Mr. Issacson has come with her to games at Gainesville, and with other colleagues have watched her son’s games at nearby sports bars after work.
The strength of Ms. Woodruff-Walker’s game, she said, is that she is a loving mom.
“Erving is my friend, I like him as a human being,” she said. “I am a mommy first, and I always told him ‘the day you don’t want to play ball, you don’t have to.’”
As this is Mr. Walker’s final season at Florida, his basketball future is up in the air. Mr. Walker, who is majoring in sports management, definitely wants to be involved in sports, be it on or off the court.
A career in commercial real estate brokerage may not be out of the question to the open-minded Erving, but he “lives and breathes sports.”
But Ms. Woodruff-Walker and those at CBRE are sure to keep a close eye on the television and root for Erv to finish his final season as a national champion.
drosen@observer.com
