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Carlee Roethlisberger has tough name to live up to

 
By Berry Tramel | Published: March 28, 2010    Comment on this article Leave a comment

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — She can’t escape the name.

If the surname was Robinson or Stevenson, Thompson or Hartman, she could blend in. Be known for her ballplaying, even if her brother was a Super Bowl-winning quarterback who keeps making the news for other reasons.

photo - OU's Carlee Roethlisberger stands in line during practice in Kansas City, Mo., on Saturday, March 27, 2010. The University of Oklahoma will play Notre Dame in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament on Sunday. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
OU's Carlee Roethlisberger stands in line during practice in Kansas City, Mo., on Saturday, March 27, 2010. The University of Oklahoma will play Notre Dame in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament on Sunday. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman

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But there’s no hiding from that name. It’s too distinctive. Too revealing.

Roethlisberger.

Nobody has to ask. Nobody has to wonder. Carlee Roethlisberger is Big Ben’s sister. She’s Big Ben’s sister when he’s winning Super Bowls and she’s Big Ben’s sister when he’s cavorting in Georgia nightclubs.

Carlee Roethlisberger will have a big say in the Oklahoma women’s bid to make the Final Four. The Sooners play Notre Dame tonight in an NCAA regional semifinal at the Sprint Center, and Roethlisberger will be needed. The 6-foot-1 junior forward has started 18 times and averaged 24 minutes a game.

And she bears the weight of her name, which can be both blessing and curse.

"Not an easy thing to carry around,” said teammate Whitney Hand, one of Roethlisberger’s closest friends.

The blessing? Bowl trips to Hawaii and meeting celebrities and feeling Super Bowl confetti fall on your head at Ford Field.

The curse? People seeing that name and figuring it’s good for more than its share of women’s basketball victories.

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