Women's Hoops Blog

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Thursday, July 22, 2004

Where are they now?

Former Penn State center Jackie Shook has landed in Tennessee and is making a comeback with a small private NIAA school. She was watching some old tapes of her playing days in Happy Valley with her husband who wondered why she gave up the game she loved so much. "I could see it in her eyes. She just really enjoyed it. It made me wonder why somebody who loved the game so much would just quit."

Shook was rated above former Lion and now Charlotte Sting rookie Kelly Mazzante by ESPN. In her "Trek to Trevecca," a small school in Tennessee, she talks about her journey. Read more here.