RCW: Bird's Eye View 4.22

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.
 

WIRED – Redshirt junior Andie Formby warmed up in the bullpen inside the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Softball Field during KU’s practice in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Thursday, February 8. Formby started the Jayhawks’ season-opening game against Akron in the Stetson Leadoff Classic and threw a complete game in the 5-3 victory on Friday, February 9, in DeLand, Florida.
 Photo by Jeff Jacobsen 

BP – Softball coach Megan Smith threw batting practice inside the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Softball Field during KU’s practice in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Thursday, February 8, the day before the team opened its season in the Stetson Leadoff Classic in DeLand, Florida, on Friday, February 9.
 Photo by Jeff Jacobsen 

FACE FULL – Brittany Jackson’s head-first slide into home plate inside Stetson University’s Patricia Wilson Field left her with a face full of dirt as the freshman scored KU’s first run in the 6-1 softball victory over the College of Charleston on Sunday, February 11, in DeLand, Florida, during the Stetson Leadoff Classic.
 Photo by Jeff Jacobsen

FOCUSED – Senior pitcher Sarah Miller concentrated on the action from the bullpen inside Stetson University’s Patricia Wilson Field during KU’s season-opening 5-3 victory over Akron on Friday, February 9, in DeLand, Florida, in the Stetson Leadoff Classic. Later that day, Wilson threw six innings of one-hit softball in KU’s 2-1 victory over Stetson.
 Photo by Jeff Jacobsen 

SUNNY FLOWERS – On a warm, sunny day in DeLand, Florida, the sunflowers worn by the KU softball team brightly shined as the players huddled in prayer before the season-opening, 5-3 victory over Akron during the Stetson Leadoff Classic inside Stetson University’s Patricia Wilson Field in DeLand, Florida, on Saturday, February 10.
 Photo by Jeff Jacobsen 

LIGHTED LOAD – KU baseball player Blaine Ray lifted weights inside the Anderson Strength Center on Thursday, February 1, as the freshman prepared for the Jayhawks’ season and home-opening game on Friday, February 16, against Murray State inside Hoglund Ballpark.
 Photo by Jeff Jacobsen

SLAM – – Senior Owen Taylor slammed a medicine ball inside the Anderson Strength Center on Thursday, February 1, as the KU baseball team prepared for the Jayhawks’ season and home-opening game on Friday, February 16, against Murray State inside Hoglund Ballpark.
 Photo by Jeff Jacobsen 

RECRUITING AUDIENCE – – KU head football coach David Beaty and assistant head coach/defensive coordinator/cornerbacks coach Clint Bowen enjoyed a congratulatory phone call with an area high school coach in front of an audience of mannequins dressed in various uniform options inside the Anderson Family Football Complex as the 2018 football recruiting signing day concluded on Wednesday, February 7.
 Photo by Jeff Jacobsen 

HANDS OF HOPE – As Chayla Cheadle led her KU women’s basketball teammates onto the James Naismith Court inside Allen Fieldhouse, the senior slapped hands with a lineup of breast cancer survivors ahead of the annual “Pink Game” against Oklahoma to benefit Jayhawks for a Cure on Saturday, February 10.
 Photo by Mike Gunnoe