Says Clark: "We have five on the team right now. Three shoot in the high 70s, low 80s. We're looking for a fourth person who can shoot in the low 80s to help us be competitive when we start playing next year." Interest Level Rises at Spelman If demand continues to increase, soccer and golf could become part of the sports offerings at Spelman College.
As it stands now, Spelman will have club-level soccer next spring with twenty-two women on the roster. The group started training this fall and will probably compete against other dub programs in and around the Atlanta area.
"There's a lot of interest there," says Dr. Dorothy Richey, Spelman's athletics director. "We've had a lot of parents calling, telling us they want their kids to play soccer." Golf, on the other hand, is a sport about which more students are asking. As at Benedict, the reason for the high-level interest is that students feel they need golf to help them build careers in the corporate arena, according to Richey.
To test the level of student interest i golf, Spelman will have an intramural tournament next spring. Based on the response, golf could emerge as a club sport in a relatively short period of time.
"We already have some young ladies who played in high school and at the country clubs who can compete collegiately," says Richey.
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