Utah senior women’s basketball star Emily Potter decided that she’s done being afraid and she also wants to help others.
A 6-foot-6 native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Potter and her three senior classmates celebrated Senior Day on Sunday. They earned a win in their final home game in the Jon M. Huntsman Center, and Potter has had the most prominent career of the group. She became the first player in the program’s history to score at least 1,500, grab at least 900 rebounds and block 200 more shots.
On Tuesday, Potter authored a nearly 1,500-word essay in The Daily Utah Chronicle in which she opened up in a deeply heartfelt and detailed way about her battle with depression that at times this season almost robbed her of her love for the game as well as her passion for life.