11/15/00: LOI to Georgia

USA Today Oregon Player of the Year, USA Today All-Junior Team,  Student Sports Sophomore All-American, Nike All-American, Reebok/WBCA Underclass All-American, USA Junior Team finalist, 4A First Team All State (coaches), 4A State Player of the Year, 19 ppg, 10 rpg, 4 bpg. Blue Star no. 1, ASGR no. 2, FCP no. 2. Plays for AAU team Michigan Crossover.  Will probably leave the West Coast for college (maybe for NJ?).

Search Oregon Live (hometown paper)
AGSR Prep Rankings 1-9 
Kara Braxton's vow: A dunk is coming
Oregon Live: 03-21-00 Braxton voted girls player of the year for second consecutive season
Kara Braxton - Oregon player of the year (photo)
All Star Girls Report top 12 prep players (Kara Braxton now considered by many to be #1 junior in country)
Westview hires new girls hoops coach (former RU assistant) 
Hoopla - Scarlet Knights interested in twins
USA Basketball : Kara Brown-Braxton profile 
Michigan Crossing team at USJN in Las Vegas (Kara photo)
Kara leaves Junior National team 
Westview girls finish second
 
 

Kara Brown-Braxton

11/15/00: LOI to Georgia

Kim's twin sister attended the Nike camp and has earned her own place on this page.  Nike All-America, USA Today All-America Honorable Mention, First Team All State

Search Oregon Live (hometown paper)
Nike camp photos
More Nike camp photos (note: captions say Kara, but it's really Kim)
Oregon twin seeks recognition

Metro (DC) Player of the Year, USA Today All-Junior Team, USA Today All-America HM.  20 ppg, 9rpg, 7 apg.  ASGR no. 3, FCP no. 26.

09/22/2000: will make official visit to RU next weekend.  Has narrowed choices to Virginia, Duke, Maryland and Rutgers, and North Carolina.

10/11/00: Verbal to Duke

one of USA Today's underclassmen to watch in 1999
AAU team photo
Washington Post - Winter All-Mets (with photos)

Student Sports Sophomore All-American, USA Today All-America HM, USA Today All-Junior Team, Nike All-American, Reebok/WBCA Underclass All-American, USA Junior Team finalist, First Team All-State (South Bend Tribune), Second Team All-State (Louisville Courier-Tribune), SI for Women National Sophomore of the Year, Indianapolis Player of the Year. 19 ppg, 11 rpg.  Blue Star no. 2, ASGR No. 1, FCP no. 1.  Plays for AAU team The Family, which was undefeated at the USJN tournament in DC. They will compete in the AAU Junior Olympics in Orlando July 27th through August 4th.

11/08/00: verbal to Tennessee

09/12/00:  Ely no longer appears to be considering RU
09/20/00:  Stringer will visit Ely this month

AGSR Prep Rankings 1-9 
 #1 ranked player lists Rutgers among her top 6 
Top NIKE Players - more on Ely
profile from Boiler recruiting site
Profile from UConn "Kennel" 
USA Basketball profile 
USJN photos

All-Los Angeles First Team. 21 ppg, 11 rpg, 4 bpg. ASGR no. 39.  Was expected to be invited to Nike Camp but does not appear on roster.

1/2/00: verbal to USC 

09/25/00: Top 5 are thought to be: USC, Rutgers, Nebraska, Kansas, Penn State
10/03/00: Kim to visit RU this weekend

AGSR Prep Rankings 30-39 
All-City Girls Basketball Team
Kim Gipson discussion on California Preps messageboard
SportsLIVE - Pressure is natural at Adidas camp - July 19, 2000 

09/11/00: Verbal to Illinois

USA Today All-America HM, Reebok/WBCA Underclass All-American, AP Div. I First Team All-State, All-Area First Team, All-Conference First Team, Conference Player of the Year, All-District Second Team. 22 ppg. Plays for AAU team Ohio United.  Tiffanie plans to study sports medicine in college.

ActiveDayton (hometown paper)
Girls basketball: All-Ohio teams
Guthrie wins MVP at Clarksville 18/U AAU tournament
Ohio United (18/U tourney champs)  team photo (#22, back row, 2nd from right)
Miami Valley Scoring leaders
Guthrie's 22 helps Rams past Dunbar (photo)
Guthrie leads all-stars in 30-point effort
Guthrie ecstatic with title 
Ohio United team has chemistry 

Note:  some of the URLs on ActiveDayton expire after a week, but the articles may still be there if you search the site.

09/18/00: Recent verbal to Michigan State

All-District Team, All-City First Team. FCP no. 18. 15 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 2 bpg, 2.5 apg, 3 spg. 

1999-2000 Miami Valley Top Rebounders

USA Today All-America HM, two-time Nike All-American, Honorable Mention All-NYC Area (freshman), Tri-State First Team, scored over 1000 points as a freshman. ASGR no. 47, FCP no. 8. Plays for AAU team Philadelphia Belles.

10/11/00: Verbal to Virginia

Garden City Life (hometown paper)
Catching Up With the Boys
The Charles H. Clark Award
future.newsday.com / The Future: Women's Athletics (includes Sue Wicks quotes, too!)
Newsday's All-Long Island team (photo)
Bethany LeSueur Makes LI Sports History
Profile (from eighth grade)
USJN championships (photos)

USA Today All-America HM, USA Today All-Junior Team, Nike All-American, USA Junior Team trials invitee, First Team All-State. 29 ppg.  Plays for AAU team New Jersey Monarchs. Attended 2000 Nike Camp.

11/15/2000: LOI to Auburn

AGSR Prep Rankings 10-19 
Kennedy Star's Got Game, And Now She's Fair Game
New Jersey All-State Girls Basketball Players
1999-2000 Gannett Newspapers Girls All State Team
profile from Boiler recruiting site
Nicole Louden: 'Playing for the present and looking toward the future' (interview from 12/99)
High-scoring Louden helped Kennedy turn around season
Kennedy athletes of the year
Playing through the pain
The Tower of Louden 
Nike Camp photos
Nike scouting report 
At Nike Camp, Kennedy Star Nicole Louden Follows Trail to Div. I 
Profile from UConn "Kennel" 
Purdue backs off Louden 
Bloomfield rolls as Sears stars (Sears and Louden) 
Nicole pays a visit to the www.rutgerswomen.com message board! 
Auburn Making a Play for Kennedy's Louden 
Kennedy star taking her game to Auburn

Note:  Louden is considered by many to be the best player in New Jersey.  She wants to play point guard, but she has scored as many as 50 points in a game.  She is also an all-county volleyball player and an honor student.

AAA All-State First Team.  ASGR no. 28.

07/22/00: Verbal to North Carolina 

AGSR Prep Rankings 20-29
South Carolina All-State team

USA Today State Player of the Year, Nike All-America, ASWA All-State First Team. FCP no. 11. 

10/16/00: verbal to Stanford

Profile on UConn recruiting site
East High School Girl's basketball official team home page
Anchorage Daily News Sports
Stanford taps East for talent

USA Today Hawaii Player of the Year, Starbulletin Player of the Year as a sophomore. 20 ppg, 13 rpg.  Will play for Brea H.S. in California next year.  Plays forAAU team Hawaii Select which made it to quarterfinals on USJN tourney in Las Vegas.

11/14/00: verbal to UCSB

09/20/00: According to Brandy's coach, RU appears to have lost interest
10/11/00: List narrowed to UCLA, Hawai'i, UC-Santa Barbara and Arizona

Ms. Basketball Hawaii 1999 
Notes:  Brandy was named to all-state team as freshman and was USA Today's Hawaii player of the year for both 1999 and 2000.  Basketball is a spring sport in Hawaii; season runs through May.
Kalaheo too much for Kaiser (photo)
5/5/00: Kalaheo rolls into another OIA girls’ basketball final
5/10/00:  Brandy scored a career-high 35 points to lead the Mustangs to victory in the OIA Championship game. She also had 12 rebounds and six steals. In a semifinal win, she scored 29 and grabbed 11 boards.
5/20/00: ILH teams holding center court  (great picture!) 
5/22/00: Kamehameha girls defend title (another picture)
5/24/00: Richardson won't play for two high schools 
Kalaheo may lose star girls’ hoops player 
6/3/00: Kalaheo’s Brandy Richardson moving
Kalaheo's Brandy Richardson repeats as the state's top player 
Hawaii Select team in Las Vegas
Select impresses in Vegas
Richardson changes mind
A related story about Brandy's return to Hawaii 

USA Today All-America HM, First Team All-State. 19 ppg, 10 rpg.

11/16/00:  LOI to St. Peter's 

09/22/2000:  Rutgers is still on her list

Speed, defense lift TR North to crown (photo)
Sears had tools to work the post in dominating fashion
Bloomfield rolls as Sears stars (Sears and Louden)

All-Met Second Team. 14 ppg, 14 rpg, 6 spg.

11/3/00: verbal to Delaware State 

Forays into recruiting wars
Off the Court, the Pressure's On
Stansbury Answers Call for Riverdale Baptist
ALMOST SIGNED AND SEALED:

USA Today All-America HM, Student Sports Sophomore All-American, Reebok/WBCA Underclass All-American.  Is attending 2000 Nike Camp.

10/11/00: Verbal to Stanford

09/22/2000:  Has narrowed choices to RU, N.C. State, Stanford, Va. Tech, Ga. Tech, Northwestern and UCLA

New Jersey All-State Girls Basketball Players 
1999-2000 Gannett Newspapers Girls All State Team
Quiet confidence 
Top 10 girls basketball players of each decade  (best of New Jersey, includes some familiar names as well as some active h.s. players, including Kelley Suminski of Mendham)
Mendham's Suminski 'knows how to win' 
Hard-working Suminski continues to improve her game 
2000 Winter All-Area Teams
After strong season, Mendham has goal to return even stronger

USA Today All-America HM, Topeka Capital Journal All-State First Team, Kansas City Star All-State First Team, USA Junior Team trials invitee. 23 ppg, 12 rpg, 4 spg, 52% FG, 36% 3 pt. FCP no. 14.
State's top vote-getter among coaches in all-state balloting, Gatorade Kansas High School Athlete of the Year.  Unbelievable all-around athlete who recently won national junior javelin championship and competed in Olympics trials in that event.  Unfortunately for RU, she has expressed a desire to stay in Big 12 country.

09/01/00: Verbal to Kansas State

PrepZone | Quartet repeats on girls team 03/19/00
PrepZone | Burlington outlasts Marysville 03/12/00
Note:  thanks to Mike Fasano for finding these links!
Marysville's Wecker unstoppable
Kendra won the national Punt/Pass/Kick competition in 1996!

verbal to Auburn

USA Today All-America HM. 40 ppg, 8 rpg, 8 apg. ASGR no. 7

USA Today All-America HM, Tribune All-State Second Team, CST All-State First Team. Averaged 18 ppg, 8 rpg.

verbal to Illinois

likes Rutgers (article includes photo)