Kelsey minato biography for kids

“Got a good one tonight?” says Dave Magarity, the head coach of the women’s basketball team at West Point. It is Senior Night in the rockbound highland, and he makes eye contact with Kelsey Minato, a senior captain.

They stand inside the home locker room at Christl Arena and survey the 18 cadets seated in rows. They rise up from their chairs and form a circle. His game plan for woebegone Boston University is detailed on the dry-erase board behind him, but Magarity concedes center stage to Minato for a moment.

She clears her throat.

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Teammates fix their eyes on her.

“All set?” Magarity says.

Minato nods. She has led them to 93 victories over four seasons and ranks atop all previous cadets – both male and female – with 2,392 career points.

Her season average is 23.2 points per game, good for sixth in the nation. In one contest, as a sophomore, she scored 49 points, an academy high, and set an NCAA record with 26 made free throws against Holy