What do Pat Summit, Andy Landers, MaChelle Joseph, Vivian Stringer and Geno Auriemma have in common?  They were among more than 300 college coaches from division 1 programs who watched the Georgia Hoopstars play at major college exposure events this year.

The five Georgia Hoopstars Girls Basketball teams recently completed successful spring and summer seasons, playing more than 225 games in the Peach State Tip Off,  Peach State May Day Challenge, Showtime Tournament of Champions, Nike Basketball on the Bayou, the Peach State Summer Invitational  and other local tournaments.

In addition, more than 25 Georgia Hoopstars represented the club at major individual showcases, including the Top 10 All American Camp, Top 10 Underclassmen Camp, the Top 10 Freshmen Camp, the Peach State Fab Five Camp and the Peach State Jr. Fab Five Camp .

"Our job is to prepare players for the next level," said JD Davis, president of the Georgia Hoopstars. "This year was no different.  We had five teams participate in eight college exposure events."

Team highlights for July include the following:

*The silver team won the championship for the 2011 bracket at the Nike Basketball on the Bayou
*The  black team finished in the elite 8 in the 17U Showtime Tournament of Champions
*The royal team finished in the elite 8 in the 17U Showtime Tournament of Champions
*The gold team by finishing in the highest spot for the club in the 16U Showtime Tournament of Champions
*The white team continued to demonstrate heart in the 15U Showtime Tournament of Champions

For more than 10 years, colleges across the country have relied on the Georgia Hoopstars to prepare players to compete at the college level. In fact, in the past four years, we have helped more than 50 players achieve division I basketball scholarships. Colleges include the University of Georgia, University of Florida, South Carolina, Jacksonville University, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Louisville, UNC-Charlotte, Jackson State University, University of Central Florida, Hampton University, Hofstra University, University of Virginia, Rice and many more.

Keep checking the web site for more information about our fall tournament and 2009 tryout information.

For more information about the Georgia Hoopstars,  please contact Coach JD Davis at 404-423-7904 or Coach Boyer at 678-360-2779.
 

Alli Jones a member of the Hoopstars Black committed Valdosta State University over the weekend. Valdosta State is a member of the Gulf South Conference.

 The Valdosta State women's basketball team made it all the way to the NCAA Division 2 Sweet Sixteen this 2007-08 season, finishing the season with a 26-6 overall record and going 9-3 in Gulf South Conference play.

Alli attends Lassiter High School. She is 5'8 and plays both guard postions and is the teams best 3-point shooter. Valdosta Sate got themselves a great person and a great shooter.

Canesha Edwards......Appalachian State University

Simone Rutledge......Tennessee Tech

Kelli Riles......University of North Carolina Ashville

Melissa Little.....University of West Alabama

Courtney McDonald......University of West Alabama

Kaci Palmore......Florida Tech

Caris Hinton......Landers University

LaNise (Che') Essick......Claflin University

Rudie Denson......Chattanooga State University

Garlinda Lewis......Valdosta State University 

Martika Williams......Okaloosa-Walton College

Loren Wilkins......Palm Beach Atlantic College

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON AND OFF THE COURT.

Congratulations to Jasmine Blain, Marissa Rimbert, Jazmin Walker, Alli Jones, Kayla Ramsby, Caitlin Brown, Courtney Bradford, Chakecia Miller and Michelle Ivey for being chosen to participate in the Peach State Fab 5 Camp

Congratulations to Krysta Lewis, Chakecia Miller, Kelly Reid, Alex Boyer, Sydney Montgomery and Jac Weathers for being chosen to participate in the Peach State Jr. Fab 5 Camp.

Special congratulations also to Chakecia Miller for being chosen MVP of the Jr. Fab 5 Camp and Jasmine Blain for being chosen Upperclass Fab 5.

Invitational Only Camps, The 2008 Peach State Fab Five and Jr. Fab Five Camps were held at Augusta Sate University on July 28-30, 2008 and it featured 80 of the country's top prospect in both camps and was attended by over 150 college coaches.

Once again the Georgia Hoopstars Basketball Program had more players invited then any program in the Metro Atlanta Area.

Hoopstar players got the opportunity to meet and take pictures with the Rutgers womens basketball Coach C. Vivian Stringer while at the Basketball On the Bayou in New Orleans.

Coach Stringer holds the distinction of being the first coach in NCAA history to lead three different women's programs to the NCAA: Rutgers in 2000 and 2007, the University of Iowa in 1993, and Cheyney State College (now Cheyney University of Pennsylvania) in 1982. She is the third winningest coach in women's basketball history, behind only Tennessee's Pat Summitt and former University of Texas coach Jody Conradt. She was honored as the Naismith College Coach of Year for women's basketball in 1993, and is a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.

The Georgia Hoopstars Silver team recently traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana to play in the Nike Basketball on the Bayou college exposure tournament. The tournament attracted big name Division 1 colleges such as: UConn, Tennessee, Rutgers, LSU and Georgia to name a few. The Silver team, comprised of girls between ages 12-15 years old, competed up in the 2011 Division (10th grade). 

Pool play consisted of competing against the Houston Hotshots and cross-town-rival, Wallace Prather Celtics. The Hoopstars blew out the Houston Hotshots and beat the Celtics, 53-49 in front of many college scouts. Moving on to bracket play as the #1 seed, their next opponent was All Ohio Red. The Hoopstars prevailed moving on to the semifinals to face the GA/Lina 76ers. It was tough game, but the Hoopstars pulled it out in the end and were on to the championship to face Southern Miss. Elite Black team in a late game on Thursday night. The girls were tired but pulled together for one last victory to bring home the championship.

All of the girls did a great job of playing as a team and representing the Georgia Hoopstars organization well. They received a lot of college exposure while attending the Bayou tournament; hopefully, that will springboard into next season. Great job!

Congratulations to Jasmine Blain and Madison Strickland for being chosen to participate in the Top Ten All-American Camp.

Congratulations to Chakecia Miller,  Krysta Lewis, Alex Boyer, Kelly Reid, Courtney Bradford, Sydney Montgomery, Briana Jones, Nyaa Davis, Jasmine Steward and Andreya Lacy for being chosen to participate in the Top Ten Underclassmen All-American Camp. 

Congratulations to Joshlyn Belcher, Jordan Frazier and Kaliyah Mitchell for being chosen to participate in the Top Ten Freshman All-American Camp.   

All these camps are invitation only camps and they had in attendance over 250 college scouts watching our players play. The Georgia Hoopstars Program had more players invited then any program or team in Georgia.

From the Marietta Daily Journal on 01/03/08:

It didn't take long for colleges to notice Jasmine Blain.

The 6-foot-1 North Cobb junior forward began to receive attention from Division I colleges in the eighth grade while playing for the Georgia Hoopstars travel team and has continued to be noticed during her outstanding three-year career with the Lady Warriors.

So, it's not that surprising that Blain's future on the collegiate level has already been determined as she committed to Georgia Tech right before the beginning of her junior season.

Blain is the first North Cobb girls basketball player to commit or sign with a Division I college since Alana Tanksley signed with South Florida in 2001.

Blain is certainly showing why Georgia Tech was so interested in her this season, averaging 18.1 points and a little more than seven rebounds a game to help lead a talented North Cobb squad to a 10-2 record, the best start for the Lady Warriors in years.

While Blain is excited about her future with Georgia Tech, she realizes she still has a season-and-a-half left of high school basketball to play.

"I like (Georgia Tech) a lot and I'm really excited about playing college basketball, but I can't take it for granted," Blain said. "I have to keep working hard and take it one step at a time, because if I don't, (Georgia Tech) could take it away from me."

Please click on the above header or the picture to read the whole article from the Marietta Daily Journal.

Also, Click on the the below handout to get the whole article in PDF format. 

Simone Rutledge who played on the Hoopstars Royal team last summer has signed with Tennessee Tech. Tennessee Tech plays in the Ohio Valley Conference and was picked fifth in their conference. Simone attends Southwest Dekalb High School who is preseason number one in the state in AAAA.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON AND OFF THE COURT.