Zia Cooke

I gave my all to it, and I received about 55 college offers around there.

Wow.

Had to get it down to a top five, and South Carolina was in my top five and got it to a top three and then made my decision.

it's a big surprise to everyone yeah was your are you from where are you from i'm from toledo ohio originally oh okay so was your family sad that you were leaving going away or they were excited to come watch you play well they tricked me first of all because i'm a i'm a daddy's girl and a mommy's girl so i wanted my family close to your family i am very close like my decision didn't matter to me because i thought that they were going to come wherever i decided to go

And they tricked me.

They just did that so that I would actually go where I wanted to go.

Instead of like actually.

Locally.

Yeah.

So.

Oh, that's really sweet.

They didn't move with me.

So I was probably more sad than they were because they planted all along.

But they were always there, though.

So it was like it felt like they they lived there.

I think for sure.

Yeah.

The pace was something that was a lot different.

And the pace from college to the W is different.

I think that's the number one thing that changes when you're elevating and when you're playing basketball.