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Message: [QUOTE="jonson, post: 3157541, member: 6034"] From a local (Oregon) story on the commitment (and distance): Maddie Scherr knew deep-down that Oregon would wind up being the pick for a while. The biggest obstacle standing in her way was the 2,400-miles between her home in Florence (Kent.) and Eugene. Since both her older siblings attend Northern Kentucky University, about 15 minutes from the family home, the idea of going to college so far away was admittedly hard for the family to wrap its head around. “It wasn’t as much me as it was my family," she said of the issues with distance. “I knew Oregon was the place I needed to go, and although it’s the furthest, it gave me the best support system for my home away from home. . . . The decision came down to four schools: three nearby schools in Louisville, Kentucky, and Indiana and the west coast Ducks. The final choice was between Oregon and Louisville, and after a "back-and-forth" couple of weeks, the relationship with Graves pushed them over the top. Graves began recruiting Scherr when she was in eighth grade. “He’s not just a crazy head coach who is pushing his players all day and then off the court he’s not worried about them," she said of Graves. "It’s more than that, and that was important for me because I’m more than a basketball player. I’m going to be a student-athlete for four years. “When I go to college, I want to come out the best basketball player I can be, so going where I know I’ll be pushed and I’ll have to work really hard, and hopefully we can win, I’m a competitor and I want to win games, those were all important factors too." Scherr referenced the [URL='https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/sabrina-ionescu-oregon-basketball'][I]Player Tribune[/I] piece[/URL] penned by Sabrina Ionescu to announce her return last month, which stated: "Something is happening here. We’re building [I]a program[/I] — and not just any program. We’re building a program that wins national championships." "That was super awesome to read because that’s just the vibe there," she said. "That’s what they’re about. The goal is to win a national championship. That’ll be the goal the minute we get there. We’ll have hard-working players. Hopefully, we can capitalize off of it and win a national championship." Link: [URL="https://247sports.com/college/oregon/Article/Maddie-Scherr-Oregon-Womens-Basketball-Kelly-Graves-132068797/"]Maddie Scherr explains decision behind her Oregon commitment[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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