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      February
      18,
      1997
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Panthers’
      Krista
      Foreman
      Courts
     
     
      Basketball
      and
      Academics
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      BILL
      MCQUEEN
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      One
      of
      the
      big
      stories
      on
     
     
      and
      off
      campus
      for
      the
      last
     
     
      few
      months
      has
      been
      the
      bat-
     
     
      tle
      between
      Krista
      Foreman
     
     
      and
      the
      AUAA
      women’s
      bas-
     
     
      ketball
      ruling.
      Foreman
      chal-
     
     
      lenged
      the
      rules
      of
      eligibility
     
     
      for
      playing
      basketball
      and
      won.
     
    

    
     
      She
      had
      already
      played
     
     
      basketball
      for
      four
      years
      at
      the
     
     
      University
      of
      New
      Brunswick.
     
     
      Players
      in
      the
      AUAA
      have
     
     
      five
      years
      of
      eligibility.
      The
     
     
      rules
      state
      that
      players
      must
     
     
      play
      their
      fifth
      year
      of
      AUAA
     
     
      basketball
      at
      the
      same
      place
     
     
      they
      played
      their
      fourth.
      It
      was
     
     
      put
      in
      place
      to
      stop
      NCAA
     
     
      players
      from
      changing
      schools
     
     
      just
      to
      play
      basketball.
      In
     
     
      Krista’s
      case,
      she
      had
      changed
     
    
   
   
    
     
      her
      university
      to
      study
      veteri-
     
     
      nary
      medicine,
      not
      just
      to
      play
     
     
      basketball.
      In
      a
      way,
      Krista
     
     
      was
      being
      punished
      for
      con-
     
     
      tinuing
      of
      her
      studies.
     
    

    
     
      Foreman
      was
      originally
     
     
      approached
      by
      Women
      Pan-
     
     
      thers
      Head
      Coach,
      Tracy
     
     
      Ellsworth,
      to
      beassistant
      coach
     
     
      of
      the
      basketball
      team,
      and
     
     
      upon
      becoming
      coach,
      she
      dis-
     
     
      covered
      there
      was
      a
      chance
      to
     
     
      protest
      the
      ruling.
      There
      were
     
     
      several
      courtroom
      battles,
      and
     
     
      we
      are
      happy
      to
      say
      that
      Krista
     
     
      eventually
      won.
     
    

    
     
      When
      I
      talked
      to
      Krista
     
     
      I
      wanted
      to
      ask
      her
      the
      press-
     
     
      ing
      question
      that’s
      on
      every-
     
     
      one’s
      mind...
      was
      she
      going
      to
     
     
      keep
      on
      playing
      intramural
     
     
      basketball?
      The
      unfortunate
     
     
      answer
      for
      her
      B-League
      op-
     
     
      ponents
      is,
      yes.
      Kristahas
      been
     
    
   
   
    
     
      oneofthe
      dominant
      post/center
     
     
      players
      in
      the
      league
      for
      the
     
     
      past
      two
      seasons.
      Personally,
     
     
      I
      hope
      she
      is
      exhausted
      from
     
     
      varsity
      practice
      the
      next
      time
     
     
      she
      plays
      our
      team.
     
    

    
     
      When
      |
      was
      speaking
      to
     
     
      Krista
      about
      the
      UPEI
      team
     
     
      all
      she
      talked
      about
      was
      what
     
     
      a
      talented
      group
      of
      players
     
     
      were
      there.
      On
      the
      issue
      of
      the
     
     
      ruling,
      she
      was
      very
      happy
      to
     
     
      be
      playing
      again.
     
    

    
     
      I
      asked
      her
      about
      a
     
     
      change
      in
      the
      ruling
      and
      she
     
     
      commented,
      “I
      went
      to
      vet
     
     
      school
      to
      become
      a
      vet.
      I
      didn’t
     
     
      change
      schools
      to
      play
      basket-
     
     
      ball.”
      The
      rules
      ofthe
      AUAA’s
     
     
      should
      not
      block
      academics,
     
     
      hopefully
      after
      Krista’s
      court
     
     
      win,
      other
      players
      in
      the
      same
     
     
      situation
      will
      be
      helped.
     
    

    
     
      Allstudentathletes
      have
     
    
   
   
    
     
      limited
      time
      for
      homework,
      but
     
     
      at
      the
      Vet
      College,
      there
      is
     
     
      even
      more
      ofatime
      constraint.
     
     
      lasked
      Krista
      about
      balancing
     
     
      the
      two,
      and
      she
      answered,
     
     
      “the
      second
      year
      is
      tough,
      but
     
     
      in
      the
      third
      year,
      basketball
     
     
      would
      be
      impossible...
      that’s
     
     
      why
      I
      tried
      to
      play
      this
      year”.
     
     
      Krista
      is
      not
      the
      only
      AVC
     
     
      student
      playing
      basketball,
     
     
      Chelsea
      Martin
      and
      Tammy
     
     
      Muirhead
      also
      play
      for
      the
     
     
      woman’s
      team.
     
    

    
     
      The
      coaches,
      Tracy
     
     
      Ellsworth
      (head
      coach)
      and
     
     
      Reagh
      Vidito
      (assistant
      coach)
     
     
      talked
      of
      the
      positive
      influence
     
     
      Foreman
      has
      brought
      to
      the
     
     
      team.
      The
      experience,
      and
     
     
      leadership
      from
      four
      years
      of
     
     
      AUAA
      play
      was
      one
      of
      the
     
     
      main
      areas
      of
      comment.
      Tracy
     
     
      outlined
      Krista’s
      roles
      on
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      team
      as
      “Post
      Player,
     
     
      rebounder,
      defense
      and
     
     
      offense”.
      The
      coaches
      also
     
     
      said
      that
      Krista
      adds
      to
      an
     
     
      already
      possible
      championship
     
     
      team.
      Reagh
      summed
      up
      what
     
     
      Iam
      sure
      the
      wholeteam
      feels,
     
     
      “She
      really
      wanted
      to
      play,
     
     
      and
      I’m
      very
      happy
      for
      her”.
     
    

    
     
      Three
      members
      from
     
     
      UPEl
      are
      playing
      in
      the
      wom-
     
     
      an’s
      AUAA
      all-star
      game:
     
     
      Marie-Claude
      Couture,
     
     
      Eireann
      Rigby,
      and
      Jennifer
     
     
      Johnson
      (UPEI
      field
      house,
     
     
      Feb
      21st).
      To
      those
      of
      you
     
     
      who
      haven’t
      seen
      the
      men’s
     
     
      or
      woman’s
      team
      play,
      you
     
     
      should.
      Show
      your
      support,
     
     
      not
      only
      is
      it
      free
      for
      students,
     
     
      but
      it
      is
      also
      great
      entertain-
     
     
      ment!
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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