tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post4473533215606804292..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Preview of Off the RezRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-7892905231176747962011-04-15T17:34:24.719-07:002011-04-15T17:34:24.719-07:00For more on the subject, see:
http://portlandtrib...For more on the subject, see:<br /><br />http://portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=130273025379156800<br /><br /><b>Shoni’s big screen shot<br /><br />Portland’s basketball star shines on and off the court in ‘Off the Rez’</b><br /><br />Hernandez, now a graduate assistant and video coordinator for the Utah State men’s basketball team, is acutely aware of the affect basketball has on Native American life.<br /><br />“When you’re used to being a warrior and you’re used to having battle and you’re used to being able to do things together as a team and those things get taken away, you have to find another way to express that,” Hernandez says. “Basketball provides the opportunity to do that.”<br /><br />Hock’s willingness to allow Hernandez to show the film began a relationship between the two. A few years later, after seeing Shoni play at an AAU tournament, Hernandez sent Hock a newspaper article about her and a note that said: “This is ‘Through the Fire Part Two’ waiting to happen.”<br /><br />Hock, a Queens, N.Y., native, grew up idolizing “Pistol” Pete Maravich, wearing the basketball star’s sneakers as a youngster. When Hock flew out to Oregon and saw Schimmel’s breathtaking behind-the-back passes, show-stopping ball handling skills and seemingly limitless range from behind the 3-point line, Hock knew he had met “Pistol Pete’s” female reincarnation.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.com