The Story
Most people thought it would take a miracle to bring the Gamecocksâ womenâs basketball team to the nationâs top teams, but Dawn Staley has always beaten the odds.
She stood at the podium on May 10, 2008, and promised to bring national prominence to South Carolina, and with a lot of hard work, Staleyâs vision for the Gamecocksâ womenâs basketball team came true over the next nine years, culminating in the 2017 national championship. Her willingness to keep striving and to deliver on her promise was met with early resistance, but it paid off with several winning seasons, terrific recruits, and finally, the only prize Staley had not obtained in a lifetime of championship basketball. David Cloninger takes you on the teamâs journey to the national title.
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Most people thought it would take a miracle to bring the Gamecocksâ womenâs basketball team to the nationâs top teams, but Dawn Staley has always beaten the odds.
She stood at the podium on May 10, 2008, and promised to bring national prominence to South Carolina, and with a lot of hard work, Staleyâs vision for the Gamecocksâ womenâs basketball team came true over the next nine years, culminating in the 2017 national championship. Her willingness to keep striving and to deliver on her promise was met with early resistance, but it paid off with several winning seasons, terrific recruits, and finally, the only prize Staley had not obtained in a lifetime of championship basketball. David Cloninger takes you on the teamâs journey to the national title.
