When her high school basketball coach cut her from the team senior year, Baileigh Sinaman-Daniel refused to let that rejection, or the fact she was born with one arm, end her dream of playing the game that her childhood idol LeBron James made her fall in love with 15 years ago.
That determination led her to become the first NCAA Division III women’s basketball player with one arm to score in a collegiate game, said her coach, Martin Rather.
She has completed more individual practice sessions than any other player on the team, which is having its best season in 14 years and has reached the playoffs.
And her achievement is particularly notable given the rarity of one-armed players in collegiate basketball who could have served as role models.