Seawolf India Pagan Representing Puerto Rico at Paris Olympics

India Pagan practicing with the Puerto Rico women's basketball team.

Stony Brook University women's basketball alumna India Pagan is representing Puerto Rico at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the second Olympic appearance of her career.

Pagan made her Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first Seawolves women's basketball player, and third Stony Brook student-athlete ever, to compete in the Olympic Games. She also made Connecticut history as the first New London native to compete in the games, and was a member of the first-ever Puerto Rican women's basketball team to qualify and compete at the Summer Olympics.

This year, she is looking to make more history, as team Puerto Rico aims to win its first medal in the sport of women's basketball.

"It's truly an indescribable feeling, I'm not sure if it has set in yet, but I know once I get into the Olympic Village and I'm a part of the Opening Ceremony the tears will instantly flow," Pagan said. "This time around it's extra special to me because the last Olympics was during COVID so there were many restrictions. No fans were allowed, as athletes we couldn't attend any other sporting events, we had to take around two COVID tests a day and had many other restrictions."

Puerto Rico is slated for play in Group A along with Serbia, Spain, and China.

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