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Coming to America: Marta Gomez, Tijana Raca talk transition

Leaving home is tough for most college students, even if you’re just leaving your hometown in Wyoming and studying in-state, the transition into a new city can be a difficult one, but can you imagine leaving your home country to play a sport on the other side of the ocean?
For Cowgirls basketball players Marta Gomez and Tijana Raca, this is not a hypothetical question, rather their realities.
Junior Marta Gomez was born in Valle, Spain, a small town of around 200 people near Valencia, Spain. Gomez has played basketball for most of her life and initially accepted a scholarship to play basketball in Barcelona, Spain.