Here We Go! Dawn Staley’s Gamecocks and the Road to the Championship

by David Cloninger, David Cloninger

She stood at the podium on May 10, 2008, and promised to bring national prominence to South Carolina. Most thought it would take a miracle to get to that point, but Dawn Staley has always beaten the odds. Staley's vision for the Gamecocks' women's basketball team came true over the next nine years, culminating in the 2017 national championship. Her willingness to keep striving--to deliver on her promise--was met with early resistance. It paid off with several winning seasons, then terrific recruits. And, finally, the only prize Staley had not obtained in a lifetime of championship basketball. David Cloninger takes you on the team's journey to the national title.

Genres: Basketball

120 pages, Paperback

Published November 6, 2017

Reviews

[Kristy Sokol]

I am a HUGE Gamecocks women’s basketball team fan and an even bigger Dawn Staley fan, and I wanted to give this book 5 stars just based on that alone. It was an interesting read — I liked hearing more about the players who paved the way for this championship team, and I loved reliving some of the best games I’ve ever seen. I did, however, find the constant switching from “early Dawn Staley years” to “championship year” distracting — especially because there was rarely any indication of what year we were in and I had to rely on my memory and knowledge of the team. Someone who is less familiar with the team and players would have no idea what was happening, and it would have been so easy to just put the year at the start of the chapter. I also noticed several typos. Still, I couldn’t put the book down and really enjoyed a fun walk down memory lane!