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KRISTIN BUSH - Practice Makes Permanent at Bama!
 Former Starz 2009 player & Alabama Sophomore, Kristin Bush of Huntsville High School was missing basketball when she heard that the Alabama Crimson Tide women were in need of a Practice Player.  So, during the recent Thanksgiving break, she offered up her services.  After a tryout during the first week of December, she was asked to report to practice on Monday, December 6 (during Finals week).  Then, after just 10 days of impressive practices, Kristin was called into the coaches office ... and invited to join the 8-2 Crimson Tide women's basketball team as a full-time, walk-on member of the squad!  Head Coach Wendell Hudson said, "Kristin is one of the best things that has happened to this team in a long time!"  Upon completion of NCAA paperwork, Kristin Bush dressed out with the Tide in their 88-78 road victory at Southern Mississippi.  She made her home debut in Bama's 66-55 loss to Auburn on Sunday, January 2.  Bama (now 11-3) travels to play the Tennessee Lady Vols on Thursday, January 6!  CONGRATS to KRISTIN!!

 

 

 

KELLIE COOK Named To Pre-Season OVC All-Conference Team! 
Former Starz 2009 graduate and current Tennessee Tech (TTU) Sophomore Kellie Cook (Bob Jones HS) has been named to the 2010-11 Pre-season Ohio Valley All-Conference Team.  Following her Freshman season in 2009-10, Kellie was named to the OVC All-Newcomer Team!   Congrats!!

 

 

SAMETRIA GIDEON Named To Pre-Season All-Conference Team! 
Former Starz 2009 graduate and current Kennesaw State (KSU) Sophomore Sametria Gideon (Bob Jones HS) has been named to the 2010-11 Pre-season All-Atlantic Sun Conference Team.  Following her Freshman season in 2009-10, Sametria was named to the A-Sun All-Freshman Team!  Also named to this Pre-season All Conference Team was Belmont Junior Haley Nelson (Scottsboro, AL) who was discovered by Belmont when she participated with the Starz 2008 team at the Bluestar College Showcase in October 2007.  Congrats!!
 

STARZ-JALA HARRIS Named To Pre-Season All-Conference USA Team!
 Former Starz 2009 graduate and current UAB Sophomore Jala Harris (Bob Jones HS) of UAB has been named to the 2010-11 All-Conference USA Preseason Team.  Jala is the only Sophomore listed among the 6 players who were selected.  She is coming off a prolific Freshman season where she became the first player ever to earn C-USA's Freshman & 6th Player of the Year awards!!  See the entire story at:  http://uabsports.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/101410aaa.html.  Jala will team once again with her former Starz 2009 teammates Amber Jones (Hazlewood HS) & Jasmine Green (Bob Jones HS) as the Blazers strive to capture the C-USA Title!  GO STARZ!

 

STARZ lead UAB to Upset Win over Houston!!
 On Wednesday, March 10, former Starz Class of 2009 players (all Freshmen), Jasmine Green (Bob Jones HS), Amber Jones (Hazlewood HS) and C-USA Freshman of the Year Jala Harris (Bob Jones HS) helped lead #6 seeded UAB to a 70-65 upset win over #2 seeded Houston in the semi-finals of the Conference USA Tournament in Tulsa, OK.  Jasmine hit 4 key free throws down the stretch, Amber scored 13 pts & had 5 assists while Jala scored 12 pts along with 6 assists to help move UAB into the Finals of the C-USA Tournament for the first time since the year 2000!  UAB (17-14) will face #1 seeded Tulane (25-6) in the C-USA Championship Game on Friday, March 12 at 12:30pm (CT).  With a victory, UAB would secure a bid to the NCAA Tournament!  Friday's game can be seen on the CBS College Sports Channel!  GO STARZ ... GO BLAZERS!!

 

JONES & HARRIS lead UAB to Upset WIn over SMU!!
 On Tuesday, March 9, former Starz players, Amber Jones (Hazlewood HS) scored 23 pts and CUSA Freshman of the Year Jala Harris (Bob Jones HS) scored 16 pts to lead #6 seeded UAB to a 64-55 upset win over #3 seeded SMU in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Tournament in Tulsa, OK.  UAB opened the tournament with a 52-45 win over tourney host Tulsa on Monday.  UAB now moves on to the semifinals where they will face #2 seeded Houston on Wednesday, March 10 at 7:30pm.  This game can be seen on CBS College Sports TV!  GO STARZ ... GO BLAZERS!!

 

 

JALA HARRIS Scores Awards in Conference USA!!
 On Sunday, March 7, former Starz player, Jala Harris (Bob Jones HS) of UAB was named the Conference USA Freshman of the Year & the 6th Player of the Year for the 2009-10 season becoming the FIRST player in CUSA history to win both awards in the same season!  In addition, Jala was named to the All-Conference USA Second Team, becoming the only Freshman among the 15 players (1st - 3rd Team) to receive all-conference honors.  Jala averaged 18.3 ppg in 16 CUSA games and 16.4 ppg in all (28) games along with 3.2 assists per game.  Jala exploded for 40 points in a double-overtime game vs Marshall in her biggest game of the season.  CONGRATS to Jala!!


 COLLEGE ALL STARZ - SAMETRIA GIDEON!
 Former Starz Class of 2009 player Sametria Gideon (Bob Jones HS) of Division 1 Kennesaw State University (KSU) was named to the All-Freshman Team in the Atlantic Sun Conference.  Sametria was the Conferences #1 Freshman rebounder with 8.1 rebs per game.  She was 4th among all rebounders and led the A-Sun Conference in Offensive Rebounds per game!  See further detail at:  www.ksuowls.com/news/2010/3/2/WBB_0302104524.aspx.   CONGRATS to Sametria!

 

KELLIE COOK named to All-Newcomer
Team in OVC!!
 On Thursday, March 6, former Starz player, Kellie Cook (Bob Jones HS) of Tennessee Tech was named to the All-Newcomer Team in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC).  Kellie averaged 12.6 ppg and grabbed 4.7 rpg.  She began her college career by scoring 22 pts in a 5-pt loss to the University of Alabama and achieved her career high with 26 pts on Feb. 11 vs Murray State.  CONGRATS to Kellie!!

 

 

AMBER JONES is C-USA Freshman of the Week!!
 On Friday, March 5, former Starz player, Amber Jones (Hazlewood HS) of UAB was named Conference USA Freshman of the Week after scoring 16 points and helping lead UAB to a 64-53 victory over former Starz teammate Chatia Kelsey and the University of Memphis.  Starz Director/Coach Doug Bush along with several former Starz teammates & current Starz were in attendance.  This is Amber's 2nd time to win this award and the 7th time for a UAB player and former Starz players to win this award (Amber & Jala Harris) in the 16 times it has been awarded this season.  Jala added 12 points in the victory.  UAB opens the CUSA Tournament on Monday, March 8 vs Tulsa in Tulsa, OK.    CONGRATS to Amber!!

 

JALA HARRIS is C-USA Freshman of the Week ... 4th Time in a Row!!
 Former Starz player, Jala Harris of the UAB Blazers was named Conference USA Freshman of the Week for a CUSA record 4th week in a row and for the 5th time overall on Monday, Feb. 1 after her 40-point explosion in a tough Double-Overtime loss at Marshall.  Jala became only the 3rd player in CUSA history to score 40 or more points in a CUSA game!  This is the FIRST time in the history of CUSA that this award has been won 4 weeks in a row!   Jala leads CUSA in conference-only scoring at over 20 ppg!  UAB looks to rebound from this tough loss with a challenging road game vs former Starz teammate Chatia Kelsey and the University of Memphis.  CONGRATS to Jala!!