4B
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DARY KANSAN
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2007
WHEELER (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
football fans have been tear gassed at games for being rowdy, the KU band stopped traveling to Columbia after fans threw batteries and bottles at them and Nebraska fans have had their tires slashed here in Lawrence.
As Big 12 play nears, students should realize many of the fans for opposing teams in conference are similar to Kansas' fans. Some of you may travel to Manhattan for Kansas' match up against Kansas State. Some of you may even venture as far as College Station to see Kansas play Texas A&M. When
Edited by Rachel Bock
you travel to one of these conference schools, take notice of its fans. Some of them will heckle and taunt you, which is can be expected. I hope those of you who travel to away games do not have to experience your cars being vandalized or batteries being thrown at you. Just remember, even in college football, the golden rule, treat others as you would treat yourself, still applies and it should be taken into consideration for the away team and its fans.
KAUN (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
Sound complicated? Not for Kaun. He found it easy, just like all his academic endeavours.
Few high-profile college athletes boast his academic achievements. He's a two-time member of the Academic All-Big 12 First Team and a four-time member of the Athletic Director and Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Rolls. Kaun is on track to graduate in the spring with a degree in computer science.
His supervisor at Perceptive Software, Hugh Khan, quickly discovered Kaun was as good of a worker as he was an athlete.
"He never exhibited a hint of arrogance one might expect from a star athlete," Khan said. "He wanted to be
had to sit through staff meetings just like he has to sit through team meetings for the lawhayes.
The computer software business,
Kaun said, was also all about victories.
productive right away. He's easily one of the best interns we've had. And yes, we are using the diagnostic tool he wrote for us."
"You still try to win and beat the market," he said. "You have different parts working together to come up with different strategies."
The Perceptive Software internship doesn't mean Kaun is ready to give up
"I want to stay and play as long as I can and make as much money as possible. All this developing stuff can come later. But I definitely want to come back to it."
Kaun may not have wanted his fellow employees to see him as a basketball player, but he often thought of basketball while working. His boss and co-workers reminded him of Kansas coach Bill Self and his teammates. He
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basketball yet as a post-college career. As a 6-foot-11 center who's only been playing basketball since the 10th grade, he's attracted interest from the NBA as a possible second round pick. If Kaun develops consistency this season and
improves last year's averages of 7.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, his draft status could rise even higher.
"I want to stay and play as long as I can and make as much money as possible," Kaun said. "All this developing stuff can come later. But I definitely want to come back to it."
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But Avdevae and Horvath said that experience playing with each other was not as important as some believe it to be. Both bring their own set of skills to the partnership.
TENNIS (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
"Liza plays very well at the baseline. I like to move more at the net," Horvath said.
The tennis team plays five tournaments in the fall. In these tournaments, players play their own draw, meaning wins and losses are not factored into a team score. Instead they only affect each individual player's ranking. The team plays duals with other schools in the spring season followed by post-season tournaments.
Avdevea and Horvath said that the fall season was just as important as the spring, but they will use these tournaments as a way to gear up for the spring season.
"Our goal for the fall is to win all our matches and just finish on a high level," Horvath said.
Edited by Meghan Murphy
tennis schedule
Date Event Location
9/21 - 9/23 Cissie Leary Tournament Philadelphia, Pa.
9/29 - 10/07 ITA All-American Championships Pacific Pallisades, Calif.
10/05 - 10/07 Hoosier Classic Bloomington, Ind.
10/18 - 10/21 ITA Central Region Championships Tulsa, Okla.
11/02 - 11/04 Florida State Tournament Tallahassee, Fla.
basketball notes
AWARD WATCH
Senior guard Russell Robinson was named as a preseason candidate for the Bob Cousy
Award, an honor given to the nation's top point guard. Last year Robinson was one of 17 finalists for the award. Three other Big 12 guards are on the preseason list: Missouri's Stefon Hannah, Texas' D.J. Augustin and Baylor's Curtis Jerrells.
Robinson
RECRUITING
— Twins, Marcus and Markeiff Morris of Philadelphia, recently backed out of their verbal commitment to Memphis, according to Jayhawk Slant, a recruiting Web site. The brothers, who are both ranked in Rival's' top 100, told Jayhawk Slant that Self was supposed to visit them soon but no date has been set.
According to Jayhawk Slant, Self has recently visited or plans to visit Tishawn Taylor (St. Anthony HS, Jersey City, N.J.). Wesley Witherspoon (Lilburn HS, Berkmar, Ga.). Mario Little (Chipola CC, Mariana, Fla.) and Quinnrell Thomas (St. Anthony HS, Jersey City, N.J.).
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Season practice prepares team for Big 12 Relays
SWIMMING
BY SCOTT TOLAND stoland@kansan.com
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The University of Kansas swimming and diving team began its first practice Sept. 10 after completing a month of preseason workouts. The team's practice time increased to 20 hours each week, called a "20-hour mode," which includes water and dry land training.
Ashley Leidigh, Merriam, Kan. junior, swims warm-up laps before practice Wednesday afternoon at the Robinson Center. Team practices began this week, while the first meet is set for October 19 in Amara, Iowa for the Pia 12
"We have kind of had a slow, steady start to the season," coach Clark Campbell said. "We started a preseason conditioning program on Aug. 20 and we have been adding a workout each week."
The Big 12 Relays, held in Ames, Iowa, is the first competition for the Jayhawks this season and is the first test for Kansas. Kansas placed third at the Big 12 Championship in March and qualified two swimmers for the NCAA Championships in Minneapolis. This year's team includes 10 new athletes, nine freshmen and one transfer student, all of whom compete for positions on this season's travel squad.
"We will do some racing in practice and give people a chance before we set the squad for the Big 12 Relays," Campbell said.
The swimming and diving season spans more than a four-month period and culminates with the NCAA Championships in Columbus, Ohio. Campbell said that the team was planning to enter some athletes in the Olympic trial cuts at Stanford in April.
Although the season is still young, Campbell is looking forward to several meets on this year's schedule. He said he always looked forward to competing at Missouri and was also really anticipating the Kenyon Nike Invite and the Houston Diving Invitational, both held in November.
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