Flashback: Molly (Hills) Huard's heart still in basketball

Molly (Hills) Huard played at Washington after becoming Edmonds-Woodway's career scoring leader. (THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON)

Athlete: Molly (Hills) Huard, Class of 1995

Sport: Basketball

High-school rewind: Attended Edmonds-Woodway, where she was the school's career scoring leader. As a senior, she averaged 20.6 points and was named to the Star Times all-area team and voted WesCo's MVP.

After high school: The 5-foot-9 guard played for Washington (1995-99), earning two trips to the NCAA tournament and one to the women's NIT in June Daugherty's first three years as Huskies coach. As a freshman, played with older sister Heidi, who was then a senior. Earned her bachelors degree in communications from UW, and returned to school at Bellevue Community College to pursue interior design.

Personal: Huard, 28, is married to Brock Huard, former Huskies and Seahawks quarterback. The couple met at UW and married right after graduation. They live in Kirkland with their two daughters: Haley, 2, and Macey, 5 months.

Fast forward: Huard runs Huard Interiors, her interior design firm, from their Kirkland home, but says being a mother is "There are so many positive things that come out of athletics," Huard said. "Her dad is already trying to teach her to dribble."

Basketball remains in Huard's blood. She took a turn at coaching AAU ball, and says she would love a chance to try now her top priority. Her 2-year-old daughter is starting gymnastics and probably will try soccer soon. Not surprisingly, basketball may be in Haley's future.coaching again someday — ideally with her daughters.

She still stays in contact with Chris Gobrecht, who recruited her to Washington but left the next season. Gobrecht now coaches at Yale. Huard said that the best part of looking back at her playing days is the friendships she maintains today.

"Many of the gals I played with are mommies now, too, so it is really a treat to talk with them still," she said. "I am so grateful for the relationships I was able to make."

The Huards are part of the Professional Athletes Outreach, a Christian organization that helps pro athletes become good role models.

She calls PAO "a wonderful organization that Brock and I are really proud to be a part of. It really stresses the importance of good character and it helps in that process."

Cory Kellogg

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