Jude Schimmel Visits Navajo Nation To Promote Book

GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — A former Native American women's college basketball star, who with her sister generated excitement across Indian Country as Louisville players, has visited the Navajo Nation. The Gallup Independent reports (http://goo.gl/GVy2U3) Jude Schimmel came to Arizona last week to promote her book, Dreamcatcher, and talk about her career. Schimmel says the book is about her life and growing up on the Umatila Indian Reservation in Mission, Oregon. She and her sister, Shoni, helped led Louisville to the 2013 NCAA National Championship game, falling 93-60 to Connecticut. Shoni was the first Native American in the WNBA drafted in the first round when she was taken by the Atlanta Dream. She was awarded the 2014 WNBA All-Star MVP.