Nikki McCray-Penson never wanted to let down anybody, which is what made her one of the strongest women, Dawn Staley says, she has ever known. Relentless on the court as a two-time SEC Player of the Year and two-time Olympic gold medalist, McCray-Penson was as bullish off it, always wanting to prove she could handle anything, that she could win any fight presented to her.
She’s stared at Pat Summitt and the world’s best players and her boss at South Carolina and any prospect she’s been asked to recruit and almost always won (not many claimed a don’t-blink contest with Summitt).