The seeds of Washington’s miraculous run to the women’s Final Four were strewn at a midseason, high-school invitational tournament in Santa Ana, Calif., and I tripped over them some six years ago.
One of the matchups featured La Jolla Country Day, a school that once produced Candice Wiggins, who starred at Stanford and plays in the WNBA. Watching the Torreys gave me a chance to check out twins Malina and Maya Hood, as well as a young phenom, Briteesha Soloman.
As interesting as those players were, I was completely mesmerized by the point guard on team.
“While just a freshman,” I wrote for ESPN HoopGurlz, “could be La Jolla Country Day’s foundation player.