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Winchester balances basketball career with engineering aspirations

Abbie Winchester has been playing basketball since she was 6 years old, but that doesn’t stop her from excelling in the classroom.

Winchester, a junior forward on the Oklahoma State women’s basketball team, was an Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection last year. She’s maintained a high GPA despite being a part one of the more rigorous majors on campus, industrial engineering.

It’s not easy for any athlete to take on such a difficult major, as he or she’s time is limited by the sport. One may wonder why a basketball player would choose such a difficult path.