“We would go see every game and watch all of her events. I would say she pretty much made us want (to play) basketball, because she was the first one that started it,” Collin Sexton said. “My sister pretty much paved the way for me.”
Utah Jazz guard Collin Sexton runs a basketball workshop for girls in Lehi on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022.Collin Sexton credits one player for helping launch his basketball career.“We would go see every game and watch all of her events, everything that she did. I would say she pretty much made us want basketball, because she was the first one that started it,” the Utah Jazz guard said. “My sister pretty much paved the way for me.
Upon arrival, the event began as most of these do, with the new Jazz guard answering questions from the clinic leaders about his game, his routine, how he learned to play at an NBA level. But you could tell that he wanted to be more engaging, more connective. So he flipped the script, and started asking questions himself: “Who is your favorite player? What’s your favorite part of the game? How can Utah Jazz guard Collin Sexton runs a basketball workshop for girls in Lehi on Thursday, Oct.
America is seeing fewer Giaunas and fewer Makeilis. While girls’ participation in track and field, soccer, and volleyball rises, the number ofsince 2002. In all, there are about 40% more high school boys basketball players than girls basketball players. In Utah in particular, there are 4,035 high school boys playing basketball, and 3,196 girls playing basketball, according to the 2021-22 report from the National Federation Of State High School Associations.