University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Getting to Know Brooke Rhodes
11/12/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Brooke Rhodes spent her first three years of collegiate basketball career at Delta State where she was a Gulf South Conference honoree. She transferred to Southern Miss and had to sit out last season to satisfy NCAA transfer rules. During her year off the court, Rhodes not only got an early jump on her coaching career, by serving as a volunteer on the Southern Miss bench but also graduated with a degree in biology.
This season, as she finishes her playing career, she is enrolled in Southern Miss' sports coaching master's degree, which affords her the chance to continue her professional development in preparation for what her coach believes will be a stellar coaching career.
AMR: Since your arrival, what has been your most memorable moment here at Southern Miss?
Answer: First off, getting my degree and finishing my undergraduate. Second, last year when out team made it to the WNIT even though I wasn't able to play.
AMR: What do you like to do for fun outside of your sport?
Answer: Hang out with friends and family and also take runs outside.
AMR: What is your major? Why?
Answer: I graduated with my bachelor's in biological sciences. I am getting my master's in sport coaching education because I want to be a college basketball coach.
AMR: If you didn't come to Southern Miss, where would you be?
Answer: I would still be at Delta State finishing up school there.
AMR: Describe your most embarrassing athletic moment.
Answer: When I was in high school, I played softball and got hit in the head by a foul ball when I was on deck because I wasn't paying attention.
AMR: What other sport would like to compete in other than your current sport?
Answer: I would like to learn how to play tennis and compete in that.
AMR: If you could change one rule about your sport, what would it be?
Answer: No 10-second backcourt violation
AMR: How would you give away $50,000?
Answer: I would give a lot to an orphanage in a third world, then to others who would need it. I have a heart for helping orphans, so probably to them mostly.
AMR: What has been one of your greatest accomplishments as an athlete?
Answer: When I was at Delta State, we made it to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Division II National Tournament.
AMR: What are your plans after graduation?
Answer: To finish graduate school and to be a college basketball coach.
