The subject is Shawn Poindexter, Arizona Wildcats senior receiver and touchdown machine.
When it’s mentioned that Poindexter might have a shot to play in the NFL, his former coach at Peoria Centennial High School — former volleyball coach, that is — barely can contain her excitement.
“When you talk about him having a chance at the next level,” Cari Bauer said, “it gives me freaking goosebumps.”
Bauer considers Poindexter a “special kid.” She knew what UA coaches, players and fans have come to learn. It isn’t just Poindexter’s height and leaping ability that have made him an improbable success story.