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Times Female Player of the Year: Sara Mosiman
By Sandy Ringer
Seattle Times staff reporter
Sara Mosiman didn't put up monster numbers this basketball season.
She didn't have to.
The magic of Mosiman is her ability to help make those around her better.
"True champions are the ones willing to do whatever it takes to make their team be successful," said Eric Rasmussen, coach of the King's girls basketball team. "Sara's numbers are strong, but not spectacular. But we had three other really solid kids on the team and she recognized that we were going to be successful by having everyone be successful, and that's how she played.
"She's the kind of player who made everyone else better, sometimes at the expense of her own stats. Sara wanted to win. She didn't care about having great numbers. I think that's the greatest compliment you can give a player."
Mosiman and her King's teammates won it all again this season, capturing a second straight Class 2A state championship. And, for the second year in a row, Mosiman was voted the tournament's MVP.
To top off her magnificent career, Mosiman is The Seattle Times' Female Player of the Year.
Mosiman proved she is a big-time player despite playing at a small Christian school, where she has become its all-time leader in scoring and assists. Big-time enough to earn a scholarship from Washington.
This season, the 5-foot-9 guard averaged 18.7 points and scored 10 or more in every game as the Knights from Shoreline went 26-2. Mosiman also averaged 6.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 3.6 steals.
"She is the total package," Washington coach June Daugherty said. "She's an incredible athlete."
Mosiman could have chosen to play college volleyball and was named The Associated Press 3A Player of the Year as both a junior and senior. She just as easily could have gone on to excel in track and field. Mosiman owns the school record of 5 feet, 3 inches in the high jump and won the Class 1A state championship in the javelin, an event in which she is the No. 2 returning thrower in the state for all classifications.
But basketball remains her passion, especially after the impressive summer she put together playing for a high-caliber AAU team based in Oregon City.
"People call me a late bloomer," Mosiman said.
Daugherty said she had been aware of Mosiman before last summer, but that her stock to a huge jump because of her play in several big tournaments.
"She just played lights out," Daugherty said. "She emerged as one of the top players in the nation."
Mosiman, who can play either guard position and even small forward, is excited to continue her improvement and said she responds best to challenges.
"I go out and play street ball with the guys, and I play a lot better when I have better competition," she said. "I'm looking forward to learning a lot [at Washington], and also focusing on only one sport. I think I still have some potential in me to be molded into a better basketball player."
And that says a lot about somebody already considered the best in the state