UConn Player Obtains Unbelievable Souvenir: Obama Campaign Ball
Posted by: Baller-in-Chief in Articles(From Roger Cleaveland for the Waterbury, Connecticut Republican-American)
Montgomery’s plucks nets an Obama ball
UConn’s Renee Montgomery returned from the White House a week ago with more than just the exhilarating experience of meeting President Obama.
She also left with the basketball that Obama used for recreation and stress relief on the campaign trail.
“It’s one of my most valuable possessions, right along with the net from the national championship,” said Montgomery, who will not disclose what she’s done with the ball. “They are two things I will cherish forever.”
After Obama congratulated the UConn women for their national championship, the president took the players to his outdoor White House basketball court to play a game of PIG.
“He flat-out beat us,” Montgomery said. “He only missed one shot, and we only made two as a team.”
After their game was over and Obama had made one last fadeaway jumper, Montgomery tracked down the basketball. Walking back to the White House, she asked if she could keep it.
“He paused for a good moment to think, so I got nervous,” Montgomery said. “Then he said, ‘I only have this one and it’s my campaign ball, but yes, you can have it.’ Then he asked somebody for a pen, so he could sign it. As he gave it to me, he said, ‘This should be a lesson for everybody to be a go-getter.’”
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