144. Sasha Goforth: Hog Homecoming

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes, it’s all about being in the right place at the right time. For Sasha Goforth, the place is Arkansas. But the timing? Well, that’s where her story is a little different. Goforth has been a basketball standout from an early age. Her high school career included McDonald’s All-American honors, two state titles at Fayetteville High School, and becoming the first freshman in Arkansas high school history to earn MVP honors at the state tournament. She was one of the state’s greatest players. But she craved a different setting and experience, something Razorback head coach Mike Neighbors respected. After an All-Pac 12 Freshman season at Oregon State amid a global pandemic, Sasha decided it was best to come back home and be a Razorback. Arkansas was always the place for Sasha Goforth, but it took the right time for her to call the Hogs home. And now that she’s here, Sasha is ready to leave a lasting impact.

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0:00.0	Honestly, I'm pretty proud of myself because it's a hard thing to go that far in general,
0:06.0	and it was obviously harder than I thought it was going to be,
0:10.0	but I did do the tough thing and I left because it was what was best for me.
0:16.5	You know, I didn't just want to stick around in a place where I wasn't happy.
0:20.2	He passed Rivers to the rim with the left hand, yes.
0:23.0	Lay up for Sasha, go forth, makes it 20. Welcome into the Hog Pot. I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made
0:39.2	possible by our friends at First Security Bank. Bold Vision, Sarzan Resort, Abilita Maria, and South by
0:46.3	Northwest Hospitality.
0:50.3	Great inbound pass by Ramirez.
0:52.0	Go forth, reverse layup and won.
0:54.5	Sasha go forth has been good at basketball for a very long time.
0:59.8	And if you ask her former high school coach Vic Remmer, she's also pretty considerate.
1:04.8	I brought her over in the spring after her eighth grade year, just to let her play with the varsity.
1:09.6	She didn't play as well as I expected her to play and she says coach I didn't want to
1:14.4	make anybody look bad that was obviously eye-opening to me say coach I didn't
1:18.4	want to make anybody look bad at the point where the next day she was just
1:20.9	she was the best player out there. And go forth would never look back.
1:25.0	Becoming the first freshman in Arkansas high school history
1:28.0	to earn state tournament MVP honors.
1:31.0	In all, her career included McDonald's All-American honors and two state championships at
1:36.3	Fayetteville High School. But when it came to choosing a college, Goforth decided not to be
1:41.8	a razorback and instead headed west.
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