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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

High School Sports Are On -- TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Kentucky Will Play High School Sports

KHSAA voted heavily in favor of playing fall sports as regularly scheduled. Governor Beshear later came out stating that he backs the decision and will let the responsibility and policing fall upon school districts and superintendents.

As Paulie mentioned yesterday, this isn't exactly tied to UofL women's sports, but UofL brings in a ton of in-state talent. By allowing a fall season, players can showcase their skills and allow coaches and recruiters another opportunity to watch them play, either in person or video footage.

The conditions for each sport to play have not been outlined yet, but the outdoor sports should not have much of an issue. Volleyball, however, may see more limitations due to playing indoors. That may mean no fans at all or be required to play in larger gyms, but we will not know that until KHSAA releases all of that information.

JCPS (Jefferson Cointy Public Schools) will allow fall sports for now, but they will start on a staggered schedule. The "less-contact" sports can begin practices today. Catholic high schools are on board for playing sports so that will allow local girls high schools such as Assumption, Sacred Heart, Mercy, and Presentation to play.

Of course, the situation is "fluid", as are many things in 2020. School administrators will be held responsible for instituting safety protocols, distancing and checking the athletes regularly with COVID-19 testing. It is estimated high school football games in Jefferson County (Louisville) will being near the end of September.

ROSTER BREAKDOWNS FOR UofL WOMEN'S SPORTS SQUADS

Paulie highlighted a few of the Kentucky-based women's players on UofL rosters so I thought it would be neat to break down each sport and how many Kentuckians are on their current roster.

*Note: I am going by the GoCards rosters posted as of Monday night.*

Basketball - 3

Mykasa Robinson (Ashland, Ashland Blazer)

Molly Lockhart (Louisville, Butler)

Malea Williams (Georgetown, Scott County)

Cross Country - 0

Field Hockey - 7

Elizabeth Allgeier (Louisville, Assumption)

Embry Jane Imorde (Louisville, Sacred Heart)

Camryn Pichea (Louisville, Assumption)

India Reed (Louisville, DuPont Manual)

Erica Cooper (Louisville, Assumption)

Mattie Tabor (Louisville, Sacred Heart)

Sam Minrath (Louisville, Christian Academy)

Golf - 1

Lauren Hartladge - (Elizabethtown, Elizabethtown)

Lacrosse - 2

Maggie Foster (Louisville, Eastern)

Ashley Osborne (Louisville, Ballard)

Rowing - 8

Heidi Anderson (Union, Ryle)

Alaina Brauer (Hebron, Notre Dame)

Michaela Dukes (Independence, Simon Kenton)

Ellee Grosser (Villa Hills, Notre Dame)

Caylee Hill (Bardstown, Thomas Nelson)

Anna Kiser (Shelbyville, Shelby County)

Eliza Wack (Nicholasville, West Jessamine)

Tress Wigginton (Louisville, Eastern)

Soccer - 6

Emina Ekic (Louisville, DuPont Manual)

Savina Zamborini (Louisville, DuPont Manual)

Jolene Ballard (Louisville, DuPont Manual)

Cassie Amshoff (Louisville, Sacred Heart)

Kiley Polk (Louisville, Sacred Heart)

Mikayla Miller (Louisville, Mercy)

Softball - 4

Taylor Roby (Mount Washington, Bullitt East)

Eden Mayo (Grayson, East Carter)

Elana Ornelas (Lagrange, Oldham County)

Jennifer Leonhardt (Louisville, Fern Creek)

Swimming and Diving - 5

Rachel Howard (Louisville, Christian Academy)

Sophie Middendorf (Ft Wright, Notre Dame)

Grace Oglesby (Goshen, North Oldham)

Kelly Tichenor (Prospect, North Oldham)

Kaylee Wheeler (Louisville, Collegiate)

Tennis - 1

Anna Collins (Louisville, Veritas Press)

Track and Field - 7

Alexis Gibbons (Louisville, Butler)

Carolina Gosser (Louisville, Presentation)

Halee Hudson (Williamstown, Scott County)

Emma Ison (Greenup, Russell Independent)

Cierra Jackson (Louisville, Eastern)

Lauren Radenhausen (Taylor Mill, Scott)

Brooke Raglin (Lexongton, Bryan Station)

Volleyball - 4

Alexa Hendricks (Louisville, Assumption)

Alexis Hamilton (Louisville, Assumption)

Anna DeBeer (Louisville, Assumption)

Rachael DeMarcus (Lexington, Bryan Station)

In total, there are 46 Louisville women's student-athletes hailing from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. That's not too shabby.

The most common high schools on the list include Assumption (six), DuPont Manual (four), and Sacred Heart (four).

We love all of our women's student-athletes at UofL, but we are grateful for those who choose to stay in state or even in town.

NC State Halts Athletics

Following a recent outbreak of COVID-19, NC State has paused all athletics for two weeks. They announced there were 27 new positive cases in the department among student-athletes, staff, and coaches.

NC State is currently holding all undergraduate classes online but has allowed the student-athletes to remain on campus to play their respective fall seasons.

The Wolfpack field volleyball and soccer teams but do not have a field hockey team.

I guess Paulie won't be kissing Ms. Wuf anytime soon.

Happy Tuesday and Go Cards!

Jared

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Saturday Cardinal Couple -- Is it time to start giving college credit hours to college student athletes?

SATURDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

- Play for credit hours?

- Radio today

- Show Monny the money

With the recent academic fraud issues surfacing at Notre Dame, I started thinking about the role of the student-athlete in college. A young lady may accept a partial scholarship to play softball at a certain school. Over the next four years, she will put in thousands of hours each school year practicing, playing in games, travelling with the team and doing public service, promotional and charity work for the team and University.

How many credit hours will she receive towards graduation?

Zero.

When I attended school, we were required to take (2) classes in physical education. I chose badminton and golf. I got 2 credit hours for considerably less work performed than the fictional softball player listed above. I haven't played badminton since and I gave up golf 10 years ago.

Would it be that bad of an idea to grant (3) credit hours per semester to a student-athlete that participates on the softball or rowing or football team?

3 hours per semester, 2 semesters a year, 4 years. 24 credit hours...or about 1/5 needed toward a bachelors' degree.

The student is definitely spending more than 1/5 of their total college stay in the field and is also helping raise revenue for the university by being a member of a squad that may raise money for the university by paid admissions to events, NCAA appearances or television revenue.

While it is probably true that most individual athletic programs operate in the "red" instead of the "black"...how much money does the history or biology major bring into the university (besides tuition?)

Make it pass/fail to simplify it. (I can't imagine Jeff Walz at the end of the semester trying to decide if Emmonnie gets a "A" or "B" grade).

Third and fourth year college students get credit hours for independent study classes. Is taking your team to the NCAA Regionals enough to warrant 3 credit hours? Or working on your mid-range jumper 4 hours a day? Chemistry students do lab work to advance their knowledge and skills. Can sinking 100 free throws be classified as lab work?

Your thoughts?

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CARDINAL COUPLE RADIO broadcasts at 11 a.m. today. We'll review the happenings in hoops, field hockey, soccer and we have a nice segment from Karen Ferguson Dayes on women's soccer.

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FALL SPORTS ARE HERE...GIVE A CHEER !!

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A couple of years with Jeff Walz can pay some huge dividends.

Monny Niamke is the latest WBB Card to sign a pro contract...signing with Lyon Basket Feninin in the first division of France's Women's Basketball League for the

2014-15 season.

France seems to fit her quite well...she was selected to the U-18 and U-19 French National teams in high school and won All-Tournament honors in the European Championships.

She transferred to Louisville after a year at Lindsey Wilson...sitting out a season and then averaging 1.3 points and 1.3 assists in 31 games last year.

paulie

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