![]() “Getting to know as a person, even better. “One of the great joys of my time coaching at the U was watching this young woman play basketball,” Whalen posted on her Twitter account. On March 1, Whalen officially stepped down after five years as the Gophers’ coach and on Monday the university introduced Dawn Plitzuweit as her successor. She joined the team in January 2021 and played the rest of the season before missing 2021-22 after surgery. That being said, I hope to receive respect and space during this difficult time.”īorowicz was a four-star recruit (ESPN) and the 19th-ranked point guard in the country when Lindsay Whalen recruited her out of Roseau. “But I appreciate the love and support everyone has shown me. “It’s hard not to feel like I’m disappointing people, especially myself,” she wrote. She was not immediately available for an interview on Wednesday. ![]() She averaged 24.1 minutes a game this season, but clearly at a cost. I have been struggling for the past year to push through and put a smile on my face, but my body is telling me enough.”Īt Big Ten media days last October, Borowicz explained that doctors alleviated the issue to the point where she could begin practicing without contact in February 2022 and that she had full clearance to play this season.īut Borowicz acknowledged the issue hadn’t been completely resolved. “When I play,” she wrote Wednesday, “it only gets worse and I’ve come to associate basketball with pain. She missed all of last season after surgery to repair an injury to the back of her skull that was putting pressure on her spine, ultimately causing nerve damage that resulted in tingling, numbness and weakness in her legs. She called the decision “the most difficult and painful one I’ve ever had to make.”Īs a redshirt freshman this season, Borowicz averaged 8.5 points and 3.0 assists a game and shot 37 percent from 3-point range for the Gophers (11-19, 4-14). ![]() Katie Borowicz, the Roseau point guard who left high school early to join the Gophers basketball team only to miss her second season after surgery to relieve pressure in her brain, is retiring from basketball.īorowicz, a 5-foot-7 sophomore whose ball-handling skills made her an uncommon threat when driving to the rim, made the announcement on her Twitter account Wednesday morning.
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