Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Former Rutgers Player, Hits Playground Shot in Viral Video | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
Sarah Rodriguez Turns out that the third-grade teacher who promised her class some hot chocolate if she made a deep basket—and promptly sank the shot, in a video that has since gone viral—has some serious game.
As in, she's former Rutgers basketball player Kathleen Fitzpatrick.
CBC Sports @cbcsports"Keep spreading joy!"<br><br>Holy Trinity School with a follow-up message on their IG after teacher Ms. Fitz goes viral for this INCREDIBLE bucket 👏 <a href="">
Fitzpatrick played her redshirt senior season for Rutgers, starting 16 games in the 2017-18 season, after transferring from St. Joseph's.
She appeared on SportsCenter Thursday to talk about the moment:
Rutgers W.Basketball @RutgersWBB"Did they not know that you've done this before⁉️"<br><br>ICYMI ... Ms. Fitz (aka <a href="">@RutgersWBB</a> alum Kathleen Fitzpatrick) on <a href="">@SportsCenter</a> with <a href="">@sagesteele</a> & <a href="">@mrvincecarter15</a> today talking about the shot seen 'round the world!<a href="">#GoRU</a> <a href="">
"I usually do play basketball with them at recess, and I don't really take it lightly," she said. "I play as hard as I can. And I just picked up a ball, and I said if I make this—it was a Friday afternoon—and I said if I make this shot we'll have hot chocolate on Monday as a class. ... I just launched it and it went in."
Fitzpatrick added that she was equally excited to kick off Monday with a hot chocolate treat. Which, yeah—a hot chocolate party sounds amazing this time of year. Good job, Ms. Fitz.