Gilman steps to the forefront
to help NlJ’s young tight ends
By Todd Walkenhorst
Staff Reporter
When tight end Mark Gilman re
ported for winter conditioning, he
noticed something different.
“The first day of winter condition
Gilman
ing 1 was like
where’s Matt
(Shaw)?” Gilman
said. “All ofa sud
den I was the
leader, I was a se
nior, I was at the
front of the line.”
With the depar
ture of Eric Alford
and Matt Shaw at
tight end, Gilman,
a 6-loot-J, ^40-pound senior, took
over the top spot.
Receivers coach Ron Brown said
Alford and Shaw would be missed.
“We lost two very good tight ends,”
Brown said.
But Gilman is ready to accept his
new role this fall.
“I feel more mature now,” Gilman
said. “I feel responsible for,setting a
good example. I have to go out and
show the younger tight ends exactly
what it takes to be a tight end here.”
Brown said Gilman had improved
and matured during the off-season,
which should lead to a successful sea
son.
“Gilman was a very solid tight end
last year,” Brown said. “He also really
“Gilman was a very solid tight end last year. He
also really is a great leader on our team right nowr
one of the hardest working guys ive’ve had arou nd
here. ”
■
RON BROWN
Nebraska receivers coach
is a great leader on our team right now,
one of the hardest working guys we’ve
had around here.
“Size-wise he’s really improved,”
Brown said. “I think he’s at a weight
now that he feels comfortable with;
he’s really stepped into a real comfort
level.”
Behind Gilman is a youthful crop
of tight ends.
Sophomore Tim Carpenter is the
only other letter winner at the posi
tion. Carpenter, a 6-foot-2, 230
pounder, is listed as the No. 2 tight
end. Brown said wasjust as important
as No. 1.
“Carpenter is the number two tight
end right now,” Brown said, “of course
in our offense he’s number one be
cause we play two tight ends so of
ten.”
Despite the youth and inexperi
ence, Gilman said, these tight ends
have potential.
“Carpenter, I think is going to be a
great player,” Gilman said. “He
worked pretty hard during the off
season. He’sabig,strongkid.
“Teams don’t know what to expect
at tight end this year, because Carpen
ter can run and catch, and then if we
play Sheldon Jackson or Vershan Jack
son, they’re receiving threats.”
Gilman said the lack of name rec
ognition of the other tight ends
shouldn’t disturb fans this year.
“Right now you don ’ t real ly recog
nize the names, but they’ll be house
hold names in two years,” Gilman
said. “A huge program like this devel
ops players, and when it’s their turn to
step up, they’re ready to play.”
Freshman Sheldon Jackson is opti
mistic about his chances for playing
time this season.
“The one and two positions are
pretty much a lock,” Jackson said,
“but three is a toss up.”
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ence is the whole size of the block
and how quick everything is. It's a
lot quicker than high school.”
The Huskers were playing Sat
urday without senior outside hitter
Billie Winsett, who sat on the bench
resting a sore quadricep muscle.
Once Winsett returns, she will
return to the top unit, joining re
turning senior starters, Weston and
Johnson. Junior Jen McFadden, who
rotated with Maria Hedbeck during
the scrimmage, likely will start this
season after sitting out much of
1994 with back and knee injuries.
Sophomore Lisa Reitsma ap
pears ready to seize a starting role.
The 6-4 left-hander, who came on
strong at the end of her freshman
campaign, pounded 11 kills during
the scrimmage Saturday.
That leaves senior Kate Crnich
and Krondak to fill the final posi
tion. Cmich split time with the top
unit and the reserves on Saturday,
while Krondak played all four
games with the starters.
“Coming in as a freshman, to be
working out with the top team,”
Krondak said, “you don’t expect
that.”
No matter if Krondak begins
Friday’s match on the court or i fshe
comes off the bench as a substitute,
she said, nothing will match the
feeling of playing in her first colle
giate match.
“It’s goingtobe real overwhelm
“I guess if you are
going to go in, you
might as well just go in
all at once. That way,
everything will gel
earlier in the season,
rather than waiting
halftvay through it.
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JAIME KRONDAK
Nil volleyball player
T
ing,” she said. “All the coaches
have said I need to show a lot of
court presence and need to have a
lot of self confidence, to stand tall
and kind of fake it sometimes.”
Afler less than two weeks of
practice, Krondak said she was be
ginning to feel comfortable on the
court with the group of returning
players. Workouts have been in
tense, she said, that’s something
she expected from thenation’sm
second-ranked team.
“I guess if you are going to go
in,” she said, “you might as well
just go in all at once. That way,
everything will gel earlier in the
season, rather than waiting halfway
through it. Everybody is out there
giving it their all, which is really
good, because that’s what we need
for a national championship.”
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