Jazmine Redmon’s coaches at Mead will miss everything athletic about the three-sport standout.
Talk to the coaches for a couple of minutes, though, and they’ll spend more time talking about Redmon the person and not Redmon the athlete.
Take Mead girls track coach Dori Robertson. The Panthers were preparing for a meet that eventually would be snowed out and there Redmon was jumping up and down trying to catch snowflakes on her tongue.
“She’s the leader of our team, she’s the heart of our team, she’s the goofball of our team,” Robertson said.
Redmon’s athletic feats this year speak for themselves. She was in a class by herself: GSL defensive MVP in soccer, GLS MVP in basketball for a second straight year and a first-team all-league pick in track after helping Mead to a state championship.
She will conclude her spectacular high school career tonight when the Metro takes on the Region in the 17th annual Jack Blair Memorial game at University High. Tipoff is at 7:30.
The Region team broke through last year, winning for the first time in the series. Redmon, who will continue playing at Gonzaga University, is determined to keep the Region, which is favored, from beginning a winning streak of its own.
