Kia Converse and Blair Bagala are two very proud NSU athletic alumni.
They both live in south Louisiana, and actually grew up within a half-hour's drive of each other.
Last Friday night, they met again unexpectedly.
Blair, the former track athlete, is teaching at Ascension Catholic, his alma mater. He has been pressed into service as an interim girls basketball coach.
He was surprised to look at the officiating crew for Friday night's game and see Kia, the Lady Demon basketball great and former assistant coach, in stripes.
Blair has also done lots of officiating himself, and in fact worked a lot of Lady Demon camp games back in the day with Kia.
It didn't get him any calls, but it made for fun for both of them.
Kia, BTW, seems to be a very upwardly mobile candidate in the officiating world. As a former college player and coach, she knows and understands the game from two key perspectives. She's smart and personable and poised. I would not be surprised to see her become an NBA official -- not WNBA only, but also NBA -- within the next 6-8 years, if she chooses to pursue it.
She can definitely run the floor!
Doug Ireland, SID
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