Over the weekend, Babcock caught up with Stacey Dales-Schuman, who explained her reasons for taking the year off.

I was kind of getting a little burned out on it. I mean, I’ve been playing basketball pretty much nonstop since I was 8. It just seemed like I didn’t have the same passion I used to and I didn’t want to jeopardize that. It was good for me to step away.