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The University of Utah Athletics
Megan Huff: Multi-Talented Athlete Finds Her Way To Utah
2/3/2018 2:46 PM | Women's Basketball
By Mady White
Athletic Communications Student Assistant
More often than not, kids grow up playing different sports and eventually decide to put their focus into the sport that will give them the best chance of being able to play collegiately. Utah redshirt junior Megan Huff always had the intentions of playing college ball, but whether she would pursue a career in volleyball or basketball was the question.
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While attending Todd Beamer High School in Federal Way, Wash., Huff was a part of the volleyball and basketball teams. With Huff's length, height, and athletic ability, she was quite the force to deal with in both sports. During her high school basketball campaign, Huff was a two-time all-conference selection, as well as tabbing Associated Press All-State honors during the 2013-14 season. As a member of the volleyball squad, Huff was named to the first-team All-South Puget Sound League South Division.
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"During high school I was never considering just choosing one sport over the other," Huff said. "I enjoyed being busy with both sports. If I was busy doing something, I never was able to be bored because one of the sports was in season."
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Before attending the University of Utah to continue her basketball career, Huff spent two years at the University of Hawaii. Huff originally signed with Hawaii to be a member of the volleyball team, but would eventually become a dual-sport athlete and join the school's basketball program as well.
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"The volleyball program at Hawaii is just a really amazing program and I thought that was my best opportunity to go to the biggest school and play at the highest level," Huff stated. "I don't remember thinking about how I wasn't playing basketball anymore until the basketball coach there started talking to me about it and then I thought, well I guess I could play basketball too."
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Huff joined the basketball team in December following the Rainbow Wahine volleyball season. Huff tallied an All-Freshman team nod, while also notching the Big West Conference Sixth Player of the Year. The following year, Huff appeared in seven matches during her sophomore season with the volleyball team before deciding she wanted to pursue basketball full-time.
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"During that time I just felt like I had a bigger upside and a bigger opportunity to play professionally with basketball," Huff explained. "I wasn't getting too much playing time in volleyball because I was behind an All-American who was very good. It was beginning to be kind of hard to sit on the bench when I was realizing I could be getting better at basketball."
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Huff continued her success during the 2015-16 for Hawaii and was named the Big West Conference Sixth Player of the Year for the second straight year, as well as earning All-Big West Second Team honors. Huff averaged 9.7 points and 6.5 rebounds during her sophomore season and poured in a game-high 18 points and 13 rebounds during Hawaii's NCAA first-round appearance at UCLA. While Huff was having success, she wanted more and was ready to take the next step in her career.
Following the NCAA tournament, Huff was granted her release from the Hawaii basketball program. Huff wanted to compete at the highest level and knew that the Pac-12 Conference would provide the competition she needed and wanted to be a part of. After going through the process, Huff committed to play for Utah, but due to transfer rules, was forced to sit out for a season.
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"Sitting out a year helped my game a lot," Huff stated. "I was able to just practice and be in the gym and not really worry about being tired because if I was tired it wasn't like I was affecting my game or anything. I could really just burn myself out and do as much as I could basketball-wise. I really fell in love with working out by myself and working out with skills coaches around Salt Lake."
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"I was just able to understand the game at another level, like how to read the defense better. I would hear the coaches talking and seeing like okay, I see that mistake too. So now I can trust that because I could see it from a better perspective. Yeah we do make the mistake even if we don't agree with it, but our coaches know what's best to help us."
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Huff has become an instrumental piece on the Utah women's basketball team and has helped guide the Utes to match last year's total conference win mark at five games just halfway through the conference schedule. The 6'3" forward leads the Utes with 14.1 points per game, while also pulling down a team-high 8.2 rebounds per game. Huff has also notched six double-doubles on the season.
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"I feel like my experience helps and I add something that can really help the team in a positive way," Huff said. "I think just all the way around we are just a better team. We are a great team and I don't think me, specifically, will do anything because all of us do our own jobs and we need everyone. We have all risen to the challenge and we will be ready when game time comes."
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Athletic Communications Student Assistant
More often than not, kids grow up playing different sports and eventually decide to put their focus into the sport that will give them the best chance of being able to play collegiately. Utah redshirt junior Megan Huff always had the intentions of playing college ball, but whether she would pursue a career in volleyball or basketball was the question.
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While attending Todd Beamer High School in Federal Way, Wash., Huff was a part of the volleyball and basketball teams. With Huff's length, height, and athletic ability, she was quite the force to deal with in both sports. During her high school basketball campaign, Huff was a two-time all-conference selection, as well as tabbing Associated Press All-State honors during the 2013-14 season. As a member of the volleyball squad, Huff was named to the first-team All-South Puget Sound League South Division.
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"During high school I was never considering just choosing one sport over the other," Huff said. "I enjoyed being busy with both sports. If I was busy doing something, I never was able to be bored because one of the sports was in season."
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Before attending the University of Utah to continue her basketball career, Huff spent two years at the University of Hawaii. Huff originally signed with Hawaii to be a member of the volleyball team, but would eventually become a dual-sport athlete and join the school's basketball program as well.
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"The volleyball program at Hawaii is just a really amazing program and I thought that was my best opportunity to go to the biggest school and play at the highest level," Huff stated. "I don't remember thinking about how I wasn't playing basketball anymore until the basketball coach there started talking to me about it and then I thought, well I guess I could play basketball too."
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Huff joined the basketball team in December following the Rainbow Wahine volleyball season. Huff tallied an All-Freshman team nod, while also notching the Big West Conference Sixth Player of the Year. The following year, Huff appeared in seven matches during her sophomore season with the volleyball team before deciding she wanted to pursue basketball full-time.
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"During that time I just felt like I had a bigger upside and a bigger opportunity to play professionally with basketball," Huff explained. "I wasn't getting too much playing time in volleyball because I was behind an All-American who was very good. It was beginning to be kind of hard to sit on the bench when I was realizing I could be getting better at basketball."
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Huff continued her success during the 2015-16 for Hawaii and was named the Big West Conference Sixth Player of the Year for the second straight year, as well as earning All-Big West Second Team honors. Huff averaged 9.7 points and 6.5 rebounds during her sophomore season and poured in a game-high 18 points and 13 rebounds during Hawaii's NCAA first-round appearance at UCLA. While Huff was having success, she wanted more and was ready to take the next step in her career.
Following the NCAA tournament, Huff was granted her release from the Hawaii basketball program. Huff wanted to compete at the highest level and knew that the Pac-12 Conference would provide the competition she needed and wanted to be a part of. After going through the process, Huff committed to play for Utah, but due to transfer rules, was forced to sit out for a season.
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"Sitting out a year helped my game a lot," Huff stated. "I was able to just practice and be in the gym and not really worry about being tired because if I was tired it wasn't like I was affecting my game or anything. I could really just burn myself out and do as much as I could basketball-wise. I really fell in love with working out by myself and working out with skills coaches around Salt Lake."
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"I was just able to understand the game at another level, like how to read the defense better. I would hear the coaches talking and seeing like okay, I see that mistake too. So now I can trust that because I could see it from a better perspective. Yeah we do make the mistake even if we don't agree with it, but our coaches know what's best to help us."
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Huff has become an instrumental piece on the Utah women's basketball team and has helped guide the Utes to match last year's total conference win mark at five games just halfway through the conference schedule. The 6'3" forward leads the Utes with 14.1 points per game, while also pulling down a team-high 8.2 rebounds per game. Huff has also notched six double-doubles on the season.
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"I feel like my experience helps and I add something that can really help the team in a positive way," Huff said. "I think just all the way around we are just a better team. We are a great team and I don't think me, specifically, will do anything because all of us do our own jobs and we need everyone. We have all risen to the challenge and we will be ready when game time comes."
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