Monday, August 23, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Kansas middle blocker Amanda Reves celebrates during practice. Mention All-Big 12 honors in her junior season last year.
Revels holds three Kansas volleyball records and received Honorable Photo by Eric Sphermann/KANSAN
Reves has her eyes on victory
By Shawn Hutchinson sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportwriter
Amanda Reves doesn't need to spend a lot of time talking about her achievements during her career with the Jayhawks volleyball team. Her statistics speak volumes by themselves.
Heading into her senior season, Reves, a middle blocker, already has set Kansas records for career block assists (312), career attack percentage (276), and career blocks per game (1.21). Since 1997 she has been named to seven straight all-tournament teams and as a junior last season claimed All-Big 12 Honorable Mention. She also received votes for the preseason all-conference team.
But Reves doesn't get caught up in very many of the statistics.
As the Jayhawks' Sept. 1 season opener against Missouri-Kansas City approaches, Reves said that most of her focus lies with making the team better and doing what she can to help the Jayhawks have their first winning season since 1993.
One statistic that does jump out at Reves, however, is the fact that the Jayhawks have been picked to finish ninth in the Big 12 this season by the league's coaches. She said that was a motivating factor heading into the season.
"It's always interesting to see what other people think about our team," Reves said. "But it's always a motivation to push much farther than their expectations."
If the Jayhawks are to accomplish that task this season, much of the workload will fall on Reves. Not only is she the most dominant player in the middle for the Jayhawks, but, according to Kansas coach Ray Bechard, one of the team's leaders as well.
"I think that's a shared responsibility," Bechard said, "but certainly she does her part just from the standpoint of work ethic on and off the floor and just the energy level she brings each and every day.
"She is, along with some of her other senior counterparts, the type of person
you want representing Kansas volleyball."
Reves acknowledges the fact that she is a team leader, but said the team's other four seniors, Kristi Kiyabu, Anne Kreimer, Mary Beth Albrecht and Tori Holtmeier, also play a leadership role.
"I think all five seniors really are leaders for the newcomers and younger players." Revs said. "There's a real bond between the seniors and it kind of sets a standard."
Reves, a social welfare major, has done her part in setting a standard in the classroom as well. Aside from being a three-time Jayhawk Scholar and Academic AllBig 12 honoree, she was also named to the 1988 GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-District 7
"Sports have kind of been a priority in my life for I don't know how long. I've competed with my sister and my brother in everything we've done," said Reves, whose identical twin sister plays on the Jayhawks women's basketball team." Academics is just something that I've got to get done."
Reves began as a walk-on from Denver, Colo., but after a tournament in 1996 where she recorded a .375 attack percentage with 17 kills and 17 block assists, she was awarded a scholarship. Since then, Reves has become one of the most highly-decorated Jayhawks ever to play the game.
Beachard, who coached at Barton County Community College in Great Bend before coming to Kansas last year, said Reves should be classified as one of the premier players in the Big 12.
"I think I would have to rank her right up there as one of the most intense players and committed players I've ever coached," he said. "She's been known more for attack and block and she's made tremendous efforts to try and balance her game and make herself the most complete player she can be."
—Edited by Jennifer Roush
Baylor loses star women's forward to torn knee ligament
The Baylor women's soccer team, ranked 17th nationally by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, received a blow Thursday when forward Molly Cameron tore her anterior cruciate ligament on her left knee during practice.
Cameron, a senior from Tulsa, Okla., will miss the entire season.
She will undergo surgery tomorrow to repair the tear.
Cowell said. "She has come back from injury before, and we expect the same this time. Without a doubt, Molly will be our number one recruit next year."
Surgery is nothing new to Cameron. Before the 1998 season she had to have surgery to repair laxity in her ankle which forced her to miss two games that season.
"Obviously, this is unfortunate, but Molly is a competitor." Bears coach Nick
past three years and has rewritten many Bears records.
The loss of Cameron, who will apply for a medical redshirt this season, will be tough for Baylor. She has been the driving force behind the team's powerful offense for the
Cameron is the career scoring leader at Baylor with 136 points and holds the career goals record with 56. In addition, she also holds season records for points, 75, and goals, 32, which she recorded during her freshman season on her way to finishing the season third in the nation in scoring. She also has six career hat tricks and has the single-game record of five goals in one game. Cameron was the Big 12 Conference
Newcomer of the Year in 1996 and was voted an honorable mention All-American.
Cameron has made her mark against the Jayhawks as well. Two years ago she scored the game-winning goal with less than three minutes left in the second overtime period in a 1-0 Baylor victory. Baylor defeated the Jayhawks 1-0 last year, but Cameron did not score.
— By Chris Wristen
Ki Aikido club tries to help mind,body
By Jason Walker
sports@kansan.com
Kansas sportwriter
The words martial arts usually make people envision lots of kicking, punching, and movies such as the Karate Kid. Ki Akido, however, is a different type of martial art altogether.
The University of Kansas Ki Aikido club practices a martial art that doesn't stress physical contact. Instead it emphasizes development of the mind and body to work together. Eric Neuteboom, Colorado Springs, Colo., senior, said for the most part striking is not involved.
"You try to use your opponent's momentum against them," he said. "You use fluid motions and holds like wrist locks to subdue your opponent."
Neuteboom said that Ki Aikido's style was different from most other types of martial arts.
"People automatically assume it is a militant martial art like judo," he said. "But it's entirely self-defense. You don't even have to be strong or fast to be good at it."
"I just happened to take the class and was blown away with it," he said. "I never liked fighting, but the goal of Ki Aikido is to subdue your attacker without hurting them. There is no offense, you just try to redirect the force of your opponent's attack."
Andrew LeBar, the volunteer coach of the Ki Aikido team, said he had been practicing the martial art for ten years and had immediately fallen in love with it.
LeBar said that the most important aspect of Ki Aikido is the benefits it has on the mind and body.
"It focuses on self development and spirit," he said. "We do breathing and meditation exercises to teach mind-body coordination."
"Today people seem to do things without thinking about them," he said. "We try to teach people how to handle everyday situations better."
LeBar also said that the things people learn from Ki Aikido can help them in all aspects of their lives.
The team also has had some success at national competitions. Neubeum said that last May the team traveled to Seattle to compete in the national tournament.
"We won it," he said. "The KU team is widely known in national Ki Alikoid circles." LeBar said that the second World Cup of Ki Alikoid is next summer in Japan, and the KU team is trying to raise money to go.
"We want to send a six-man team," he said.
"In 1996 we went to the first World Cup in Japan and got eighth place. Hopefully, we can go this time and do even better."
Neuteboom said that there are about 30 people on the team and that anyone was welcome to join. The team practices at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and at 10:00 a.m. on Saturdays. Anyone interested is welcome to stop by practice or call Eric Neuteboom at 840-0087.
Edited by Mike Loader
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