Allison realizing her dream
By Jim Kleinpeter, The Times Picayune
April 01, 2010
BATON ROUGE -- As a schoolgirl in Arlington, Texas, LSU guard Allison Hightower chased the WNBA dream.Because her grandparents lived in Houston, she took in Houston Comets games whenever she visited. She saw the Comets win three of their four championships under current LSU coach Van Chancellor.Back home, she plastered her bedroom wall with posters of her idol, Cynthia Cooper, and collected the league trading cards."I used to wear the fake championship rings they passed out at the game, " she said with a smile.Now the dream is becoming real. Hightower, one of the elite players in LSU history, is expected to be one of the top 10 picks in the WNBA draft to be held April 8 in Secaucus, N.J. If that happens, she will be the seventh WNBA first-round pick from Louisiana State University. The first was Marie Ferdinand in 2001."It's just so exciting, so surreal right now, " said Hightower, an All-American the past two seasons and Player of the Year candidate this season. "That was so long ago. It's exciting that women have a professional game. It's always been my dream to play in the WNBA."
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