WASHINGTON - Georgetown University women's basketball player Tyshell King (Baltimore, Md./St. Frances Academy) is no stranger to adversity. Growing up in the Cherry Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, Md., she was encouraged by her father, Freddie King, to take up basketball at a young age when he saw potential.
Fast forward to her junior and senior years of high school. King had committed to play basketball at Wake Forest University, but changed her plans in the fall when she realized that she wanted her father at every game cheering her on. She decided on Georgetown, less than an hour from Cherry Hill meaning Freddie could make every home game.