Call Svetlana

[Scrutiner]

Time for Geno to call Svetlana and ask who she might recommend as our next foreign recruit.

 

[vtcwbuff]

Olga Stepovaya 6'11"

 

[CL82]

Olga Stepovaya 6'11"

I see what you did there.

Isn't her first name Ivana?

 

[DEpup]

Aside from the joke I do think a really good european player would be a good option.

 

[uconnfan68]

Ask Geno about the G-D Europeans.

 

[Sonny44]

Olga Stepovaya 6'11"

I think its Ivana Stepovaya.

 

[pinotbear]

I think its Ivana Stepovaya.

Olga may be a younger sister, a tad shorter, but, a bit faster up and down the court. Older sister, Imgonna, has exhausted her eligibility, and now plays in the Mongollian League, for the Steppes Steppers.

 

[DaBball]

I’m relatively new to the BY, can someone fill me in on this “Stepovaya” stuff

 

[j66kicker]

I’m relatively new to the BY, can someone fill me in on this “Stepovaya” stuff

Way back when, after Svetlana graduated, there were hot rumors that Geno was recruiting a very tall Russian player named Ivana Stepovaya. He never got her, although I think he came close to signing her cousin - a banger named Ivilla Steponya.

 

[pinotbear]

I’m relatively new to the BY, can someone fill me in on this “Stepovaya” stuff

As I recall - and, older vets, please feel free to jump in - Geno actually was in the hunt for a big girl, Gillian Goring (Gillian Goring - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA). Gillian ended up having a bit of a transient, "migratory" career, both college and professional, beset with promise, last-minute changes, etc.. About that time, this mythical European/Russian player appeared, to fill the unfulfilled promise of Goring, the legendary Ivana Stepovaya. She would be everything Goring should have been, and more, with Sveta's Russian mystique - Griner before Griner, with an Eastern European panache'. Alas, Ivana, like Gillian, never quite materialized, but, the legend lives on, from the Chippewa on down, of the big stud they call Step-a-ovaya...

 

[vtcwbuff]

I think its Ivana Stepovaya.

Ivana is in her 40's now. I think her eligibility has expired. Olga is her daughter.

 

[VAMike23]

Ivana is in her 40's now. I think her eligibility has expired. Olga is her daughter.

I think Sidd Finch is a distant cousin of Ivana, on his mother's side...

Sidd Finch

 

[HuskyNan]

As I recall - and, older vets, please feel free to jump in - Geno actually was in the hunt for a big girl, Gillian Goring (Gillian Goring - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA). Gillian ended up having a bit of a transient, "migratory" career, both college and professional, beset with promise, last-minute changes, etc.. About that time, this mythical European/Russian player appeared, to fill the unfulfilled promise of Goring, the legendary Ivana Stepovaya. She would be everything Goring should have been, and more, with Sveta's Russian mystique - Griner before Griner, with an Eastern European panache'. Alas, Ivana, like Gillian, never quite materialized, but, the legend lives on, from the Chippewa on down, of the big stud they call Step-a-ovaya...

Ah, yes, the poster with the handle Wonkster found her.

 

[reno tony]

What about Iluv B Gonias. Any news if she is coming to America.

 

[Monte]

Time for Geno to call Svetlana and ask who she might recommend as our next foreign recruit.

Wouldn't that be Russian interference?

 

[Lynx23]

Maybe call Kia. Evidently she'll be involved in a Canadian AAU program in her name (Kia Nurse Elite) under Nike's sponsorship next summer. I can't find any details, just a logo and some twitter chatter, but it's apparently going to happen. Maybe there's a Canadian or two who can help.