CT News Blog reports:
The fact that Caroline Doty is back in the starting lineup for the
UConn women’s basketball team this season should not come as a surprise.
Not even after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee
for the third time last year.
Doty grew up in Collegeville, Pa. with two brothers – her twin, Kevin
Jr. and Mike, who is 15 months younger. They were known simply as the
“The Doty’s’’ in the neighborhood. Caroline was taught early on to
persevere and confront challenges head-on. Whether it was playing
kickball or Capture the Flag, having dunk contests off of a crate or
playing football on the front lawn with her brothers, Caroline never
backed down.
She once crashed into a tree in the front yard when Mike used the
tree as a pick as he was running a pattern in a game. Caroline got back
up. She was mad and ready to exact revenge on the very next play. She
credits her toughness, the same toughness that drove her to relentlessly
attack her rehabilitation in an effort to continue her basketball
career. Even if it was three times in a span of less than four years.
“She was a tough kid,’’ Kevin Doty Sr. said. “She got in her share of
scuffles and her brothers had her back. But if her brothers got in
scuffles she was the first one in. So she was a tough kid. Just playing
on the playground and playing in the driveway, she was `one of the guys’
because she was able to compete with them. She enjoyed it and it was
all good.’’
Doty is one of many players who have played under Coach Geno Auriemma
who have suffered a serious injury at UConn and were able to
successfully continue their career. All-Americans Shea Ralph, who is
currently a Huskies’ assistant coach, and Sue Bird top the list.
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