Hard work is a natural for South Carroll's Vosloh

THE BALTIMORE SUN

This just in from South Carroll.

"Super Woman" is playing basketball for the Cavaliers.

Her given name is Lindsey Vosloh but her teammates call her "Super Woman."

Vosloh, a 5-foot-7 sophomore, outsprints everybody else on the court, runs effortlessly and looks as if she could run all night.

She goes flying through the air for rebounds, always seems to be in the right place at the right time to come up with a loose ball or make a big steal, beats double teams with superb quickness and delivers the ball to the open player, and never seems to get rattled.

She is cool with athletic ability to burn, and tops it off with a soft shooting touch -- if she decides to shoot.

"We're trying to get Lindsey to shoot more," said South Carroll coach Al Skierski, who moved Vosloh into the starting lineup in the sixth game of the season.

"She's very unselfish, and every time she went into a game early in the season, positive things happened. She's bigger than most of the other girls and helps us against the press. She can see over it. She's a natural athlete who would have success at any sport. But in spite of all her talent, she is such a hard worker."

Skierski compared Vosloh, who plays shooting guard and small forward, to senior Melissa Gettemy, who is renowned for diving out of bounds and on the floor for any ball.

Vosloh played point guard throughout her recreation basketball days but will have to wait until her first cousin, Amber Clutter, graduates to get that position.

Barring any unforeseen developments between now and next season, Vosloh will take over the point for Clutter, who has turned in four superb seasons at that position.

"Amber was my idol when I was a kid," said Vosloh. "She taught me everything I know about soccer, which is my favorite sport. We grew up together playing soccer and following our moms around on the softball field. Amber has a great personality and can do almost anything she wants in sports."

Clutter said one of the surprising things about Vosloh is "she doesn't like basketball."

"She is just very quick, hustles to everything, gets steals and rebounds," said Clutter.

Vosloh has averaged four points, 3.5 rebounds, two assists and 1.5 steals despite not starting the first five games.

And she admits she would rather be on the soccer field, where she was a first-team All-Carroll County selection last fall.

"Soccer is my sport, and I don't think I'm as good as I should be in basketball," said Vosloh. "I have no extra time for basketball because I play soccer year-round."

However, Vosloh said she is having some fun playing for the sixth-ranked Cavaliers, who have won 19 in a row since a season-opening loss to second-ranked Hammond.

"Basketball relaxes me," she said. "Soccer is more tense and aggressive. In basketball, I just go out and play the game. I don't think about it because if I think too much I start to mess up."

If Vosloh keeps improving on the court, she is certain to draw a lot of attention from collegiate scouts.

"If somebody came along and offered me a full scholarship to play basketball, I'd take it," she said. "I don't hate basketball, but if I had to chose one sport, I'd take soccer."

Decisions off the playing field also have come easily for Vosloh, who wants to own a mortuary some day and be a model.

"I've wanted to be a mortician since I was in the sixth grade and went to my grandfather's funeral," she said.

"I know people think I'm crazy, but that is what I want. I'm just trying to get up enough nerve to go along some day with a mortician and pick up a body. I'm scared to do it because I might decide I don't really like it."

Being a model has been a dream for Vosloh since she was a little girl, and she is scheduled to get her first opportunity in that field next month.

"I'll be 16 in March, and my great uncle who produces movies has set up a shoot in beach apparel for me here for my birthday," said Vosloh. "I've been kind of afraid to tell people about it in case it don't work out. For a long time, I didn't think I could do it."

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