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The Hottest Spring Bods in Women's Sports of 2021 Pt. 16

Less than five days to summer

By Winners OnlyPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
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Ariana, Jasmine, Lexi, Asya

Jasmine Hale

Jasmine Hale is a 5-9 guard for the Ohio University Bobcats. The native of Cincinnati, Ohio started her career at Wisconsin during the 2018-19 season. After playing just five games for the Bobcats during the 2019-20 season, Hale improved as a player during the 2020-21 season where she competed in 19 contests. She hit a career high 44.1 percent of her shots and nailed a personal best 33.3 percent of her shots from three-point land. She scored a season best 12 points in a win against Kent, where she shot 5-7 in 22 minutes of action. She had her best defensive effort with three steals against Akron in a game where she shot 4-7 on the offensive end.

Hale comes from a very athletic family. Her sister Kendall competed last season for the Bobcats as well. Her mom and dad attended Florida State where they competed in soccer and basketball respectively. One of Hale's brothers played football at Indiana.

Ariana Barrett

Ariana Barrett is a cross country as well as track and field competitor at Sacramento State. After competing during the cross country season and track and field indoor season as a freshman during the 2019-20 season, she was finally able to make her outdoor college track and field debut this season. Barrett had two top five finishes in 2021. At the Causeway Duel and Sac State Invite she placed fourth and fifth respectively in the 800 meters. She also competed this year in the 800 and 1,500 meters at the Fresno State Invitational.

The political science major and pre-law student is from of Rancho Cordova, California and competed in high school at Folsom. Barrett is a budding social media darling that has a growing presence on Instagram with nearly 15,000 followers. One of the top quotes found on her page reads, "Someone once told me, not to bite off more than I could chew. I said I'd rather be choke on greatness than nibble on mediocrity."

Lexi Gordon

During the upcoming women's college basketball season, Lexi Gordon will be competing at Duke. In previous years, the six-foot guard has had stops at UConn and Texas Tech. At UConn during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons, Gordon had a very limited role, playing rarely and averaging less than a point per game in 29 contests. At Texas Tech Gordon, a Fort Worth, Texas native returned to her home state and put up some strong numbers. She averaged 13 points, 6.1 rebounds and two assists per game during the 2019-20 season. Last season she averaged a career best 15.5 points and 4.8 rebounds. In a 100-47 blowout win over Incarnate Word, Gordon posted 28 points shooting 11-16 including 5-7 from three-point territory. She had nine games with at least 20 points and two double-doubles. One of her double-doubles was a 25-point, 10-rebound effort against Southern.

Asya Reynolds

Asya Reynolds is a multi-event athlete who has competed for Michigan State and Georgia during her college career. This year was her first and final season at Georgia where she placed third in the heptathlon at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. She qualified for the NCAA Division Championships where she placed seventh out of 21 competitors.

In 2019 she won the Big Ten heptathlon competition while at Michigan State. Reynolds qualified for the NCAA championship round in that year as well placing 16th. In 2016 and 2017 Reynolds placed third and fifth respectively at the Big Ten meet.

When she's not on the track, Reynolds entertains in the hip-hop world under the name Toosie. Her project "Toosie World" can be found on streaming platforms. She has nine tracks including the songs "Danger," and "Glitch."

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