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Goodrich: Scholarship given to athlete
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Ever since he first dressed in a Jayhawk uniform, Goodrich had been a walk-on. He walked off the field that Saturday as a full-scholarship athlete, which Kansas coach Terry Allen rewarded him with Aug. 1 before fall practice began.
Hill said that no one was more deserving of the honor than Goodrich.
"He called me right after he got it," Hill said. "My brother was a walk-on, and I know how hard it was for him. When a guy like that gets a scholarship, it makes me happy."
The road for Goodrich from a walk-on to a scholarship player began in the spring of 1998. Living just 10 minutes away from Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin, he grew up rooting for the Badgers. That was his team.
When the recruiting process heated up while Goodrich was in
high school. Wisconsin's interest waned. Several Big Ten schools and a Pac-10 power liked what they saw in the two-way starter. They offered him a place on their team, but without a scholarship. Kansas, at that time, was not interested.
"Northwestern, Illinois, Minnesota and Washington wanted me to go there as a preferred walk-on and to earn a scholarship." Goodrich said. "Kansas didn't recruit me like the other schools, I just told the coaches my situation."
A high school friend of Goodrich's had a sister who went to Kansas. She pitched the University to him about the time he was making his college decision.
So in the summer of 1998 he came — as a walk-on.
He liked the campus. He liked the coaches. He liked the town
"It was tough because you don't get some of the things that scholarship players do,"
"I tell Barry, Look man, you know you have the talent to make plays, you go up against (Kansas cornerback) Andrew Davison every day." Harrison Hill
Goodrich said. "You're looked at a little differently, but if you can put up with that, usually you can get to where I am."
James said that Saturday in Boulder, Colo., junior wide receiver Byron Gasaway and freshman Brandon Rideau would see time in Hill's slot. But he said that the former walk-on
Harrison Hill Injured Kansas wide receiver
from Wisconsin would be the first option if the Jayhawks, as expected, line up with three wide receivers.
"Barry would be that starter," James said. "He was a guy who didn't always show up on a consistent basis in spring ball. But he's gotten himself in top shape to be able to show what his true abilities were."
Hill thought that his replacement would have no problem showing up Saturday.
"I tell Barry, 'Look man, you know you have the talent to make plays, you go up against (Kansas cornerback) Andrew Davison every day," Hill said. "He has all the tools. When he makes plays, his confidence will grow and grow."
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Student charged with vehicular homicide
Head-on collision kills eight Wyoming students, driver said to have been drunk
The Associated Press
LARAMIE, Wyo. — The lone survivor of a wreck that killed eight University of Wyoming runners was charged yesterday with vehicular homicide and being drunk at the time of the crash.
Clinton Haskins, a member of the university's rodeo team, was charged with eight counts of aggravated vehicular homicide. The complaint also charged Haskins was drunk but provided no specifics.
The Albany County Attorney's Office and police refused to comment.
Haskins faces up to 20 years in prison on each count if convicted. Bond was set at $100,000. The aggravated nature of the charges is based on Haskins' alleged intoxication.
A court appearance was pending. Haskins, 21, of Maybell, Colo., was listed in fair condition at Ivinson Memorial Hospital. He suffered severe cuts, some internal damage and a concussion but no broken bones, his grandmother said in a telephone interview from her home in Maybell.
"He's very emotional. We're all very emotional." Sally Haskins said. Haskins' parents and teenage sister were with him at the hospital, she said.
She also said her grandson was a careful driver with much experience traveling the rodeo circuit.
"He has driven miles and miles
without an incident," she said.
"I've ridden with him."
The crash occurred about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, when Haskins' pickup collided head-on with a sport-utility vehicle carrying eight members of the cross-country team returning from a non-school trip to Fort Collins, Colo.
Police say Haskins' southbound pickup appeared to have drifted into the oncoming lane on the two-lane highway.
Killed were Kyle Johnson, 20,
of Riverton; Nicholas
Schabron, 20, of Laramie; Justin
Lambert-Belanger, 20, of Timmins,
Ontario; Kevin Salverson,
19, of Cheyenne; Joshua Jones,
22, of Salem, Ore.; Morgan
McLeland, 21, of Gillette;
Shane Shatto, 19, of Douglas;
and Cody Brown, 21, of Hudson,
Colo.
"He's very emotional. We're all very emotional."
Sally Haskins
Grandmother of charged student
Haskins was on his way to see his girlfriend, who lives in Fort Collins, when the crash occurred, Sally Haskins said. The highway could be windswept and foggy, she said.
"I have been across that part of the highway when the wind has buffeted me into the other lane and if someone had been coming I probably could not have avoided it," she said.
You are invited to a Special Screening of Serendipity
Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 Time: 8:00 p.m. Location: Woodruff Auditorium
student union activitie
Students may pick up passes at the SUA Box Office on the day of the event.
Admission is free! Please arrive early! Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis with pass holders admitted first
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