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Message: [QUOTE="eebmg, post: 3862948, member: 7548"] What a beautiful soul [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ctinsider.com/sports/ctpost/article/Playing-for-him-now-UConn-s-Aaliyah-15974563.php[/URL] Most interesting perhaps is how Geno started the recruiting process Jackie Edwards remembers the first call from Geno Auriemma, who had seen Aaliyah play at a camp during the 2019 Final Four in Tampa. “He said, ‘I watched her run up and down the court unlike anybody else’ and he said she was like a woman playing against girls,” Jackie Edwards said. “He went on to say Aaliyah was the one who, when there was an injury before halftime and everybody was running to the changing room, she doubled back to make sure an opposing athlete was OK. He said she subbed out with a smile and took the court with a smile. He said those are the things you can’t coach. Then he said, ‘I just want an opportunity to be in the mix. I’m asking you for the opportunity to recruit her.’” [/QUOTE]