12-15-2015, 01:10 PM
(12-15-2015, 07:40 AM)Mike link Wrote:"Of all the many 21st Century WBB players lost to injury, the one I miss most is Ms. Kokenis."Yes. The most highly ranked recruit since Chiney never plays a minute for us. That has had an effect. Although by some measure Alanna Smith is more highly rated--No. 5. I still have high hopes for her, but the adjustment has not been easy.Â
I think the one we miss most is Aly Beebe, who is a senior this year and probably would have been our leading scorer/rebounder. Think about a lineup of Beebe, McCall, Tomlinson, Roberson and Samuelson. Her ACLs threw a monkey-wrench into the program that have had a multi-year and far-reaching effect. We forget that she was a member of the top-player group that we say we haven't gotten recently. There but for misfortune ...
As I recall, Beebe reinjured her knee and retired toward the beginning of the sophomore season, meaning that the recruit to fill her slot could not start until Beebe was a junior. That would make Kaylee or McPhee or Taylor Rooks the holder of her scholarship now, except that Taylor has moved on. Maybe it is Kira Lahkian who currently holds the Beebe scholarship--if one could track such things.
