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 Wykeia Sanders loves the experience of college life -- even if her day is structured with almost military precision.
The 6-2 freshman plays for the Western Texas College women’s basketball, and her day begins earlier than those of most college freshmen – including a healthy dose of motivation to get to class on time.
“Coach (Tammy) Davis stays on top of us – we are up at 6 a.m.,” Sander said. “We have to run if we are even a minute late to class.”
Sanders said she misses her family and friends, but isn’t pining for her hometown, which is roughly twice the size of Snyder. Her shopping trips there mirror her trips here – she heads out of town to shop at the larger big box stores and malls.
“We are about 30 minutes from Shreveport, so that’s where we go,” she said. “It’s about a seven hour drive to Snyder, and I was ready to go home when we got here. I got a little homesick, but now it’s cool – we keep in touch.”
She does, however, miss the food – seafood, and lots of it.
“Everything here has cheese in it,” she laughed. “We eat a lot of shrimp and crawfish and every year on my birthday we have a crawfish boil.”
One of seven brothers and sisters, Sanders was recruited by Davis to be a part of a revamped Lady Westerner roster this season and plans to stay through her sophomore year WTC.
“I would like to go on to play Division I and get my degree in physical therapy,” she said. “But I like just being here and playing ball and experiencing college life. I do wish I could go out more, though.”
The Lady Westerners will battle conference foe Odessa College at The Coliseum Thursday.
Contact: Bobby Allen
Director, College News Service
325-574-7662
Fax: 325-573-9321
ballen@wtc.edu
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