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From what I have read in Steve Rushin’s article titled, “At Home in the Hall” I have seen a small, tomboyish girl named Rebecca Lobo take her own life into her hands and become a much loved Hall of Fame basketball player, wife, and mother. Based on all of her accomplishments throughout her life, including leading the UConn Huskies to winning the 1995 national championship game against Tennessee, I would say that she was raised the right way by her mother, RuthAnn Lobo who tried to make sure that her daughter would be able to be herself and to live the way she wanted to. All throughout her life, Rebecca showed strength and bravery as she showed her counselor that UConn was not a safety school by winning the 1995 national championship game,

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