For Berger, Indiana is “Right Where I Want to Be” [Video]

By Wheat Hotchkiss

For any player, being drafted to the WNBA is a dream come true. But for Grace Berger, who grew up driving from her Louisville home to watch Fever games as a kid and starred at Indiana University for five seasons, being drafted by the Indiana Fever has made the last week extra special for her.

“It’s right where I want to be,” Berger said Tuesday morning at her introductory press conference at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

Berger and her family would make the two-hour drive north to the Fieldhouse every summer in her childhood to watch the Fever. She grew up idolizing the tough-nosed play of Tamika Catchings and Katie Douglas, mimicking their games in the driveway. At one game when she was seven years old, Berger got picked out of the crowd to go back to the Fever locker room and high-five the players as they ran out onto the court.

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