Sunday August 16, 2020
10 days before the 100th Anniversary of the Women’s Right to Vote
Inspirational Woman for Today is:
Doris Burke
Another interesting fact…“Doris was the kind of kid, if she saw the boys do something, she wanted to know how to do that,” her high school teacher Bill Rogers said. “I don’t know how many girls — if at all — had a jump shot. The boys did. So Doris would watch the boys and she would come to me and say, ‘I want to learn a jump shot. How do I shoot a jump shot?’” That work ethic — and the jump shot — landed her a spot on the Manasquan High School girls varsity team as the starting point guard as a freshman, eventually becoming the all-time leading scorer in school history when she graduated in 1983. She was the best player Dick Johnson coached in 25 years. If she had been more selfish, he said, Burke could have averaged double the 19.8 points per game she scored her senior year. (Courtesy Projects.NJ.com)
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