...............Laura Lishness

A 1987 graduate of Bristol Eastern, she started her career in sports playing all-star caliber baseball in the Forestville Little League.

She played basketball at Stafford School and went on to play four years of soccer, basketball and softball at Bristol Eastern where she won multiple all-conference honors in each sport. The basketball team her senior season captured the state championship and she was named to the all-state first team.

She entered UConn  the following year and spent four years in its basketball program, serving as co-captain of the team her senior season in 1991. This was the first UConn women’s basketball team to reach the Final Four and she earned ’91 Final Four and Kodak District 1 All-American team honors for her outstanding play.