Jasmine Joyner called her initial meeting with then-new University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball coach Jim Foster in 2013 “awkward.”
Joyner, a Wes Moore recruit, was the last player Foster had the chance to evaluate when he took the job, as a physical delayed her ability to get out on the floor.
“The first time I met him, he just stared at me the whole time,” Joyner said.
She arrived on campus with one elite ability – blocking shots – but not much else in the arsenal. That was enough to give her a chance to get on the floor as a freshman, and Joyner was instrumental in the Mocs’ 76-62 win over former Southern Conference member Davidson on Feb. 1, 2014.
Joyner had eight rebounds and seven blocks in 24 minutes, having to play more time due to an injury suffered by then-senior Faith Dupree.