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Volume 128 Issue 99
kansan.com
Tuesday, March 31, 2018
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COMMENTARY David Beaty is #EarningIt on Twitter
Soccer to face defending NWSL champs
GRIFFIN HUGHES
@KansanSports
It's not every day a college team can say it has played against professionals, and seldom are those professionals that
their spring exhibition schedule after a 15-6 season that led the Jayhawks to an NCAA Tournament in the fall. Freshman Eli Mayr scored the game winner in the 70th minute of that contest, giving
be tested against FC Kansas City, who allowed just 32 goals last year, third fewest in the NWSL. Kansas City also assisted on 30 of their 39 goals. The layhawks assisted on 25 of their 35 goals — a
Kansas football defensive lineman Keon Stowers holds his 11-month-old son, Dallas Anderson Stowers. Stowers proposed to his longtime girlfriend and mother of his son, Carley Baker on Saturday.
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Christian Hardy
@Hardy_NFL
Keon Stowers woke up in his apartment at Jayhawker Towers and glanced at
the clock. He hustled out of bed, grabbed his things and sprinted to practice as fast as a 6-foot-2, 224-pound defensive lineman can.
Stowers has been fighting against the clock his whole life. In high school, when Stowers decided he wanted play football, his grades
"He basically told me, It's too late. You should have thought about this a year or two ago," Stowers said. "I kind of used that my whole life — a teacher telling me it was too late, and they couldn't do anything."
were poor. But when he decided he wanted to turn that around, one teacher at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, S.C., wasn't on the same page.
After high school, he spent two years at Georgia Military College, where he earned his associate degree
and caught the eye of multiple Division I colleges. At Georgia Military he was given a rigid schedule.
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Now, ready to graduate
"One thing I did take from there was being on time," Stowers said. "I was late to one workout ever here at KU, my three years here. Everything else, I've never been late, never missed anything, always been on time.
"I take pride in that," he said.
'NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY'
On Saturday, Stowers proposed to his longtime girlfriend and mother of his son, Carley Baker, during a two-day vacation — their
Stowers was courted by a handful of NFL scouts at Kansas' Pro Day on March 25, including the Texans, who said they wanted him in their training camp.
from the University in May with a Bachelor of General Studies in Liberal Arts and Sciences and a minor in history, he has a lot more to be proud of than being on time.
first together since their son was born — in Branson Mo. In May, their son, Dallas Anderson Stowers, will celebrate his first birthday.
baker, who works at her son's daycare, has given Stowers the structure that he needs but lacked for the first part of his life.
"She's been instrumental," Stowers said. "She's been to almost all of my games from high school to junior college to here. It's been great to be able to have someone like that. When I've been up, she's been there, and
when I've been down she's been there. It's been really good to have support and her family."
Stowers' parents were both in and out of jail when he was growing up, but when he was in high school he realized he didn't want that, so he turned to football and started improving his grades.
"I definitely think I would be selling drugs, in jail, dead, somewhere, if I didn't choose to go the right way." Stowers said. "I probably definitely wouldn't be with
out Tré Parmalee, Fish Smithson and Davis for #PlayersoftheDay.
It may not be much to the standard fan, but it shows the players, especially the underclassmen, that the coaching staff is watching them, when in the past, their hard work might have flown under the radar.
In an age where social media is at the forefront of everything, Beaty knows exactly what he's doing. And he's doing a great job with it.
In contrast, Charlie Weis, Kansas' last head coach who was fired in October, still has Jayhawks all over his Twitter and still retains the @CoachWeisKansas Twitter handle. He last tweeted on Aug. 6.
Edited by Valerie Haag
He was a training camp aide and statistician for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1969-70 and was on the sidelines for Super Bowl IV. Carmody also worked for the San Antonio Spurs as director of group sales. Carmody also ran in two Boston Marathonons in 1971-72. Carmody received his bachelor's from Eastern Kentucky in 1969 and his master's from Western Kentucky in 1973. Here's who he thinks Kansas should go after.
COURTNEY BANGHART
Banghart coached her eighth season at Princeton University, leading the Tigers to a 31-1 overall record this year in the Ivy League. She is the winningest coach in Princeton women's basketball history with a record of 169-
multiple coaching searches around the country.
Collins
After her successful season, Banghart was named to Fortune's Top 50 Greatest World Leaders. Banghart was ranked 43rd along with Taylor Swift, Jimmy Fallon, LeBron James, Bill and Melinda Gates, Pope Francis, Mark Zuckerberg and Yao Ming just to name a few. Banghart played at Dartmouth and graduated in 2000. Before Princeton, Banghart was an assistant at her alma mater from 2003-07. She has coached Princeton to five Ivy League Championships and was the second Ivy League program to secure a win in the NCAA Tournament. Princeton defeated University of
67, including a 92-17 record in Ivy League play.
Shockers coach has led the Shockers to threestraight Missouri Valley Regular
Season titles, including back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Tournament. Adams just finished her seventh season at Wichita State. Last season, the Shockers were a No. 14 seed. In this year's tournament, they were a No. 13 seed and they lost to California in the first round with 78-66. Adams coached two players that were on this year's All Missouri Valley First Team: seniors Alex Harden and Jamillah Bonner. Bonner was named the Missouri Valley's Defensive Player of the Year and Harden was named the Player of the Year. Adams was named the Missouri Valley's Coach of the Year this year as well. She recruited Bonner from
has coached the Jackrabbits to their 11th 20-win season in the past 14 years. The Jackrabbits received their second No. 14 seed this season, with their last No. 14 seed in 2010. The Jackrabbits ended up losing in the first round to Oregon State, 74-62. Johnston has an overall record of 341-117. Johnston is 15-1 in The Summit League Postseason Tournament.
He has been named the Summit League Coach of the Year four times in 2008, 2009. 2012 and 2014. Johnston was in the transition when South Dakota State was becoming a Division I school, posting a 216-84 record in their first 300 games. In 2009, he was a finalist for Naismith Women's College Coach of the Year. When South Dakota State was in Division II, the Jackrabbits claimed the school's first National
Program. In his five seasons, he has an overall record of 125-36.
has an overall record of 74.0 Collins has led the Lady Hornets to three MIAA Tournament Championships, five conference title games, and four trips to the NCAA Tournament. Collins had his best season, with his team making it to the Division II Elite Eight for the first time since 2010. Collins has been around the program since 2000 as a student/volunteer assistant until 2003, before becoming a fifth grade teacher.
He then became a graduate assistant in 2004. In 2006, he was a volunteer coach, before becoming a full-time assistant in spring of 2007. Collins graduated from Emporia State in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in elementary education and in 2006 with a master's degree in educational administration.
Edited by Valerie Haag
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