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6 February Features Adzasu leads on, off basketball court m K elsey S chrader ___________ Staff Reporter Rosetta Adzasu, senior, is not your average student. If you've never met her, than you've probably seen her dominating the basketball court oh the Varsity team. With scholarships and offers arriving in the mail from colleges every day, any other student might get cocky, but not her. Her life began on March 25,1990, in Accra, Ghana. For those geographically challenged, Ghana is a country on the West coast of Africa, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo. She moved to Italy when she was five, where she lived for four years. When she was nine, she moved to Virginia with her dad, and then moved to West Linn with her mother her sophomore year. . "Moving away from my dad was hard," Adzasu said, "I'm definitely a daddy's girl." It was back in seventh grade when her basketball career first began in the Adzasu gym of Jack Jouett Middle said. "We School in Charlottesville, basically Va. Adzasu had talent and felt like she enjoyed the sport. She the coolest made the Varsity basketball people team her freshman year at ever. And Albemarle High School and, we were." after moving to West Linn Jason the following year, made Ashley, Varsity. assistant Some of Adzasu's favorite coach, basketball memories include trips to Bend and Astoria with her teammates. But her absolute favorite was last summer when she went to watch the Nike Global Challenge, a boys' basketball tournament, with teammates Samantha Dewart and Rosetta Adzasu, senior guard, Brittney May. drives to the basket using one of "We got her signature moves in a game to hang out against West Salem on Dec. 18. After fours yeara. on Varsity, with the top she is being recruited by many 25 players in colleges. Photo by Malia Chong the country," mjmmm believes that Adzasu brings much to the team, including lots of experience because of her four year Varsity career, consistency . , r comPetltlve attitude. Ashley also believes that she has a bright future and the ability to play at the next level, at a first- division school, as soon as she gets her academics | in place. Although basketball is a big part of her identity, there is much more to Adzasu than sports. "Living in West Linn has changed me as a person. I've becofne more understanding of all types of races. I've, learned to tolerate others that I wouldn't have tolerated on a regular basis," Adzasu said. "Cultural differences are important to me. We need to do a better job understanding one another." Adzasu's favorite subjects are International Relations „ and Sociology, so it isn't surprising she wants to major in Sociology. She plans on attending a four year college next year; her top-three choices being University of Arizona, University of Indiana and Duke. Aside from becoming a pro basketball player someday, she has big dreams of living in California and starting an organization similar to the Boys and Girls Club. "I want to help out kids in the hood," Adzasu said, "I want to try to accommodate the less fortunate." Recently, at the Feb. 12 game vs. Oregon City, Adzasu strained her meniscus. Although the details of how she strained it are uncertain, she showed up on crutches the next day. "I didn't even realize that it happened until the game was over," Adzasu said. "It's just one of those things; when you're in the game, you're too focused on playing to notice any pain." feed the crave. it’s more than a smoothie... ids a HIGH PROTEIN 000 TROPICAL 0 Ctene • FRf K BOOSTiO Hango Hurricane Funky Monkey TfirN amt miciH'ft eiTTi iDjuiQui. itmwtmQH ¡juein trt pieuipn triai iÿ a mien ioiicait iwt latiti inouï B ananas, th ocet*$ i w y m ta , n o rte . vawfta fnaart Mes, t e n «ssofói vssntfk frozen ÿsgttfî, Every Boaster Juice snoot*» is carefuty prepared by hand using only Ihe highest qucBy ¡npecfente. 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