Iowa commit Ava Jones not expected to play basketball again

Iowa ladies’s basketball program plans to ‘be there for (Jones) and her household as a lot as we will’

Iowa ladies’s basketball commit Ava Jones.

IOWA CITY — Lisa Bluder obtained a name Wednesday that no coach would wish to obtain.

“All of us had a tricky day yesterday,” the Iowa ladies’s basketball coach mentioned.

Ava Jones, the Iowa commit who survived a crash in July in Louisville, had MRI scans that shed extra gentle on the seriousness of her accidents.

“I doubt she is going to ever play basketball once more,” Bluder mentioned.

All 4 main ligaments in each of Jones’ knees are torn.

“I can’t imagine she was strolling,” Bluder instructed the college’s Presidential Committee on Athletics on Thursday. “The physician mentioned, ‘I’ve by no means seen an individual are available right here with 4 torn ligaments in a knee and never be crying.’”

The crash occurred July 5. Jones and her household have been on a sidewalk in Louisville when a 33-year-old man who admitted to taking hydrocodone earlier than driving hit them, based on experiences.

Her father Trey didn’t survive the accident, and her mom Amy suffered severe accidents. Her brother had minor accidents.

Medical doctors nonetheless are “actually engaged on her mind enchancment,” Bluder mentioned.

The ladies’s basketball program already has dedicated to honoring her scholarship, no matter whether or not she’s in a position to play basketball once more.

“She’s nonetheless any person that we’re going to have as part of our program as a result of we imagine in her,” Bluder mentioned. “She dedicated to us, and simply because she had one thing dangerous occur to her doesn’t imply that we flip our again on her. We’ll be there for her and her household as a lot as we will.”

A GoFundMe web page raised greater than $150,000 for the household, with lots of the donations coming from Iowa followers.

“The Hawkeye nation has been superb serving to that household,” Bluder mentioned. “So it’s very appreciated.”

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