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Diana Taurasi dribbled up the court at Arroyo High School. It was 1999, the summer before her senior year, and the nationally ranked Don Lugo High star was feeling it. She looked over to the opposing bench and right at Bishop Amat coach Richard Wiard.

“Hey Richie, watch this,” Taurasi said as she let it fly from half court.

The shot went in, and she laughed hysterically.

“It was Larry Bird-esque,” recalled Wiard, who had coached Taurasi‘s AAU team since she was in seventh grade. “It was a summer league game, but she just had that supreme confidence that she was going to do that. And she did.”