Moneyline- Maria Conlon

I was blown away this week when Connecticut and UConn legend Maria Conlon, CLF®agreed to be a guest on the most popular sports show in Worcester with the largest audience, MONEYLINE. Only on WUTY 97.9 Unity Radio at 7pm TONIGHT! Creating original content that is local and addresses issues daily not being covered by the T&G or other stations in the city.Maria was a special talent early on She is the pride and joy of Derby, Connecticut, however, her parents put her in Seymour public schools hoping for the best. In the early to mid 90's there were not a lot of girls playing sports and from 4th to 8th grade, Maria played on the boys' team. From there, she started playing against girls on the varsity squad in 9th grade which led to 2 state championships. Her teams were not as talented junior and senior year. Maria still was the best player on the court, she was a facilitator getting her teammates involved and she was a sniper as a shooter. Coming to UConn as the State player of the year was a unique transition. Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Shea Ralph, Asjha Jones, Tamicka Williams-Jeter, Swin Cash, you have the Olympic National team as competition. Maria said she could have gone to Penn State and put-up bigger numbers but winning was most important. Maria laughed when I said she had quickness, I was referring to her release of her shot, it was as fast as lightning. Hard working, toughness, grit, a fighter who fought for every second she played, she earned her time on the court. Averaging 5 to7 points a game, 3 assists, shot very good from 3-point range at 38% and Maria was tenacious on defense. We touch on the UConn vs Duke game in 2003 which was #1 vs #2 at the time. Great friend and avid podcast listener Brian Basloe first off, was shocked we were going to drive 655 miles to Duke, secondly shocked we wanted to attend a girls basketball game and third, he promised us not to get him in trouble. To sit in the Duke Student section, all you had to provide was a Duke student ID, which Brian rounded up for us. We had UConn gear underneath our clothes. I had Diana's practice jersey, Ed has Ashley Valleys on, and we picked up our friend Dan Circelli who had Sue Birds jersey on. The game starts, we reveal ourselves to be UConn fans sitting with the Cameron Crazies, and it was wild. UConn was up by 20 at halftime and I was heckling Duke fans saying. "I drove 600 miles for a blowout" while Ed was more conventional calling them all NERDS. I mean, if an hour before the game you are handing out sheets of paper with taunts on them for practice, it is nerdy.An entertaining show with a guest I love, am proud of, and admire. She works for a wealth management firm, owns a CrossFit gym. owns a restaurant. Won a National Title at Southern Connecticut State. Coached for Notre Dame before recently taking a job Green Farms Academy. Don't miss MONEYLINE on 97.9 FM Unity Radio at 7pm TONIGHT! https://wuty.org/