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How Arizona volleyball came together to support China Rai Crouch and her son

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When China Rai Crouch arrived in Tucson, she was a promising opposite who was adapting to being a starting middle for Arizona. She earned a starting spot in her first season only to have it ended by a concussion with effects that lingered for months. The next season, she was supposed to be the Wildcats’ starting opposite, but this time it was a pregnancy that sidetracked those plans.

Figuring out how to tell head coach Dave Rubio and the rest of the coaching staff was difficult. While Rubio says that he’s an “old pro” at dealing with pregnancies on teams he has coached going back to his days at Cal State Bakersfield, it was a completely new situation for Crouch.