UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, August 28, 1996
3B
Recovered player adds size
By Adam Herschman Kansan sportswriter
Anne Kreimer wasn't surprised when she heard her English professor mispronounce her first name during roll call on the first day of class.
"It's kind of a pain, because people never get my name right." Kreimer said. "It used to bother me."
Last season, however, it was n't the mispronunciation of her name that bothered Kreimer but a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee. In a blocking drill last September, Anné (prounced ah-nuh) Kreimer tore her ACL when she landed on junior outside hitter Leslie Purkvile's foot.
Kreimer already had red-shirted before the injury, but she still was allowed to practice and travel with the team. She planned to use last season to improve her game.
"I wanted to use that year to my advantage, to develop my skills," she said.
After surgery in October,
Kreimer had to wait until the middle of July to practice volleyball at full force.
Kansas volleyball coach Karen Schonewise said that Kreimer moved well but that she needed to communicate more on the court.
"She's pretty active," Schonewise said. "She's still learning the game a lot. In a lot of ways she is still a true man even though she's been here a year."
Kreimer was an all-state selection her senior year at St. Mary's High School in Blue Springs, Mo.
Kreimer, a 6-foot-1 middle blocker, will put on her number 13 Jayhawk uniform for her first collegiate game this Saturday at the Oregon State Tournament in Corvallis, Ore.
Creighton, Wichita State and Northeast Missouri State tried to recruit her, but she decided to become a Jayhawk.
Schonewise said Kreimer brought the team needed size and that she had the potential to become a great blocker.
Kreimer, who has four years of eligibility left, said last year wasn't wasted, despite her inability to play.
"I think they're looking for me to step up because I have that year of experience," Kreimer said. "Not really playing experience, but learning experience from watching."
Now that Kreimer's knee is recovered, she will work in practice to reach another goal: to play in the starting lineup in the season opener.
"I would love to be able to play in the starting lineup, but even if I don't, it would be nice to get in the games," Kreimer said.
Kansas sophomore setter Laura Rohde said Kreimer was a hard worker who kept the team laughing.
Rohde said that teammates called Kreimer Anne Slash because of the spelling of Kreimer's first name.
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Kreimer got the name from her father, Dave, who heard it in a bar in Germany when he was in the Air Force. He liked it
Kansas volleyball player Anné Kreimer prepares to bump the ball during Monday's practice. Kreimer will be playing her first match Aug. 30 at the Oregon State Tournament.
so much that he gave it to his daughter.
always been a model program in my mind. They place great emphasis on academics as well as athletics. I have the highest regard for what they have accomplished academically as well as athletically."
"Her name's one of a kind, and she's one of a kind," Rohde said.
Swimming
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Kempf said that his approach had changed as he gained experience.
"I was 21 when I first started coaching, and there were three girls on the team who were older than me," he said. "I had to be pretty hard-nosed to get their attention. That reputation has followed me, but I think now I exercise a milder form of discipline."
Kempf said he was looking forward to competing in the Big 12 against men's national champion Texas and top-20 Texas A&M.
"It's certainly going to be one of the best conferences, but I expect the best from our team as well," he said.
Kempf said that the team did not have to finish first in the conference to have a successful season.
"I really just want the kids to swim as close to their potential as they can and to challenge to be the best," he said.
Kempf said that swimming is not his top priority.
"When I was younger, swimming was the centerpiece," he said. "Now my priority is family first, then swimming. Those are the things that I live and die for."
Football
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Kansas State also finds itself in a similar situation. The Wildcats open the season against conference foe Texas Tech. It's the first time the Wildcats season-opener is against a conference foe, not just under coach Bill Snyder's reign, but in the 101 year history of the school.
"We've tried in the past to stair-step our way into the conference," Snyder said. "Now we're trying to lean a mountain."
Though Ball State isn't a conference team, it plays in the Mid-America Conference.
"They're a good, solid well-coached football team," Kansas coach Glen Mason said. "It's a very good brand of football. It's made up of kids that weren't recruited by the Big Ten schools but figured they should have been. They play with a chip on their shoulder."
The game will be the first game for a team in the conference's northern division. Southern-division team Texas A&M lost the first Big 12 game ever, a 41-37 loss to Brigham Young University in Saturday's Pisskin Classic.
Don't expect Mason to get choked up about facing Ball State. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Ball State in 1972 and was the Cardinals defensive line coach in 1974.
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