Kansas City, Missouri
letes sacrifice relationships for sports
Gallagher
swriter
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Although he chose not to propose before 16,300 people at Allen Field House, as senior center Scot Pollar did at Late Night With Roy Williams, Ransom will be getting married. He has been engaged to Emily Sorensen, his girlfriend of two years, since Aug.8.
As a fan his sophomore year and a walk-on his junior year, Ransom said that he and Sorensen could tell that the time constraints of being on the basketball team had adversely affected their relationship.
"There was a big gap," Ransom said. "It was better the year before I made the team just because I had
more time, basically. She was happy for me that I made the team last year. But after a while, she got frustrated because we couldn't spend any time together."
Sorensen, who graduated from the University of Kansas last December, recently moved to California. Ransom said Sorensen moved to start her career and to get away from the stress of not spending time with Ransom when the basketball season started. He will join Sorensen in California after he graduates next spring.
Senior forward B.J. Williams, of Wichita, has been married for a year and has a 3-year-old boy, Alex, and a 7-month-old girl, Jaiden. He said that sometimes time constraints conflicted with his social
life but that sacrifices must be made to be a member of the team.
"I try to get out of practice early whenever I can so that I can go home and do everything else I need to do," Williams said.
He said that good communication helped him and his wife avoid problems that might arise from his role as an athlete.
While some players struggle during the season to keep a healthy relationship, others said maintaining relationships can be done rather easily.
"It's been pretty easy," said junior guard C.B. McGrath, of Topeka. "I had a girlfriend for my first couple years, so time never really made it difficult off the court. I might just be lucky and not know it."
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Women's Basketball Schedule
DATE OPPONENT TIME
Nov. 11 Belgium National 7:00
Nov. 15-20 Preseason NIT
Nov. 15 SMU 8:00
Nov. 24 UC-Santa Barbara 3:00
Dec. 2 Purdue 7:00
Dec. 7-8 Dial Soap Classic
Dec. 11 UMKC 5:00
Dec. 15 Creighton 5:00
Dec. 21 Connecticut 6:30
Dec. 28-29 St. Joseph's Tournament
Jan. 4 Kansas State 2:00
Jan. 8 Iowa State 7:00
Jan. 11 Baylor 7:00
Jan. 18 Texas 12:00 noon
Jan. 22 Texas A&M 7:00
Jan. 25 Colorado 2:30
DATE OPPONENT TIME
Jan. 30 Texas Tech 7:00
Feb. 1 Nebraska 4:00
Feb. 5 Missouri 7:00
Feb. 8 Iowa State 7:00
Feb. 12 Oklahoma State 7:00
Feb. 15 Colorado 8:00
Feb. 19 Missourl 7:00
Feb. 22 Kansas St. 7:00
Feb. 26 Nebraska 7:00
March 1 Oklahoma 7:00
bold denotes home games
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