"I talked to Geno and he’s upset for me, but still really positive," Doty said. "He just told me that I can come back even better than before and I’ll probably be cleared to play right as summer camps are starting."

Doty has shrugged off one injury after another over the last few years. Most recently, as HoopGurlz.com reported in July, Doty missed only one game during USJN National Championship in Washington, D.C., after shattering her two front teeth on the court. Prior to that, Doty had bounced back from a fractured fibula heading into her freshman year, followed by an on-the-court collision her sophomore year that led to her braces piercing her cheek and requiring stitches.

In addition to basketball, Doty excels at both soccer and track and field. She struggled somewhat with the decision to return to the soccer field during her senior season with a basketball scholarship already locked up. But Doty says she loves her soccer teammates, and has enjoyed playing since her freshman year at Germantown Academy.

"I knew about the risk of getting hurt if I played soccer again, but I didn’t want to go out there worrying about that," Doty said. "It’s unfortunate that this happened, but I love being outside playing during the fall and this could have happened on a basketball court, too."

No surgery date has been set, but Doty expects that it will take place in the next few weeks after her visit to Hartford.