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OVER THE YEARS... OUR ELITE 8 AWARD NOMINEES HAVE BEEN MORE THAN JUST
GREAT ATHLETES. THEY'RE PEOPLE WHOSE CHARACTER HAS SHOWN ON AND OFF THE COURT.
AS OUR JOHN --LAWS-- FOUND OUT WITH A PREVIOUS WINNER... THEY KEEP THOSE ATTRIBUTES LONG
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
LIKE MOST OF OUR OVERALL ELITE 8 WINNERS, SEQUOYAH'S ANGEL
GOODRICH WOULD GO ON TO COLLEGE
HOOPS... THE ALL-AMERICAN CAME INTO LAWRENCE AS ONE OF THE TOP POINT GUARD
RECRUITS IN THE COUNTRY... ANGEL WAS FLYING HIGH FOR LITTLE
UNDER TWO FULL PRACTICES...I was a little shocked. I had only heard of other people tearing their ACLs.
Then I was like wow, my first year that happens
erious knee injuries have become all too common among athletes. But after spending her entire
freshman year rehabbing her torn ACL,
Angel comes back and is off to a great start in her sophomore year -- only to have the
same thing happen to the other knee.
sister lost
I don't even know...
You only question yourself when things like that happen
but everything happens for a reason. You may not know the reason at the time b
ut I've grown a lot from
both of them.
for people who don't know about knee injuries and the
rehabbing process that goes into them, for you what was the biggest challenge?"
staying in it mentally.
Physically it was painful and everything but you always question whether you're going
to be the same player you were before."
ANGEL ADMITS SHE ISN'T THE SAME PLAYER SHE WAS BEFORE...
ACTUALLY SHE'S EVEN BETTER...
GOODRICH AN ALL-BIG 12 SELECTION WHILE LEADING THE NATION IN ASSISTS PER GAME
AND SHE HAS EVERY INTENTION OF GOING OUT ON TOP...
IT'S ONLY BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
HARD EXPERIENCE BUT IT'S HELPED ME GROW. JOHN LAWS TULSA'S CHANNEL 8 SPORTS