KCRG-TV9 features Women’s Basketball Team

KCRG-TV9 featured the Cornell Women’s Basketball Team on the evening news in a story, “Cornell women’s basketball signs player with Down syndrome: ‘You just want special people.’”

The story also is about Katie Langan, who is the sister of one of Cornell’s baseball players.

According to the story, when Coach Brent Brase met Katie Langan from Arizona on her brother’s recruiting trip, he knew he wanted her on his team.

“You just want special people,” Brase said to KCRG. “You want teammates to challenge you to be better players and people. You want people that bring energy to make you better and that was certainly her.”

The team recently held a signing ceremony for Katie, welcomed her to play in a game, and gave her a locker. Since she lives in Arizona, the team also regularly holds Zoom calls with her and sends her notes.

“We just want her to feel as special as possible,” senior Megan Gandrup told KCRG.