With the end of the 2017-18 season, seniors Geraldine McCorkell and Nejra Solo will see their collegiate careers draw to a close. They had different effects on everyone, but there is no doubt they will be missed by everyone on the team.
 
"They've been nothing but great role models since I was a freshman and they were sophomores," said Taylor Pierce.
 
Pierce noted that the two players, who come from Australia and Bosnia and Herzegovina respectively, were always the first to understand homesickness.
 
"They are the sweetest people," Pierce said. "It was always super easy to go talk to them about anything — if you're homesick, uncomfortable, they're the first ones there to listen. Coming from so far away, they understand how hard it is for freshmen."
 
Sophomore post Isabelle Hadden, who works closely with McCorkell and Solo, echoed Pierce's sentiments.
 
"They're such great leaders," Hadden said. "It'll be such a loss for the team offensively and defensively, but also emotionally. They are so positive."
 
Hadden said her and Solo have become close over the past two years, working hand-in-hand in the same position group.

"Some of our days in October during preseason are really long, really rough," she said. "Solo can tell when I'm getting down on myself so she always picks me up."
 
Natalie Klinker, a freshman post, said Solo and McCorkell helped provide much-needed support during her first season.
 
"I've learned so much from them this season," she said. "It's been so much fun to play and learn from them. Especially playing against them in practice, they just work so hard. They make me better."

Solo is in her fifth season as a Vandal. She arrived in Moscow in 2013 and sat out as a redshirt that first year. This season has been Solo's best by far. She has started 17 games this season and recorded her first career double-double in Idaho's win over Eastern Washington. The fifth-year senior graduated with a 4.0 in Molecular Biology last year and is currently getting her masters degree in plant sciences. 

McCorkell joined the Vandals in 2014 and played in 28 games her freshman season. She was Big Sky Honorable Mention as a sophomore on her way to helping Idaho win the Big Sky Tournament. Last season she surpassed 1,000 career points and is currently ninth all-time on Idaho's scoring list with 1,431 career points.  McCorkell is currently in Idaho's top-10 for free throw percentage, 3-point field goals, rebounds, blocks and games played. 

Both players will be honored in a ceremony prior to the start of Saturday's game against Weber State.