NORMAN — Shaina Pellington admits her senior year at Dunbarton High School in Ontario, Canada, felt a little strange.
After years of juggling classwork, basketball and soccer practice, Pellington knew it was time to cut one of her extracurriculars and specialize in the other.
Even though she picked up soccer first— and was asked to play on the national level — Pellington came to the tough conclusion that she needed to quit the sport after her junior year.
“My dad told me, ‘What sport can you not live without? What can't you stop thinking about?' For me, that was basketball,” she said.