Growing up in western Australia and spending much of her youth playing at the beach and swimming in the Indian Ocean, Emma Clarke had a good idea of what she wanted in a college.
So, when Clarke was talking to Colorado women's basketball coach JR Payne this spring and asked, "Are you anywhere near water?," Payne had to pause.
"Uh, no we're not," Payne had to tell her.
Clarke signed anyway, and during her official visit in May, Boulder went through a cold and rainy spell.
"Coach does it get colder here?" a chilly Clarke asked Payne.