Gwyn returns
free from injuries
Ashikg Raval
araval@unca.edu - Staff Writer
After two years of a career
filled with injuries, Bulldog Brittany
Gwyn gets back on the court and
continues to pursue her passion.
Gwyn, a junior from High
Point, came to UNC Asheville in 2011
and since then has faced three major
injuries, which have caused her to miss
much of her time on the court.
“I was running in from the
three point line to get the rebound and
my teammate Blake Hokes, a center,
kind of swung her elbow and hit my
mouth,” Gwyn said. “My jaw ended
up splitting, basically she broke my
bone right below my nose and my teeth]
shifted back. I ended up going to the
emergency room that night, because I
had to get my teeth shifted back and
needed stiches.”
Gwyn’s first injury resulted
in her missing the first two months of
gameplay, and she returned to the court
for the Bulldogs’ fifth game of the
season.
“It was a bummer, because I was so
excited, it was the first opening game of the
season. I didn’t get to play my first game of
my freshman year which sucked big time,
but I tried to get past it and stay in shape
while I was out,” said Gwyn.
Gwyn played in 10 more games
that season, starting in nine of them.
During the 10th game, which was
an away game in Winthrop, Gwyn tore her
left ACL and had surgery. She was out for
six months and spent the summer before
her sophomore year in physical therapy,
resting and preparing her body for the next
season.
“Sophomore year I was trying to
come back, my body just wasn’t the same,
and you can’t see it now, but 1 gained like
20 pounds. I was eating fries, burgers and
ill kinds ot junk. I was kind of depressed
because I couldn’t really move or play.”
Gwyn said.
According to Gwyn, her coaches
encouraged her and told her when she felt
ready, she could come back to the court,
but she wasn’t always truthful about her
progress.
“I was still having a lot of pain and
discomfort. I wasn’t moving like I really
knew I could be moving. I just didn’t feel
the same,” said Gwyn.
During her second year on the
team, Gwyn was still getting her body
together. She said she was playing about 10
minutes a game.
“Our point guard tears her ACL
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