Kristi Kingma Out for the Season after ACL Injury

King5.com reports:



Kristi Kingma will miss the entire 2011-12 season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee. The injury comes less than a month before the Washington women’s basketball program reports for the start of the regular season.  
The senior guard from Mill Creek, Wash., sustained the tear recently in Norway when she was driving to the basket during Washington’s foreign tour game against Asker. Although the prognosis was initially optimistic, an MRI test back in Seattle revealed the full extent of the injury. Click to continue.


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Kristi Kingma will miss the entire 2011-12 season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee. The injury comes less than a month before the Washington women's basketball program reports for the start of the regular season.

The senior guard from Mill Creek, Wash., sustained the tear in Norway when she was driving to the basket during Washington's foreign tour game against Asker. Although the prognosis was initially optimistic, a magnetic resonance imaging test back in Seattle revealed the full extent of the injury.

"I'm extremely disappointed for Kristi," said first-year coach Kevin McGuff. "She's worked really hard in the offseason to put herself in position to have a wonderful senior season. I still look forward to her having a positive impact on our team and program this year." Click to continue.

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