SAN ANTONIO – Brandeis High School alum Rian Forestier recently wrapped up her sophomore season at the University of Southern California and is giving back to the basketball community in her hometown.
Through her nonprofit, 4Ward, Forestier hosted “StrongHer Together,” a free empowerment and basketball clinic for middle and high school girls from Title I schools.
Forestier brought in some of San Antonio’s top basketball talent for the event, including incoming Duke standout Bella Flemings from Brennan and Sotomayor’s Jordan Pete, who is headed to Lamar next season, along with several other local collegiate athletes.
“We’re having real-life talks — not media-trained talks, not perfect-answers talks,” Forestier said.
Forestier said her goal was to create an authentic environment where the girls could have meaningful conversations and play basketball.
Mary Rominger is KSAT 12 Sports' first full-time female sports anchor and reporter.
She came to San Antonio from Mankato, Minn., where she worked as a weekend sports anchor at KEYC News Now. She has a journalism degree from Iowa State University and grew up in Southern California.
Mary enjoys golfing, sports and finding new spots around town.
Ashley Gonzalez is a sports reporter at KSAT. She joined the team from Jacksonville, Florida, where she was the weekend sports anchor.
Before her time in Jacksonville, she was in Corpus Christi at KIII. There, she became the first woman sports anchor in the station's history.
Gonzalez is from the Rio Grande Valley and grew up in Weslaco.