[Rocketown]

I'm Sara Hammond's Dad. I wanted to clear things up a bit as to the misinformation on these sites. First, I would NEVER post anything that I did not first check out as to being true and factual. Second, so you'll know, UCONN did NOT pull Sara's scholarship. I talked to Coach Mosely as late as Tuesday morning around 6:30 AM on the day Sara had her press conference. She and Associate Head Coach Chris Daily were in my home on Friday, September 17th encouraging Sara to choose UCONN. Coach Daily in my home stated that UCONN has 5 scholarships available this year, but were only looking at 5-6 girls to fill those. If they fill 5, great, if not, they hold them unitl the next class. According to a paper in Connecticut they have two other girls beside Sara, that they are actively pursuing this year. That coupled with 2 commitments and Sara would make 5 girls. Sara chose UofL simply because she wanted her community, family and friends to actively participate in her college career in the same fashion as they have in high school. She also believes that she along with this year's recruiting class can elevate UofL to an elite status, got to remember they were national runner-up just two years ago. Also got to remember that UCONN has only be a national power for approximately 18 years. It took Auriemma 7-8 years before he reached that status. I would be more than happy to discuss the conversations we had with him, in his home on Saturday, September 11th and how much he wanted my daughter to play at UCONN. Most of Sara's teammates are very supportive of her, and for good reason, she's the most unselfish player you'll ever meet, always wants to involve her teammates and share in the accolades. She's really embarrased at some of what's going on, always telling me not to tell anybody. For the one or two players who might be a bit jealous, rumors can be an ugly thing, especially when grown men perpetuate them.