Kelly Faris

[Geew1992]

 

[Lurker]

Thank you so much for posting!!!! One of my many "favorite" UConn WBB players. Love her work ethic and the way she played. Great smile. Probably ran hard every single play of her entire basketball career

 

[StarMan]

At UConn, Kelly was a wonder -- 120% effort every game, all the time.

I imagine her coaching would be similar, passing on her near "force of nature" qualities and determination!

 

[NYCHUSKIES]

I love Kelly.. One of my favorite all time huskies.

 

[Skeets]

Geno said that she would never have a bad game, and he was right.

 

[Blakeon18]

Her perimeter shooting got better at UConn until by her senior year she was darn
good at it. Defense/rebounding/taking it to the basket...all that was good 24/7.

 

[PacoSwede]

ashlynn reminds me mucho of kelly ... both indiana kids ... though ash isn't yet as 'clutch' ... and a bit smaller, i think.

 

[Bone Dog]

ashlynn reminds me mucho of kelly ... both indiana kids ... though ash isn't yet as 'clutch' ... and a bit smaller, i think.

That senior year was really something. She was a major part of the first of Stewie’s 4 NCs. Without Kelly, I don’t see that year’s run being nearly so dominating.

 

[my2cents]

One of the players that stuck with the program and improved every year. Kudos to her.

 

[huskyd]

There was never a question about who would guard the opposing team's best player: Kelly.

 

[Bone Dog]

One of the players that stuck with the program and improved every year. Kudos to her.

I think about this a lot, and not just with regard to Kelly. For an 18 yr old to move far away (like from Indiana, or Maryland, or Minnesota or Ecuador) for college, away from any family support system, this is a real challenge. The coach who would recruit them really needs to provide a support system, especially if he and CD are going to provide a lot of ‘tough love.’ And we see a lot of parents traveling to show their support too. But above all, it requires careful recruitment and genuine insight into the personalities who will thrive in such circumstances. Kelly and Ash are similar because they are exactly those kinds of kids. And they are who Geno looks for. Tough minded young people who thrive on independence and new challenges. They aren’t easy to find, but this is his genius.

 

[cabbie191]

One of my (of very many) favorites, too.

Fun trivia - she had a quadruple-double while in high school. Her Indiana high school team won the state championship each of her four years, and then UConn won the national championship her freshman year, so she was part of "the best of the best" for 5 consecutive years.

 

[my2cents]

I think about this a lot, and not just with regard to Kelly. For an 18 yr old to move far away (like from Indiana, or Maryland, or Minnesota or Ecuador) for college, away from any family support system, this is a real challenge. The coach who would recruit them really needs to provide a support system, especially if he and CD are going to provide a lot of ‘tough love.’ And we see a lot of parents traveling to show their support too. But above all, it requires careful recruitment and genuine insight into the personalities who will thrive in such circumstances. Kelly and Ash are similar because they are exactly those kinds of kids. And they are who Geno looks for. Tough minded young people who thrive on independence and new challenges. They aren’t easy to find, but this is his genius.

Exactly. Hard enough to adjust to college life away from home, as it is. To do it playing a sport with these demands makes it a doubly hard.