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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 2005
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The women's basketball team lines up for food Saturday at its annual welcome back picnic at Centennial Park. Many fans, family and friends joined in welcoming the new and returning players. Six news players joined the team this season; freshmen Sophronia Sallard, Syracuse, N.Y.; Ivana Catic and Marija Zinic, Zrenjanin, Serbia; Katie Smith and Jen Orgas, Omaha, Neb.; and junior transfer Shaquina Moslev.
▼ WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Coach looks to lead a full court of fresh faces
Kansan file photo
Players from near and far fill out roster for 2005-06
BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS
mphillips@kansan.com
KANSAN'S SPORTWRITER
Practice so far has been limited to conditioning and skill drills, but Henrickson said she was encouraged by the progress her players were making.
Mosley also was invited to the USA Basketball National Team Trials last summer to try out for the USA Olympic team.
The Kansas women's basketball team has been through a lot of changes in the past few years.
The most celebrated player of this year's class is Shaquina Mosley. Mosley enters as a junior after spending two years at Central Arizona College. She was named the 2005 junior college/community college player of the year by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
Two years ago, long-time coach Marian Washington and interim coach Lynette Woodard retired. Last year was the first for coach Bonnie Henrickson.
Kansas will have an international flavor with the addition of Serbians Marija Zinic and Ivana Catic. Catic has experience playing basketball in the United States and attended high school in West Virginia. Zinic had never visited the United States before enrolling at the University. She picked Kansas because she was friends with Catic. The two are roommates this year.
"It can be a difficult transition."
This year the team will undergo a major face-lift, with six newcomers joining six returning players to complete the 2005-06 squad.
"We brought them in here knowing we would need them on the floor." Henrickson said.
Henrickson said. "Maria is still adjusting to the American style of basketball, which is much different than what she is used to."
Another pair of teammates will join the team this year from a little closer to Lawrence. Jen Orgas and Katie Smith played high school
basketball together in Omaha, Neb. Orgas was the first player Henrickson signed. Smith joined the team later as a walk-on.
The final addition to this year's team is Sophronia Sallard, who plays guard and forward. She attended high school
in Syracuse, N.Y. Henrickson said that Sallard had spent the past few weeks adjusting to the pace of Division I college basketball.
The challenge for Henrickson will be to balance playing time so the veterans lead the
team, but still give the new players a chance at game experience.
She refused to speculate about roles for the season yet because she had only had limited practice time with the players.
Full practice begins with Late
Night on October 14th.
With six talented players coming in, Kansas fans could look forward to a season with higher expectations. And that's a change they could get used to.
Edited by Ty Beaver
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