She attended high school in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, and enrolled at Augusta State University on a full athletic scholarship for swimming and cross-country.
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Before joining Chester in December 1999, Laird had played in his homeland for Fatima College and then in the United States for Augusta State University.
Georgia Regents's men's basketball team, which competed as Augusta State University from 1996-2012, amassed a winning streak of 48 consecutive games played at Christenberry Fieldhouse that began on December 15, 2008 with an 80-68 defeat of conference foe Georgia College & State University.