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Washington Spirit draft pick Trinity Rodman doesn't want to be 'known just as Dennis Rodman's daughter'

Trinity Rodman has said she doesn't want to be defined only by her famous father after she was selected second overall by the Washington Spirit in the NWSL draft.

The U.S. youth international is the daughter of former NBA champion Dennis Rodman, but she is determined to move out of his shadow as she begins a career of her own in professional sports.

"[Being a professional] has been my dream forever so this is unreal to me," Rodman said after she was selected. "The one thing I'm most excited for is just to learn from this. [At] the professional level you're going to learn more than you're going to do well, really, but I'm excited to learn.