12.01.2023 - By Wisconsin Public Radio
Janel McCarville’s WNBA career included plenty of highlights, including a championship in 2013. The 6-foot-2 center also played internationally in Italy, China and Sweden. Her playing career came to an end in early 2022. But then, she returned to her hometown in Wisconsin. She wound up coaching high school girls basketball in Stevens Point – and is living in the same house she grew up in. WPR’s Rob Mentzer talked with McCarville about her life as a pro athlete.