Perspective: Faith Masonius is not just a basketball player, she’s Maryland’s team mom
But don’t forget about Masonius.The scars that she earned from the worst period of her life, she covers with a brace. But that doesn’t keep her from moving and talking — talkingmuch — on the defensive end, barking out switches and calling for screens the way a mom might nag her kids about picking up their socks. She’ll be a coach someday. For now, Masonius is satisfied with being Maryland’s 22-year-old matriarch.
Then as a high school sophomore, when her teacher went into cardiac arrest, Faith jumped into crisis mode and took control of the situation, yelling at one student to run to the nurse and instructing another to get a teacher in a nearby classroom, Ellen recalled. During her rehab, Masonius turned to TikTok and, as many other young people do, began to chronicle her life, even posting makeup tutorials and sharing the occasional peek into her emotions. But her Maryland teammates wouldn’t let Masonius, who had helped host recruits since her freshman year and worked to bring the team together, be alone. Chloe Bibby, a graduate student on the 2021-22 team, would rub her leg and teach her rehab tricks because she, too, had torn an ACL.
Masonius will never be at the top of the set, tracking fast guards, but she moves effectively and makes sure her teammates hear her voice, a small but critical element of basketball, when Maryland’s defense switches from one look to another.
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