UnlikethestoriesofmostvisibleDivisionIcollegeathletes,AmandaOttaway’sstoryhasmoreincommonwiththoseofthe80percentofcollegeathleteswhoareneverseenonTV.TheReboundersfollowsthecollegecareerofanaverageNCAADivisionIwomen’sbasketballplayerinthetwenty-firstcentury,beginningwiththerecruitingprocesswhenOttawayisaneager,naiveteenagerandendingwhenshe’samorecontemplativetwentysomethingalumna.Ottaway’sstory,alongwiththejourneysofherdynamicWildcatteammatesatDavidsonCollegeinNorthCarolina,coversinengagingdetailthelifeofamid-majorathlete:recruitment,thepreseason,bodyimageandeatingdisorders,schoolwork,familyrelationships,practice,lovelife,teamtravel,gameday,injuries,drugandalcoholuse,coachingchanges,andwhatcomesaftertheverylastgame.Inadditiontotheeverydayissuesofbeingastudentathlete,TheReboundersalsocoverstheobjectificationoffemaleathletes,race,sexuality,andself-expression.Mostcollegeathletes,famousornot,playhard,gethurt,fail,andtriumphtogetherinaprofoundloveoftheirsportandoneanother,andthentheircareersendandtheyfigureouthowtomoveon.Fromconcussionsandminorinjuriestoclassrooms,parties,andrelationships,OttawayunderstandstheexperienceofaDivisionIwomen’sbasketballplayerfirsthand.TheReboundersis,atitscore,afeministcoming-of-agestory,anexplorationofwhatitmeanstobeayoungwomanwholovesasportandisonacourseofself-discoverythroughthatmedium.Purchasetheaudioedition.
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