With the college basketball season fast approaching, some players are using whatever time they have to either practice or rest up. Alabama A&M women’s basketball star Shelomi Sanders is doing the latter as she enjoys the sand and surf in a beach getaway. She shared four photos in an Instagram post where she can be seen enjoying herself in a bright orange bikini.
“change of scenery :)” Shelomi Sanders wrote on her Instagram caption.
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The daughter of NFL great and Colorado Buffaloes head coach, “Coach Prime” Deion Sanders swam in the water and posed on the beach. She is expected to return to Alabama A&M and begin the 2025-2026 season with the Bulldogs.
Shelomi was with the Colorado Buffaloes previously but transferred to Alabama A&M, an HBCU, to follow her own path away from her superstar dad and NFL star brothers. Before that, she played in Jackson State, where Coach Prime previously coached. Along with brothers Shilo and Shedeur, who are both now in the NFL, she transferred to Colorado but soon entered the transfer portal again. She only played five games with the Buffaloes before transferring.
Shelomi’s transfer out of Colorado sparked rumors that her father, Deion Sanders, was leaving Colorado soon. However, he has since stayed with the Buffaloes, even after his battle with a cancerous tumor in his bladder. The former Super Bowl champion promised that he will be staying with the team, health issues or not, during last week’s press conference.
Shelomi Sanders Talks About Playing Basketball While Battling Type 1 Diabetes
It is not just Deion Sanders having some health battles in the family, as Shelomi Sanders herself is battling Type 1 diabetes, which is a genetic form of the disease. In an interview with SB nation, the women’s basketball star opened up on playing college ball while also dealing with the disease.
“It’s definitely not for the weak,” she told SB Nation. “Being diagnosed at a young age and just going through all the adversity, it’s really helped me with responsibility and all of that. Being an athlete with it, it helps to have just a great training staff and coaches and teammates that just support me and that are there for me.”
She has been battling Type 1 diabetes since she was 13 and is even continually wearing a the Dexcom G7, a device that monitors blood glucose in her arm. Her trainers at Alabama A&M also monitor her blood glucose levels so they know when she needs to take a break while playing or in practice.
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