And Still I Rise

Her name is Sophia Young and she hails from the town of Layou in St Vincent and the Grenadines.Last year she led Baylor to a NCAA women's championship but there was to be no repeat in 2006 as they were eliminated by eventual winners Maryland.Despite failing to repeat championship glory there was much personal glory for the girl from Vinci land.She was named the Big 12 Player of the Year,AP All-American First team,finalist for Kodak honors and Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (4.0 GPA.)Became just the fourth player in NCAA history to post career totals of 2,000 points (Young had 2,480), 1,000 rebounds (1,316), 300 assists (303) and 300 steals (315) -- joining USC's Cheryl Miller, and Tennesse's duo of Chamique Holdsclaw and Tamicha Catchings during the New Mexico win ... Not bad for a girl who never played basketball until she moved to the US at age 15 as part of an exchange student programme.Prior to this she was an avid netballer who in 1998 led SVG under 16 netballers to a Caribbean title.But best of all,today the news broke that Sophia was the no 4 draft pick in the WNBA.Bye,bye college scene and hello San Antonio Silver Stars.Knock them dead,Sophia!

# posted by Abeni @ 8:56 PM