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gling program and guided the
Ducks to an 11-6 record, their
first winning season in six years
Since that initial season, Heiny's
record has improved to 118-33,
and the women s basketball
program boasts the best mark of
all major sports at Oregon.
Heiny had the unenviable task
of turning a program that was
still a part of the physical
education department into a
national power. Obviously, it
wasn't easy
“All of women's sports was
just beginning to have the
opportunities the men's pro
grams have had for years,’’
Heiny says "I was fortunate to
have girls that came from good
high school programs ”
“Title IX goes right back to
opportunity,” Heiny says "We
were able to reap the benefits of
it early by getting players from
the junior colleges and high
schools. We've made steps to
push our program forward fas
ter than other schools ”
Those steps included recruit
ing primarily from the North
west Heiny says the only real
limitation to recruiting is the
lack of funds, but "there are
very good players in the North
west."
We've also had the help of a
few from the far north — Can
ada."
The most golden of the nug
gets from the north has been
Bev Smith, the team's all-time
leading scorer and rebounder
from British Columbia who
helped the team to four con
secutive seasons of 20 or mete
victories, and three consecutive
appearances in post-season
play Heiny says Smith s con
tribution to the success of the
program went much deeper
than her leadership
“Scholarships have had an
impact, but so have role models,
of which the latest was Bev
Smith,'' Heiny says. "Her impact
was noticeable not only on the
team, but throughout the com
munity ’
Another step forward was
improving the schedule, Heiny
says This year, Heiny believ.es
the pre-season schedule is the
toughest he has assembled It
includes Drake, Illinois State,
and a tournament date with
Memphis State All three were
nationally-ranked last year
Traditionally, the Northwest
has not been a hotbed for
women's basketball, so "it's
been very tough to get top op
ponents up here," Heiny says
But the home schedule this year
features, for the first time, na
tionally-ranked opponents
Long Beach State comes in on
Dec 19, followed later by games
with UCLA and USC Heiny says
many people are picking the
Trojans to be the top team in the
country this year
"You are only as good as the
teams you play," Heiny says
Scheduling has also played
an important role in determining
the success of the women's
volleyball program. Voelz says
Last year, the team's record
dropped to 13-32-2 after a 1980
season of 41-16-1 The vol
leyball team qualified for the
AIAW tournament for four
straight years from 1973 to
1976. and in 1973 won the
regional title
I don't mean to take anything
away from it (the past pro
gram)," Voelz says "They were
successful and had a solid
foundation They went for a time
where they were fourth in the
nation
"But in this day and age.
everyone s giving scholarships
and women's volleyball is on the
level with men's basketball "
Volleyball on the west coast is
the best in the nation, according
to Voelz She points to the fact
that 1A of the top 20 teams in the
nation compete in either the
NorPac conference or the West
Coast Athletic Conference Last
weekend, the Ducks hosted
18th-ranked California and
12th-ranked San Jose State on
consecutive nights Opponents
like that not only make tor fierce
competition near the net, but
also on the recruiting front
Voelz maintains that the
population base in the North
west is too small for Oregon to
attract the best players from the
area A top female athlete has a
number of schools from which
to choose, including the talent
and tradition-rich schools in
southern California
“It's just a small population
base that's being pulled apart
by a lot of schools.' Voelz says
The economic times have not
been easy on either the
women's or men's programs,
but Voelz says the Oregon has a
"good problem." in that the
athletic administration has
recognized the importance of
both programs
We've got a good problem
We don 't have the money but we
have a good philosophy,'' Voelz
says She says she would rather
be here than at a school where
money is available — but there is
dissension about how the mon
ey will be spent
But," she says, when we all
have the money we ll all be
fine/’
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