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Author Ottaway, Amanda, author.

Title The rebounders : a Division I basketball journey / Amanda Ottaway.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2018.

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Summary "Unlike the stories of most visible Division I college athletes, Amanda Ottaway's story has more in common with those of the 80 percent of college athletes who are never seen on TV. The Rebounders follows the college career of an average NCAA Division I women's basketball player in the twenty-first century, beginning with the recruiting process when Ottaway is an eager, naive teenager and ending when she's a more contemplative twentysomething alumna. Ottaway's story, along with the journeys of her dynamic Wildcat teammates at Davidson College in North Carolina, covers in engaging detail the life of a mid-major athlete: recruitment, the preseason, body image and eating disorders, schoolwork, family relationships, practice, love lives, team travel, game day, injuries, drug and alcohol use, coaching changes, and what comes after the very last game. In addition to the everyday issues of being a student athlete, The Rebounders also covers the objectification of female athletes, race, sexuality, and self-expression. Most college athletes, famous or not, play hard, get hurt, fail, and triumph together in a profound love of their sport and one another, and then their careers end and they figure out how to move on. From concussions and minor injuries to classrooms, parties, and relationships, Ottaway understands the experience of a Division I women's basketball player firsthand. The Reboundersis, at its core, a feminist coming-of-age story, an exploration of what it means to be a young woman who loves a sport and is on a course of self-discovery through that medium."-- Provided by publisher.
""The Rebounders" is an up-close look at the contemporary college athletic experience away from the limelight"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Note Machine generated contents note: Note to the Reader Prologue 1. The Bubble 2. I Want You to Want Me 3. A Night with the 'Cats 4. Heading Home 5. Wet Season 6. Knocked Out 7. Sisterhood of the Traveling Sweatpants 8. A Postgame Surprise 9. A Team in Transition10. Our Bodies, Everyone's Business 11. Students or Athletes? 12. FTP 13. The Popularity Contest 14. The Dream Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Note to the Reader; Prologue; 1. The Bubble; 2. I Want You to Want Me; 3. A Night with the Ć¢#x80;#x99;Cats; 4. Heading Home; 5. Wet Season; 6. Knocked Out; 7. Sisterhood of the Traveling Sweatpants; 8. A Postgame Surprise; 9. A Team in Transition; 10. Our Bodies, EveryoneĆ¢#x80;#x99;s Business; 11. Students or Athletes?; 12. FTP; 13. The Popularity Contest; 14. The Dream; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography.
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Subject Ottaway, Amanda.
Davidson College -- Basketball.
Davidson College.
Basketball.
Davidson Wildcats (Basketball team)
Davidson Wildcats (Basketball team)
Women basketball players -- United States -- Biography.
Women basketball players.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Women college athletes -- United States -- Social conditions.
Women college athletes.
Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
Other Form: Print version: Ottaway, Amanda. Rebounders. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2018 9780803296848 (DLC) 2017033926 (OCoLC)1009246475
ISBN 9781496205872 (electronic book)
1496205871 (electronic book)
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9780803296848
0803296843
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