Kobe Bryant’s last Mamba girl chooses Texas in epic cowboy hat photo

The lasting legacy of Kobe and his daughter Gianna "Gigi" Bryant shines through with the last of the Mamba girls choosing the Texas Longhorns.
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The horrible tragedy that took the lives of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna will never be forgotten.

Luckily their enduring legacy will live on for generations to come, as the Los Angeles Lakers icon and "Gigi" are always a part of anything Vanessa Bryant does with the extremely lucrative Nike partnership and her charitable foundation, The Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation.

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Gianna Bryant, Vanessa Bryant, Kobe Bryant holding Bianka Bryant, and Natalia Bryant
December 18, 2017: The retirement of the Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant's 8 and 24 jerseys with Gianna, Vanessa, Kobe Bryant holding Bianka, and Natalia. | IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire

One of the other lasting legacies is Gianna's Mamba basketball team, where nine people died in the helicopter crash, including two of Gigi's teammates, Alyssa Altobelli and Payton Chester, and their parents: both of Alyssa's and Payton's mother.

For those that survived, many have continued to pursue a basketball career, with the last of the Mamba girls, Amalia Holguin, impressively taking her talents to the Texas Longhorns.

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Scroll through to see her epic photo in a custom, Texas burnt orange-and-white cowboy hat doing the classic "Hook 'em Horns" salute.

"100% COMMITTED🤘🏼🧡," Holguin wrote on her Instagram post.

Other Mamba girls that have gone on to play at college include Emily Eadie, who plays for Princeton, Annika Jawani, who plays for Dartmouth, and Annabelle Spotts, who plays for the University of Chicago.

It's a heartwarming and inspirational story for all of these girls that have endured so much.

Heck, even Texas haters will have to root for Holguin.

Kobe Bryant
June 12, 2002; East Rutherford, NJ; The Lakers Kobe Bryant holds up the Championship trophy. | Asbury Park Ppress-USA TODAY NETWORK

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