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Former Arizona volleyball star Whitney Dosty went from dancer to Paralympic gold medalist

Doing things differently started early for former Arizona volleyball star Whitney Dosty. Her family was made up of great basketball players, including her father Robbie and her sister Sybil. Robbie played for Arizona during the Fred Snowden era while Sybil played for Pat Summitt at Tennessee and Charli Turner Thorne at ASU. But for Whitney, it was all about ballet and volleyball.

“With dance, [my family] would go to my performances,” Dosty said. “With volleyball, they didn’t know what to say as far as how I hit or how I played.”

Her love of dance started early.