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Grace Hunter: A dream born in the backyard - The story of how family pickup games behind a Raleigh ministry created one of Charlotte's most promising freshman

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Grace Hunter’s alarm clock sounds. It’s the crack of dawn, approximately 40 minutes before the freshman needs to rise and leave for class. For Hunter, the first day of the Spring semester isn’t a typical one. She scrolls through Twitter as she does every other day however on this brisk January afternoon Hunter glances over one particular tweet that brings a smile to her face.

.@CharlotteWBB‘s Grace Hunter collects co-@CUSAWBK Freshman of the Week accolades after averaging a double-double pic.twitter.com/zrEbWfWl5t

— CharlotteWBasketball (@CharlotteWBB) January 11, 2016

“Excited, shocked, thankful, honored,” Hunter described her emotions from the moment she read the tweet.