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Caroline Doty played basketball at the University of Connecticut from 2008-2013 where she won 3 National Championships and came back from 3 ACL tears.  She talks about growing up in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, having a twin brother and another brother just one year younger, how she got into basketball, and playing AAU with Elena Delle Donne on Fencor where they won several AAU National Championships.  Caroline details her outstanding career at Germantown Academy where she was a 3 sport athlete in basketball, soccer and track, the recruiting process, and why she chose UConn.  She then talks about her first ACL tear senior year of high school while playing soccer, missing the basketball season, but getting to UConn healthy and starting as a Freshman.  Caroline describes her 5 year career at UConn where she suffered 2 more ACL tears, but never thought about quitting basketball, making 5 Final Fours, winning 3 National Championships, and being coached by Geno Auriemma.  She explains her decision to move out to Oregon after college, working very hard to get a job at Nike, spending the last 8 years with the company, and coaching JV at Beaverton High School.