A year ago, Maddy Watters began each game in the same spot.
The then-freshman guard sat the bench in the seat next to the scorers table, waiting for her name to be called.
Watters eyeballed the guard trio of Presley Hudson, Micaela Kelly and Cassie Breen as they put the Chippewas ahead by a multitude points on most nights in the 2017-18 season, and then she finally took the court.
Now Watters finds herself as a starter for the Central Michigan women’s basketball team as a sophomore.
Her journey began as a freshman in a closed scrimmage against the University of Michigan at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor.