Indiana University Kokomo - Prometheus Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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Softball Team Fares Well in League Play For the girls softball team at lndiana University at Kokomo there is more at stake than the win-loss record. A successful season could launch the team into college competition. lUK's first season was in the city park summer league. Hopefully its future will include spring schedules of college ex- tra-mural play. The softball team was formed after a freshman asked student activities coordinator Debbie Clason if IUK had a girls softball team. uWhen I said lno' her face just fell, Clason recalled. Clason encouraged students to start a team and that's just what they did. The student newspaper advertised for a coach, and players were recruited via a large sign-up poster in the hallway. IUK student Brad McKay read where the girls needed a coach, and he vol- unteered. Two other IUK students, Doug Storch and Tony Liali, helped McKay with coaching duties. McKay said the team has a lot of strong players even though many have not played on an organized team be- fore. l'Our shortstop, Sharmin Hovis has a really strong arm, he notes. llShe hardly ever makes any errors. McKay said the team started the sea- son ranked first in the B Division. We came out really strong, but then we were hurt by some losses and forfeits. Hopefully by tournament time we'll be playing like we were early on. The team, sponsored by the IUK Stu- dent Athletic Board, recently traded in their gloves for sponges, holding a car wash at IUK to raise money to enter the ASA Softball Tournament in Au- gust. Out of the 16 members on the ros- ter, ll are IUK students. Clason even added her name to the list to play when she was needed. 'lHaving a well organized sport is that little something extra we can offer our students, she said. lf they're just playing for recreation that's fine, but if it's a means to an end for IUK, that's even better. Members of the team are IUK stu- dents Lara Addington, Rita Browne, Sharmin Hovis, Rene jones, Kim Kuntz, Midge Malson, Wendy Moeller, Angie Mohler, Maria Martino and Susan Northern, Clasong BSU student Lisa Hillg and Myra Hemminger, Angie McKay, jenny Fivecoate, and leanie Spangler. Team members are: front row, I-r, Lisa Hill, Lara Addington, Sharmin Hovis, Rene lones, Doug Storch. Back row, I-r, Brad McKay, Tony Liali, Wendy Moeller, Maria Martino, Rita Browne, leanie Spangler, Angie Mohler, and Debbie Clason. in

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I Team members are: front, l-r, P.T. Chaffee, Lewie Campbell, Dave Barker, loe Dishon, Kevin Turner. Back, I-r, Coach Rex Chaplin, Ted Goff, lerry Taylor, Mark Malson, Caspar lohnson, Chris Kemp, Tennis Guyer. 'bmw ' A T553-f T A 7 -4 ' . V J' ww ,incurs ,1- Caspar lohnson puts the ball up for the Knights against IUSB. Ted Goff explains potential problems during an IUK time-out.

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, up 5. U.: hn- if a -'Q-in-um 4 . 5. f 'J '4 .'- 4 ff ,fiif Nl i .1 y, Sharmin Hovis crosses home after another successful turn at bat. Midge Malson waits expectantly at first base for action to begin V - t ,?, ' 'W z ,vm ' I I , ..,.f,uuifG?iPP- N leanie Spangler displays her winning pitching form as she puts another strike across home plate. Rene lones stands ready to park another pitch.