Allentown double athlete excels

SHANE EVANS SME722@CABRINI EDU WEB EDITOR

Being a multi-sport athlete is never an easy task, especially when the sports are played in consecutive seasons. That daunting task didn’t stop freshman Nikki Duggan from excelling in both soccer and basketball.

The 5’10” stopper and shooting guard sensation came to Cabrini knowing that she would play basketball, but didn’t think soccer was on the agenda.

“I came here for basketball,” Duggan said. “But I’ve been playing soccer all my life also, so [coach] Bobbi [Morgan] letting me continue soccer was awesome.”

Anative of Allentown, Pa. and a graduate of Emmaus High School, Duggan jumped at the chance to be a part of two teams at Cabrini.

“I’ve been playing soccer for 13 years and basketball for 10, so quitting one of them wasn’t something I really wanted to do,” Duggan said.

After the girl’s soccer coach, Ken Prothero, found that Nikki was a soccer player,he immediately became interested in the dominating stopper and went to see one of her games.

“When Coach Prothero found out I was coming here, I talked to him about it, and he came to see me play in high school and told me I could play soccer too,” Duggan said.

Playing two sports that are so different, like soccer and basket-