TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - There’s something different about Leon senior Mary Grace Parker.

“The first thing I noticed was what some people term as moxie,” said Leon head girls basketball coach Bruce Daniels. “She was tough, was real gritty. I liked her because of that. She was fearless.”

That’s why as a freshman, Parker made the varsity basketball team. What she didn’t expect as a freshman, was to play.

“Two of our starters got injured, so by the end of the season, I was starting,” said Parker. “It was stressful as a freshman!”

What she may have lacked in experience, her work ethic made up for it.

“She’s one of those kids that’s going to get the most out of what she can do, and she’s the kind of kid who’s going to work hard at something she cares about,” said Daniels.

“It forced me

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