Inside the Journey of Brittney Fair

Basketball didn’t always come as easy to Brittney Fair as it has looked the last four years she was at . Before leading her team to a state championship, becoming unanimous 1^st team, all-state selection and earning a Division 2 scholarship to the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, her first love was soccer.

Growing up in Glendale, Fair was mentored by many people in the Fox Point area and Nicolet School District along her way to basketball supremacy. Fair started playing basketball in sixth grade with current University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee standout Ashley Green, and future teammate at Parkside, Gaby Bronson.

But Fair's love for basketball doesn't just stem from playing with her friends early on, but family as well. Her godmother, Marquette University Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer Kristen Maskala, has had a tremendous effect on the development of Fair’s basketball game.

“She is the best shooter I have ever met in my life, and I have been so privileged to have people like her in my life,” Fair said.

Maskala become a part of Fair’s life early on when she was a teammate at Marquette with her mother, Moya Baylis.

Coming off of a state championship title in 2011, Fair and her Knight teammates looked forward to the challenge of having a target on their backs each game. After losing two Division 1 players off the 2011 championship team, the 2012 Nicolet team made it all the way to the sectional semi-finals before losing to Arrowhead. The Knights were crowned co-champions of the North Shore Conference while posting a 21-4 record.

“We showed to people that it just wasn’t a fluke that we won a state championship the previous year, and by winning 21 games I think we proved that,” Fair said.

Along the way to becoming the only unanimous 1^st team, all-state selection, Fair posted a stat line of 20.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 3.7 steals per game. And in addition to all that, she achieved her only real individual goal as well.

“My only goal was to become the Nicolet all-time leading scorer, and I was able to achieve that in our last game versus Arrowhead,” she said.

Fair went on to praise Nicolet High School as a great place for kids not only to compete in athletics but also to get a good education. The support that her team and herself felt from the area was something that she said warmed her heart

Once she finishes high school, Fair said she looks forward to returning to the area to give back to the community. Without the community, she said she would not be where she is today.

She looks to continue to help with basketball camps in the area and give back to the place that she said gave her so much.