Her jumper is so sweet, one could watch her loft shots all day. As part of the comprehensive four-day program, the girls also attend classes during the day. I'd rather be famous than wealthy, the teacher says. Well, you can always pay someone to make you be famous if you have money, Droesch says. The others nod in agreement.
Truth is, only a handful of women have become famous and wealthy in professional women's basketball.
Plus, because no one is going to sign a million-dollar contract in the WNBA right now, there is less incentive to legally challenge WNBA policy that prohibits high school players from jumping to the pros. Which is why there are no WNBA scouts in the stands. At the boys camps, scouts from every NBA team are in attendance. And so, the focus here is different. I'm in it for the education, says Katy Flecky, a senior from Colorado who is considering Notre Dame and Stanford.