Amongst that young team is Jalen Williams, who, in his third year of being in the NBA, played a huge role in OKC’s winning season. In the NBA Finals alone, Williams averaged 23.6 PPG, 5.0 RPG, and 3.7 APG. He had a three-game streak in games three, four, and five of the finals, where he scored 25 points or more off of a 44.9% FG efficiency. Williams became one of five players in the past 40 years of the NBA to score 25+ points in the finals before turning 25 years old.

 “When I first got to Australia it felt like I wasn’t doing enough because of how little we would practice. I realized I was stuck in the mentality that I had to be perfect in order to play on a college court but this thought process tainted me. I learned quickly that it was okay to chill and to simply have fun with it.”

Training at UPB was a critical point in her life, which inspired her to go in the direction of coaching other players. As a psychology major, Eisenman is most interested in how she can merge her love for basketball as well as her knowledge on how thinking affects our actions. There’s no doubt that the mind has the power to shift our experiences and that’s something she wants to emphasize to the young athletes she works with.