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(KB
- 04/06/06) In Erin
Knight's
freshman season her high school team went 30-2 and won the FHSAA Class 2A state championship.
A sixth man on that team, Erin's sophomore season should bring a starting job
on a team that returns four D1 starters and is favored to win
the state championship for a second time.
Prior
to that, Erin was a pivotal player on an AAU team that won four consecutive
AAU state championships.
Quite
simply, Erin is a winner.
You
can see it in her steely grey eyes and unflappable demeanor.
Never demonstrative in victory or defeat, Erin walks on the court with the
cool assurance of a "Been there, done that" player.
When
the offense is clicking, Erin is swishing shots from beyond the arc--daggers--two,
three, five in a row. Shooting off one foot, squared up, open, defended--it
doesn't matter. When Erin is hot, facials ensue. She
has left more than one coach grumbling "Where did that little blonde chick
come from!"
No
longer little (but still a blonde chick), Erin has grown to be a respectable
5'7" and may have an inch or two more to grow. She maintains the court
savvy that small guards have to learn in order to beat trapping
defenses. But now she can see over them.
Erin
is capable of playing point guard but strongly prefers to play shooting guard.
It fits her personality and style better. As we said before, her modus operandi is her
jumpshot, but Erin can finish with either hand in transition.
Erin gets her points in bursts. She is truly a microwave.
With
the Comets Fusion 15U, Erin is re-united with her long- time AAU coaches Kim
Bivins and Faye Robinson. Erin will be an integral part of
the team's quest for a fifth Florida state championship.
We
wouldn't expect
anything less.
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