Brionna Jones of Md. has a big career choice ahead.

[CocoHusky]

To steal a line from the article, Mad props to Brionna Jones for being outstanding in two fields. Was always a big fan, bigger fan now after reading this article. Wish her the best of luck on her career choice.

Everything’s in place for Brionna Jones​

 

[bags27]

wow, Coco; thanks for posting. pretty amazing person.

a very long and poorly edited article; here's an essential part:
Frese’s support of players with rigorous academic schedules played a key role in Jones’ decision to come to Maryland. At many schools, top-level student-athletes are discouraged from such majors, but Frese is adamant that players with passions shouldn’t be deterred from them.


“That was a big deal to me, just going somewhere where the coach would allow me to do what I needed to do to accomplish my goals,” Jones said. “Coach B’s great at that.”


Two of Jones’ Maryland teammates have been pre-med majors as well: Howard and guard Kristen Confroy. The trio comprised three-fifths of the Terps’ lineup last year, and when they weren’t playing together, they were studying together in their shared apartment.

 

[trb123]

Does any top Uconn player since 1995 (not bench players like Pulido or Marron) have a pre-med degree (or in engineering)?

 

[bags27]

Does any top Uconn player since 1995 (not bench players like Pulido or Marron) have a pre-med degree (or in engineering)?

Ah, c'mon. the bench won the game....

 

[jdubct]

Does any top Uconn player since 1995 (not bench players like Pulido or Marron) have a pre-med degree (or in engineering)?[/QUOTE
Jennifer Rizzotti (1996). I don't recall any others.

 

[BroadwayVa]

To steal a line from the article, Mad props to Brionna Jones for being outstanding in two fields. Was always a big fan, bigger fan now after reading this article. Wish her the best of luck on her career choice.

Everything’s in place for Brionna Jones​

Obviously she is a worker---her newly chosen field is demanding --but oh so rewarding. I don't like UConn playing Jones , never did, she is almost impossible to stop--but when she is playing other team--I'm truly impressed with her abilities.

 

[Phil]

Does any top Uconn player since 1995 (not bench players like Pulido or Marron) have a pre-med degree (or in engineering)?

Strother majored in Nursing, which may not be exactly pre-med, but close.

 

[BroadwayVa]

wow, Coco; thanks for posting. pretty amazing person.

a very long and poorly edited article; here's an essential part:
Frese’s support of players with rigorous academic schedules played a key role in Jones’ decision to come to Maryland. At many schools, top-level student-athletes are discouraged from such majors, but Frese is adamant that players with passions shouldn’t be deterred from them.


“That was a big deal to me, just going somewhere where the coach would allow me to do what I needed to do to accomplish my goals,” Jones said. “Coach B’s great at that.”


Two of Jones’ Maryland teammates have been pre-med majors as well: Howard and guard Kristen Confroy. The trio comprised three-fifths of the Terps’ lineup last year, and when they weren’t playing together, they were studying together in their shared apartment.

Demanding study, long hours, demanding internship--long hours---specialties' can have demands to an MD's life--but special people find this work more than rewarding but a calling. Special people!! It would appear Jones may be one of them--very special!! If Brenda is all Jones has said--my hat is off to her and I apologize for all the bad thought I have had about her. Any coach that pushes demanding education--earned a place in my heart--they are so few!!

 

[Fairfield Fan]

Strother majored in Nursing, which may not be exactly pre-med, but close.

Did she become a nurse? How about Heather Buck? She majored in nursing as well. It takes a lot to become a nurse, and a lot more to become a specialist, such as an emergency room nurse, or surgical nurse.

How are our kids doing on that front?

 

[BroadwayVa]

Strother majored in Nursing, which may not be exactly pre-med, but close.

Really good nurses are not readily found. OR and Preme'ies -God's gift to mankind is all I can say. But MD is a much longer and demanding road before they practice. Some of those nurses who sit over a single sick baby 8 or 10 hours each day--become so attached --if they lose that baby--they cry for days, not minutes not hours--how they do that again is beyond me.
Something the general public never sees--. Good OR nurses limit OR mistakes.

 

[uconnell]

Strother majored in Nursing, which may not be exactly pre-med, but close.

So did Buck. Awhile back I remember a player, although she got hurt and didn't play much, who became a surgeon.

 

[Woof 101]

Does any top Uconn player since 1995 (not bench players like Pulido or Marron) have a pre-med degree (or in engineering)?

Not sure but here is another feather in Geno's hat.
Chong's degree of difficulty; Huskies visit Tulsa in search of win No. 92
32 years with a 100% graduation rate for every player that stayed their 4 years!

Again this will not answer your question but our gals are by no means slacking on the books. We have had Rebecca and Maya both mentioned in the Rhodes Scholar conversation.
Maya Moore Considers Applying for a Rhodes Scholarship

 

[drweo]

A salute to Jones for her dedication to her pre-med studies and best wishes for her future, off or on the basketball court (except if she plays UConn again ).

 

[Fairfield Fan]

To steal a line from the article, Mad props to Brionna Jones for being outstanding in two fields. Was always a big fan, bigger fan now after reading this article. Wish her the best of luck on her career choice.

Everything’s in place for Brionna Jones​

She should go to med school. Don't wait around. Do it!!! She can't wait forever to become a doctor, which will take seven more years. And she won't be earning much from basketball, certainly not when compared with potential earnings from medicine.

Appreciate her great choices. But seems clear.

 

[easttexastrash]

Pre-med and she didn't choose Stanford or Duke? I thought they got ALL the "cerebral" players.

 

[Bigpetunia]

She should go to med school. Don't wait around. Do it!!! She can't wait forever to become a doctor, which will take seven more years. And she won't be earning much from basketball, certainly not when compared with potential earnings from medicine.

Appreciate her great choices. But seems clear.

Total agreement here. And, of course, it's about so much more than potential earnings. What a great young woman...she'll be able to tell her children and grandchildren about her remarkable accomplishments in WCBB. But the professional game? It's fine, I suppose, for certain rare talents - for this kid, though, it seems like time to get on with more important things in life. Hats off to her!

 

[OldAlum]

Props to her for working so hard and succeeding so well in such diverse undertakings. Gives me more respect for Frese for supporting and even encouraging that.
I was a little saddened when I heard Geno say that he recruits "basketball players who also want a college education" and not college students who want to play basketball.

 

[j66kicker]

Props to her for working so hard and succeeding so well in such diverse undertakings. Gives me more respect for Frese for supporting and even encouraging that.
I was a little saddened when I heard Geno say that he recruits "basketball players who also want a college education" and not college students who want to play basketball.

This is reality. Many of these girls basically major in basketball. UConn has been called a "basketball factory." It is. This is why we have all the NC's, records, past superstars, WNBA stars and Olympians we are so ecstatic about every day.

The players can also get a very good education if they want, or at least get some education in something to complement their future basketball careers - broadcast journalism, sports training/kinesiology or, like Breanna Stewart, an "individualized major of Sport and Society." At minimum they get a fantastic character-building education from Geno and leave as graduates of the CD Finishing School. They leave UConn knowing how to win - probably better prepared to succeed in the 'real world' than most non-athlete college graduates.

 

[Kibitzer]

I can identify remotely with Brionna's situation. My grandson graduated from UMD (major, Bioengineering) and is now enrolled in UMD Med. School. He took a year "off" to study at the University of Madrid as a Fulbright Scholar. (He doesn't play basketball; just lacrosse and violin.) Once Brionna learns about the thrill of the Short White Coat Ceremony (after 10 weeks in Med. School), the WNBA will likely be relegated to her rear view mirror.

 

[Fairfield Fan]

Pre-med and she didn't choose Stanford or Duke? I thought they got ALL the "cerebral" players.

Maryland used to have the slogan "Fear The Turtle." Now, with its rankings for its undergraduate college, as well as many graduate schools, rising strongly, the motto is "Revere The Turtle."

The Maryland men's team turned out Rhodes Scholar Tom McMillen a few decades ago.

 

[Fairfield Fan]

I can identify remotely with Brionna's situation. My grandson graduated from UMD (major, Bioengineering) and is now enrolled in UMD Med. School. He took a year "off" to study at the University of Madrid as a Fulbright Scholar. (He doesn't play basketball; just lacrosse and violin.) Once Brionna learns about the thrill of the Short White Coat Ceremony (after 10 weeks in Med. School), the WNBA will likely be relegated to her rear view mirror.

A big congratulations to your grandson!!!!

 

[emjay]

It's been a nice surprise watching Brionna Jones's standout senior year. She was great last year, but I didn't think of her as the type of player to put the team on her back and will them to victory. I'd thought of that as more Walker-Kimbrough's role. Jones has shown a lot of toughness and fierce determination while being her steady and reliable self this year - not many players have been able to match up with her. Except of course Chantel Osahor, also a favourite of mine, who owned her in last year's NCAA tournament game... I hope Jones has learned from that game.

Kudos to her for prioritizing her academics - but I do look forward to seeing her in the WNBA this summer. She's not very fast and she's rather foul-prone, so I can't imagine that she'd be a starter, and she might not even be a significant rotation player. But she might surprise me again!

 

[Husky1964]

Many decades ago!!

 

[trb123]

Pre-med and she didn't choose Stanford or Duke? I thought they got ALL the "cerebral" players.

It will be a mistake to think (all - 2) universities are created equal to the standards set in East Texas.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Thanks for sharing this article and the kudos for Brionna and Brenda. Very classy of you guy on the BY.

Been a nice weekend for Maryland. The win over Iowa (Brionna 12-13 from the floor). Also we got a verbal from the #5 player in the class of 2018 Shakira Austin (we need to sign some players to at least get within 10 points of you guys )

Maryland women’s basketball landed the 5th-best 2018 recruit