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Show 'QfE UNIVER ITV JOURNAL · SO Job of athletic director not an ·easy task By KYM FRANKLIN JO RNAl PORT WRJTER ' ucces and failure of an athletic program can often he credited to the coaches and athlete of a univer ity. However, some argue that it' the hard work of the people behind the ceoes, kno:wn as the athletic directors, who make an athletic program function the way it does. Jack Bishop, athletic director at UU, and Kathryn Berg, a ociate athletic director, are two people who play a vital role in the ucce s of outhem Utah niver ity' athletics. As athletic director, Bishop deals with making sure all major ports run in compliance with NCAA r gulations. This includes per onal hiring and evaluating of the coache , fund ~ising, corporate pon or·hip, student athletic scholarship , cheduling of even , overseeing the ociate athletic 1 ~director and looking our_for what is best for ll's athletic . J As the as ociate athletic director, Berg aid her responsibiJitle include determining the cligihility of athlete , managing the expenditure side of the budget, acting as the NCAA compliance coordinator and interpreting NCAA rules for coaches. becoming athletic directors, they said they understand he also works with and boosters and deals with game the intricacie involved in the coach-atlilcte . management. Although Bi hop and Berg are the relationship . Fir t year assi tant football coach, Tyler athletic department h ads, they till answer to Anderson, can attest to that relationship. "I think Jack President teven Bennion and .and Kathryn do a good job of handling ports. It's a tough job being over athletic and they have good Vice Pre ident of control. They get along good with In titutional Plannin.g Michael 0. Richard . coaches and are willing to listen to ideas that coache have, · Anderson aid. Looking at their credential , both Bi hop Like mo t job , there are many and Berg are well suited pressures serving as an athletic dire tor. for their positions. Each M~king sure that S runs a clean program caught school and . is only one of the e pressure according to coached for everal Bishop, but the rewards outweigh the year at U before negative of the job. becoming athletic "If I am not going to teach or coach it ' a director . great job. I have great relation ·hips with the Accordjng to coaches, r get to know the athletes fairly well, and attend the contests," ·ay Berg. Berg, her advice co student Bi hop agreed that hi thrill for the job is intere ted in .K. fueled by being the focal p int in the becoming ~ ---....... progre ion of Southern Utah's athJctic over athletic directors ... __ ··-·· ___ - - - - - the pa t 10 years. _ 1s to, get involved in sport whether you are With the love and hard work that each have a particjpant or a student manager. Also, you mu t love serving as athletic directors for the univer. icy, athletic in order to work in it. " athletics should continue to progress and grow ince Bi hop and Berg both coached before stronger in the year' to come. su ·women eye title next year Lady Jags s\Veep SU softball team ByTI A LARK JOURNAL P RTS WRJT •R descrihed the 'Bird · a a team that play hard and is very competitive. "You know you ar in for a tough fight when you play u ," Hillock said. In the b ginning, they were ranked as low as Thi year, the ' Bird heat Youngstown State and sc cnth in the Mid-Con tanding . In the end, Valparai o , the perennial pow rhouse in the they were number three. league, which Hillock said i a big tep f. r the The Lady ' Bird basketball team did what it was program. not expected to d a they made it to the emiThe next step is to become one of the best finals of the Mid-Con t0umamenl this year and teams in the league and take the place of fini hed third in what · Y ungstown and was uppo ed to he a Valpo as a league rebuilding year for the leader. ·u women 's ha ketball The ladie mad it program. to the ·emi-final of According co Head the Mid-Con Conference Coa h Joe Hillock, the Lady 'Birds gave all that tournament for the they had and surpa ed second year in a row, all the expectation the and now they want a coache and media had chance to reach the set for them at the final. , win it all and beginning of the season. go to the hig dance. ~rhac' · what happens Next year will he when team have o· Hillock' fourth much heart. They refuse eason with the Lady to hclieve any on . ' Birds, and he said he except themselves. They is excited to be set their own returning more expectations and never player than ever quit uotil they achieve before. them," said Hillock. • .. Hillock also helieves the team has to Hillock said that he is proud of his tc-Jm for become stronger to showing a lot of .___ _ _ _ _ _ _....:....._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___. compete at a higher character and heart. Freshman Megan Lofthouse will be a vital part of level. He plan t Hillock said that each next year's women's team which looks to take the keep the up-tempo player on the team made Mid· on title in 2000. game style, but will a statement this year - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- add omc height and ahout what U women 's haskethall is all about. more shooters to utilize the three-point line. The ladies ended the season with a 16-12 Hillock wants to win as many, if not more game record, which included a 11-2 record at homethan U did lhis year. He is also concerned with which is the mo t home wins ince the women's how the Lady ' Birds will fare in playing back-to· progr.im jumped to Divi ion 1·A in 1988. The back games on the road. This has been one of the ' Birds are 22·7 under Hillock in the Centrum team's weaknesses as it ha struggted on the road Arena. in Mid-Con play. The ' women's basketball team will look to Hillock aid ees SU picked fourth or fifth in the become one of the teams to beat in the Mid-Con league at the start of the year. He hopes for the Conference next season. This year they proved to team to finish better, and go into the Mid-Con he a team that shouldn't he taken lightly. Hillock tournament next year as the top seed. llJPUI swcp1 a pair of MidCon softhall games from the , lJ women 's ofthall team Saturday afternoon , taking the opener 5-2 bCJfore coming hack in the nightc-Jp with a 6 -3 victory :'It a chilly Thund rhird Field. The I.ad ' Bird: had six hirs in the opener, including triples hy Emily Ccderholm and ami iko, hut the Jaguars made the mo ·t off five hits and a pair of ' errors to take the win . I P I got three of its singles and a walk in the ccond inning when it ored three runs, then added two more in the_fifth when the Lady ' Birds committed both their errors and were victimized hy a wild pitch. S rJllied in the ixth when Cederholm led off with a triple, then scored on a Sarah Poloni single. iko then tripled Polo ni home hut that w o uld he the end of the rJlly. In the ·econd game, I PUI ·cor d a pair of runs in the first inning on a Cry tal L1mbert Rill ingle, hut , came hack in theboctom of the frame when arah Adams drove in Ccdcrholm with a single. The Jaguars picked up four run · in the third, however, taking advantage of triples hy Julie Wooten and Adrienne Hedrick. The Lady ' Birds rallied for a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh, hut again , the rally came up short. The ladies next face Youngstown tate Friday and Saturday on the road in Youngscown, Ohio. Baseball faces Fresno After more than a week off since its last game, the SU baseball team heads on the road tomorrow with a two· game series against Fresno tate in Fresno, Calif. The 'Birds are coming off a four-game series with BYU ·• where they won one of four again t the Cougars in Cedar City. The 'Birds dropped the opener on Friday, March 26, 7-3. Ureboundcd in the nightcap, however, talcing an 8-5 victory. BYU handed U its 25th and 26th losses of the \• season in a doubleheader on March 27 in Cedar. . Tyler Petersen leads the team in home runs after knocking his 14th of the eason out of the park against BYU. Peter en also has 47 RBI, the most on the terun. Phil Downing is close behind wrth 10 home runs on the season. and has 32 RBI. No SU pitcher has won more than two games this eason. Nate Bigler is 2· 1.and has recorded 27 strike outs. Nick Roberts, who is 4- I on the mound this year, has truck out 54 batters. |