GRID I’ROKIU
Kemp shines on and off field
By Paul Morgan
Emerald Emerald Sports Reporter
Oregon free safety Steve
Kemp has a goal in life. It's not
to play in the NFL or go to the
Super Bowl, although those
would be acceptable alterna
tives.
He wants to help people —
kids in particular. He wants to
help disadvantaged kids find
solace and direction in lives
that are sometimes shattered by
poverty, divorce, and abuse.
Kemp has worked as a peer
adviser at the University, and
as a counselor in the San Fran
cisco area for Social Services.
He decided to go into the
counseling field because of the
satisfaction and challenge of
those jobs, but for now he is
spending most of his time help
ing the Oregon football team.
The 23-year-old American
Studies major starts in the Ore
gon's "Hawk" formation, used
on passing downs when the
Ducks use extra defensive
backs, and has roamed the field
this year, corralling three inter
ceptions. and knocking down
six passes.
1-ast weekend against Arizo
na State. Kemp picked off a
pass from Bret Powers late in
the game and took it 81 yards
for a touchdown. It was the
first time an Oregon player had
returned an interception for a
touchdown since Kory Dairy
did it in 1988. and it was the
play that sealed Oregon's 27-7
victory.
As a fifth-year senior, Kemp
has experience on defense the
Ducks need, experience that
puts him in the right place to
grab interceptions and make
plays
Oregon defensive coordinator
Denny Schuler said that experi
ence was the key to Kemp's in
terception last weekend.
“A less experienced player
would not have reacted as
quickly." he said "I've always
taught kids to look elsewhere
for plays, so he saw the quarter
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Steve Kemp has ambition to be a youth counselor after his col
lege football career comes to an end this season.
back take a three-step drop and
knew where to go. He saw the
screen and just stepped right in
front of it."
Kemp said that as soon as he
caught it, he was going for the
end zone.
"When I caught it I was run
ning to score," he said. "But
any time I get an interception I
think I’m going to make it."
And make it he has, in more
ways than one.
When Kemp came to Oregon
m he was forced to sit out
lis first year as a Proposition
IH casualty. He had to bring his
grades up if he wanted to play.
Currently he holds a .'1.0 grude
noint average, not an easy task,
ivith football demanding so
nuch time Hut he said that fall
erm is actually his best term
icademically
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