Kara Wolters

[DrZzzz]

This should go in the women's thread. I don't care. This weekend I was at Eden resort at Lancaster, PA. With friends of the family. One of these friends has a 9-year-old girl who plays basketball. Her mom is 6'0". While there I come across the tallest woman I've ever seen. I think to myself, "wow, she should have played college ball". Then I notice she has a UConn t-shirt on. Didn't think much of it, but I asked "you went to UConn?". She answers "yeah". I said "me too. Class of 93". She replies "class of 97". A few minutes later it dawns on me, since I haven't seen a photo of her since the 90s. I aske her "Is your name Kara?". Sheepishly, she says "yes".

So later I ask her, "I'd like a favor. How should I address you. Ms Wolters, Mrs Wolters, Kara?". She replies "Kara is fine". I tell her "there is a little girl who plays basketball and would like a picture with you. I know you are on vaca, I don't want to draw attention to you". Her reply "No problem". The little girl got her picture. I asked her 6'0" mom to get in for a frame of reference. What a humble NCAA, WNBA, and Olympic champ. And HOFer.

 

[DrZzzz]

The little girl plays soccer and basketball. Kara tells her "I know you have know idea who I am, but you can google me later. I hope you pick basketball." So I explain to the girl "she is an NCAA champ, a WNBA champ, and an Olympic gold medalist (I didn't know about the HOF). Kara looked at me and turned bright red. So humble.

 

[Dove]

She's in my Top 3 fave women Huskies.

 

[DrZzzz]

She's in my Top 3 fave women Huskies.

She is now my favorite.

 

[8893]

@Deepster is at the Yard Goats game right now, but he’ll be psyched to see this when he checks in.

 

[8893]

She's in my Top 3 fave women Huskies.

Why, and who are the other two?

 

[Deepster]

Please move this to the lady huskies board.

 

[DrZzzz]

Why, and who are the other two

Why, and who are the other two?

I suppose the combination of humility and excellence goes a long way? What HOFer acts that way? She turned bright red. The woman is a class act. And she appreciates fellow Huskies.

 

[Dove]

Why, and who are the other two?

Nobody cares.

 

[DrZzzz]

Please move this to the lady huskies board.

Nah.

 

[CL82]

Whenever I’ve talked with her she has been extraordinarily friendly and engaging.

 

[Deepster]

Nah.

Right. We all needed to hear your boring story of how you didn’t recognize a 6’10” Lady Huskies icon.

 

[Vancat]

She’s taller than 6’ isn’t she?

 

[WrenchFan69]

I've met countless women's players over the years, 99% of them are very friendly and appreciative of the support.

 

[8893]

I've met countless women's players over the years, 99% of them are very friendly and appreciative of the support.

Let's hear about the 1% then!

 

[Vancat]

Kara Wolters/Height
6′ 7″

 

[8893]

Kara Wolters/Height
6′ 7″

Or .95 Hilton Units.

 

[willie99]

Kara Wolters/Height
6′ 7″

Yes, she's much taller than 6'

Not sure why anyone bashes our women. My favorites include Sue, Diana, Maya, Brianna, Swinlanda, Jen, Rebecca, Kara..... and many more, too many to name. Great ambassadors for the school, and I enjoy watching them win Olympic Gold every our years.

 

[cohenzone]

I suppose the combination of humility and excellence goes a long way? What HOFer acts that way? She turned bright red. The woman is a class act. And she appreciates fellow Huskies.

Nice story.

Her teammate Rebecca Lobo who remains in front of the public is the same. Little biased, I knew her parents and her brother, and all great people. If anyone is old enough to remember this, it was said about Kara and Rebecca’s championship team that no opponents disliked them because they were all great kids.

 

[SVCBeercats]

Kara Wolters/Height
6′ 7″

I asked her 6'0" mom to get in for a frame of reference.

 

[willie99]

I asked her 6'0" mom to get in for a frame of reference.

Well alrighty then

I thought maybe the OP was like 5' and couldn't tell the difference

 

[QDOG5]

Mom - "do you want me in the photo because it includes my daughter and a UConn great?"
Dr Z - "no I just want you in it so I can tell the difference between a 6 footer and someone who is 6'7""

 

[8893]

Nobody cares.

I wouldn't have asked unless I did. I am genuinely curious.

I haven't followed them avidly enough to be able to pick three "favorites" as easily as I can with the men, and "favorite" is different than "best," so I am always interested to hear why people choose certain favorites.

For example, Khalid is my favorite Husky of all time, but he's obviously not the best.

I probably have recency bias, but I enjoy watching Paige play more than any other women's player; against the legion of women world-beaters we've had though, she hasn't--yet--achieved the championships we associate with being the best.

My other favorites would probably be Rebecca, being the first and such a great ambassador for our school; and Sue, just being great all-around, period.

But it's criminal to leave off the likes of Diana and Stewie. Or Svet.

In other words, it would have taken me a while to get to Kara, but only because of the embarrassment of riches we have.

 

[Ricker]

Might as well digress to make this relevant to the Men's board. Kara's dad, Willie Wolters was a force on the blocks for Boston College (gag) in the 1960's. Dec 10th 1966 they beat UConn 87-69 then they knocked us out of the ncaa tournament on March 11th, 1967 48-42 before they got beat in the East regional finals by North Carolina. Toby Kimball was gone but Bill Corley was the center and Penders & Wes in the back court with Holowaty. I lived and died with radio broadcasts at the time. "Stops, Pops, Swish" (Was it George Erlich?) Wolters scored 7 pts in the ncaa game. Clearly Willie felt terrible about doing us badly and sent us Kara to make up for it. The books say he was 6'8 but I always remembered 6'10 that I prefer. There, now Kara is connected to men's BBall and the thread can stay?

 

[GoUconn7961]

Right. We all needed to hear your boring story of how you didn’t recognize a 6’10” Lady Huskies icon.

You weren't under any obligation to read the post.