![]() ![]() But the veteran coach didn’t really like what the player from Kentucky was wearing. In a 2013 book, titled “Sum It Up,” written by Summitt along with Sally Jenkins, the coach first noticed Elzy at her annual basketball camp when the young player was 14 years old. It (Tennessee) was close to home, not far enough, but I wanted to play for Coach Summitt.” I wanted to see them win (the national title in 1996), and I was thrilled when they did.”Įlzy added in a recent Zoom interview with the media, “It’s hard to say no to Coach Summitt, an icon. I respect Tennessee’s coaching staff and style of basketball, and I love the atmosphere. “But, as I got older, I took a close look at other schools. “Growing up, I wanted to go there,” Elzy said in a 1996 Lexington Herald-Leader article by Rick Bailey. The Lady Vols’ winning tradition was simply too good of an opportunity for her to pass up. Before committing to UT early during the recruiting process, Elzy also considered the struggling Kentucky Wildcats, who had a new coach by the name of former UK men’s assistant Bernadette Maddox at the time, and Western Kentucky. (SEC photo)Įlzy was so good in basketball that legendary coach Pat Summitt of Tennessee recruited her hard to play for defending national champion Lady Vols as a college freshman for the 1996-97 campaign. Current UK head coach Kyra Elzy starred at Oldham County during her high school career. ![]()
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