Shimmy Gray-Miller (ou Yeshimbra Tane Gray) jogou na equipa de seniores femininos do Olivais no ano de 1998/1999 e fala da sua estadia em Coimbra deste modo:
"In 1998 Gray toured with AIA for six weeks, traveling throughout the United States to play against college teams. She returned to find a job offer from a women's professional basketball team in Portugal. European fans are enthusiastic about many sports, and women's professional teams often receive more support there than in the United States. The Olivais Futbol Clube had an immediate opening, and only days after returning from her tour with AIA, Gray was on a plane to Portugal.
For a year she played for the Portuguese team, living in the beautiful mountainside town of Coimbra. Each morning as she looked out her window at the picturesque view of the town, Gray recalled to Contemporary Black Biography (CBB) that she marveled at how far she had come from the factories of Flint. At the end of her first season in Portugal, Gray played another tour with AIA, this time in Europe. She received another job offer to play in Croatia, which she planned to accept, when the reactivation of an old injury changed her career plans forever."
Hoje é treinadora principal da equipa de basquetebol feminino da Universidade de Saint Louis (vai para a quinta época), os "Saint Louis Billikens" e tem já um invejável curriculo de treinadora que pode ser visto aqui.
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