Brooklynn Haywood had a dream as a young girl growing up in Alaska.

That dream is about become a reality, after years of hard work.

“It was definitely a lot of working out, a lot of long days, a lot of tears and sweat,” Haywood said. “But honestly, it’s all paid off because I’ve had this dream of playing (Division I basketball) since I’ve been, like, six years old.”

On Wednesday — the first day of the college signing period — the Union High School senior will sign to play college basketball for the University of Oregon.

“It was honestly the people because I feel like the relationships I’m going to make at Oregon is what’s going to make it so great,” Haywood said. “I’ve known one of the coaches (assistant Jerise Freeman) for like four years because she had been recruiting me at Utah and

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