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Ostarello marches to own tune

By Clay Kallam
ESPN HoopGurlz

Monday, August 25, 2008

Sam Ostarello isn't your typical elite basketball player. In fact, she's not a typical basketball player of any sort. "I was hoping to get a band scholarship," says Ostarello. "We're not a very athletic family -- we're artsy." But no, Ostarello didn't grow up in SoHo in New York City or SoMa in San Francisco. She developed her love of the arts in Fort Pierre, SoDa -- or South Dakota, which isn't normally associated with a thriving hipster scene. In fact, the residents there "aren't Fren ...

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