{"id":7637,"date":"2012-06-15T11:02:07","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T16:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=7637"},"modified":"2012-08-02T16:44:16","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T21:44:16","slug":"forrer-earns-a-spot-on-uds-basketball-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2012\/06\/15\/forrer-earns-a-spot-on-uds-basketball-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Forrer earns a spot on UD’s basketball team"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When Sinclair\u2019s season ended in the final round of the Ohio Community College Athletic Association\u2019s District 12 tournament, Sinclair guard Danielle Forrer\u2019s basketball career seemed to be over as well.<\/p>\n

But through the efforts of Sinclair\u2019s head coach Jeff Dillon, Forrer will be playing basketball for the University of Dayton next season.<\/p>\n

Forrer is an Exercise Science major and is transferring to the University of Dayton to finish her degree.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was transferring to UD no matter what,\u201d Forrer said. \u201cThis is just kind of a bonus to be able to play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forrer has earned a spot on the Flyers basketball team as a walk-on, which Forrer said has always been one of her dreams.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to play at a high level,\u201d Forrer said. \u201cI never really could see myself being able to play [at a four-year school]. So it\u2019s really a huge privilege to get the opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dillon said the University of Dayton\u2019s head coach Jim Jabir is a long-time friend and sold him on Forrer\u2019s work ethic\u2014something that he knew Jabir would admire.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know how he recruits, and she is just the prototype player that he recruits,\u201d Dillon said in a phone interview. \u201cHe likes the blue-collar, hard-working kids. And that is Danielle Forrer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jabir said in a phone interview that he expects the same type of effort from Forrer that he expects from any of his other players and said her success is going to depend on how hard she works.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom everything that I\u2019ve heard about her, she is somebody who is very hard-working,\u201d Jabir said. \u201cFrom the course load that she had to take just to get into school\u2026 it is pretty impressive. [But] we\u2019re not going to treat her like a walk-on. She\u2019s going to have the same responsibilities, and the same load as everybody else. It\u2019s up to her to see how this plays out. She\u2019ll be given every chance [to succeed].\u201d<\/p>\n

Forrer played in 27 games for the Tartan Pride last season and averaged 9.9 points and 4.7 assists in her sophomore season.<\/p>\n

She said she hopes to ease her way into the rotation, but she knows she has to prove herself before she can.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just have to prove myself over the summer,\u201d Forrer said. \u201cWe start working-out in the summer, so that\u2019s my time to shine and show what I can really do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dillon said Forrer is the epitome of a student athlete. And no matter what, he knows that she will give it her all as a Flyer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had a lot of players in my nine years at Sinclair, but she truly is just one of those special kids that you come across that just fits all the things that you are looking for,\u201d Dillon said. \u201cShe\u2019s got great character, and she\u2019s a great student athlete. Every day in practice, she\u2019d give you everything she had.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forrer said she plans on using her strong work ethic to earn playing time for the Flyers, and Dillon said he wouldn\u2019t be surprised if she earned an athletic scholarship by her senior season.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore she\u2019s done there, her work ethic will probably get her a one-year scholarship,\u201d Dillon said. \u201cShe\u2019ll go in, and I guarantee before she\u2019s done that she will out-work some of the people that they\u2019re bringing in. Her hard work will be rewarded.\u201d<\/p>\n

As she is moving on to the University of Dayton, she said that her time at Sinclair was a huge success.<\/p>\n

\u201cSinclair has really showed me how much I love basketball,\u201d Forrer said. \u201cI really want to thank coach Dillon. Coach Dillon has been nothing but amazing to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The University of Dayton\u2019s women\u2019s team finished last season with a record of 23-7, winning the Atlantic-10 Conference Tournament, and earning a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season. They fell to Arkansas in the first round by a score of 72-55.<\/p>\n

Forrer said she is excited to get the chance to potentially play in the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it would be awesome,\u201d Forrer said. \u201cIt\u2019s just amazing to think that I could be in that position finally.\u201d<\/p>\n

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