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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1996
Gina Thornburg/KANSAN
Kansas center fielder Isaac Byrd was one of three Jayhawks selected in last week's amateur baseball draft. Byrd was selected in the 11th round by the St. Louis Cardinals.
Kansas loses players
By Dan Gelston
Kansan sportswriter
The season may be over, but the Kansas baseball team is still racking up losses.
Only this time it's on the personnel front and not on the field.
two former and two potential Jay-hawks were selected in last week's draft while one signed as an unrestricted free agent.
Kansas learned on Sunday that it would be without its heralded recruit, Schlagle High graduate Damion Rolls. Rolls signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers after he was the 23rd overall pick in the first round.
Kansas baseball coach Bobby Randall wasn't too surprised with Roll's decision.
"It's disappointing because he's the type of young man I love to be associated with and have on my team," he said.
Although Rolls didn't reveal how much money he signed for, it was expected to be more than $500,000. But Randall said money probably didn't factor into the decision.
"It wasn't a money thing, although it was a lot of money," Randall said. "But to carry that burden for three years of having to be the No. 1 draft
Signed:
Josh Kilner, second base; unrestricted free-agent, Arizona Diamond Backs
Damion Rolls, third base; first
Damion Rolls, third base; firstround draft pick, 23rd overall, Los Angeles Dodgers
Drafted:
Isaac Byrd, center field; 11th round. St. Louis Cardinals
Mario Opipari, pitcher/outfield;
35rd round. Minnesota Twins.
Sird round, Minnesota Twins
Jimmy Terrell, shortstop; third round, Chicago White Sox
choice is a lot to carry. It was a hard decision for him. He told me if he was drafted in the second round, he would have come to Kansas."
Rolls was not the only Kansas recruit to sign a professional contract.
Missouri native Jimmy Terrell was a third-round pick of the Chicago White Sox and opted to sign with them on Monday rather than come to Kansas.
Kansas juniors Isaac Byrd and Mario Opiari were selected by the St. Louis Cardinals and Minnesota Twins respectively.
And Opipari, although a 53rd-round selection, said that if the price was right, he'd leave Kansas.
Byrd, a St Louis native who doubles as a wide receiver for the Kansas football team, was drafted in the 11th round but has decided to stay at Kansas
"It depends on how I'm treated money-wise," Oipiari said. "I just want to be treated fairly. Hopefully I'll get one or two years of school paid for. Money's not the only thing though.
"If everything was all right, I'd probably go. I'm read to go out and play."
Randall said on Monday he wouldn't be surprised if the three remaining unsigned players left Kansas.
Rowing team uses season to prepare for future
"I do have a sense these guys will go given the circumstances," he said. "It's hard for our team from that standpoint, but the big part is about caring for what's best for them."
Kansas senior All-American second baseman Josh Kliner was surprisingly not drafted, but did sign as an unrestricted free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks, an expansion team that begins play in 1998.
Team finishes season in Ohio
By Matt Woodrutt Kansan sportswriter
Although the Kansas women's rowing team didn't finish its first season as it might have liked, the team made important strokes for the future.
However, Rob Catloth, Kansas rowing
coach, said the team did not perform in the National tournament as well as it had hoped.
"This competition was definitely a building block, and hopefully the underclassmen will carry it over to next year," he said.
The Kansas women's rowing team finished its season on June 8 at the Collegiate National Rowing Championships in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Kansas finished fifth in the Lightweight Four after two teams were disqualified for lane violations. The four teams that finished ahead of Kansas were, in order of finish, Radcliff, Villanova, Wisconsin and Massachusetts. In the Varsity Four, Kansas crossed the finish line in fourth place behind Mills College, Wesley and Wisconsin.
Most coaches were pleased with the level of competition, including Villanova rowing coach Jack Sinclair.
"I would like to see a move into the women's eight instead of just the four," Sinclair said. "But I really couldn't ask for any better competition. It always came
down to the last 150 meters."
Maggie Romens, Kansas varsity rower, said that the long season, which began in August, will provide valuable experience for nextyear.
"This year we definitely set a standard for our success in the future," Romens said. "We came out of this year having learned a lot. Personally, it was my third time here. This year we were very confident and not as intimidated. We had good equipment, and I think the team members competed at their personal best due to the work we did to strengthen ourselves during the season."
Cattloth said that the competition at Nationals was good experience for next year's season, and that he is looking forward to next season.
"It was a great first year, and the competition was top-notch. The goal next year will be to build on what we've already got. The wheels are rolling, and the people returning next year have a lot of talent and good attitudes." Catloth said. "Over the next two or three years, we'll strive to be one of the top crews here in the Midwest. I think we have to do that first, then we can concentrate on becoming one of the best nationally."
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