Shoni Schimmel’s career in the Women’s National Association may be coming to an end … and it won’t be a happy ending for all the people who looked up to her.
Considered a role model when she played for the University of Louisville women’s basketball team. Shoni and her sister Jude attracted thousands of Native Americans at home and road games. They celebrated when Shoni was picked by the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA draft in 2014.
Shoni would get off to a good start in the WNBA, averaging 8.