About 5 years ago, the Colorado Buffs had a reunion event where they honored the '94-95 team during the weekend, including at the game on that Sunday. As many of you may know, Tournebize's mother Isabelle Fijalkowski was on that team. I don't know if she attended the reunion events but here's the info that she shared at the time for the post on the website:
C Isabelle Fijalkowski
Current position: I'm the manager of a training center in the region of Auvergne Rhone Alpes. The sports center is in Vichy, in central France, about 400 km from Paris. With my coaching staff we support young basketball players from 13 to 15 years old. This organization is part of the BB French Fédération Performance project. I worked for the French Fédération for 17 years. I am also in charge of a development program for basketball players of large size. I was the assistant coach of young national teams U18 U20 and U25 for four years, competing for European Championships and international games.
Family: I have two children: Vincent, age 15; and Alicia, age 13. They both play basketball. I coach my daughter's team (JA Vichy) and it's a lot of fun to share these special moments!
Favorite CU memories: Playing for an American university was a dream come true. It was tough but I loved it. My season at CU helped me to become mentally tough and achieve my goals with club teams in France, in the WNBA, in Italy and with the French national team (European champion, Olympian in Sydney 2000). Winning and sweeping the conference was the best basketball memory — and the worst was being eliminated one step away from the Final Four
How CU influenced your life: It showed me also that you can be a woman and a great inspiring coach like
Ceal Barry and coach (Karen) Morrison. All the staff were women — the exact opposite in France, even today. They shared their passion, their competitiveness, their confidence and the right attitude to become a champion. I still follow CU basketball through Facebook and my former CU teammates too!
