Typically, when an athlete is just breaking into a team, whether it be a freshman in college, or a rookie in the pros, they don’t get much playing time. However, former NIU women’s basketball player Claire Jakubicek established herself as deserving...

For freshman forward Claire Jakubicek, playing basketball was something she wanted to do since she was little. "My dad and I would watch TV, and we would see the girls in the WNBA and on different college teams playing," Jakubicek said. "I remember that's...