The Arizona volleyball and basketball seasons will both be played in the spring semester this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, forcing two-sport athlete Lauren Ware to pick one or the other for her freshman season.
She chose basketball.
The 6-foot-5 post player explained why on an Instagram Live chat with head coach Adia Barnes on Sunday.
“Originally I was going to play with volleyball first and I would have joined the basketball team later once volleyball was over, but since it got moved to the spring I thought it would be a better decision to start with basketball since we might play earlier anyways,” Ware told Barnes.