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College Sports TV - www.cstv.com December 5, 2007 |
Aussie PossePortland gets help from the land down under
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By Lara Boyko Of all the Australian imports to come to the U.S. - from Lauren Jackson, Hugh Jackman and 80's band Men at Work - the Portland women's basketball team has a stronghold on the market share of talent to come from the land of kangaroos and |
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vegemite. "The first time was a total accident back in 1988 or 1989, there was a kid declared ineligible on a recruiting deal at Oregon and since the Oregon coach is a friend of mine, he called me and asked me if I could take the player so I said sure," said Portland coach Jim Sollars. "It led to another player a couple of years later after the Australian Institute of Sport came touring through and saw the back-up center. I was very impressed with her and we recruited her. We were the only school that recruited her and she ended up being a three-time all conference player for us. One player kept leading to another. It's been by circumstance as much as anything else." It may have been by chance at first, but 18 years later, the women's basketball recruiting pipeline from Australia to Portland has resulted in having an Australian in every class. "They've been solid students, brought a lot to us in terms of academic excellence and a couple of them are really funny where they do a great job of entertaining us on the bus with their Australian songs," said Sollars. "(Senior center) Rachel Warren is a spectacular student who I swear will be Prime Minister of Australia someday. Full Story
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