Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
By Tom Archdeacon
She was hesitant to leave her seat on the edge of the Nutter Center court after practice the other day and return to that darkened dorm room at Central Michigan University.
For Rachel Loobie, the trip is always painful.
“Uummm ... this is hard to talk about,” said the Wright State senior forward, her easy smile and effervescent nature now gone, her voice hushed.
“I remember this one night I came home from practice. I had all the blinds closed. The room was dark. I was lying on the floor crying, still in my practice stuff.
“Finally, I called my mom, and I was like ‘I just don’t think I can do this anymore. I’m not strong enough.’
“I remember my mom saying ‘What happened to my baby girl? This is not the girl I sent to Michigan.’"
