PRESS RELEASE from Michael T. White
INFORMATION RELEASE
Southern Starz affiliate with Michael T. White!
I am excited to announce our exclusive affiliation
for the 2008 season with Michael T. White
(www.michaeltwhite.com).
The Southern Starz will be the exclusive organization in the
state of Alabama affiliated with MTW joining a number of
other top AAU programs in the country. Michael T. White
(most recently with Adidas), with his marketing ability at
the grassroots level, has brought national attention to
girls’ basketball throughout the country. College coaches
flock to Michael T. White’s exposure events (such as the
Deep South Classic in April 2008) because of the top flight
teams and prospects he attracts. White’s events offer
outstanding competition in the finest facilities available
along with quality officiating and superb game scheduling.
(See more info on the 2008 Deep South Classic at
http://michaeltwhite.com/dscg).
Starz players will also participate individually in the Top
10 All-American Camps in Atlanta in July 2008 (see
http://michaeltwhite.com/ttcg).
When
college women’s basketball coaches discuss the top scouting
services, it is a very short conversation that begins and
ends with Michael T. White’s “All Star Girls’ Report” or
ASGR (http://michaeltwhite.com/agr).
Since its inception in 1995, the ASGR has out-performed all
rivals in the number of athletes rated and the accuracy of
these ratings. ASGR staff members also serve on the
McDonald’s All-American Game selection committee, as well as
the Parade All-American list.
Our
partnership with Michael T. White will afford our Starz
players national exposure at the highest level! Scheduled
events include the Deep South Classic on April 18-20, 2008
(North Carolina) for 13u to 17u, the Top 10 All-American
Camp on July 6, 2008 (Atlanta), 17u Tournament of Champions
on July 7-9, 2008 (Atlanta), Top 10 Underclassmen Camp on
July 9, 2008, 16u Tournament of Champions on July 10-12,
2008 (Atlanta), Top 10 Freshmen Camp on July 12, 2008
(Atlanta), and 15u Tournament of Champions on July 13-15,
2008 (Atlanta), in addition to others. Stay tuned for more
exciting details …
With this relationship, our Southern Starz teams will also
continue to participate in AAU competition as in the past!!
STARZ Shine at 2009 BlueStar College Showcase!
On Satuday & Sunday, Oct. 3 & 4, nearly 30 of our Southern Starz
high school players participated in the Battle of the
Programs and the BlueStar College Showcase in Murfreesboro,
TN on the campus of MTSU during the NCAA Fall Evaluation
weekend. Starz players were divided into 4 teams and
played in the Team Event on Saturday & Sunday
morning against some of the top travel teams in the
Southeast! Starz 2010, 2011, and 2012 (2
teams) participated. Many of the Starz players then
participated in the Blue Star Showcase event on Sunday.
Many college coaches were in attendance for both events.
For more than 25 years BlueStar has been one of the most
influential organizations in selecting and advising such
publications rankings and listings as found in The Sporting
News, USA Today, Gatorade Circle of Champions, and McDonalds
All American Team just to name a few. These rankings and
evaluations are part of the national BlueStar Report
available to media & colleges across the country. All of
our Starz players put on a fine performance!
College
Exposure Pays Off for Haley Nelson of Scottsboro!!
In October of 2006, Haley Nelson (Class of 2008) a 6'2" post player and
currently a Senior at Scottsboro High (5A) participated as a guest with
our Southern Starz group at the Blue Star Showcase College Exposure
event held in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This week, Haley signed a
Division 1 scholarship to play college basketball with Belmont
University (Nashville, TN) of the Atlantic Sun Conference. At a recent
game between Belmont & Mississippi State (& former Starz '89 player Shai
Wilkins) in Nashville, Starz Director Doug Bush asked Belmont Head Coach
Tony Cross how they had found Katie. Coach Cross replied that Belmont
had found her when she played with the Starz group at the Blue Star
Showcase in 2006!! Thus, our College Exposure is working!!
STARZ
Shine
at College 2007 Showcase in the Boro!!
On Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 29 & 30 the Starz 15u and 14u teams
participated in the team competition at the Showcase in the Boro in
Murfreesboro, TN in front of college coaches from across the nation.
While playing short-handed, our Starz 15u team (class of 2009) defeated
2 premier teams including the Blue Chip Elite from Kentucky (Saturday)
by a score of 57-48 and one of the top Nike travel teams in the nation,
the Tennessee Flight-Silver by a score of 50-47. Our Starz 14u team
(class of 2010) also played very well finishing with a record of 3-1
with only a 3-point loss. Most of the Starz players then participated
in the Blue Star Showcase event held on Sunday with more than 80 college
coaches in attendance. Congrats to all of our Starz players who
participated!!
College Interest
- 2007 AAU Nationals & July Exposure
As a result of our participation at the AAU National Tournament and the
Battle in the Boro Exposure Event in July 2007 (and events from prior
years) ... AND due to the passing of the Sept. 1 (Junior Year) deadline
allowing schools to send unlimited correspondence, our Southern Starz
15u (Class of 2009) players have received letters of interest and/or
scholarship offers from the following
Division I colleges: Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Vanderbilt,
Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Arkansas, UAB,
Louisville, Memphis, Florida State, Wake Forest, St. John's, TCU,
Louisiana Tech, Baylor, Kansas, Tulane, Lamar, UT-Chattanooga,
Pittsburgh, Michigan State, Southern Miss, SMU, Furman,
Charleston-Southern, Charlotte, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, W.
Kentucky, Georgia State, Mercer, Valparaiso, McNeese State, Southern,
Arkansas-Little Rock, Kennesaw State, Murray State, Hampton,
UMASS, Birmingham Southern, Samford,
and
Stetson.
[this listing will be updated as we hear from more schools ...
Blue Star Showcase
Starz
participants ... Vee Young (2008), Jala Harris
(2009) and Danielle Vaughn (2009) each were All-Star
Selections at the Blue Star Showcase in Murfreesboro, TN on Oct. 1,
2006.
Click
this link to view results -
http://girlshoops.scout.com/2/581574.html
College Interest - 2006 AAU Nationals
As a
result of our participation at the AAU National Tournament in July 2006,
our Southern Starz 14u players have already received letters of interest
from the following colleges: Florida State, Notre Dame, Memphis, Texas
A&M, Furman, Kansas Univ., Ole
Miss,
Tennessee,
Temple,
Southern Miss,
UT
Chattanooga,
Mississippi State and Jacksonville State,
Rice, Middle Tennessee St., Vanderbilt,
Texas State, Richmond,
Penn State, and SMU.
College Exposure - Blue Star
College Showcase October 2006
For the 2nd consecutive
year, on Sunday, October 1, 2006, Coaches Doug Bush, Kent Looney &
Willie Harris took more than 20 10th-12th grade girls from our
Southern Starz program to the 2006 Blue Star South Fall College Showcase
event held on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University in
Murfreesboro, TN. Blue Star Basketball is the longest running national
scouting and college showcase organization in women's basketball. The
weekend of Sept. 30 / Oct. 1 represented a special NCAA Fall Evaluation
Period for 2006 giving players a chance to showcase their talents in
front of college coaches & scouts. Blue Star hosted event in 4 regions
of the country (East, Midwest, South & West)
There
were more than 200 high school girls from across the Southeast
representing the high school classes of 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010 who
displayed their talents & skills for more than 55 coaches & scouts from
colleges at all levels including the SEC, ACC and other conferences from
Division I to Division III. Included in the player participants was
the #10 rated player in the nation in the 2008 (Junior) class, Alicia
Manning of Etowah High School of Atlanta, Georgia who has verbally
committed to play for Tennessee.
The
Southern Starz organization was specifically invited to attend and
participate in this high profile event. We plan to participate in this
and similar events in the future.
College Interest - 2006
As a result of our
participation at the AAU National Tournaments and the Blue Star College
Showcase in Tennessee, Southern Starz players have received letters of
interest from the following colleges: Tennessee, Alabama, UAB, Ole
Miss, Vanderbilt, TCU, Univ of Virginia, Southern Miss, Missouri, Univ
of Memphis, Middle Tenn State, UT Chattanooga, Tenn Tech, Lipscomb Univ, Western
Kentucky, Furman, Toledo, Texas State, Univ of Arkansas-Little Rock,
Birmingham Southern, Jacksonville State, Auburn, Clemson, Arkansas, SMU,
E. Kentucky, Georgia State, South Alabama, Jacksonville University,
Randolph-Macon, So. Carolina St., Tennessee St., Troy, Gardner-Webb
Univ., Freed-Hardeman,
Hampton University, Kansas, Univ of Massachusetts (UMASS), and Pittsburg
and UAH.
(This list will be updated ...)
So...
Hard Work does pay off! ... and College Exposure will also pay off!
