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Message: [QUOTE="Ex Nutmegger, post: 2855123, member: 8025"] I live in Santa Cruz. In fact, I live just around the corner(well, actually around two corners) from Haley’s and her parents house. Her father, Patrick was in the same class as my younger son. My two sons played Soccer(four years varsity) Golf and ran track. Patrick concentrated on basketball. So we only knew them very casually, seeing them at school functions(fund raisers, etc.) I had seen a comment or two about Haley’s accomplishments at Mitty High in the local paper, but had no idea she was that good until her name appeared in the Boneyard. She has a great basketball pedigree. Both parents were stars on their respective Santa Cruz High basketball teams. And both parents were head coaches of the girls and boys teams respectively for several years. So there is no doubt in my mind as to the altitude of her basketball IQ. As for the picture above, I have stood there several times. There are many more scenic spots in town and, as most residents live within a mile or so of the water, we are often presented with a great view. The sky you see in the photo is the sky we see almost 300 days of the year. Yes, there is fog, but it does “burn off” by noon(often by 9 or 10AM). We have lived here for 44 years and during that time it has snowed twice for about an hour with the flakes melting as they touched the ground. All that being said, I can say from experience with my sons that young people out here are appreciative of their climate and scenic environment but are also well traveled and want to see more of other places. My sons went to the New England and New Jersey areas for college. They found the social and scenic aspects stimulating and rewarding and the Winters invigorating. I think Haley, like them, will see many more pluses than minuses to going back there to school. I believe UConn’s big competition is Stanford. I’m sure Haley could do well academically at Stanford. Stanford is ranked #2 academically this year behind MIT. That’s a strong pull if you qualify. And I think Haley is smart enough to look forward to life after basketball(i.e. the last 2/3 of her adult life. A lot depends on what she wants as a “second career”. If she wants to be a physician, a professor or a politician then Stanford looks good. If she is interested in a career in athletics(coach, G.M.,etc.) then Geno and UConn look good. As somebody must have said, “the ball’s in her court”. [/QUOTE]

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