8A the university daily kansan
friday, december 5, 2003
sports
Program puts student athletes in different classrooms
By John Domoney
Kansan staff writer
jdomoney@kansan.com
Student athletes from the University of Kansas are making their mark in the community as well as the plaving field.
Seven Jayhawk athletes are participating in this school year's Helping Hawks program.
The program allows fifth-year student athletes or student athletes not participating in their sports because of an injury to be placed in an elementary or secondary school in Lawrence for a maximum of 10 hours per week during the academic year.
dent athletes.
Nancy Hettwer, Helping Hawks Coordinator, said the program was positive for both the Lawrence schools and the stu-
"We believe that the Helping Hawks program is a perfect example of a win-win situation," Hettwer said. "The student athletes benefit from the experience of working with children, the schools benefit from their efforts and the children benefit from the interaction with the student-athletes."
The Kansas Athletics Department started the Helping Hawks program in 1996. The first year of the program featured only one student athlete who participated.
The 2003-04 program includes seven student athletes, which is the most in the program's history.
Anson Jackson, a senior on the track team, is a member of the program. As math and philosophy major, Jackson works at West Junior High School with seventh,
"I always tell the student athletes that they need to think about commitment."
Nancy Hettwer
Helping Hawks Coordinator
eighth- and ninth-grade students who have difficulty in mathematics.
Jackson said he had found the experience rewarding and challenging as he got to know the students.
"It gives me a chance to look back and remember how I was as a kid," Jackson said. "It's a real learning experience to have to relate to all different kinds of people."
Jackson volunteers his time at
West Junior High School for four hours a day on Mondays and Wednesdays. He said the program was something he wanted to do and it provided him with a nice alternative to the normal college life.
"The kids lighten up when they see a young face," Jackson said. "But you have to love it to do this."
That is part of the message that Hettwer stresses to any student athlete who shows an interest in the program. Hettwer usually relies on word-of-mouth messages for student athletes to find out about the program.
At the beginning of each school year, she also talks with counselors in the Athletics Department about possible candidates for the program.
Once the student athlete comes to Hettw wanting to join Helping Hawks, she is careful to remind them of the responsibility that comes with the program.
"I always tell the student athletes that they need to think about commitment," Hettwer said. "The teachers will depend on them in the classroom."
The duties that come with being a member of Helping Hawks vary from being a classroom assistant and tutor to serving as a playground helper.
The teacher that the program participant is assigned to can also assign random tasks to the student athletes.
"I think this program works really well because these student athletes want to get involved in the classroom," Hettwer said. "Because they will all eventually be working full time in school."
Edited by Dave Nobles
Student Athletes in the 2003-04 Helping Hawks Program
Track — Anson Jackson, Euless,
Texas, senior Brandi Taylor, Fort
Worth, Texas, senior
Soccer — Brooke Jones, Olathe junior
Swimming - Adam Steele, Roswell, Ga., senior
Rowing — Kristy Hainer, St Catherine's, Ontario, sophomore
Women's Basketball — Valerie Migicovsky, North Bay, Ontario, junior
Football — Glenn Robinson, Longmont, Colo., senior
BASKETBALL: 'Hawk victory important to West Coast recruits
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Chenowith all are from California as are sophomore Moulaye Niang and freshman Omar Wilkes.
"We definitely need to have a presence on the West Coast, this gives us the opportunity to do so," Self said.
Kansas basketball notes
Tomorrow's game is a part of the 10th anniversary John R. Wooden Classic, Prior to Kansas-Stanford at the Pond in Anaheim, Calif., No. 3 Kentucky will play UCLA.
Self said he met the legendary coach for the first time when he received the John and Nellie Wooden Coach of the Year award in 2000 while at Tulsa.
"He is a remarkable man. The greatest coach the college game has known," Self said. "Once you spend time with him, you realize
"We definitely need to have a presence on the West Coast, this gives us the opportunity to do so."
Bill Self
KU basketball coach
why people speak so high of him."
The team will host its annual Holiday Clinic from 9:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 27.
The clinic is for boys and girls from grades 3-8 and costs $55 to attend. For more information log ortow www.kuathletics.com.
— Edited by Dave Nobles
AMATO: NC State coach builds relationships with players, alumni to excel on, off football field; team competes against powerhouses
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ways have brought the Murphy Football Center at the south endzone of Carter-Finley Stadium.
expense he pays to the school. Amato emphasizes meeting with fans, alumni and constructing solid relationships with his young men that go far beyond the football field. Want the perfect example of an emotional coach? Amato broke down in tears at his press conference when hired at NC State. Big boys do cry.
Healthy Relationships — Possibly the biggest key to Amato's success as a coach is the emotional
A Good Role Model — There's a big concern in Lawrence about how tough next year will be for the Jayhawks when Oklahoma and Texas are added back onto the schedule. Mangino can take a page from Amato's book, as North Carolina State has continually succeeded from the ground up, even with a tough schedule.
In a 2003 season that included games with Ohio State, Texas Tech, Ole Miss, Maryland and Florida State, the Wolfpack has managed to finish just a few bad bounces away from the BCS. There's something to be learned there.
— Compiled by Ryan Greene
MANGINO: Kansas coach uses past techniques to build success
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offense works, then go back a little further. In three seasons as a Sooners' offensive assistant, the OU offense scored 31 or more points in 26 of 37 games and over 40 points 14 times. In its 2000 National Championship run, Mangino's offense
ranked 13th in the nation in pass offense. With his gunslinger, Bill Whittemore, and speedy receivers, the Jayhawks can last in a shootout with the best of them. Just look at a 42-35 victory at Wyoming, a 50-47 overtime loss at Colorado and a 45-33 loss at Texas A&M.
It's In The Blood, Somewhat
Just as NC State's Chuck Amato learned coaching techniques from Florida State's legendary head coach, Bobby Bowden, Mangino has learned the same way. Mangino has served as an assistant under Bill Snyder at Kansas State and Bob Stoops at Oklahoma. At Kansas State, he saw Snyder rebuild Division I-A's worst
program into a perennial powerhouse, and he witnessed the resurrection of Oklahoma's storied program in just two short seasons. He picked up some good techniques that have obviously already been applied.
— Compiled by Ryan Greene