It’s Christmas morning in the Benzan household in Wellesley, Massachusetts, but the usual holiday sounds — the tear of wrapping paper, the high-pitched squeals of excitement, the chorus of carols in the background — are absent. Fifteen minutes away, Katie Benzan and her brother, Patrick, — both in elementary school — try the doors at the local gym to play basketball.
“We’ve been sneaking into gyms since we were little kids — first and third grade,” Patrick Benzan said. “The statute of limitations is coming on a couple of these.”
Katie Benzan is one of the most prolific 3-point shooters in Maryland women’s basketball history.