So what I get from this between the lines is that Kyla has had a complete recovery from injury and good results with whatever rehab was needed. Seems there is almost zero info on this angle of the story.
Here is a snippet including her health
I enjoy the stories of those who are successfully coping with life despite the restrictions, cancellations and overall dreariness caused by COVID-19. Their positivity helps keep me going, so I decided to contact three of my favorite subjects from previous columns. None of these individuals has contr
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KYLA IRWIN: GOING PRO IN GERMANY
As I reported in my
April 17 column, State College native Kyla Irwin endured a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad time in early March. Hoping to help boost her fifth-ranked University of Connecticut Huskies to a national basketball championship, Irwin first broke a finger in practice on March 6. Then, on March 8 in the semifinals of her conference tournament, she fell to the floor and suffered breaks to her elbow and her ulna. She underwent surgery the next day, March 9.
What else could go wrong? You guessed it: On March 12, COVID-19 caused the official cancellation of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. Now the all-time leading scorer for State College High School basketball would not only be denied the chance to play in the Women’s March Madness. Now, as her college career closed, she was also denied the opportunity to root for her team.
“It was overwhelming,” said Irwin, a part-time starter as a senior for legendary coach Geno Auriemma. “It was hard to swallow each pill individually. There were a lot of nights where I just cried. It was very defeating—how my senior year ended and I wasn’t able to finish it out.”
But summer provided rest, physical healing (
“I’m totally healed; my range of motion is great”) and some wonderful family time for the UConn graduate. The COVID pandemic barred her from group workouts or scrimmages, but that was OK. After six weeks of recovery from surgery this spring, she needed time for solo practice—“just getting back into the rhythm of shooting and dribbling and all that stuff.”
Suddenly, as summer drew to a close, Irwin had good news to report. She had signed a contract with the SNP BasCats USC Heidelberg of the German women’s professional basketball league. She traveled to Germany on Saturday; she’ll start practice Sept. 11 and her season opens Oct. 24.
“It’s going to be really exciting, being away for a while and in a different environment and culture,” Irwin said just prior to her departure from State College. “I am very excited. I can’t believe I’m living out one of my childhood dreams (pro basketball). I feel very fortunate to be in the position that I'm in.”
