{"id":48324,"date":"2017-01-17T13:02:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T19:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=48324"},"modified":"2017-01-17T13:02:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T19:02:33","slug":"womens-basketball-community-comes-together-to-support-loss-of-northwestern-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/womens-basketball-community-comes-together-to-support-loss-of-northwestern-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s basketball community comes together to support loss of Northwestern player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Allie Burger<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Shock and sadness continue to radiate through the Chicago women\u2019s basketball community following the suicide of Northwestern sophomore Jordan Hankins.<\/p>\n<p>As Northwestern continues to deal with the aftermath of Hankins\u2019 Jan. 9 death, the effects of the tragedy have also extended to surrounding women\u2019s programs.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Loyola\u2019s coach Kate Achter finished off practice last Wednesday in a circle with her team as they always do. Each woman draped an arm over the player next to her or tugged on her teammate\u2019s shorts or sleeve. In team huddles, Achter insists her players are always physically connected, a reminder that each person plays an integral part of the unit and that no one is alone.<\/p>\n<p>She talked to her team about the loss of Hankins, a Wildcats&#8217; guard, \u00a0and let players know they would be signing cards to send to their \u00a0rivals 15 minutes north on Sheridan Road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny time a member of the women\u2019s basketball community is lost, we all feel it,\u201d Achter said. \u201cYou put yourself in [Joe McKeown\u2019s] shoes as a coach and you can\u2019t imagine the pain he\u2019s going through because you care about these kids like they\u2019re your own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DePaul coach Doug Bruno shared similar sentiments and emphasized the human element within the inner-city competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou fight for two hours tooth and nail with the opposing coach, opposing program, opposing team \u2026 and year-round in recruiting,\u201d Bruno said. \u201cBut, we still are \u2026 a community of hoopsters. There is a bigger picture. We are all in this together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though many in the Chicago basketball community did not know Hankins personally, her absence has quickly brought to greater attention the interpersonal relationships within a team and program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach teammate is a part of your family, so losing one person is tremendously affecting,\u201d Loyola guard Kaitlyn Williams said. \u201cEverything you do is going to be for them. I can\u2019t even imagine going through what they\u2019re going through right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from both Loyola and DePaul said they have reached out to Northwestern\u2019s team and athletic department. While both teams will continue to focus on their mid-season schedules day-to-day, Achter said that long-term, the conversation around mental health issues needs to progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a topic that is still so taboo within sports,\u201d Achter said. \u201cWe accept our athletes to be so tough and fight through things, but at the end of the day sometimes our kids aren\u2019t mentally equipped to handle difficulties. We need to talk about that more.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Loyola women&#8217;s basketball team gathers post-practice Jan. 11 and learns of the death of Northwestern sophomore Jordan Hankins. (Allie Burger\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Allie Burger Shock and sadness continue to radiate through the Chicago women\u2019s basketball community following the suicide of Northwestern sophomore Jordan Hankins. 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