RCW: Bird's Eye View 4.8

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.
 

DEW TOUR – Freshman KU golfer Ben Sigel, with one of his playing partners, walked the heavily dew-covered fairway of the second hole at Berkeley Hills Country Club in Duluth, Georgia, on Tuesday, October 17. Sigel’s group was the first to tee off on a crisp morning for the final round of the Autotrader Collegiate Classic.
 Photo by Jeff Jacobsen 

OFF PATH – KU junior Jake Scarrow elected to hit his second shot off the concrete golf cart path on the par-3, fourth hole at Berkeley Hills Country Club during the first round of the Autotrader Collegiate Classic in Duluth, Georgia, on Monday, October 16.
 Photo by Jeff Jacobsen 

STRIP OF LIGHT – As the sun broke through the heavy morning clouds, a strip of light brightened the putt of KU junior Jake Scarrow on the eighth hole at Berkeley Hills Country Club during the first round of the Autotrader Collegiate Classic in Duluth, Georgia, on Monday, October 16.
 Photo by Jeff Jacobsen 

SCREAMING WITH JOY – The KU soccer team celebrated its 2-1 come-from-behind victory over No. 9 Texas inside its locker room at Rock Chalk Park on Friday, October 13.
 Photo by Mike Gunnoe

GRASS STAINS – The dirt and grass-stained jersey of KU’s Joe Dineen Jr., reflected the linebacker’s 16 total, and 10 solo, tackles during the Iowa State game played on a wet grass Jack Trice Stadium field on Saturday, October 14, in Ames, Iowa. Dineen leads the Big 12 with 77 tackles, ranks third in the NCAA with 12.8 tackles per game and is first in the Big 12 and NCAA with 8.2 solo tackles per game. The redshirt junior is tops in the Big 12 and second in the NCAA with two tackles-for-loss per game.
 Photo by Jeff Jacobsen 

STUDY TIME – After a storm in Ames, Iowa, forced a 30-minute delay of the start of the KU football game against Iowa State, quarterbacks Peyton Bender and Carter Stanley used the time to study play sheets inside the locker room of Jack Trice Stadium on Saturday, October 14.
 Photo by Jeff Jacobsen 

CONTEMPLATION – Junior running backs Deron Thompson and Reese Randall, along with junior fullback Hudson Hall, had different ways to wait out the storm-delayed kickoff of the Jayhawks’ football game against Iowa State inside Jack Trice Stadium on Saturday, October 14.
 Photo by Jeff Jacobsen 

HIGH-HANDED ATTITUDE – One certainty at every KU volleyball match is that senior defensive specialist Addie Barry will keep spirits high with her positive attitude as she did while high-fiving her teammates during the match against Texas inside the Horejsi Family Athletics Center on Wednesday, October 11.
 Photo by Jeff Jacobsen 

A HEAD ABOVE – At seven-feet-tall, Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid stood a full head and neck above the mob of media that engulfed the former Kansas center after the NBA team practiced inside Allen Fieldhouse on Thursday, October 12, a day before an exhibition game against the Miami Heat in Kansas City’s Sprint Center.
 Photo by Jeff Jacobsen 

PICTURE THIS – Fans took “selfies” with former Kansas basketball player Joel Embiid in the background on James Naismith Court after the Philadelphia 76ers’ center returned to Allen Fieldhouse for the NBA team’s practice on Thursday, October 12, a day ahead of an exhibition game against the Miami Heat in Kansas City’s Sprint Center.
 Photo by Jeff Jacobsen