Jana’s parents

[Vowelguy]

Nice interview with Holly Rowe and Jana’s parents at today’s shoot around.
Her dad is coach of the Egyptian national team.
Jana says that Geno is tough on her but her dad is even tougher!

Her parents didn’t plan to come until after the E8 game so last minute tickets …. It was a 26 hour trip from Egypt to Tampa!

 

[BRS24]

 

[EricLA]

Best line from the dad "Jana loves Geno so so much!" A lot of other great complements, but I know it's got to be hard for their daughter to be thousands of miles away in a different country. What a great story!

 

[BRS24]

Watching that interview, how proud her parents are, gotta wonder if they understand the depth of support and love that fans have for Jana and the team. I'm sure this weekend in Tampa is a whirlwind for them, especially if they weren't familiar with college basketball in the US.

 

[ABCDFE]

awesome interview. Uconn recruiting department please please use this in our international recruiting material.

 

[Henry]

I wonder how much of Jana's play yesterday was because she was in a good place with her parents being here to see her play. It's got to be so hard for someone her age to be so far from home.

 

[DEFCONN1]

Watching that interview, how proud her parents are, gotta wonder if they understand the depth of support and love that fans have for Jana and the team. I'm sure this weekend in Tampa is a whirlwind for them, especially if they weren't familiar with college basketball in the US.

What a great moment for Jana and her family !

 

[Fastbreak]

Jana's father must be 6'8"s tall, it's good they were sitting for the interview otherwise he would have towered over Holly.

 

[Vowelguy]

Jana's father must be 6'8"s tall, it's good they were sitting for the interview otherwise he would have towered over Holly.

KK would tower over Holly

 

[Vowelguy]

Jana’s mom is Dina Gouda. I know she was born in Egypt, but is that an Egyptian surname? Doesn’t seem like it?

 

[UDann]

Jana’s mom is Dina Gouda. I know she was born in Egypt, but is that an Egyptian surname? Doesn’t seem like it?

It's a Dutch cheese

 

[DefenseBB]

Tidbit: met Jana’s parents at the post game party at the hotel and her mom is probably 5’10” and her dad is 6’7” or More. Everyone was obviously in a great mood
And they were simply ecstatic with the support.
The post game party was awesome

 

[FormerCTrez]

Holly Rowe at her best!!

 

[JellyBean]

Nice interview with Holly Rowe and Jana’s parents at today’s shoot around.
Her dad is coach of the Egyptian national team.
Jana says that Geno is tough on her but her dad is even tougher!

Her parents didn’t plan to come until after the E8 game so last minute tickets …. It was a 26 hour trip from Egypt to Tampa!

Wow! That is a long trip but glad that they made it to see their baby play. Can't wait to see the growth of Jana's game next season. Congrats, UConn on the 12th!!

 

[jabstep]

Jana really helped us win this year. She had the size and strength to bang with Betts. She should watch tape of Betts and learn some of the quickness in her moves around the hoop.
I think she will work hard over the off-season because she now realizes what the competition is like.

 

[Plebe]

Jana’s mom is Dina Gouda. I know she was born in Egypt, but is that an Egyptian surname? Doesn’t seem like it?

It's an Arabic surname ( جودة ). The transcriptions of course can vary. In Egyptian Arabic the first letter is pronounced as a hard "G" and is transcribed as such (example); in other Arab countries it's pronounced and transcribed as a "J". For instance there's a Palestinian-American poet/physician named Fady Joudeh.