FWST: TCU freshman earns gold, silver with USA Basketball

Amber Ramirez, incoming freshman and one of the newest members of the TCU women’s basketball team, doesn’t hesitate for a second when asked what she hopes to bring to the Horned Frogs in her first season at TCU.

“Leadership,” Ramirez said. “Leadership and my ability to shoot and score. I’m always talking, making sure everybody’s good, everybody’s getting their shots.”

In a vacuum, that response might raise an eyebrow or two, coming from an 18-year-old only just getting acquainted with a new city, college life, not to mention the tremendous step up in competition from high school to Big 12 college basketball. But Ramirez is not the average freshman.

Already the second-highest rated recruit in program history and a McDonald’s All-American, Ramirez added a gold and a silver medal to her war chest this summer after playing in two international Under 18 tournaments with USA Basketball.