Ronni Williams... A McDonalds All American... And, she'll be here all 4 years!
Oliver Barry, CRS GRI Bob Parks Realty, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 Office: 615-826-4040 Mobile: 615-972-4239 [email protected] Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: October 10, 2013 at 8:08:10 AM CDT > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Butler: UF has chance to be special > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Butler: UF has chance to be special > By Jim Harvin > Gainesville SUN Correspondent > Published: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at 7:54 p.m. > Last Modified: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at 7:54 p.m. > Despite attrition and injuries leaving her team short on numbers again, > Florida coach Amanda Butler, who is entering her seventh season at UF, is > upbeat about her 2013-14 squad. > > > Enlarge | > Florida women's basketball coach Amanda Butler speaks to reporters during > media day on Wednesday. > > Matt Stamey/Staff photographer > After all, it's about quality, not quantity. > > “This team has the right attitude, the right approach, and the right level of > determination,” Butler said at UF's media day on Wednesday. > > “I think when you see them play together, then that will really show through > — that level of love and extra measure of chemistry that really gives this > team, combined with the talent they have, a tremendous chance to be very > special.” > > A half-dozen players return from last year's 22-15 team that reached the WNIT > semifinals, led by senior point guard Jaterra Bonds, a former P. K. Yonge > star and UF's floor general who averaged a team-high 13.1 points per game > last season as well as a team-high 34 minutes per contest. > > She brings a wealth of experience, having played in all 104 games of her > career including 83 starts — the last 70 of them in a row. > > “Each year, my role has become bigger and bigger,” Bonds said. “I'm built for > that. I'm ready for the challenge.” > > Also returning are senior Lily Svete, redshirt junior Kayla Lewis, redshirt > sophomore Carlie Needles and sophomores January Miller and Christin Mercer. > > A seventh returnee, redshirt sophomore Viktorija Dimaite, suffered a torn ACL > in practice Oct. 5 and is out for the season. It marks the third straight > year the 6-4 Lithuanian native and former area standout for The Rock School > has been sidelined by a preseason ACL injury. > > “Unfortunately, it will be another year until we see her debut, but I know > that she will come through quickly and rehab hard, and her team will stand by > her side,” Butler said. > > That injury, on top of the offseason losses of three players (freshmen Sydney > Moss and Callie Cooper, and junior Vicky McIntyre) who left the program, > leaves Butler with a nine-player roster for the second straight season. > > Three new players — freshman Ronni Williams from Daytona Beach, the first > McDonald's All-American to sign with UF out of high school, and transfers > Cassie Peoples (Texas) and Antoinette Bannister (North Carolina) — all figure > to have an impact. > > “There's a lot of new Gators, new faces,” Butler said. “Obviously there's > been a lot of talk about Ronni Williams, and she has been fantastic. As a > freshman, she's already established herself as a very important person on > this team. > > “The two other young ladies that are debuting as Gators, Cassie Peoples and > Antoinette Bannister, are transfers that sat out last year who are also > starting out their careers here, and I think you're really going to enjoy > watching them.” > > UF opens the season against Bethune-Cookman on Nov. 8. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skol Vikes! > ALPCA #8756 > Europlate #1045 > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
