{"id":38972,"date":"2017-10-20T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=38972"},"modified":"2017-11-12T16:49:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T23:49:54","slug":"trojans-womens-basketball-team-has-new-centre-of-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2017\/10\/20\/trojans-womens-basketball-team-has-new-centre-of-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Trojans women’s basketball team has new centre of attention"},"content":{"rendered":"

M<\/span>elanie Thera is from the Winnipeg and plays centre for the SAIT Woman\u2019s Trojans basketball team.<\/p>\n

T<\/span>hera started playing basketball back in junior high school.<\/p>\n

“I started playing basketball back at the grade seven tryouts and I ended up really liking it,” said Thera a fourth-year centre for the women\u2019s basketball team.<\/p>\n

She started her collegiate basketball career at Olds College and played for the Broncos for three years.<\/p>\n

She transferred to SAIT this year to take the Emergency Medical Technician certificate.<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019I always wanted to be a paramedic,” said Thera.<\/p>\n

“While she was playing for Olds, the SAIT Trojans were our biggest rival,” she recalls.<\/p>\n

“It’s a lot easier to play with them (SAIT) then against them.”<\/p>\n

I like certain aspects of Kevin Durant\u2019s game. – Melanie Thera<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She likes certain styles of players that play in the NBA. She mirrors a little bit of Kevin Durant\u2019s game into her own and also the different techniques the big bodies of NBA use to rebound.<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019I like certain aspects of Kevin Durant\u2019s game, and I also like the bigger bodies that rebound \u2018\u2019said Thera.<\/p>\n

She hopes to be a big part of the success of the SAIT Trojans women\u2019s basketball team this season. She also hopes for some personal success as well.<\/p>\n

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