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Showing her charity stripes: Former Middletown star Poffenbarger gives back through basketball camp | Collegiate | fredericknewspost.com
Twenty middle-school aged girls from all over Central Maryland spent $80 dollars to partake in basketball activities and receive instruction from Poffenbarger, who currently plays for the most prominent women’s basketball team in the country at the University of Connecticut.
“A lot of girls will ask to individually train with me, and, with my schedule, it’s just super hectic. So, it’s hard for me to individually train a lot of people,” Poffenbarger said.
So, she decided on a two-day basketball camp earlier this summer, which would allow her to work with a wide-range of girls in a pair of five-hour sessions. She had to limit the number of campers to 20 to give each one as much individual attention as possible.
And within 48 hours of news going out about the camp through word of mouth, email and social media, all of the spots were filled.
Poffenbarger is back to full health after suffering a stress fracture in her back during her first season at UConn. She did not require surgery.
In the last four years, she has had two surgeries to repair torn labrums in both of her hips. “I have like 70-year-old injuries,” she said sheepishly.
Poffenbarger will head back to UConn on Aug. 28. She looks forward to her first full season with the team and playing in front of larger crowds.
Twenty middle-school aged girls from all over Central Maryland spent $80 dollars to partake in basketball activities and receive instruction from Poffenbarger, who currently plays for the most prominent women’s basketball team in the country at the University of Connecticut.
“A lot of girls will ask to individually train with me, and, with my schedule, it’s just super hectic. So, it’s hard for me to individually train a lot of people,” Poffenbarger said.
So, she decided on a two-day basketball camp earlier this summer, which would allow her to work with a wide-range of girls in a pair of five-hour sessions. She had to limit the number of campers to 20 to give each one as much individual attention as possible.
And within 48 hours of news going out about the camp through word of mouth, email and social media, all of the spots were filled.
Poffenbarger is back to full health after suffering a stress fracture in her back during her first season at UConn. She did not require surgery.
In the last four years, she has had two surgeries to repair torn labrums in both of her hips. “I have like 70-year-old injuries,” she said sheepishly.
Poffenbarger will head back to UConn on Aug. 28. She looks forward to her first full season with the team and playing in front of larger crowds.