UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, March 19, 1997
31B
Freshman swings into first season
By Matt Woodruff
Kansan sportswriter
What do Kansas associate athletic director John Hadl, Kansas linebacker Jason Thoren, and ex-Kansas standout pitcher Luann Stanwix Metsker have in common?
The most obvious is they have all been involved in Kansas athletics.
The not-so-obvious tie is that they all are related to freshman Shannon Stanwix, who is performing well enough to start at first base during her first year on the Kansas softball team.
Stanwix has a .315 batting average, has scored 12 runs and has driven in 14 runs this season.
But her most impressive number is the .759 slugging percentage she carries because 14 of her 17 hits this season have been for extra bases.
"I'm very pleased with the way she's swinging the bat," Kansas coach Tracy Bunge said. "It's exciting to see her hitting the ball as hard as she is."
Bunge said that as a freshman, Stanwix will continue to get better and better.
"It's tough to make the transition between high school and Division I (collegiate sports), and she's handled it very well," Bunge said. "I think she's just now beginning to settle in and forget about being a freshman."
Stanwix said she was pleased with the way things had started, but that there was still a lot of work to do and many adjustments to be made.
"Personally I'm pretty pleased with the progress I'm making, but I still have a long way to go," Stanwix said. "The whole game has jumped up another level (from high school), and I'm still getting used to it."
Stanwix, a Lawrence native, said she had received plenty of advice and coaching before her arrival at Kansas from her cousin Luann Metsker, who pitched from 1978-81 and still ranks in the top five in three career pitching categories.
"Luann was her first coach and coached her for eight years," said Linda Stanwix, Shannon's mother. "I think that definitely helped her. I think, in her heart, she knew (Kansas) was where she wanted to go, and I think with her cousin playing there it helped make up her mind."
Among the other reasons was the University of Kansas' nursing program. Shannon Stanwix plans to pursue a career in the medical field
after her softball career is finished.
"Right now, because of softball, I'm not able to take some of the classes I need to," Stanwix said. "I'm taking classes in community health, and once softball is over, I'll get into nursing."
Shannon Stanwix said that it had been tough being on the road so much this season and that she was looking forward to playing in the home opener on April 2 against Wichita State.
"Right now it feels like Oklahoma is our home field," Shannon Stanwix said, referring to the fact that Kansas has played in Oklahoma for three of its four tournaments this season. "It will be really great to get back home and see some familiar faces up in the stands."
Shannon Stanwix said she felt that the team is even better than its 11-8 record indicates, and that if the players can put everything together, they have a good chance of knocking off Oklahoma as the Big 12 Conference Champions.
"I think we have just as good of a shot as anyone," Shannon Stanwix said. "If we can put all three phases of the game together — offense, defense, and pitching — then we have a very good shot."
First baseman Shannon Stanix prepares to field a ground ball during the Kansas women's softball practice yesterday.
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