June 23, 2010

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - You asked for it! Now here are the answers to questions fans sent in to players from the 2010-11 Maryland women's basketball team.

Junior Lynetta Kizer is a 6-4 center from Woodbridge, Va.

Stay tuned to umterps.com for more answers from all the players!

Questions for Lynetta

Nickname:
Yah-Yah

How did you choose your number?
A good friend of the family had cancer and he passed away my freshman year in high school. So I wear his number in honor of him.

What has impressed you the most about Coach Frese and her staff?
What impresses me the most about Coach Frese and her staff is the dedication that they have to our team. It's much more than basketball with our coaching staff.

What are some of your goals for the next two years?
Some of my goals for the next three years are to get ACC player of the year, graduate and go pro.

From Carol: If you had a walk-out song, what would it be?
Champion by Kanye West

From Freddie: What is your favorite shot on the court?
Anywhere around the free throw line.

From Leann: What are your thoughts on playing in the ACC?
I love playing in the ACC, I think there are a lot of great players and it is so competitive.

What motto do you try to live by each day?
I try to live by the motto “day by day”.

From Stuart: Who is your role model and why?
My role model is my mother because she works so hard to provide for my family and I and she is a big part of my success today.

Favorite professional sports player?
CARMELO ANTHONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What is your dream job?
My dream job is to play professional and if not then I want to work somewhere with kids.

From Kathy: What do you most look forward to this season?
All the talent coming in, I really looking forward to playing with them.

Tell me about your position coach.
My position coach is Coach Langley and she is awesome. She works well with our bigs and me, and helps make us all better basketball players.

Hometown? What is something unique about it/your favorite thing to do there?
I'm from Woodbridge, Va. Something unique about the area is everyone pretty much knows each other. My favorite thing to do here is just play basketball.

From Tom: What's on your ipod?
Drake, jay-z, kanye and lots of GO-GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From Shawn: What team do you most look forward to playing each year?
Duke and UNC definitely

What's it like to know you are halfway through your college career? What are some of your goals for the next two years?
Halfway through my college career I think I've grown into a different basketball player. Some of my goals for the next two years are to do anything that I can to help my team get to the final four and bring another national championship back to college park.

From Carrie: Who got you in to playing basketball?
My big brother (Dominique Kizer)

From: Heather: What do you do to unwind after a game?
After the games, I find tons of food to eat after working up an appetite during the game and then relax.

From Thomas: Do you have any pre-game superstitions or routines?
I show up to Comcast and shower. Then I turn on the iPod and crank to some gospel (the songs have to be played in the same order before every game though) and finally when I go shoot before the game, I turn on Jay-z, Kanye and some go-go.

From Danielle: What is your go-to shot when playing H-O-R-S-E?
Behind the three.

From Jerry: Outside of ACC schools, what team would you want to play and why?
UCONN because they are one of the best teams out there and I want to play the best.