June Daugherty
June Daugherty
June Daugherty is an American women's college basketball coach, currently serving as head coach at Washington State University. turned around the WSU women's basketball program by bringing in top-ranked recruiting classes, has improved attendance numbers and has overseen student-athletes who place premiums on academics and community service. Prior to becoming a head coach, Daugherty served as an assistant coach at Kent State Universityand Stanford Universityunder Tara Vanderveer. During the 2011-2012 season, Daugherty led the Cougars to one of the most...
discuss doctors opportunity sit tests time until
Until we get through those tests and doctors have had time to sit down and confer with Kayla and with her family, I don't think we're going to have any answers. Until we can get those evaluations, I don't think we have any opportunity to discuss anything else.
break close matter talented time
We know they're a talented team. They were in so many close battles, it was only a matter of time that they were going to break through.
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It's unbelievable really and is a testament to each of them on how they've handled the adversity that has just come down the pike. It certainly made them all stronger and wiser. But at that same time you're like, 'Why? Why do those kids have to go through all of that?' They handle things so well and sports teaches lifelong lessons and they certainly have grown as people.
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Eighteen months is a long time to just be out there playing in an open gym and not being coached. Not being able to work on your conditioning, your strength, your game the way you would be in an organized and disciplined situation.
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It was a long time ago, but we wanted to make sure we started off the conference play really well. That early in the season, of course it was really important and of course it's a statement game.
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Kayla has been clutch for five years in this program. She is someone I always counted on to have on the floor in crunch time or a late-game situation, because she's so aware of the circumstances of what's going on and what her team needs to do.
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The doctors asked a lot about what had happened. They revisited, if you will, a chronological timeline of what happened before, how she felt.
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We're going to have to defend them. All of their players are capable of big numbers. Our defense is going to be tested.
We're back. But I don't think we were ever out of it.
doubted people year
We started out the year and people doubted us.
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We are not a one-horse team. We are going to throw 10 to 12 players out there. When we can do that, especially when we are flat, it is fun to see all the different weapons that we have.
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We're having great success with it. I think it has a lot to do with our talent. We've got some kids who are pretty athletic and play very hard.
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There are ups and downs in every season. It was hard to finish the regular season that way. At the same time, I think good lessons were learned and we've taken a lot of that into our practices this week.
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We didn't think the game was out of hand at all. We put pressure on the basketball, denying lanes. The front line was trying to do a great job defensively and it all worked.