DURHAM, N.C.-- Duke's 2019-'20 women's basketball team has tri-captains, grad-students Haley Gorecki and Kyra Lambert and redshirt junior Emily Schubert.
Allow me to introduce you to Schubert.
She's an acknowledged leader of the team, smart as a whip, a positive, nurturing presence on and off the court, with an enviable work ethic.
Schubert is a native of Elizabethton, Tennessee, a town of about 13,000 located in the northeast corner of the state. She's 6-4, so it's not surprising she gravitated towards basketball. She helped her high school win the 2A state championship in 2014 and averaged 11 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks per game as a senior in 2016.