With .7 seconds left in the first half of the UC women’s basketball game on January 22 against Campbellsville, senior guard Stephanie Quattrochiocchi sinks an unexpected 86 foot shot. Making headlines not only locally, but nationwide, Quattrochiocchi has landed the number one spot on ESPN Sportscenter Top Plays for the past week and continues to take over the polls.
“It was always my dream as a kid to be on Sportscenter, so for this to happen is unreal and I’m very grateful that it happened to me,” stated Quattrochiocchi.
Within hours of the shot being made, Sports Information Editor, Brandon Hensley, had the footage from the game edited, put on YouTube, and sent into television stations in Lexington, Louisville, and Knoxville. After the stations said they would play the video, Brandon contacted ESPN and submitted the video two different times.
Soon after the video was being aired and seen, ABC’s “Good Morning America,” NBC, and CBS, all contacted Hensley seeking out permission to play the video on their stations.
“On Monday morning, about 4 a.m., I received a YouTube message from a producer of ABC's “Good Morning America” asking if I minded if they ran the video. I woke up at 7:45 that morning and saw the message and promptly responded with ‘absolutely!’ At 8:05 it was on Good Morning America, said Hensley.
Since her exposure nationwide, most students on campus have begun to recognize Quattrochiocchi. “All the attention has been a little stressful, but everyone around campus has been so great about it and so encouraging. It’s been pretty cool,” said Quattrochiocchi.
Hoping to ride on the fame a little longer, Quattrochiocchi is still letting the moment sink in. Even though it was not a game winning shot, the moment will still go down in Cumberland history.
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