Ridgeway's Mead Scores Over Academic Woes

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KURSTIN MEAD WIPED TEARS from her face Wednesday as she addressed her family and Ridgeway basketball teammates during a special ceremony celebrating her signing with Robert Morris University on the first day of college basketball's regular signing period.

"Like my mama said, 'Don't give up on yourself as far as your ACT (score) and your grades,'" an emotional Mead told her younger teammates.

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Ridgeway's Mead Scores Over Academic Woes

"There was a point in my life when I wanted to give up on everything, but I had people to look back on, like (former Melrose High star and WNBA player) Ashley Shields' story."

Shields, now entering her second se...

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