active in the sport.
LIKE MANY ATLETHES, Mitchell's athletic abilities weren't limited to one sport. While playing softball for the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), she joined a basketball team, also with the AAU, and her basketball career was given a boost.
She was spotted by KU scouts while playing for the AAU basketball team.
However, AAU competition wasn't her only teacher.
"I learned to move and jump from
playing basketball with men in the park— street basketball I guess you could call it. I didn't play with the girls."
SHE'S COME A long way since. Improving from an average of 12 points a game last year to 16.8 this year, she said that playing for KU had helped her development as a player. She said she planned to use that advantage in the future.
"I hope to get good enough to try out for the U.S.A. Olympic team." Adrian said. She suggested the possibility of coaching later.
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reason why I'd ever want to move. To the point is that five of the eight mile relay teams tell down. Is it that Big Eight runners have to beeward? No. They can negotiate those turns.
TRACK--Despite the vote of Big Eight track coaches over the weekend to recommend moving the indoor track championships to Nebraska's new indoor facility next year, Clyde Walker, KU athletic director, said yesterday that he favored keeping the Big Eight championships in Kansas City. Mo.
INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL—Delta Upson fraternity moved into the A division intramural basketball championships 80-48, 80-48, for the fraternity title.
Chalk Revue is sponsored by the KU-Y and partially funded by the Student Senate.
A vote of conference athletic directors at their annual spring meeting in Ames, Iowa, will determine the fate of the Big Eight indoor meet next week.
Bob Tommins, KU track coach, who voted in favor of the move, said, "With the ex-ice, I will never walk in front of a dog."
Delta Upsilon will meet the Independem division champion, the Knickerbockers, for the championship before the Kansas-Nebraska came tomorrow night at Allen Field House.
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