Forristall trades Oregon uniforms.Byline: Rob Moseley The Register-Guard U O v o l l e y b a l l Kristen Forristall, who left the Oregon Oregon, city, United States Oregon, city (1990 pop. 18,334), Lucas co., NW Ohio, a suburb adjacent to Toledo, on Lake Erie; inc. 1958. It is a port with railroad-owned and -operated docks. The city has industries producing oil, chemicals, and metal products. women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. team earlier this week in a dispute with head coach Bev Smith Bev Smith (born April 4 1960) is the head women's basketball coach at the University of Oregon. She has held that position since 2001, replacing controversial coach Jody Runge, and has posted an 83-69 record. , said Thursday she will join the UO volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. team beginning with Monday's practice. A 6-foot-2 junior from Oregon City There are two places named Oregon City in the United States:
tr.v. red·shirt·ed, red·shirt·ing, red·shirts To keep (a college or school athlete) out of varsity competition for one year in order to extend the athlete's period of eligibility. sophomore and have two more years to play for the volleyball team, which is in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of its best season in two decades. Forristall, a three-year letterwinner in volleyball for Oregon City as well as an all-American basketball player, coached at a UO volleyball camp this summer. She quit the basketball team Monday, and said volleyball coach Jim Moore approached her Tuesday about joining his team. Moore offered Forristall the chance to practice with the volleyball team Wednesday, she said, but Forristall will instead wait until after the team returns from its weekend road trip to Arizona. "I'm definitely committed 110 percent to volleyball," Forristall said. "I'm expecting good things, and I'm expecting the team to do good things. I think everything's on the up-and-up, and I'm ready I'm Ready is the double platinum second release from R&B singer Tevin Campbell. I'm Ready yielded the biggest R&B hit of his career the #1 R&B smash "Can We Talk", and produce 3 more successful hits in "I'm Ready", "Always In My Heart" and "Don't Say Goodbye Girl". for a new chapter in my life to start." Smith declined to comment on Forristall's decision, citing privacy laws. Her roster was down to 10 scholarship players in the wake of Forristall's departure, until soccer player Nicole Garbin joined the team Wednesday. The volleyball team will have four regular-season matches remaining once Forristall joins the roster. "We are extremely excited to have Kristen join our team," Moore said in a statement released by the athletic department. "She is a phenomenal athlete, and once she knocks some of the rust off from being away from the game, she will be an impact player." Forristall was a first-team all-league and third-team all-state selection in volleyball her senior year at Oregon City. She said she hadn't considered playing the sport at Oregon until she was approached about helping fill out the staff for the summer camp. She participated in informal workouts with the volleyball team later in the summer, piquing both her interest and that of Moore. "They started showing a lot of interest, and I got really, really excited about volleyball," said Forristall, who described the energy of a volleyball practice as "refreshing." Smith and Forristall met about her possibly participating in both sports this year, Forristall said, but they agreed Forristall would focus on basketball for one more season. "I really had my heart set on playing both, and I was really stoked stoked adj. Slang 1. Exhilarated or excited. 2. Being or feeling high or intoxicated, especially from a drug. about playing volleyball and wanted to be a part of it," Forristall said. "But after the meeting, I was willing to focus all my time on basketball for one more year. ... Next year I was going to play both." Forristall, whose production with the basketball team fell by about half from her freshman to sophomore seasons, said her desire to play volleyball wasn't the reason she quit the basketball team. "There were a lot of irreconcilable differences," she said, without elaborating. "It's not just one thing. I wish it was just one big thing, because I could get over one thing. I had to get out of there, and I did." Forristall said she was prepared to be "done with basketball, and be done with sports" before Moore approached her Tuesday. She said she is aware her decision may cause some tensions within the athletic department. "There are, but I think those that care about me want me to be happy, and want the best for me," she said. By an NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association rule that prioritizes each sport, Forristall's athletic scholarship An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university awarded to an individual based predominantly on their ability to play in a sport. They are common in the United States, but in many countries they are rare or non-existent. will count against the basketball team's limit for the remainder of this year, similar to the way a men's basketball player who joined the football team would count against the football team's limit. Should she remain with the volleyball team for the 2007 season, her scholarship would count against that team's limit. But as of Monday, Forristall intends to be solely a volleyball player. "I'm just going to give them a body," she said. "I'll be blocking against them in practice, hitting against them, just trying to make them better. ... I'm just done with basketball, and really looking forward to volleyball." |
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