Ciara Duffy and Dawn Plitzuweit on the Her Hoop Stats Podcast
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On Tuesday we announced that South Dakota senior guard Ciara Duffy was named the 2020 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year. As part of that announcement, we released a bonus episode of the Her Hoop Stats Podcast, in which John Liddle talked with Duffy and her head coach, Dawn Plitzuweit.
We’ve decided to share some of the highlights from the interviews here, but you can listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Episode Highlights
After a brief intro with our own Jacob Mox to discuss the origins of the award, John and Coach Plitzuweit talked about Ciara’s impact both on and off the court.
She's shooting it from deep. She's posting up and scoring and she's doing everything else in between. And she gets her teammates involved. She just has such a presence about her.
Off the court, I get Facebook messages with little pictures that kids are drawing in their homes right now and they want me to forward to Ciara Duffy for them. And that's the kind of kid that she is and just someone who works so hard.
And so when you see her, you see her as someone who makes a lot happen, but you also see her as someone who is very humble about what she does and is more proud of what her team does. And you want to cheer for that kid.
Then, John asked Ciara about what it means to be selected for this award, named after Becky Hammon, one of the best athletes to ever come out of Duffy’s hometown of Rapid City, South Dakota.
Oh, gosh … it's so cool because I did grow up watching Becky Hammon play on TV, reading about her, and now seeing her coach for the Spurs. To have this award be named after her and kind of feeling like I sort of followed in her footsteps and got to represent Rapid City in the college basketball realm is just so cool and it is such a huge honor.
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