PALO ALTO, Calif.—She had grown up with a brother who seemed almost impervious to pressure, a brother who had shaken off myriad questions about his abilities to become one of the most famous athletes in America. Anna Wilson is, according to many who know her best, molded in the spitting image of that brother, Russell.
Her athletic career, though, did not follow the pattern of his. There were no questions. A McDonald's All-American point guard who led her team to the state championship, she had never been called too short, had never been dismissed as a marginal talent.