INTRODUCTIONKiara Scotts is an extraordinary person from south Louisiana. Though she is known as quite the athlete in her hometown the relationship with the sport she loves goes much deeper than just a game. Kiara has played the game of basketball through every major level, that being a young junior league, high school, and finally college. Though she is very humble she has a great story with a powerful message. EARLY LIFEKiara Scott is from Houma, Louisiana, a city an hour south of New Orleans. For the Scott family basketball is a family affair. Kiara, the third child of seven siblings, says that everyone in her house played basketball which started with her father back when he attended high school. Because of this Kiara doesn't even remember when she started playing because it was always something her family did. However she does recall playing in a co-ed league around the age of five. Even though everyone in her family played she says she was never pressured to play and that her drive came from a love of the game. GOALS Most children playing sports usually have dreams to make it to a professional level. While this dream wasn't completely overlooked by Kiara, her main goal always seemed to be college. This most likely came from her joy of watching girls college basketball, especially The University of Connecticut, due to the WNBA not being that big as she grew up. This goal was recognized even before she started playing for her high school, Ellender Memorial High School. Her family took the sport beyond recreational sports and she participated on a travel ball team that took her as far as Minnesota starting as early as the eighth grade. These travel tournaments were a great opportunity for Kiara to be scouted by colleges. COLLEGE YEARSKiara's hard work and dedication paid off as she received ten scholarship offers and many other letters that she kept in a Nike shoe box. She decided to go to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Kiara says the school's tradition and history of winning played a major part in her decision. Kiara is also a very family and team oriented person. She didn't want to join a program to be a star, rather she wanted to be a member of a team. She said that the distance for her was a little rough but in many ways her team and coaching staff became her second family. KIARA'S ADVICEI ended the interview by asking Kiara what advice she had for other young players, this is what she had to say, “Karma is very real, whatever you put out into the world will come back to you. Same thing applies to sports and life really. You can’t expect to go halfway in practice or not push as hard as you can and expect for it not to show up in the game. Everything counts and everything comes back so always give it your all.”
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