RCW: Bird's Eye View 3.14
Each week the Bird’s Eye View captures some of the best moments for Kansas Athletics. From the playing field, practice gym or behind the scenes, don’t miss this exclusive perspective into the Kansas Jayhawks.
Faces of Purpose – KU baseball’s trip to the Dominican Republic was designed to give Jayhawk players the opportunity to take on some of the baseball-crazy country’s finest young players, but that was secondary to the trip’s real purpose. One look at the face of redshirt freshman Peyton Grassanovits and his new friends revealed the true goal of the trip during a charitable work visit to an elementary school in Boca Chica on Thursday, November 24.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
Frank the Tank – Over the course of his career at KU, senior Frank Mason III has dazzled KU fans with his daring drives to the basket. Often those drives end with the guard picking himself up after a bone-jarring crash to the hardwood court as he did in the game against Siena on Friday, November 18. Fortunately, Mason continued to pick himself up from the court in the game against the Saints in which he scored a team-high 18 points.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
Grand Old Flag – KU ROTC cadets gathered up the grand old American flag that was unfurled on James Naismith Court in Allen Fieldhouse before the Salute to Service game against Siena on Friday, November 18.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
Got There First – KU junior guard Devonte’ Graham managed to get his hand on the ball ahead of a North Carolina – Asheville player during a loose-ball scramble Graham won on Friday, November 25, in Allen Fieldhouse.
Photo by Laura Jacobsen
Hail to Old KU – KU volleyball players celebrated winning a point during the five-set victory over Iowa State on Saturday, November 19, in the Horejsi Family Athletics Center. With the victory, KU captured its first-ever Big 12 title.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
Fading Light – The setting sun’s final rays of light shined on Katy Schlies as the freshman swam cool down laps in the Capitol Federal Natatorium at Hummer Park in Topeka on Sunday, November 20. Schlies anchored one of the Jayhawks’ 400-yard freestyle relay teams to an eighth-place finish at the Kansas Classic.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
Show of Support – Assistant coach Jen Betz and head coach Clark Campbell urged on Jenny Nusbaum as the freshman swam to a sixth-place finish in the 1,650-yard freestyle during the final day of the Kansas Classic at Hummer Park in Topeka on Sunday, November 20.
Photo by Mike Gunnoe
Twenty-Seven Lengths to Go – Thanks to a length counter lowered into the water and quickly pulled out by junior Brie Balsbough, sophomore Libby Walker knew she had completed 39 of the 66 25-yard lengths in the 1,650-yard freestyle won by Walker during the final day of the Kansas Classic at Hummer Park in Topeka on Sunday, November 20.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
What’s Happening – KU soccer players peered through the fence surrounding North Carolina’s Fetzer Field to check on the outcome of the match won by Clemson over Arkansas on penalty kicks on Friday, November 18, ahead of the Jayhawks’ NCAA Sweet 16 match against North Carolina, won 2-0 by the Tar Heels.
Photo by Mike Gunnoe
Tender Moment – Safety Fish Smithson kissed his nephew as the senior football ceremony concluded prior to the Jayhawks’ game against Texas in Memorial Stadium on Saturday, November 19. Smithson recorded 12 tackles in KU’s 24-21 overtime victory over the Longhorns.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
Prayerful – Members of the KU football team either kneeled or huddled in prayer after taking the field at Kansas State to battle the Wildcats on Saturday, November 26.
Photo by Laura Jacobsen
