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The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday. March 6, 2001
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Senior golfer upholds team initiative
By John Domoney
sports@kansan.com
Kansas sportwriter
Leadership is often overlooked in sport in favor of highlights and statistics. Behind every team, however, is a certain leader who holds the team together in tough times and keeps it focused during times of success.
For the Kansas men's golf team, this leader is Andy Stewart. The senior golfer from Independence, Kan., is not only asserting his experience and maturity to the team, Stewart is also leading by example on the course.
After Stewart finished in a tie for third place along with teammates Casey Harbour and Chris Marshall at the Rice Intercollegiate tournament, he finished in the top 10 at a tournament after only one top 10 finish during the 2000 campaign.
"I played two rounds about as good as I wanted," Stewart said. "I'm not unhappy with the way I played."
has been a Stewart, who has become a solid force for the Jayhawks as the program has also become a Big 12 Conference contender.
It has been a smooth four years for
"Andy is just a real consistent ball striker who drives the ball really straight," said Kansas head coach Ross
Randall. "Sometimes his short game isn't as good, but when he putts well, he can post really good scores."
Randall: says
Randall is the golf
team's spokesman
This consistency isn't surprising
for Stewart because of his constant exposure to the game.
"I've been playing for as long as I could hold a club." Stewart said.
After four seasons of growth, Randall has come to view Stewart as his link to the mood of the team and as an irreplaceable personality.
"If I need to know how the team is feeling mentally, I ask Andy," Randall said. "I would say he is the team's spokesman."
Stewart said he took his role seriously and realized that being a senior brought an added responsibility to his obligations.
"I try and keep the younger guys looking ahead because as a senior, it's my job." Stewart said.
At this point in the year the 'Hawks and Stewart are at a pivotal point. The team's recent ascent to the No.19 national ranking has served as a reminder to the rest of the country
"I want us to win at least two of our upcoming tournaments and Big 12s," Stewart said. "I also want us to make it to nationals and make the cut at nationals."
Along with team goals, Stewart has lofty expectations for his final few months on the golf team.
"I still want to get a win, but if I don't, it's not the end of the world." Stewart said.
No matter what direction Stewart heads in after this year, he will always remain fond of his playing days at Kansas.
Stewart can continue to look toward the future because Randall believes that Stewart has yet to hit his peak.
"I'll probably most miss going out any afternoon finding three guys and going to the first tee," Stewart said.
that Kansas is on the move.
Edited by Jennifer Valadez
KU swimmer upset at University spending
At 5 p.m. Sunday, members of the Kansas men's swimming and diving team were informed that they no longer have a program.
As a member of the program, this came as a bit of a shock, to put it lightly. Through the confusion, I found myself trying to decipher the reasons behind this decision. The primary issue that continued to pop up in my head was that of economics.
As the Athletics Department struggles with a tightening budget, someone must bear the burden. The result
— two nonrevenue sports are eliminated. Along with the men's swimming and diving team, the men's tennis team has also fallen under the ax.
What is the selection of these two programs based on? The amount of revenue they generate? The success they have had? The amount of money that will be saved in the long run by the elimination of these sports scholarships?
These sports do not yield much of a financial return. They depend on basketball, as all Kansas sports do, as well as football, whose luxury boxes have been highly unsuccessful. The elimination of the men's swimming and diving program and the men's tennis program should not have been the solution.
There are many unnecessary expenses that could be cut back on for the preservation of these two programs. The swimming team takes an annual training trip to Florida, and when the tickets selected for this and other trips run around the price of $300, it is obvious that there is room for improved spending.
Cory Gallagher
If anyone has noticed, there are improvements being made to the tennis courts outside Robinson. Does it make sense to invest more money into a program that has been reduced by half? (The women's tennis team is still in existence, thanks in part to Title IX.)
In a press release by the department, Bob Frederick mentioned "salary issues," Perhaps we should take a look at the ludicrous amount some coaches are paid. Because of poor financial planning, 50 athletes have been set adrift with the single stroke of a pen. Two good programs have been eliminated and 50 individuals can do nothing but watch as everything they know and trust crumbles around them.
Norman, Okla., sophomore
Small-sport athletes deserve chance,too
On Sunday I got a phone call from one of my close friends. He told me that "today was one of the worst days of my life."
While the basketball and football team enjoy the limelight, new facilities and big budgets, teams with athletes who work just as hard and care just as much are today nonexistent at the University of Kansas.
After the men's swimming and tennis teams were cut Sunday, many athletes who have worked their whole lives to play Division I sports have been abandoned by the University.
The University said it was in debt. But how in debt is the Athletics Department? How do you attach a dollar value to a life of hard work and dedication?
I am not ignorant. I realize that football and basketball are more popular sports than tennis and swimming. I know that they bring in more money, too. But the athletes of "small-time sports" such as swimming and tennis love what they do and their school just as much as the football and basketball players do.
While listening to my friend on the phone, I wished Bob Frederick and his committee that made the decision to cut these two sports could have listened in, too.
To hear the sorrow and feel the pain of having something a friend of yours loved ripped away from them is hard.
I wonder if this really was the last resort. It seems hard to believe that a major university such as Kansas could not get funding for these programs.
In the end, you cannot attach dollar values to things such as hard work, dedication and love. After hearing my friends' and other swimmers' reaction to this, I know that shrewd and uncaring committee members concerned with the bottom line made a mistake.
I am unfit to fully relate the feelings of despair these athletes feel. I haven't worked my whole life for something, been granted a promise by a university to be allowed to pursue my athletic dreams there and then have those promises broken. But I can say that a huge mistake was made.
Maybe it's not too late to correct the mistake. If it is, the department should invite these athletes in and allow them to tell how they feel. Then maybe the department won't make this mistake in the future.
— Jason Wiens
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