Many didn’t think Merissa Barber-Smith would make it through her freshman year of college basketball.
Now, as a senior, Barber-Smith has had a busy few months.
At the end of March, she helped lead the women’s basketball team to their first postseason win since 1996 with a win over Green Bay in the first round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament.
A few weeks ago, she celebrated her son's first birthday.
In two weeks she will graduate from college.
And after that, she gets to plan a wedding.
“To be honest, out of all the freshmen I came in with, I didn’t think Merissa was going to make it past the first summer,” senior guard Alexa Golden said.