As basketball season moved toward its most intense time of the year, Kania Pollock’s strengths have been on full display.
First, the Queens native, a guard at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, earned Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Week Honors. Then, at the CIAA Tip-Off Awards banquet, Pollock was named to the All-CIAA Team. Although Lincoln was defeated by Shaw University in the CIAA Tournament semi-finals, Pollock was honored on the CIAA Women’s Basketball All-Tournament list.
Pollock’s introduction to basketball was playing recreational streetball. After meeting coaches who began crafting her skills, she found a support system. Her mother is disabled and her upbringing was challenging, but basketball provided a safe haven. “There’s not a lot of opportunity, so you have to make the best out of what cards you’re dealt, and that’s what I did,” Pollock said. “The older I got, the more appreciation I gained for basketball. It opened a lot of opportunities.
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