2008 Woodie Awards
Ramsey's race
Freshman guard experiences setbacks before and during time at CMU
By: Dave Jones
Issue date: 2/18/08 Section: Sports
Camille Ramsey sits on the far end of the bench looking out onto the Rose Arena floor, watching her new teammates play the game she's grown up with.
She then looks to the other end of the bench, to her coach, Sue Guevara.
"I like it here," said the 5-foot, 5-inch freshman guard. "This team has so much potential. I'm already seeing playing time as a freshman and seeing the older girls play. When we're (the current freshman) older, we'll be good."
Ramsey has 30 turnovers in 167 minutes of play. She has been taken out of starting rotation and now is seeing diminished time. After seven starts, Ramsey has hit a wall, Guevara said, something that happens to a lot of freshmen playing their first, long college season.
But she is not new to unsatisfying situations.
Ramsey had to sit and watch her high school teammates sign letters of intent while waiting for a school that never came. She came from a team that sent four players to Division I basketball programs on scholarships.
"During my senior year, I was heavily recruited," Ramsey said. "But I became a sixth man and part-time starter and the recruiting went down."
Ramsey's Bolingbrook (Illinois) High School Raiders were 30-1 in her senior year and sent their top four players to Purdue, Michigan State, Northwestern and Northern Illinois, respectively.
"I was going to go to University of Illinois-Chicago as a preferred walk-on, but I knew I was college D-I material," she said.
Along with her high school coach, Anthony Smith, Ramsey sent tapes of her game to interested colleges, including CMU.
"I'd heard of Central's program," Ramsey said. "And I did know that they had one scholarship left."
Central's women's basketball team already had signed three players to scholarships, all coming before Guevara was hired. With only one full-ride scholarship left to give, Guevara wanted to be confident in her decision.
But she could not tell from the video tape if Ramsey was going to be that one player.
She then looks to the other end of the bench, to her coach, Sue Guevara.
"I like it here," said the 5-foot, 5-inch freshman guard. "This team has so much potential. I'm already seeing playing time as a freshman and seeing the older girls play. When we're (the current freshman) older, we'll be good."
Ramsey has 30 turnovers in 167 minutes of play. She has been taken out of starting rotation and now is seeing diminished time. After seven starts, Ramsey has hit a wall, Guevara said, something that happens to a lot of freshmen playing their first, long college season.
But she is not new to unsatisfying situations.
Ramsey had to sit and watch her high school teammates sign letters of intent while waiting for a school that never came. She came from a team that sent four players to Division I basketball programs on scholarships.
"During my senior year, I was heavily recruited," Ramsey said. "But I became a sixth man and part-time starter and the recruiting went down."
Ramsey's Bolingbrook (Illinois) High School Raiders were 30-1 in her senior year and sent their top four players to Purdue, Michigan State, Northwestern and Northern Illinois, respectively.
"I was going to go to University of Illinois-Chicago as a preferred walk-on, but I knew I was college D-I material," she said.
Along with her high school coach, Anthony Smith, Ramsey sent tapes of her game to interested colleges, including CMU.
"I'd heard of Central's program," Ramsey said. "And I did know that they had one scholarship left."
Central's women's basketball team already had signed three players to scholarships, all coming before Guevara was hired. With only one full-ride scholarship left to give, Guevara wanted to be confident in her decision.
But she could not tell from the video tape if Ramsey was going to be that one player.
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