Some people hate Mondays. I love them. Because they’re my Fridays and … it’s player of the week time!
I did this by conference last week, but this time I’m going to switch it up and try by sport. FYI, Bethel and Ottawa cleaned up in the KCAC awards, ESU volleyball player Ting Liu is a stud, and the Friends University Web Site definitely needs to throw some mug shots on there.
Here it goes:
As a lot of you already know, former Hutchinson Community College basketball player and Wichitan Cortez Barnes died in a car accident Sunday in Texas.
Barnes was a City League great who tore it up on the court wherever he went — including two years for the Blue Dragons, where his name still dots the record book. Current HCC women’s coach John Ontjes was a teammate when Barnes played in Hutch, and has some nice words about his former teammate in this release from Steve Carpenter, HCC Sports Information Director:
Cortez Barnes (HCC photo)