Athlete+: Darianna Littlepage-Buggs on Baylor, Basketball, Life

Darianna Littlepage-Buggs discusses why she chose to Baylor, what the adjustment to college life has been like so far, her funniest moment on campus to date and what she loves about basketball

Conversation Notes

• Darianna discusses why she chose Baylor, the camaraderie she felt playing pick-up with the team on her visit.  
• She lives with Catarina Ferreira, a junior on the team.   She’s made a strong friendship with Kendra Gillespie.  
• She describes her game as a good mid range shooter, loves defense, winning and getting her teammates hyped.  
• She’s undecided on her major, she wants to play pro basketball.  Social work might be a path after basketball is over.  
• Darianna loves all types of basketball, she does watch the WNBA and some of the players she grew up admiring were Breanna Stewart and Skylar Diggins.  
• Her favorite “hole in the wall” restaurant in Oklahoma is “Pops”.  Seafood is what she gravitates towards.
• She admires Sarah Andrews work ethic and Sarah has taken her under her wing.  
• She loves the freedom of Nicki Collen’s system.
• Her parents have been strong supporters in the sports world.  She has an older brother that she is close to and seeks advice from off the court.  She has 3 brothers and 3 sisters.  
• She answers message board questions