TUESDAY,SEPT.11,2001
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 3B
NCAA reports graduation rates remain the same
Figures for female African-American athletes increased
The Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — The graduation rate for men's basketball players at major colleges dropped from 42 percent to 40 percent, the second lowest since 1984, according to the latest NCAA survey.
But graduation rates for all Division I athletes remained at 58 percent — the same as surveys conducted the last two years by the governing body for college sports.
The results released yesterday were for athletes with scholarships who entered college in
1994. The graduation rate among athletes remained 2 percentage points higher than the rate for the general student population.
Since higher eligibility standards were set for incoming freshmen in 1986, graduation rates have hovered between 57 to 58 percent, the NCAA said.
Athletes who entered college under the higher Proposition 16 standard, which went into effect in 1996, will not become part of the NCAA study until 2003.
Among Caucasian male basketball players in Division I, the graduation rate dropped from 56 percent in the 1993 group to 52 percent in 1994.
However, the rate for Division 1 African-American male basketball players rose to 35 percent — 1 percentage point higher than
"The problem with graduation rates always is, it's a snapshot of a single year. That may be a distorted year."
Richard Lapchick Director of the Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University
the 1993 rate and 4 percentage points higher than the black male student body.
Richard Lapchick, director of the Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University in Boston, said the figures on African-American athletes were encouraging.
"That is a halt of the decline of black graduation, so it's kind of consistently ratcheting down," Lapchick said.
But, he added, the rates are "still low enough in basketball that we have to build in safeguards" to ensure that athletes have a realistic opportunity to complete college degrees.
African-American female basketball players in Division I showed the single largest increase ever, graduating 61 percent from the class that enrolled in 1994 — a 9 percentage point jump from the previous year and 19 percentage points higher than the African-American female general student population.
Division I Caucasian female basketball players also showed a slight increase, graduating 70 percent in the 1994 group, compared with 69 percent among students who entered in 1993.
Overall, women basketball players at Division I schools graduated at a rate of 65 percent, up 2 percentage points.
Graduation rates for Division I football players also improved, from 48 percent to 51 percent.
After dropping to an all-time low of 55 percent in the 1993 group, the graduation rate among Division I-A Caucasian football players improved to 60 percent. The rate for Division I-A African-American football players rose three percentage points, from 42 percent to 45 percent.
The NCAA began tracking
graduation rates in 1984, using a formula that counts all transfer students — even if they go elsewhere and graduate — against the rates of their original school. It allows six years to complete a degree program, so graduation rates for the 1995 freshman class will not be compiled and announced until next year.
The NCAA conducts the graduation survey each year to provide a direct comparison of student-athlete graduation rates with the rest of the student body.
Experts said the NCAA's figures must be interpreted with caution.
"The problem with graduation rates always is, it's a snapshot of a single year," Lapchick said. "That may be a distorted year."
Broncos win showdown despite replacement referees' mistakes
The Associated Press
For the better part of three quarters, it seemed as though the Giants would gain the respect they have been seeking from pundits who dismissed last year's playoff run as an aberration.
New York tied the game at 14 on Toomer's contested 11-yard touchdown catch less than five minutes into the third quarter. The Broncos challenged the score, saying Toomer stepped out of bounds at about the 3-yard line, but the replacement officials upheld the touchdown.
The replacements had a sloppy but otherwise unassuming night in the national spotlight. Denver lost two replay challenges, the referee spotted the ball incorrectly before a field goal attempt. and an offsides call against New York appeared to be caused by a false start on the Broncos.
Denver was much sharper, taking the lead on Smith's touchdown catch and then putting the game out of reach on a 37-yard field goal by Jason Elam and a 6-yard scoring run by Mike Anderson in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter.
Kerry Collins threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Marcellus Rivers with 1:51 remaining, and Denver recovered the ensuing onside kick.
Collins, coming off a four-interception performance in the Super Bowl, finished 19-of-34 for 258 yards and three touchdowns.
Davis, who missed 24 games
because of injury since his 1998 MVP season,started slowly in his first start since Nov.13 but ran for 74 yards in the second half and went more than 7,000 yards for his career.
While Davis handled things on the ground, Smith had his 22nd career 100-yard game. He caught a 13-yard pass and ran for 17 yards on consecutive plays to set up Griese's 1-yard pass to Patrick Hape for the first touchdown at Invesco Field.
The Giants, who managed 13 yards in the first quarter, responded with a 43-yard touchdown catch by Toomer, who beat first-year starting safety Kenoy Kennedy down the right sideline.
McCaffrey's 16-yard touchdown catch gave the Broncos a 14-7 lead 3:20 later, and the half ended with both place-kickers missing long field goal attempts on consecutive kicks.
Coaches: College role models
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Each week Sigley manages his 12 hours of school at the University and attends five practices and two games. For him, the stress is worth it. He wants to be a coach after he graduates.
"Being an influence on the kids and how they develop both physically, mentally and emotionally is important to me," Siglev said.
And it wasn't so long ago that Sigley was a "kid" on the field.
"It's only been one year since I played at the collegiate level," said Sigley, who played at Allen County Community College for two years. "So I have recent experience at actually playing the game, not just seeing it on the sidelines, I still sometimes think like a player instead of a coach, which helps me relate to these kids on the field." Holding kids improve their lives
Dana Parsons knows water sports. Although she now competes above the water for the Kansas women's rowing team, Parsons competed on the swim team in high school, and a few people asked her to teach their children how to swim.
Word spread and soon she had a summer full of swimming lessons during her summers in Kingman, Parsons, Spivey senior, taught children ages 2-15.
"I would usually teach from 8 in the morning until noon and then end up spending the rest of the day at the pool," Parsons said. "Sometimes I was there until eight at night."
Parsons enjoyed teaching stroke development the most.
"I pretty much just played with the 2-year-old, but I worked on stroke development with the 15-year-old to prepare for the swim team," Parsons said.
An exercise science major, Parsons said she would enjoy coaching when she got older.
"I love the satisfaction you get
"Being an influence on the kids and how they develop both physically, mentally and emotionally is important to me."
Lee Sigley
Wichita senior and high school soccer coach
back from coaching." Parsons said. "When you see a kid competing and winning and you know you had a part in that, it's great. I enjoy knowing I'm helping them improve their lives."
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