A Massachusetts University Basketball The player born with an arm has made history. Baileigh Sinaman-Daniel, University of Lesley’s guard, became the first player in Division III armed to score a Ncaa Women’s basketball game.
“I simply shot the ball with the anticipation that I should go back to rebound,” Sinaman-Daniel said The associated press about the historic basket. “When the shot came in, I was more surprised.”
College Junior mentioned how he cut off his high school basketball team.
“I had played in my high school for about three years and my first year of high school when I tried again,” as I always did, I actually cut and the coach basically told me that it was not necessary on the team, “he said.
“I thought myself, I could do it at college. What do I keep doing this at college?” Sinaman-Daniel said. “So I started sending hundreds of coaches by email and no matter what division it was. I was just trying to achieve a possible or even better, a yes. “”
Martin, rather, Lesley’s basketball coach, was impressed by 22 -year -old driving.
After Sinaman-Daniel spent two years at the Wilson College in the north of North Carolina, he selected the 5-feet 6-inch guard from the transfer portal.
“I’m really so proud,” he said sooner. “Seeing Baileigh’s score, you know that his face lit up, so did those faces of his teammates, it was just a really wonderful moment.”
Sinaman-Daniel added: “It’s not very common to see someone with an arm playing basketball. I think there are probably about two or three at a collegiate level.”
Despite the number of armed players, he thinks Sinaman-Daniel is an asset for any team.
“I think any team in this country will benefit from having a player with Baileigh’s heart on his team,” he said sooner.
