I just wanted to pass along a link to a story in today’s paper about Ramapo senior-to-be Allissa Basquiat (right). She’s playing in the USA Junior Nationals International Sports Festival next week.
Basquiat told our reporter, Peter Ferraro, that she hoped the competition (to be held in Champaign, Ill.) would help her land a college scholarship.
Basquiat had averaged double digits each of the last two years for the Gryphons. Here’s her stats from 2007-08. And here’s a look at her numbers from this past season.
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Is it true Jamiesha Parker transferred to North Rockland?
Sorry Josh – meant to ask – is it true that N Rock coach Miller is now the assistant at Cl South?
Yes, I believe that is true.
JOSH,
HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS BOGUS EVENT (JUNIOR NATIONALS)
This girl is getting SCAMMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high_school/2009/07/13/2009-07-13_scam_dunk_high_priced_tournament.html?page=1
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When the USA Junior Nationals International Sports Festival kicks off in little less than two weeks, at the
University of Illinois
, this much will be difficult to miss: The event will provide less than the promised level of instruction and competition, and a slim chance that any of the 160 boys and girls who were registered by last week will walk away with a scholarship.
• Several players who competed in USA Junior Nationals in previous years characterized it as a loosely supervised scrimmage, and suggested that would-be participants save their money.
• A member of the NCAA basketball event certification staff, Adam Morrissey, said that the event is not among those approved by the college sports governing body, thereby prohibiting Division I and II coaches from attending.
• More than a dozen college coaches and recruiting experts queried for this story said they’d never attended USA Junior Nationals. “I’ve never heard about that in my life; I don’t know anything about that at all,” said Howie Garfinkel, who has been one of the country’s top recruiting experts for more than 30 years.
• According to the Better Business Bureau, the nomadic company has a history of state hopping, and last year it drew scrutiny from the FBI.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high_school/2009/07/13/2009-07-13_scam_dunk_high_priced_tournament.html?page=1#ixzz0MRBeVbNy
HER HS COACH SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT ON TOO!!!!!!!!!
Josh you really should spend more time in the AAU league. My daughter along with about 300 other players attended the Jr. Nationals when they were 12. It’s a joke…. It’s nice that you are trying to help this young lady but the pecking order is what it is.