(As the 2013-14 basketball season approaches, we introduce you to the student-athletes taking on the challenge of resurrecting basketball at Mount Mary University)
Sophomore Doni Yendriga (Conneaut, Ohio) transferred to Mount Mary this year from the University of Maine-Presque Isle where she played for new Blue Angels' head coach Marc Heidorf.
In 2012-13, Yendriga averaged 8 points and 7 rebounds per contest, earning her the team's "Rookie of the Year" Award. A durable center, she was the only player Owls' player to play in all 25 games (24 starts).
Not one to sit around, Yendriga took part in track and field in the spring, a club sport at UMPI. It was during an event that she tore a muscle ligament in her shoulder. The injury required surgery this summer and the subsequent rehab will keep transfer off the court until January.
Driving with her one good arm from Ohio to Wisconsin in August, Yendriga stepped on campus for the first time just days before the first days of class. This week she sat down to discuss her surgery, Mount Mary experience thus far, and basketball.
MMU Athletics: What has your experience at Mount Mary and in Milwaukee been so far?
Doni Yendriga: My experience has been excellent, that classes are great, the professors are awesome, and the girls on campus were very warm and welcoming.
MMU: Having classroom experience at a co-ed college and now a few weeks into a women's college, do you notice any differences, positive or negative?
Yendriga: The classes are more comfortable, that topics are more open. The professors are great and really try to help everyone interact with one another.
