Club sports grows with addition of new paintball team
Published on April 28, 2009 by Brian C. Bell
The club sports program added a new paintball club, the brainchild of Spencer Lloyd.
While the club has only been in existence since March, Lloyd’s love for the sport began years before he became an Owl when he was in middle school.
“A friend’s birthday party. We played all day and I just kept getting more and more into paintball afterwards, playing every weekend,” said Lloyd about his introduction to the sport.
His continued exposure to paintball led him to bring a competitive spirit to the sport at the collegiate level that can provide incentives along with competition, “You get to meet new people, travel to different places, so I thought I would bring paintball to KSU. We could start something here and be fairly successful,” said Lloyd.
The success will not come without some work. When the Owls begin play in class AA, they will be going up against established teams in the area such as Ga. Tech and UGA. However, Lloyd plans to field the best possible team he can through fundraising and word of mouth.
“With fundraising we can offset some of the cost of this fairly expensive sport…there are experienced players here who just haven’t heard about us. We hope we can bring them in as well,” said Lloyd.
There are currently 10 players on the team’s roster, with a possibility of adding another four to six players before the fall.
“We expect to make the jump to Class A after our first season. I would love to see a KSU team in the national championship and receiving television time,” said Lloyd.
Lloyd is ready to compete as soon as possible, looking to hit the ground shooting, and is ready to bring in anyone who shares his love for the sport, wants to learn more about the sport or just wants a fun way to relieve stress and frustration.
“Anyone who wants to compete can come out and play, we want to field multiple teams,” said Lloyd.
If you have interest in joining the KSU paintball club or want more information, Lloyd has established a Facebook group (KSU Paintball Team) that you can join, or you can contact the KSU Club Sports office.
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