A Day in the Life of a Monarchs Mommy

A Day in the Life of a Monarchs Mommy
This blog is about my life as a mother and wife, my family and my career as a professional basketball player.
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Scholanda Robinson
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My name is Scholanda Robinson and I am a guard for the Sacramento Monarchs of the WNBA.  I am married to Frederick Robinson and we have a five-year old daughter, Aishida Robinson.

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How I Got My Start in Basketball

I started playing basketball in the sixth grade. Before I played any organized sports, I participated in field day during elementary school and I’d beat all the boys in races all the time. That sparked everybody’s attention, they were like, “Okay, that’s a pretty fast little girl!” So I ran track when I got to middle school and my track coach was really good friends with the girls’ basketball coach. After track season was over, I would hang out at school and wait on my mom to get off work and come pick me up because she usually didn’t get there until 5:30, so my track coach asked, “Why don’t you just play basketball? You could stay in shape for track and it would give you something to do.” So I decided to try it.

 

I never considered myself to be a good basketball player, I was just super athletic and fast, so I could beat everybody to the easiest shot on the court – a layup! That made me good because I was really athletic and I could get to a layup really quickly before anybody could do anything to stop me. Then, I started to grow more of a love for it throughout playing in middle school and in eighth grade, I had a choice to make—in my city, there was one high school that was known for girls’ track and always competed at the state tournament, and then there was a school that was great in girls’ basketball and always competed at states. At each school, the opposite sport was terrible. So coming out of eighth grade, I had to choose which sport I wanted to focus on. I ended up choosing to play basketball; I thought that it would be easier for me to play basketball on a really good team and compete, then just run track and do my individual events. So I did that and ran track for a few years but then I gave it up because my basketball coach was really concerned that I would tear my knee up while I was doing the triple jump; I had no teaching in that event, I was just out there being athletic. So I ended up giving up track my sophomore year and focusing completely on basketball.

 

I got recruited to Louisiana State and that’s where I played basketball for four years and during that time, after my freshman year, is when I got married and had my daughter. My husband and I have been married six years now, we just had our anniversary.

 

I met Frederick in the mall, he stalked me! I was with some of my teammates and he said that he saw us from afar because we were towering over everyone in the mall. When he got to the store we were in, he came in and started talking to me. I thought he was really sweet and gentlemanly, particularly because there were a few other guys that day who called out to us, but I hate that. So Frederick and I stood and talked for a minute and he proceeded to tell me that he was going to take me from my boyfriend! He had asked if I had a boyfriend, I said yes, and he said “I’m going to take you from him.” So I said, “That’s interesting, considering you haven’t even told me your name or asked me for mine!” He was a little embarrassed, so he gave me his name and asked for mine, but that was it, he didn’t ask for my number or anything. And at the time, I was living on campus in student-athlete housing – everybody knew where we stayed, all athletes lived in the same place – and he had a friend who had graduated from LSU that ran track. They would always come to campus and work out, so one day when they were on campus working out he went to the front desk and asked for my number… and they gave it to him! They gave it to him! There were four of us living together and we each had one other person that we already knew, so we had switched rooms to be with the person that we knew. One of my roommates was in the room that I was originally in and that’s the number that they gave Frederick, so he called and my roommate handed me the phone. I don’t know what was wrong with me this day, I was just in a bad mood or something so I was confused. I said, “Who? What? I don’t know who you are!” and he was being really sweet, he said, “We met in the mall, my name is Frederick. If you don’t want me to ever call again, I won’t.” He called and asked for permission to call me! So I said, “Okay, you can call me,” and the next day he and his friend came over and hung out at our apartment after they worked out and I just never got rid of him. He just stuck! He has a great personality and he really lights up a room. He has that personality that everybody wants to be around and everybody loves. I fell in love with him, really quickly, because his personality is just great. He would just come over and hang out and suddenly I was like, “Um… you kind of live here! Why are you paying rent at your own apartment?” We hit it off pretty early; we just got along really well and laughed all the time. He became my best friend and that was that.
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posted by MonarchsSchoTime on Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 12:43 PM
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posted by hmoeckli on Jun 26, 2008 at 01:07 PM
It's so cool to hear the perspective of a female, professional athlete! Thanks for sharing and welcome to SacMomsClub!
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posted by MissVicki on Jun 26, 2008 at 01:35 PM

What a sweet story :-)   You were meant to be together.    Welcome to SacMoms, it's great to have you here!

 

 

 

 

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posted by MiaMama on Jun 26, 2008 at 06:36 PM
What a sweet story!  Welcome!
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posted by AmandaS on Jun 26, 2008 at 07:46 PM
Six years married...that is where we are at this year. Welcome to the site.
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posted by blahblahblah on Jun 26, 2008 at 09:08 PM
Hi and welcome! Looking forward to hearing more about your life as a professional athlete, mom and wife.

Your husband sounds great! Congrats on your recent anniversary celebration!
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posted by nratcliff on Jun 27, 2008 at 02:47 PM

Very heartwarming story.  I like to see that men do exist that are not intimidated by successful and achieving women - I am married to one of those as well and it's nice not to have to worry about how he may feel but in turn is overly supportive and appreciative.

My 13 year old step daughter found basketball three years ago and absolutely loves it.  She tried soccer - too much running, she tried softball too much standing around and then came basketball... she was a monster - stealing the ball from innocent little girls who half the time didn't know what to do with it when they got it... it's just her sport and she loves it.

The first two years she was on the championship team for our local recreational kids league and then last year she was moved to a different team because that coach had to quit.  We knew this would be the grand test because she was now on a losing team and we wanted to see if she lost interest. 

The opposite occurred - she became the team leader, encouraging the other players, trying to help them and always giving it her best effort.  I think they won one game last year and that was because the other team had to forefeit/  but our girl stuck with it and was really able to shine and show some leadership skills we didn't even know she had.

I want to encourage her to play and sharpen her skills as much as possible. The only downside to her so far in this area is that she refuses to practice or even go outside and shoot the basket/// my husband has a hard time with this because he had a love for baseball and you still can't get the bat out of his hands half the time. I try to tell him girls are different and if this is something she really wants then later on she will learn that she will have to practice and work for it.

The more I think about that though the more I think my husband is correct in that sometimes you have to push your children to be better and practice and not let them think - yes you are good - which doesn't mean you don't have to practice to be better.

 

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posted by pliberty on Jul 2, 2008 at 03:01 PM
Very cool story. So nice to meet you and your family. Also great to know of women who at their best are at least as good as the guys! I have been in the automotive industry most of my professional life, which is a tough world to compete in with the men.
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