Stories for April 30, 2009

KU lends 2008 basketball championship trophy to speaker of Kansas House

Kansas University officials have loaned the 2008 men’s basketball championship trophy to House Speaker Mike O’Neal, R-Hutchinson.

Pederson 10th; KU golf 7th

Zach Pederson recorded the best finish of his senior season to lead the Kansas University men’s golf team to a seventh-place finish Wednesday at the Big 12 Championship at Prairie Dunes Country Club.

Faunce, Herrmann snare KU scholar awards

Having spent the past five years as a member of Kansas University’s baseball team, senior Nick Faunce knows firsthand the struggles that come when the stresses of Div. I athletics collide with the demands of a full course workload.

Recruit ‘circus’ coming

Royce Woolridge played basketball in Lawrence last summer — at Bill Self’s Elite Camp, held behind closed doors in the privacy of Kansas University’s Horejsi Center. Friday, the future KU shooting guard from Phoenix Sunnyslope High will be back in town, this time showcasing his game for the public to see.

Keegan: Kansas deep, versatile

Teams that make it to the Final Four generally feature deep rosters packed with versatile players. Those advantages make it difficult for opposing coaches to figure out how to beat them because they have an answer for everything. Looking ahead to 2009-2010, no roster in the country has more depth and more flexibility than that of Kansas University.

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