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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Three IUK women represented the University at the Knights' athletic events this academic year. Freshmen Leslie Beck, Lora Lund, and sophomore Marla Grove were the IUK Knights cheerleading squad, selected at auditorium try-outs on September 25th. Squad members are expected to re- present IUK and the Knights basketball team at all times, maintain a 2.0 GPA throughout the academic year, and as- sist in the promotion of the basketball team. The three candidates performed their routines in front of a selection committee consisting of Shirley Wilson, IUK Director of Personnelg lack Tharp, Director of Student Development, Rex Chaplin, IUK basketball coachg and loe Dishon, SUB co-president and basket- ball team member. Gymnastic requirements included a 4 - it V ls. I M'-:qi C5 B' fu eu E. fu D A 21 rn U5 5. B UQ vs E. 5. H Sl N Q W Q 5 O 9 5 'B 2 ra 4 ' Y4E ff? f'P8'wsKl's cartwheel, round-off, splits, and stan- dard jumps. Beck, an accounting major and a Kokomo resident, was a member of the cheerleading squad at Northwood High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana for one year. ul wanted to become more involved with IUK and meet more peo- ple, Beck said of her reasons for try- ing out for the squad. The other freshman member of the team, Lora Lund, is also a Business ma- jor. Lund is a Peru, Indiana native and was a member of her Peru Wrestlerette squad. Lund stated she tried out for the Knights' squad because she uwanted to meet new people and promote school spirit. Veteran Marla Grove became in- volved with the activity because of her love for the sport. ul miss cheerleading from High School, Grove said, Hand l wanted to get involved in activities at vs ,., F at Ihuzlivuzxilf . 'Z 1 1 ra 1 . S S -H N-gi 3 . Q' gs 5 i -ul ts , 5 v ' l xxx SN '1 X 5 we is fi ? 'U , ii., 4 3 . 5 2 Q-an-4165-sfiwiqt K -A, fu ' -if 'iilk . 1 X ' 4 .QE ., P? I., '- at 2 l ' ' 'E if . ., N ,.,. - .if 1 . . 'E .Nl f 2 Q V 4. s , ' '-+1 .- ,-,g1..,w X B , . 3 5 .-. ra 3 ? E I fn '- 0 2' , , -Y bfi . 2 ' f . 5 '. 5 :a vt -9 . I: . m ... 5' . ,S Z j ' nf .. rw ' . . P' ' ' i ' Jima IUK. This is one way I can contribute. Grove was a member of the Kokomo High School cheerleading team for two years. All three girls agree that promoting team spirit and generating enthusiasm on a commuter campus such as IUK was their biggest challenge. Our main problem was getting the team recognized, Beck stated. A lot of students don't even realize that IUK has a basketball team. This year marks the first in IUK history for cheerleaders and the three squad members pulled out all the stops to promote team spirit. Each basketball game saw a flurry of signs in the hallway advertising the team, the girls all wore jackets with UIUK Knights emblazened across the back, and the season ended with a banquetfdance for the deserving basketball team members. The squad mascot peers comfortably from behind th mass of pom pons.