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...blocking her view as freshman guard Shana Franklin, 6’0, as well as Kate Mannering and Maureen McCaffery, both 6’1, give Harvard a boost in height in several areas of the court. Sophomore Reka Cserny, 6’3, and junior Hana Peljto, 6’2, provide average Division One stature inside, in addition to serving as a dynamic scoring duo. However, in the midst of the shoulders of giants, Delaney-Smith recognizes that Harvard lacks the kind of center found on many national contenders...
Junior Hana Peljto is generally known as a globetrotter in basketball rather than in the travel sense...
...threat of war forced Peljto and her family to flee to Slovenia. It was there, at the age of 11, that she first picked up a basketball. In 1995, she and her family immigrated to Ottawa, Canada, before moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota. There, she attended Osseo High School and led its team to a state title in her senior year, in addition to setting almost every scoring and rebounding record. Yet despite her success both in high school and now at Harvard, there was always the sense of something unfulfilled...
...definitely something I needed to do—to go back and reconnect with my family,” Peljto said fervently. “It was a pretty incredible experience...
...Peljto spent two weeks revisiting favorite childhood places, including her old house and family vacation spots. Though initially nervous about returning after her extended absence, the feeling quickly dissipated...