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Honoring Laura Lishness

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What a great idea. The men’s side is also honoring legends.

Villanova should honor Shelly Pennefeather but she’s a cloistered nun. I hope she’s remembered in the ceremony-I know Harry has tremendous respect for her

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The first Husky to register a triple double and that was during the Big East tournament final.

I hope they will continue to do it year after year, that should be a way to recognize those not on the wall of honor.
 
Very cool! She was before my time... can someone tell me more about Laura and her accomplishments? was she on the '95 championship team?
 
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Laura Lishness '91 wore jersey #10.... one of a long line of great # 10 players. Sue Bird,
of course, our current # 10 Nika, the "gnat", and one of my favorites (less great, but
a great teammate) Molly Bent, from Cape Cod before moving on to Tabor Academy. GO # 10s!!!!
 
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HuskyNan said:
What a great idea. The men’s side is also honoring legends.

Villanova should honor Shelly Pennefeather but she’s a cloistered nun. I hope she’s remembered in the ceremony-I know Harry has tremendous respect for her

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This one hits me hard every time I read it and watch the video:

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ESPN: The Remarkable Story of a Villanova Basketball Star Who Became a Cloistered Nun

In 1991, at the age of 25, Shelly Pennefather gave up a career in basketball – and life with her own family – to become a cloistered nun.
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Loved watching this kid and talk about using the backboard. One of my all-time favorites from days gone by, pre-bandwagon.
 
I've shared this before on the BY - I worked with Laura's dad for 3.5 years. He was humble, and never really bragged about her. One day, we were talking about something sports related, and he casually mentioned that she played for UConn. This was before the 1991 FF. UC WBB games were not broadcast that much until CPTV took a risk in 1993. Wish we had known sooner, as we may have made the trek to Storrs for weekend games.
 
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From France said:
The article that goes with the pic above :

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Women's Basketball: 1990-91 team began UConn's 20-year tradition of winning

Lost in the 19 regular season Big East titles, 16 conference tournament championships and seven national titles, is the significance of the Huskies’ first NCAA Final Four team, the 1990-91 edition, w…
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What a fantastic picture of 14 beautiful young women wearing Uconn uniforms. They believed in Geno's dream of creating something special in basketball at Uconn and should hold their heads HIGH as they were the start of the Uconn tradition of basketball excellence and team play. I am so glad this was posted because it was the beginning of the Uconn legend and future dynasty. God bless ALL Uconn players, old and new for the pleasure they have given ALL Uconn fans. GO HUSKIES!!!!!!
 
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