SPOTLIGHT ON LADY TROJAN TIA HARVEY

When one thinks of Tia Harvey on the basketball court at Jack Stephens, most of the words that are synonymous with spunky may come to mind: courageous, energetic, fearless, high-spirited, peppy, active, alert, animated, bold, brave, eager, enthusiastic, fiery, gritty, gutsy (thank you dictionary. com) and tenacious.

She embodies all of these adjectives and more on the court as one of the Lady Trojans’ team leaders. Tia describes herself as “really loud, happy and joyful, having to be the energy for my team”.

This season Harvey, a junior who hails from Saxy High School in Garland, Texas is looking forward to stepping fully into the role of leadership even more so in the Fall of 2023 as a Senior.

This past season has been one for the books with The UA at Little Rock Women’s Basketball Team taking the lead as champions in The Ohio Valley Conference during their very first year. Although they did not get to win the finals in

Indiana as champions, losing in a very close game to Tennessee Tech, Harvey predicts that they will be going to NCAA next year as champions.

To see the video from postgame and to hear what Harvey and her teammate Jayla and Coach Foley had to say about it click on this link. https://lrtrojans. com/news/2023/4/17/womensbasketball-trojans-in-the-prosupdate-april-17.aspx

Harvey who stands in height at 5’9, aptly playing the guard move, I just want to dance.”

You never know how many multi-facets there are to a person until you just sit down and have a conversation with them.

Before sitting down with her for this interview, I was impressed by her professionalism which makes her stand out on the UA Little Rock Dance Team. It was a pleasure to get to know a little more about the dancing nurse-to-be named Stanley.

BY VAL BELL

position scored 10.0 points per game this season.

She is pursuing a degree in Communications here at UA at Little Rock and hopes to become an ESPN broadcaster.

She is proud of her coaches and her teammates who are leaving after playing such a stellar season this year as she envisions herself stepping up and becoming more developed as a team leader in the seasons to come.

She says that she may play an additional year due to the effects of COVID interrupting her college career in a sense. For more information on her stats, you can click on the following link. https:// lrtrojans.com/sports/womensbasketball/roster/tia-harvey/7046

BY VAL BELL