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Jacki Gemelos, the epitome of resilience

Photo: fiba.com "Jacki Gemelos is the epitome of resilience. Widely regarded as the top recruit in the nation in high school, Gemelos has overcome a number of knee injuries throughout her college career at USC to go on to be drafted in the third round of the 2012 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx. Despite her injuries, sustaining 5 ACL tears in 6 years, Gemelos remained one of the most skilled players in the game, won a gold medal with Team USA at the 2011 World University Games and is a former National Player of the Year and McDonald’s All-American. Jacki continues to play overseas and will be playing in Greece for the 2019-2020 season" That's the Jacki Gemelos bio you can read when you enter on her website www.jackigemelos.com . Jacki is one of the most inspiring basketball players that I know. I had listened before about her, but I could know better her story when she joined Perfumerías Avenida, a Spanish team,  in 2015. She was part of the Chicago Sk