Courtney Ekmark update!

[CamrnCrz1974]

Courtney Ekmark graduated from ASU Law School in May 2020. She played basketball at the University of Connecticut. She also played basketball at Arizona State University while enrolled in the law school. I - Arizona Attorney Magazine

Phoenix Vol. 12 No. 3

digital.attorneyatlawmagazine.com

 

[Kaizen]

A lawyer will make more money than play in WNBA. She is very smart ....

 

[Mdoggie]

A lawyer will make more money than play in WNBA. She is very smart ....

Was the WNBA an option for her? Very small rosters. I doubt she would’ve made a team. Smart yes.

 

[Kaizen]

Was the WNBA an option for her? Very small rosters. I doubt she would’ve made a team. Smart yes.

No, she knows she will not make the WNBA. But she has a plan to be a lawyer a much stable job than WNBA.

 

[huskeynut]

Good for her.

 

[Huskee11]

So since 2014 she was on TWO NCAA champions, started two seasons for ASU, graduated from college, and graduated from law school.

Nice work. Way to go, Courtney!

 

[Tonyc]

She should have a great future. Maybe get a job with one of the WNBA teams

 

[DEpup]

Congrats to her!! Law school is tough enough and then add on starting for a typically top 25 program is even more challenging.

 

[eebmg]

For the curious, her linkedin profile has her as a Grad Assistant Coach on the Seattle University Men's Team, Check out her 4.0 GPA at ASU

 

[Fiftyish]

Courtney, "Good on ya". Always fun to read about former players and what they have achieved in life after basketball. Thanks for posting.

 

[bluedevil]

Yes...we definity need more lawyers...

 

[Huskee11]

As a law school graduate myself, the thought of playing Division I basketball while going to law school (especially the first year, which requires complete immersion) is totally mind-boggling. She must have cloned herself to do it, that is the only way.

 

[UCTitleTown]

A lawyer will make more money than play in WNBA. She is very smart ....

Especially a litigation lawyer...

 

[cohenzone]

A lawyer will make more money than play in WNBA. She is very smart ....

Not necessarily. Lots of smart lawyers in legal aid services or as counsel to non profit social services. Not to mention, when the economy goes south, certain legal services are not in high demand.
I think the way her hoops career was referenced was kind of funny. It makes it seem like ASU wasn’t prominent in her career compared to UConn when the opposite is true.

 

[lebronfan23]

Seattle U men’s basketball grad assistant Courtney Ekmark is both a student and a teacher of the game

Courtney Ekmark wants to be a coach, and that’s the reason you see her at Seattle U, listening and learning from coach Jim Hayford, who Ekmark has known for many years.

www.seattletimes.com

 

[eebmg]

Seattle U men’s basketball grad assistant Courtney Ekmark is both a student and a teacher of the game

Courtney Ekmark wants to be a coach, and that’s the reason you see her at Seattle U, listening and learning from coach Jim Hayford, who Ekmark has known for many years.

www.seattletimes.com

My respect for Courtney has grown,

But what you probably don’t know is that while Ekmark was finishing her senior season at Arizona State, she also was finishing her second year of law school. She will finish that degree this spring, but she doesn’t plan to be a lawyer.

She wants to be a coach, and that’s the reason you see her at Seattle U, listening and learning from coach Jim Hayford, who Ekmark has known for many years.

 

[Dokey]

Yes...we definity need more lawyers... Tom Paxton One Million Lawyers what’s a poor country to do?

 

[MilfordHusky]

ASU is the #25 Law School. Not too shabby by Courtney.

 

[HopJim]

Not necessarily. Lots of smart lawyers in legal aid services or as counsel to non profit social services. Not to mention, when the economy goes south, certain legal services are not in high demand.
I think the way her hoops career was referenced was kind of funny. It makes it seem like ASU wasn’t prominent in her career compared to UConn when the opposite is true.

Cohen is spot on. A large percentage of lawyers cant make a significant wage and exit the profession. Sad to say, but many of our politicians got into government after failing as a lawyer.

 

[Waquoit]

Another example why transfers are good.

 

[ME Husky Fan]

Yes...we definity need more lawyers...

reminds me of that question the Tom Hanks character asked in Philadelphia about a 'thousand lawyers chained together a the bottom of the sea'

 

[Mdoggie]

Cohen is spot on. A large percentage of lawyers cant make a significant wage and exit the profession. Sad to say, but many of our politicians got into government after failing as a lawyer.

That explains it...