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HAWK TALK Double Teamer Ends With BasketballCory Schulte is adouble threat, bothin the classroomand in athletic competition.Not only did he balancetwo varsity sportsat Rockhurst — soccerand basketball— he alsobalancedtwomajors.Schulte recently completedundergraduate degrees inbusiness administrationand psychology.Playing two back-tobacksports was an exciting,exhausting challengefor Schulte.“It’s one of the toughestthings someone can do. Iwas always at basketballpractice the day after soccerseason ended,” saidSchulte, who will play hisfinal year of basketball thisyear while completing amaster’s degree in businessadministration.Schulte, who red-shirtedin basketball his freshmanyear, is one of the topreturning players from lastyear’s team. The 6-foot-5guard/forward played in50 games over the past twoyears, scoring 224 pointsand grabbing 104rebounds. Coach BillO’Connor is counting onSchulte to provide leadershipfor a young Hawksteam this season.A four-year starter forthe soccer team, Schulteplayed in 60 games as adefender and helped leadthe Hawks to a pair ofNCAA tournament appearancesin 2002 and 2003.He was named the Hawks’2004 defensive player ofthe year.RU Teams Travel to New MarketsRockhurst University alumni and fans will now geta better chance to watch the Hawks play in majormarkets throughout the Midwest. The Universityofficially joined the NCAA Division II Great Lakes ValleyConference (GLVC) for the 2005-06 academic year.Frank Diskin, Rockhurst University director of athletics,said membership in this new conference allows all11 of Rockhurst’s teams to compete in one conference forthe first time.“The GLVC is a strong Division II conference,” Diskinsaid. “This takes us into St. Louis, where we recruit a largenumber of our students, in addition to opening up newareas for us in Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati andLouisville. These are also areas where we have a largenumber of alumni.”This fall, Rockhurst’s soccer teams will make road tripsto Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis and Springfield. TheLady Hawks volleyball team will be playing leaguematches at Drury, Southern Indiana, SIU Edwardsville,St. Joseph’s, Indianapolis, Quincy, Wisconsin-Parksideand Lewis.Basketball season for the RU teams will include roadgames between Dec. 1 and Feb. 25 at Northern Kentucky,Bellarmine, St. Joseph’s, Indianapolis, Missouri-St. Louis,Missouri-Rolla, Drury, SIU Edwardsville and Quincy.The Hawks and Lady Hawks will travel together andplay doubleheaders.For a complete athletic schedule, go towww.rockhurst.edu/athletics.20 ROCKHURSTFALL 2005