“Work, Welfare
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Ian Crosswhite File
Born: Ian Clyde Steel Crosswhite Nov. 23,
1982, in Melbourne, Australia.
High School: Represented state of New South
Wales on Under 16, U-18 and U-20 clubs, as
well as playing for Australian institute of Sport,
an Under-20 developmental program.
Oregon: Redshirted 2001 after suffering an
ankle injury early in the season. One of only
two players listed at forward in the Oregon
media guide.
Crosswhite
continued from page 9
Madness Joss.
“Coach Kent is really focusing
on (rebounding) this season,”
Crosswhite said. “Stuff like boxing
out. Using our size and our speed
to our advantage.”
Crosswhite’s role in the Oregon
big man picture will be clarified as
the season goes on. For now, the
redshirt freshman says he just wants
to contribute wherever possible.
“He’s really good, and he’s ready to
show everybody else just how good
he is,” forward Robert Johnson said.
“He’s a great addition to the team.”
Johnson and center Brian Helquist
— both roommates with Crosswhite
— will share most of the duties down
low, with junior center Jay Anderson
the most experienced of the big men
on the bench. Crosswhite and Short
are Kent’s main options from there.
The two redshirts agree that last
season’s experience of sitting on the
end of the bench was hard.
“When we were down, and you
think you can help, it’s real frustrat
ing, you just want to sit there and
pull your hair out,” Crosswhite said.
But Crosswhite said it was invalu
able experience, teaching him the
intricacies of how a Division I bas
ketball team works. Short agreed.
“Compared to where I was at this
point last year, it’s a huge improve
ment,” Short said.
Twenty-seven years ago, Percy
Crosswhite and the Australian Na
tional Team came to America and
played in McArthur Court against
the famed “Kamikaze Kids” and a
junior named Ernie Kent.
In 1982, Percy Crosswhite birthed
a future Kent pupil.
“I didn’t even know my dad
played here, originally,” that pupil,
Ian Crosswhite, said. “He never
mentioned it to me, and I was talk
ing to Coach Kent one day during
the recruiting process, and he said,
‘I’m pretty sure I played against your
dad when I was playing here.’”
Now a Crosswhite is playing in a
game with an Australian team, only
his name is Ian, and he’ll be wearing
the green and white of Oregon.
Does that mean he’ll have reser
vations about beating a team from
his home country, a team with a
uniform that he once wore?
This Crosswhite doesn’t hesitate.
“I want to beat them,” he said.
“By a lot.”
Such harsh words about people
who are, after all, friends instead of
mere names on a preseason roster.
Contact the sports editor
atpeterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
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