Crystal Langhorne wants more play in The Diamondback.
The senior forward first asked me for a Gameday layout in the paper before her Terrapin women’s basketball team played Ohio State back in November, and even after I told my editor about her specifically requesting the section, it didn’t happen.
Before I interviewed her this afternoon after practice, Langhorne asked me again for a Gameday section in Friday’s paper in anticipation of Senior Day on Sunday against Florida State.
I referred her to Monday’s coverage of the Terps’ win at Duke on Sunday, which included two stories about the team, the full box score, and the Up-and-Down and By The Numbers sections typically reserved for men’s games.
She said she’d seen it, and admitted she was impressed, but she still wanted something for Senior Day.
I told her I’d do what I could, and I started my interview.
Toward the end of the Q+A, I asked her “Senior Day’s Sunday. What do you think that’s going to be like?”
“Lots of tears,” Langhorne said. “It’s a lot of us so [pause…grin] I think it should be a big deal in The Diamondback. Who knows? I think they should have the old picture of when we were freshmen and like a new picture of when we’re seniors and compare them. So who knows what The Diamondback’s going to do, but it’s a big day.”
So Crystal Langhorne wants a Gameday layout and a photo montage in Friday’s Diamondback.
Crystal, I did what I could.
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Tags: Crystal Langhorne, Gameday, Senior Day
I’m very dispappointed the there wasn’t a front page story on Crystal Langhorne being named ACC Player of the year today. Even the Post Express paper had an article on that and they have an early press time! She deserves better from her school’s student newspaper.