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Monday, March 9, 2009
Is women’s center among the best athletes on campus?
An eye-opening quote from OSU women’s basketball coach Jim Foster following the Big Ten tournament. It concerns his center, Jantel Lavender, and her potential (if satirical) success in multiple sports:
“My biggest fear is that Jim Tressel realizes the best tight end on our campus plays for me,” Foster said of his star center, two-time Big Ten Player of the Year Jantel Lavender. “She can run like a deer and she’s got great hands.”
Lavender, a sophomore from Cleveland, is clearly one of the best players in the Big Ten, if not the best. She earned Most Outstanding Player honors at the Big Ten tournament, which she helped the Buckeyes win with 25 points and 13 rebounds in the championship game.
But she’s not a one-tournament success. Lavender has been the team’s top performer, with averages of 21.1 points, 10.9 rebounds and 33.8 minutes per game.
We’ve all seen the movies with females playing quarterback. But the 6-foot-4 Lavender at tight end?
No matter how ridiculous that seems, Foster still wants to keep Tressel away.
