{"id":1466,"date":"2014-11-19T20:10:21","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T20:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2015-11-12T18:42:31","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T18:42:31","slug":"mar-harris-kuiper-15-signs-with-saint-leo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/2014\/11\/19\/mar-harris-kuiper-15-signs-with-saint-leo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mar Harris-Kuiper ’15 Signs with Saint Leo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Photo<\/a>The Grubbs Gallery was a loud and happy place on November 12, as the entire Williston Northampton girls varsity basketball team turned out to see their teammate sign a National Letter of Intent to play with Saint Leo University of Florida.<\/p>\n

Coach and teammates alike described Maranie \u201cMar\u201d Harris-Kuiper \u201815 in glowing terms: warm, hardworking, gifted, strong, kind, and generous.<\/p>\n

\u201cMar has been such a role model to me,\u201d said teammate Sarah Marion \u201917. \u201cShe always has my back\u2014emotionally, physically, academically. I\u2019m so proud of her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a kind and generous teammate who always wants the best for herself and those around her,\u201d agreed Jen Fulcher, head coach of the girls basketball team. \u201cShe always believes we can, and that\u2019s infectious.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ms. Harris-Kuiper described the Williston community as a supportive family, while her parents, Stephanie Harris-Kuiper and Mark Kuiper, added that her time at Williston had been a time of incredible opportunity. Ms. Harris-Kuiper transformed, they said, from a modern dancer to a force on the basketball court. By her sophomore year, she had been named NEPSAC All-New England.<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a>\u201cThe right coach saw what was in her,\u201d Mrs. Harris-Kuiper said. \u201cToday is in large part to due to Williston.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mrs. Harris-Kuiper described watching a game in which her daughter was matched against a much a larger New York opponent, but \u201cbusted out like a bull.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMar had strength and tenacity and that got them the game,\u201d Mrs. Harris-Kuiper said. \u201cI said, \u2018Oh my god, she really has potential.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The Williston senior was recruited by roughly a dozen schools, but found the perfect fit at Saint Leo, with its diverse campus and strong basketball team. Ms. Harris-Kuiper will also be joining an honors college at the university.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I went to Saint Leo, everything about it was literally perfect,\u201d she said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t ask for a better school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, Saint Leo women’s basketball team broke school records for wins in a single season, and for conference wins in a single season. The team capped off these achievements by advancing to their first-ever NCAA South Region tournament appearance. The Lions finished with a 20-10 overall record, which the university noted was the highest win percentage for the program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Grubbs Gallery was a loud and happy place on November 12, as the entire Williston Northampton girls varsity basketball team turned out to see their teammate sign a National Letter of Intent to play with Saint Leo University of Florida. Coach and teammates alike described Maranie \u201cMar\u201d Harris-Kuiper \u201815 in glowing terms: warm, hardworking, … Continue reading Mar Harris-Kuiper ’15 Signs with Saint Leo<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[46,364],"tags":[363],"class_list":["post-1466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletics-news","category-ncaa-commitments","tag-national-letter-of-intent"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1466"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1483,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions\/1483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}