Marshall University Athletics
Knable Inks Deal with Europe's BBC Etzella
7/19/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Knable Inks Deal with Europe's BBC Etzella
7/19/2004
Catie Knable, seen here banging bodies with Kent State's 6-foot-6 center Andrea Csaszar during the two team's meeting in the 2004 MAC Tournament quarterfinals, may find the European physical style of play more suited toward her game. Photo courtesy of the Mid-American Conference |
Former Marshall University basketball standout Catie Knable (Floyd Knobs, Ind.) will continue her basketball career after signing with the BBC Etzella of the Diekirch Basket-Ball League (DBBL), a team based out of Ettelbruck, Luxembourg.
Knable inked a one-year deal with BBC Etzella and plans to depart for Europe in mid-August. The 2004-05 DBBL season runs for approximately eight months, after which Knable may have the opportunity to re-up with the team for another season.
A 6-foot-2 forward/center, Knable started in 93 games for the Thundering Herd over the course of her four-year career at Marshall from 2000-2004. She is the school?s second all-time leading rebounder with 910 career boards, which is the 15th best total in Mid-American Conference history. Not only a big presence in the lane, Knable is a threat from downtown as well as she connected on 35.7 percent of her 3-point field goal attempts (fourth best in MU history).
?It?s really exciting to be able to continue to play basketball,? Knable, 22, said. ?My experience at Marshall has prepared me for this new venture in my life.?
Royce Chadwick, Marshall women?s basketball head coach, is extremely pleased that one of his hardest working pupils is getting a chance to play pro basketball.
?It?s a tremendous inspiration for a player that?s been told 'you can?t do it' to be able to continue to play after a great college career,? Chadwick said. ?Catie is not the most talented player, but she?s the most dedicated and committed individual we?ve had.
?Our current girls are excited for Catie, and they see how her work ethic and commitment have paid off. It?s made her a role model for our players.?
Knable will serve as the team?s lone American-born player. She does, however, have some international experience to draw from, having just played in a 10-game tour of Poland as part of the Athletes in Action program this summer. Knable?s squad, comprised of former NCAA basketball stars, went 7-3 in the tour.
