One-armed Basketball Player Makes Women's Division Iii History With Basket

When her high school basketball coach cut her from the team senior year, Baileigh Sinaman-Daniel refused to let that rejection, or the fact she was born with one arm, end her dream of playing the game that her childhood idol LeBron James made her fall in love with 15 years ago.

That determination led the 22-year-old guard at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to become the first NCAA Division III women's basketball player with one arm to score in a collegiate game, said her coach, Martin Rather.

"I kind of just shot the ball with the anticipation that I would have to go and get it back on a rebound," Sinaman-Daniel said of the historic basket that she made from near the three-point line, which snapped the net without hitting the rim. "When the shot actually went in, I was more so surprised."

Rather immediately called a timeout to mark the moment.

"My first thought was, 'That's history and we need to take a second to pause and celebrate it,'" Rather said. "Everybody just swarmed Baileigh, giving her high fives, celebrating her."