Word: lobos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...women's basketball team in the land--the Lady Huskies were still on the floor of the University of Connecticut's Gampel Pavilion, basking in an impromptu serenade of Aretha Franklin's Respect by their large and loyal following. Said star senior forward Rebecca Lobo: "I could never imagine this day would happen: 8,000 people singing Respect, even though most of them don't know the words...
...heart of the Huskies, though, is Lobo, who has averaged 17.3 points, 10.1 rebounds and 3.5 blocks a game. Her personal story is even more compelling than her stats. If Lobo, whose parents are both educators, receives the Rhodes scholarship for which she has applied, she will undoubtedly be the first woman Rhodes scholar who: 1) made basketball All-America; 2) played the saxophone; and 3) spent five summers during her teens working in the tobacco fields of Southwick, Massachusetts. The tobacco work was tough, but Lobo did it to test her own dedication. Her inner strength has been...