In tears, behind his desk, Lou Lopez-Sénéchal launches into a declaration of love to his American university team at UConn. Eliminated for a few minutes in the round of 16 of the university end-of-season tournament by Ohio State (61-73) – a rare fact since the Huskies had qualified for the Final Four in their 14 previous seasons -, the Frenchwoman of 25 years old (who also has Mexican nationality through her father) expresses her emotion as she has just played her last university match, and that she could turn professional in stride if a club were to contact her in the coming days.
« J‘had one of my best years of my life here and it’s all credit to the UConn team, all my teammates, Dorka (Juhasz) who was in the same situation as mewhispered the winger. It is truly a blessing for me to have had this fifth year (academic) and I am very grateful for this opportunity. It’s hard to think that it’s the last match with them and that I won’t play with them anymore. It’s just hard to believe it. »
The coach of the France team visited him in March
After four years spent at the University of Fairfield, the native of Guadalajara (Mexico) had thus been able to complete her career in the most successful team in the country (11 NCAA titles), a real incubator of talents (including, for example, the international tricolor Gabby Williams). This season, she had shown an excellent level of play there (15.5 points to 44% at three points in 37 matches).
So much so that at the beginning of March, the coach of the France team Jean-Aimé Toupane made a return trip to the United States to meet the one who had lived in Grenoble for a long time before having a first experience. abroad, in Ireland in high school. ” It’s part of my job to go ”walk around” to see players, and the players that everyone is talking about, of which Lou is one “says the technician.
France or abroad, the player, in an interview given to the site swish-swish said that she wanted to give priority to an experience outside France: “ If I can go to a country other than France, Spain or elsewhere, to play professionally, I’m in. Discovering another culture, a country that I don’t know, is always very rewarding and it has always helped me to become more mature. »
