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KRISTIN GEOFFROY
Kristin Geoffroy, senior center, scored a career-high 13 points in last season's opener, and hopes to continue the trend."We're going to have to depend a great deal on Kristin Geoffroy," said head coach Marian Washington.
By Eric Flaton Kansan sportswriter
On the court she towers above all of her teammates and many whom she guards, but 6-foot-6 Kansas senior center Kristin Geoffroy knows height doesn't translate into scoring.
Last year, Geoffroy opened the season against Grambling State, scoring a career-high 13 points. She hopes to build on her numbers this season
"I want to have a good year," Geoffroy said. "I think I have a lot more potential than I have shown."
Geoffroy played in every game last season. She started 10 games and averaged 4.4 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. A 2001 Jayhawk Scholar and Academic Big-All 12 second team honoree, Geoffroy spent last summer in the classroom and working on her midrange jump shot and finishing around the basket.
"We're going to have to
Year: Senior
Position: Center
Height: 6-6
Hometown: Los Alamitos, California
Favorite food: Chips and salsa
What pets do you have: A fish named Sushi
NIKKI WHITE
depend a great deal on Kristin Geoffroy, said head coach Marian Washington. Her contributions, experience and size will be important to this ball club, she said.
"If she continues to improve like she has over the last three years, she will be a player who will be very difficult to stop," Washington said.
Senior hopes to lead team to success
By Jessica Scott Kansan sportswriter
Nikki White is on a mission.
After Kansas' losing season last year, the senior center is determined to help the Jayhawks discover their winning ways once again.
"I don't think a lot of people expect us to do too much because we're such a young team." White said. "We really have a lot of confidence in ourselves and the seniors have all rededicated ourselfs this year to working hard and trying to help out the younger players. One of our main goals is to prove people wrong."
White, a first-year graduate student from Memphis, Tenn., who is playing in her fifth season, played in 25 of Kansas' 29 games last season. She finished the year averaging 5.1 points and 3.4 rebounds per game and was ranked 10th in the Big 12 in blocks per gage
Year: Senior
Position: Center
Height: 6-3
Hometown:
Memphis, Tenn.
Who on the team
makes you laugh the
most: Selena Scott
Favorite musical
group: 112
blocks pergame.
Because of a recurring knee injury, White took a redshirt during her sophomore season, giving her
an extra year of eligibility.
After graduating in May with a degree in psychology. White decided to return to the Jayhawk roster while attending graduate school. She rededicated herself to basketball and is eager to help Kansas this season.
"I decided to come back because I really think I can help this team, on and off the court," said White. "Since I decided to come back, I had to sit down and put things in perspective. One thing I really want to do and I've been working on is taking my game more outside and being able to shoot."
Coach Marian Washington said she had noticed the changes White had made in her game and was looking forward to seeing her work with her teammates.
"We're going to have to depend a great deal on Nikki White and Kristin Geoffroy," Washington said.
said. "Both of them have really improved, they're both able to finish shots, they're both able to score from the 15-foot area. They've expanded their game in that they can put it on the floor once or twice for us," she said.
White is continuing to get her knee in shape, work on her outside game and most importantly, motivate her fellow players.
"Now I'm a fifth-year senior so I really need to step up and be a great leader for this team," she said.
Contact Scott at 864-4858
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Nikki White, senior center and graduate student, finished last season as No. 10 in blocks per game. "Now I'm a fifth-year senior so I really need to step up and be a great leader for this team," she said.
KEILA BEACHEM
Transfer may be starter
By Eric Flaton
Kansan sportswriter
The first celebrity that Keila Beachem ever met was former WNBA player Cynthia Cooper.
Their mutual love of basketball produced a strong bond. For the last two years, Beachem, a sophomore transfer to the Kansas women's basketball team, has been under the care of the former Houston Comets player.
Now at Kansas, after transferring from Angelina Junior College in Lukfin, Texas, Beachem has left her famous friend behind for a season as a forward on Naismith court.
After practicing in Phoenix during the
summer, Beachem hopes to compete for the starting power forward position. Even if she has to come off the bench, Beachem has one goal for the coming season — to win.
Coach Marian Washington said Beachem would likely be one of her more athletic players.
"She is quick and agile and has tremendous leaping ability." Washington said. Although Beachem has little playing experience. Washington said she thought Beachem had what it took to win.
"She will still be learning a lot this year, but she has a real passion for the game," Washington said.
Beachem said she would do her best to
Year: Sophomore
Position: Forward
Height: 6-0
Hometown: Chicago
I would buy a ticket
to watch: Allen
Iverson
Favorite musical
group: Jagged Edge
Contact Flaton at 864-4858
adjust to Division I basketball.
"My personal goal is to play to the best of my ability and to contribute to the team the best way that I can," she said.
LEILA MENGUC Guard adapting well
Kansan sportswriter
Bv Eric Flaton
The 5-foot-6 native of Stockholm, Sweden, played in 20 games last season and started twice for the Jayhawks.
The point guard position will have depth this season with returning sophomore guard Leila Mengüc.
"I would like to step up and get more playing time than last year," she said. "I will try to contribute in my own way."
Kansas coach
Menguc averaged 1.2 points per game and earned 13 assists last season.
Marian Washington said Mengüc's stats last season were slightly deceiving because of the large switch from the slower European game to the quick play of Division I basketball in U.S.
"Leila had to adjust from the international mentality to the U.S. pace." Washington said. "She worked very hard over this summer, and I'm looking forward to how well she'll do for us this season."
She said she would like to become more of a leader for her team and sees the Jayhawks doing good
The journalism major was named a Jayhawk Scholar last year and can speak five languages.
Year: Sophomore
Position: Guard
Height: 5-6
Hometown:
Stockholm, Sweeden
Favorite food: Pasta
After a game I wind
down by: Talking to
my mom
things this season.
"I think the attitude on the team here is really good, and I think that will lead to us going far," Menguc said.
Contact Flaton at 864
4858