Jenna Smith
Jenna Smith
Jenna Smithis an American basketball center for the University of Illinois Fighting Illini, and a First team All-Big Ten in 2008 and 2009...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth25 July 1988
CityDes Moines, IA
nice pressure relax stay step teammates
They put some pressure on me, but I had to relax and stay calm. When I am struggling, I will look at my dad, and that helps. I won't make every shot, so it's nice that I have teammates that step up.
shots took
I probably took 5,000 shots a day with my dad.
glad lost mean might remembered state title
I think this might even mean more than the state title we lost because I will be remembered more by this. Another title would have been great, but I'm glad I got one of the two.
care fans focused kinds rough start stayed took wearing
We'd go to games, and there were fans wearing T-shirts that said 'transfer' on them, and they'd start in with all kinds of chants. I thought it was kind of funny. It was rough at first getting all of the transfers on the same page, but we just stayed focused and took care of business.
basket felt good tie
When I made the basket to tie it, I really felt good about what was happening.