Interview with Stephanie Schmid of the Portlaoise Panthers
Stephanie Schmid has arrived in Ireland to begin life as a Professional Basketball Player with Women’s Super League side Portlaoise Panthers after impressing during her 2-year college stint with the Nevada Wolfpack. Schmid 23, from Lake Zurich, Illinois played all 60 games in her two years averaging 12.4 points a game. The 5’ 10” guard describes herself as a shooter, “I am definitely a shooter. I love to shoot threes. I've also really worked on various different parts of scoring and ways to create my shot or create offense for others. I am also a gym rat. I love to be in the gym for hours and work on every aspect of my game to further benefit the team. I strive to be the hardest worker on and off the court in every aspect in basketball, as well as in life,” said Schmid. When at Nevada Schmid had a 33% 3-point shooting accuracy which left her 6th all-time, which is a record to be very proud of. She says, “To be honest, I don't really focus too much on stats or percentages...