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Sun Players Visit Ledyard Center School
Members of the Connecticut Sun spoke to an enthusiastic assembly of roughly 400 students from the Ledyard Center School on Wednesday morning.
Tamika Whitmore, Kristi Cirone and Lauren Ervin each talked to the group, which ranged in age from kindergarten to sixth grade, explaining how hard work on and off the basketball court helped them make it to the WNBA.
They also took questions from the students.
“It was 1990, and I won the first game I played,” Ervin said when asked if she could remember her first experience with competitive basketball. “The score was like, 10-8, and we ran on the court to celebrate.”
One fan asked how the players put Saturday’s tough loss to the Washington Mystics behind them in time to bounce back and win at New York Sunday.
“I think in this league, because it’s such a short season and you play so many games, you have to have selective amnesia,” Whitmore said.
Students were asked specific questions based on what each player talked about, and those who answered correctly received prizes. Afterward, a number of students posed with the players for photos, or asked for autographs.
“To be able to talk to them after and hear them be so grateful for everything, it’s a great feeling,” Ervin said. “It’s great to know you can influence them in such a positive manner. It’s great to know we have this kind of support from young kids who look up to us.”
Cirone agreed. “Seeing all the little kids, and the smiles on their faces, it means a lot to players to see that.”
Tamika Whitmore, Kristi Cirone and Lauren Ervin each talked to the group, which ranged in age from kindergarten to sixth grade, explaining how hard work on and off the basketball court helped them make it to the WNBA.
They also took questions from the students.
“It was 1990, and I won the first game I played,” Ervin said when asked if she could remember her first experience with competitive basketball. “The score was like, 10-8, and we ran on the court to celebrate.”
One fan asked how the players put Saturday’s tough loss to the Washington Mystics behind them in time to bounce back and win at New York Sunday.
“I think in this league, because it’s such a short season and you play so many games, you have to have selective amnesia,” Whitmore said.
Students were asked specific questions based on what each player talked about, and those who answered correctly received prizes. Afterward, a number of students posed with the players for photos, or asked for autographs.
“To be able to talk to them after and hear them be so grateful for everything, it’s a great feeling,” Ervin said. “It’s great to know you can influence them in such a positive manner. It’s great to know we have this kind of support from young kids who look up to us.”
Cirone agreed. “Seeing all the little kids, and the smiles on their faces, it means a lot to players to see that.”
