STORRS, Connecticut — UConn women’s basketball fans know Evina Westbrook as No. 22 on the 10th-ranked Huskies, but they may soon know her in a different way.
The senior is a communication major in Storrs and has aspirations of working in broadcasting as a sports reporter so she is putting in a different kind of work on the court.
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“I love broadcasting,” smiled Westbrook, who was taking part in a media day for the men’s team on Tuesday. “Always wanted to do stuff with like ESPN, sideline reporting and once I found UCTV (UConn’s student television), I just wanted to do stuff with them.”
While Westbrook is averaging nearly 10 points a game for the Huskies, she’s working on a different craft at Gampel Pavilion these days.
“It’s definitely a different role, kinda being on the other side of things, kind of seeing how it works behind the scenes but it’s cool and I love it,” Westbrook said. “It’s something that I hopefully want to make a career one day and I really want to be good at it and perfect things that I want to do.”
But for now, her focus is on the team and at 17-5, the Huskies are getting ready for March Madness.
Westbrook and the team play at Xavier University tomorrow night.
Sean Pragano is a sports reporter at FOX61 News. He can be reached a spragano@fox61.com. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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