It’s been a bittersweet summer for Jolene Anderson, who won her third gold medal earlier this month with Team USA basketball.
The decision to play in the FIBA U21 World Championships in Moscow was a tough one for the senior-to-be with the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team, who normally doesn’t turn down a chance to compete.
Anderson learned in late May that her grandmother, Nancy Rantala, was diagnosed with stomach cancer, and the Port Wing native was torn about whether she should make the trips to France and Russia to compete in team trials and the championships.