page_title: Kalana Greene
section_title: College
hierarchical_section_title: Kalana Greene / College
caption_attribution_description: English: Prior to the last home game of the season, the University of Connecticut basketball program honors players in their last year of eligibility (normally seniors), with a summary of their accomplishments, and a framed jersey. This is a picture of Kalana Greene and her parents at the Senior Day ceremony.
context_page_description: Kalana Lanette Greene, is an American professional women's basketball guard, who last played for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and CCC Polkowice in Poland. She played her college career at the University of Connecticut, where the Huskies were the 2009 and 2010 NCAA national Champions.
context_section_description: Greene's choices came down to Georgia and Connecticut. She liked the Georgia program, but the UConn program, with both a family atmosphere and an expectation you have to work hard for everything you get swayed her to choose to come to join the University of Connecticut Huskies.
  Greene suffered a major knee injury in a game on December 17, 2007 against South Carolina, an injury that would end her season. It turned out to be a damaged ACL and torn LCL. UConn rarely played South Carolina, but set up a two-game series, with a game in 2007 against South Carolina in Connecticut, with a return trip to South Carolina in 2008, scheduled so that Greene could play in her home state as a senior. Her coach, Geno Auriemma, worried it might be a career-ending injury. 
  She worked hard to rehabilitate her knee, including staying on campus over the summer to work out in the gym every day. She played the following season, for a team that won the national championship, although not at the same level as before her injury. During the year, she had to make a decision whether to leave as an academic senior, or return for a fifth year. Players who are injured during a year can get an additional year of eligibility, if they haven't played too many games in the season. Greene's injury occurred in the eighth game of her junior season, so she was eligible to return if she chose. She considered her options,and chose to return for a fifth year.
  On March 9, 2010, Greene played in her 151st game as a UConn Husky, more than any other player in UConn Women's basketball history, breaking the mark held by Renee Montgomery. Greene played in 157 games in her complete college career, an NCAA record.
  Greene helped lead UConn to the Championship of the Big East Tournament, and earned Most Outstanding Player of the tournament for her performance.
caption: Kalana Greene with her parents at Senior Day ceremonies February 27, 2010
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