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Sports â€" In this, the final segment of a twoâ€"part series, University of Waterloo Warriors hockey coach Don McKee discusses the changes made to the program during the offâ€"season which he feels will bring the Ontario Universities Athletic Association crown to UW next year. Because of its high academic standards, many topâ€"notch athletes find themselves playing against the University of Waterloo Warriors instead of for them. This is a situation that UW hockey coach Don McKee recognizes only toowell. And being an academically successful high school student is not enough. When accepted at UW â€" as is the case at other schools â€" a student athlete must maintain his or her grades to stay with a varsity team. McKee boasts only two students forced off his team during the last three years, or two out of 75. Other coaches, claims McKee, recruit on a yearâ€"toâ€"year basis, knowing fully well they will lose a handful of players to academic failure. "Id like to go over to York and show you the situation there. They‘ll lose five or six players a year to academic standards. And then there‘s Windsor, their players are admitted with low standards and then go on to fail in the first year anyways," he McKee has not been able to convince UW administration to follow suit and lower its standards â€" he hasn‘t tried. What he has done is appeal certain situations to UW‘s Appeal Committee of the Arts. Instead of automatically turning down a student who fails to make the academic grade, McKee is able to present a case on behalf of the student and outline circumstances which may have been a reason for high school grades that aren‘t up to snuff. The appeals procedure has always been available for McKee Hawks‘ player Alexander Tell (right) utilizes a high leg kick in an peewee soccer action took place Saturday night at Lincoln attempt to stop Kevin Godbout from progressing with the ball. The Village . Park. Scott Gardner photo Is this the year for UW hockey? at UW, but this is the first year he has known about it and attempted to utilize it. "If a student doesn‘t meet the standards of the university, they may have their position appealed. There are two or three things that may assist you in appeal â€"â€" the loss of a parent perhaps...the student could have moved to two or three schools during the school year...or maybe poor health that leads to a student missing school...something like that," said McKee. The most notable student to benefit from the procedure is Tony Crisp, a smoothâ€"skating centreman from Kitchener Rangers. Accepted "cold turkey" at York, said McKee, Crisp narrowly missed the UW cutoff line but had his case appealed and was accepted. "When Don appeals, he puts his credibility and the credibility of the program on the line. So he makes sure that these kids are not going to let us down," said assistant coach Bob Cassidy. That‘s not the only change made during the offâ€"season. In an attempt to "toughen up" his team this year, McKee has arranged to take his team to the annual University of Calgary tournament over Christmas. ‘"‘The Western teams play a much tougher brand of hockey and we‘ll benefit from that," he said. The team will also attend the North York Cup, which it won FANCY FOOTWORK Sidelines Mark Bryson WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY JULY 13, 1988 â€" PAGE 28 last year, and for the first time ever, will coâ€"host the Oktoberfest tournament at the beginning of the season with Wilfrid Laurier University. Western Mustangs, York Yeomen, Laurentian Voyageurs and Ryerson Rams will round out the field. All this activity means more dollars being spent on the program. In addition to a "healthy donation" from the Lion‘s Club and a number of alumni activites McKee and his coaching staff have gone so far as to sell bingo cards on a regular basis at the Uptown Bingo Palace. Asked whether the initiative was actually a directive from the school‘s athletic department to produce a winner, McKee answered with a definitive "no." "Every member of the coaching staff is a self motivator. We haven‘t received any pressure and we don‘t need to have any pressure. We know what we have to get done and this year we‘re going to do it," he said. As mentioned in last week‘s column, that will mean as many as seven of McKee‘s 22 returninig players losing a spot on the roster this year. "That tourney is very important. If we win that, we‘ve achieved credibility right off the bat." â€" A practise schedule which includes morning workouts is another first that will take place this season. â€" The only â€" and McKee stresses only â€" hole to be filled at this point in time is finding a capable backâ€"up goaltender for Mike Bishop, UW allâ€"Canadian first stringer. At least four goalies will attempt to secure the spot at training camp, including returnees Jamey Solloman and John Chan. "I have never felt as good about a team at UW as I do about this one. We (the coaching staff) can‘t wait to get on the ice with them," said McKee.