Archive: Toledo Rocket Success Stories
It's hard to picture the Toledo women's basketball team without its fearless floor general, senior guard Sophia Wiard.
But in an alternate universe, it is possible to imagine a completely different scenario. Instead of dishing out assists and knocking down three-pointers, envision Wiard sprinting around the basepaths of a baseball diamond or weaving through tacklers on her way to the end zone in a helmet and shoulder pads. It's not as crazy as it sounds.
A native of Muskegon, Mich. and the all-time leading scorer at Oakridge High School, Wiard always assumed that basketball would be her sport.