{"id":22112,"date":"2020-09-08T16:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T20:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=22112"},"modified":"2021-03-01T15:56:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T20:56:12","slug":"point-guard-returns-to-lady-sharks-after-suffering-season-ending-injury-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/point-guard-returns-to-lady-sharks-after-suffering-season-ending-injury-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Point Guard Returns To Lady Sharks After Suffering Season-Ending Injury Last Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rio Yamazaki traveled more than 7,000 miles to fulfill her dream of playing basketball in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the Japanese-born point guard has achieved that goal, it has been a bumpy road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After transferring to Miami Dade College last season, the five-foot-two inch sophomore was averaging 10.3 points and five assists through nine games. But then she broke her left wrist in a game versus Chipola College on Dec. 2. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22116\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-22116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rio-Yamazaki-Wrist-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Rio Yamazaki\" width=\"350\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rio-Yamazaki-Wrist-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rio-Yamazaki-Wrist-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rio-Yamazaki-Wrist-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rio-Yamazaki-Wrist-1021x1536.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rio-Yamazaki-Wrist-1361x2048.jpg 1361w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rio-Yamazaki-Wrist-scaled.jpg 1701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On The Mend: Rio Yamazaki sits on the bench during a game last year after she broke her wrist on Dec. 2. ALICE MORENO\/THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The injury sidelined her for the rest of the season. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was devastated,\u201d said Yamazaki, who was granted a medical redshirt because of the injury.\u201cEvery game I sat on the bench wishing I was on the court with my teammates.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yamazaki had surgery in July and is doing physical therapy three times a week at NextGen Physical Therapy in Sunset, Florida. She is expected to be cleared to play by November, giving her time to prepare for next season, which is scheduled to begin on Jan. 22.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShe has worked hard and long in her recovery,\u201d said Lady Sharks\u2019 Head Coach Susan Summons. \u201cShark Nation is excited [that] she is back to help lead this program to a State Championship and Nationals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yamazaki had dreamt of playing basketball in the U.S. since she was 12. In 2017, she attended a two-week basketball camp at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. She impressed the staff and was granted an athletic scholarship for the postgraduate basketball team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After two years at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imgacademy.com\/\">IMG Academy<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, Yamazaki got an opportunity at South Georgia Technical College but she struggled. In 30 games for the Lady Jets, she averaged 3.7 points and 2.9 assists per contest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She also struggled to learn English. Yamazaki communicated using Google Translate and her teammates used simple words and spoke slowly. The culture shock of being thousands of miles away from home added to her stress. Things that Americans deemed as normal such as braids were alien to Yamazaki.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With her struggles mounting, she decided it was time for a change. Yamazaki emailed various coaches from across the country to find a better fit. After getting no responses, Yamazaki lost faith until she heard back from Summons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRio has great court vision, strength off the pass, tenacious defense, high IQ, and the ability to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">score and push in transition,\u201d Summons said. \u201cIn short, she is a tremendous point guard.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/transfer-rio-yamazaki-finds-new-home-at-shark-tank\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Yamazaki has blossomed at MDC<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. She scored in double figures in six of the nine games she played last year including a 16-point and nine assist performance versus Eastern Florida State College on Nov. 15.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As her comfort level increased on the court, her confidence has grown off it. With her English improving, Yamazaki is sharing a bit of her culture with her teammates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShe has us trying different Japanese food every day,\u201d said sophomore point guard Ahmari Young, who is battling Yamazaki for playing time. \u201cShe makes me a better player on the court and a better person off it. I wouldn\u2019t trade her for anything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22113\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-22113 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Untitled-design-6.jpg\" alt=\"Rio Yamazaki\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Untitled-design-6.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Untitled-design-6-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Untitled-design-6-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Untitled-design-6-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Untitled-design-6-390x205.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AMANDA ESPOSITO\/THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rio Yamazaki traveled more than 7,000 miles to fulfill her dream of playing basketball in the United States. Although the Japanese-born point guard has achieved that goal, it has been a bumpy road. After transferring to Miami Dade College last season, the five-foot-two inch sophomore was averaging 10.3 points and five assists through nine games. 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