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How Sonia Raman went from college walk-on to coach of the Storm

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Sonia Raman’s life would likely have turned out drastically different if she stayed in Tulsa, Okla. “Early on, I played soccer,” the first-year Storm coach said. “That was my sport. I played a lot of organized soccer. So, I didn’t play organized basketball until the eighth grade, but I did play in the neighborhood, just messed around a little bit. “Once we moved to a new town, and I was able to find a team to play with that’s when I started playing basketball and just never looked back. I just loved it.” Her family settled in Framingham, Mass., in the 1980s about the same time Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics began a dynastic run of three NBA championships, which planted basketball roots and put her on an unconventional path that’s led to Seattle. Fast-forward four decades. Dressed in black, the 52-year-old Raman stood in front of a podium during an introductory news conference Nov. 5, 2025, and took control of the Storm, and in the process became the first head coach of Indian descent in the WNBA.…

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