Louisville coach Jeff Walz first heard his daughter sing the national anthem while she was in the playroom at their house earlier this week.
He was amazed. So was his team after it heard a recorded rendition of 5-year-old Lucy singing the “The Star-Spangled Banner” Thursday night before the Senior Night game against Georgia Tech.
The video has since gone viral, appearing on a Saturday morning news show. “I was really proud of her. It’s really something else,” the coach said Saturday by phone. “She’s been coming to all of our basketball games for so many years that it just has stuck with her.” A few days earlier, Lucy and sister Lola had invited their parents to the playroom, affectionally named the KFC Yum Center after the Cardinals'