Making It Official

Area Prep Basketball Players to Sign National Letters-of-Intent

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Thursday, November 9, 2006

These Washington area high school basketball players are expected to sign national letters-of-intent to play for Division I college programs in the early signing period, which began yesterday:

Boys

PlayerHigh SchoolCollege
F Jeff AllenHargrave Military*Virginia Tech
G Evann BakerMaine Central Institute*Wichita State
F Mike BeasleyNotre Dame Prep (Mass.)*Kansas State
G Adrian BowieMontrose ChristianMaryland
G Jerimiah BowmanProgressive ChristianMarist
C Zack CrimminsO'ConnellColumbia
G Marlin CribbsDeMathaMount St. Mary's
G-F Darnell DodsonEleanor RooseveltPittsburgh
F John FlowersSt. Mary's RykenWest Virginia
G Austin FreemanDeMathaGeorgetown
G Jayde GavinBishop McNamaraMarist
C Gus GilchristProgressive ChristianVirginia Tech
C Jerai GrantDeMathaClemson
G Steve HarleySouth Plains College (Tex.)*Nebraska
C Milade Lola-CharlesLaurelHampton
G Cameron LongFreedom-WoodbridgeGeorge Mason
F Vlad MoldoveanuSt. John'sGeorge Mason
C Maurice PearsonBethesda-CCOhio
G Jeff PetersonDeMathaPrinceton
G Nolan SmithOak Hill*Duke
G Isaiah TateDeMathaGeorge Mason
G Chris TolsonLaurelHampton
F Julian VaughnOak Hill*Florida State
C Shane WalkerBishop IretonMaryland
G Ben WheelerChantillyLafayette
C Mike WilliamsBishop IretonKentucky
G Chris WrightSt. John'sGeorgetown

Girls

PlayerHigh SchoolCollege
F Maya Al-ShingietiMarshallNew Jersey Tech
G Tia BellH.D. WoodsonNorth Carolina State
F Tamonica BrackinsEdisonLongwood
F Eugenia BroadusCarrollGeorge Mason
F Dominique BryantSt. John'sSt. Joseph's
G Doreena CampbellEdisonUCLA
G Cathy CockrumW.T. WoodsonSiena
G Camille CollierSidwell FriendsWake Forest
F Brittany EleyWestlakeGeorge Mason
G Rhianna FaithfullFlint HillSanta Clara
G Courtney HamnerOsbourn ParkJames Madison
F Taneisha HarrisonSt. John'sPittsburgh
C Ciara HayesRiverdale BaptistRadford
F Josephine McLaneWestfieldMaryland-Eastern Shore
G Monica McNuttHoly CrossGeorgetown
G Taleia MotonSuitlandMount St. Mary's
C Brittane NeelyWakefieldNorth Carolina A&T
G Lauren ReinshuttleSouth CountyDuquesne
F Laren RobinsonSouth CountySt. Joseph's
G Taryn RussHandleyNorth Carolina A&T
G Kendall ShepardNorthwesternUNC Asheville
G Jessica TaylorWoodbridgeVirginia Commonwealth
G Jasmine ThomasOaktonDuke
G Meredith TolleyUrbanaLoyola
F Claire WheelerGood CounselHarvard
G Kemerly WilsonThomas JohnsonWake Forest

Note: Players committing to Ivy League schools do not sign letters-of-intent.

* Played at a Washington area school before transferring and/or attending prep school/junior college. Allen played at DeMatha; Baker at Carroll; Beasley at Riverdale Baptist; Harley at Techworld, Crossland and Marriott Hospitality Public Charter School; Smith at St. John's and Riverdale; and Vaughn at South Lakes.



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