For Kierra Fletcher, a rising star for women’s basketball, the sport has always been a family affair. “When I was younger, I would go with [my dad] because he played in a basketball league … so I was always around him playing basketball” she said, talking about her memories of growing up and discovering basketball. After realizing his daughter enjoyed the game, her father began to teach her how to play, “and it just went on from there,” she recounted.
Thus began a life-long love affair with basketball for Fletcher, one that has taken her all the way from Michigan to Atlanta.