Osseo graduate lives dream of playing professional basketball
When Jennie Sunnarborg graduated from South Dakota State University last summer and got married in September, she thought her days of playing competitive basketball was over. She has played basketball since a very young age and enjoyed stellar careers at Osseo High and SDSU. After graduating from college, she played in a league at the Minneapolis YWCA but she missed the competitiveness of high-level hoops.
“I wanted to keep playing after college but thought the possibility of playing was over,” said Rintala, a 2008 Osseo High School graduate. “I had to complete my schooling with a summer internship and after getting married in September I thought the moment had passed.”
Jennie Rintala (third right, second row) led Osseo to an upset win over a Centennial team that was ranked No. 1 in the state and 12th nationally in the 2008 section championship game. Then out of the blue, Sunnarborg (now Jennie Rintala) received an offer to play professional basketball in Australia.
Click here to read the full article by Bob San of the Sun Press Newspapers.
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