Former Team Pride player, Dawn Evans scores 28 in the Colonial Athletic Association finals to lead James Madison to the conference title.
Dawn was awarded the CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player (averaged 18.7 points and 6.3 assists in three games).
Dawn's 25+ points per game is the third highest in Women's NCAA division 1.
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Former Team Pride player Alysha Clark scores 48 points in the Sunbelt finals to lead MTSU to the conference Championship. Alysha also earned MOP award for the tournament.
Her 48 points makes Alysha the highest scoring player in D-1 women's basketball averaging 28.71 pt per game in 2010.
Third place is held by former Team Pride player Dawn Evans at James Madison Univ with 25.8 ppg.
Alysha is ranked 10th nationally in rebounds and top 50 in steals.
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Former Team Pride player Victoria Dunlap selected as the SEC player of the year.
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Team Pride player and UT Martin signee Beth Hawn wins Miss Basketball for Class A.
Overall 5 Team Pride players announced as Miss Basketball finalists.
Class A Miss Basketball Finalists
Beth Hawn, Forrest
Molly Heady, Clarkrange
Laken Leonard, Jackson County
Division II-AA Miss Basketball Finalists
Marie Carpenter, Ensworth
Taylor Reece, Brentwood Academy
Congrats to 8 TTP middle school players for earning all county honors in Rutherford County.
Former Team Pride( current TTP coach) Tara Davis leads her team to an Atlantic Sun conference title.
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Former Team Pride player Dawn Evans leads James Madison Univ to a top 25 ranking.
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FormerTeam Pride player Kamiko Williams promoted to starting point guard for Univ of Tennessee Lady Vols.
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Former Team Pride Players sign scholarships for the 2009 season.
Beth Hawn U.T. Martin
LaQunita Jefferson Univ of KY
Shelby Campbell Samford Univ
Jasmine 'Bri' Dale Gardner-Webb
Molly Heady Tn Tech Univ
Alex Martin Campbellsville Univ
Stephanie Myers MTSU
Tenisha Stenson Tenn State Univ
Deidre Ramer Coastal Carolina U.
T'Essence Phelps LaSalle Univ
Marie Carpenter Eastern KY Univ.
MaryAnn Fenner Southern Illinios
Laken Leonard MTSU
Tennessee Team Pride Basketball Club based out of Hooptown in Smyrna, Tn recently was awarded the Points Championship for the top AAU basketball Club in the nation for the third time in four years.
Tennessee Team Pride accrued 81 points at the girls Division 1 AAU nationals in 2009 ages 8u-19u/Open to win the "Clinton Cup Points Championship".
2009 Team Pride top 16 finishes include 9u 4th(15pts), 10u 1st (20 pts), 12u 7th (12 pts), 15u 2nd ( 17 pts) and 13u 2nd (17 pts).
Rounding out the 2009 top 10 nationally were 2. Georgia Pistols - 68 pts, 3. Dayton Hoopstars - 63 pts, 4. Team Arkansas Elite - 47 pts, 5. Missouri Valley Magic 46 pts 6. Arkansas Mavericks - 40 pts, 7. Indiana ISSA Elite 37 pts 8. Fairfax Stars - 33 pts, 8. Indiana Blizzard - 33 pts, 9. Indiana Finest FBC 31 pts , 10. Kenner, La Angels 27 pts pts.
This season's finish marks Team Pride's 6th consecutive year to be in the top 10 nationally.
The point system is derived from the Olympic scoring point system. 1st - 20pts, 2nd -17 pts, 3rd -16 pts, 4th - 15 pts, 5th or 6th -14 pts, 7th or 8th -12 points, 9th thru 12th - 9pts and 13th thru 16th - 4 pts.
4 Pride teams reach Final 4 at National AAU
10u Team Pride AAU National Champions.
Team Pride defeated Indiana Blizzard in the finals 43-27.
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15u Team Pride AAU National Runner-up.
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13u Team Pride AAU National Runner-up.
9u Team Pride AAU National 4th place finish.
12u Team Pride AAU National 7th place finish.
Top 2 NCAA National leading scorers include 2 former Team Pride players.
Alysha Clark (MTSU) led the nation in scoring at 26.1 ppg.
Dawn Evans ( James Madison) was 2nd in the nation in scoring with 24.3 points per game.
Clark was 7th in the nation in field goal % at 60.6.
Evans was11th in 3pt per game at 2.3 and 30th in assists with 5.3
per game.
Clark was also 22nd in rebounds per game at 9.8 rpg.
Victoria Dunlap (U of Kentucky) was 46th in Rebounds at 9.2 rpg.
Former Team Pride Players sign scholarships for the 2009 season.
Kamiko Williams Univ of Tenn
Katy Vaughan Converse
Katie Dunn Harding
Lucy Follansbee Denison Univ
Alyssa Visbeen Belmont
Hannah Phillips Lipscomb
Erin Helton Univ Tenn Chatt
Jassmine Hassel Univ of Georgia
Jessy Christopher U AL Huntsville
Lauren March MTSU
Jessica Goswitz Rice
Dymon Raynor MTSU
Laken Ledford Furman
Katherine Barker Tn Tech
Chelsey Pinkstaff Clemson
Former Team Pride player, Victoria Dunlap (Brentwood Acad) was named to preseason All-Southeastern Conference second-team as selected by league coaches and announced by the conference office.
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9u National Champions 2008
Allison Wright signs at Uinversity of Tennessee at Martin. Allison has played for Pride for the last 7 years.
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Tn Team Pride 2010 State/National finishes
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Dawn Evans again named CAA ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
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Tierney Jenkins named SEC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
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Anne Marie high scorer.
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Tara Davis scores career high.
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Click on the link below to watch Glory Johnson's interview on Hoopgurlz.com
Glory Johnson Interview
Hooptown's Tennessee Team Pride Basketball Club is crowned the top AAU program in the nation for the 2nd year in a row.
Tennessee Team Pride accrued 71 points at the girls Division 1 AAU nationals in 2007 ages 9u-19u/SR to win the "Clinton Cup Points Championship".
2007 Team Pride top 16 finishes include 9u 4th(15pts), 10u 5th (14 pts), 11u 3rd (16 pts), 15u 9th ( 9 pts) and 16u/JE 2nd (17 pts).
Rounding out the 2007 top 10 nationally were 2. Dayton Hoopstars - 68 pts, 3. Memphis Elite - 57 pts, 4. Arkansas Mavericks - 56 pts, 5. Indiana's Finest - 52 pts, 6. Alabama Twisters - 40 pts, 7. Fairfax Stars - 32 pts, 8. Maryland Flames - 31 pts, 9. Mo Valley Eclipse - 29 pts , 9. Virginia Neptunes - 29 pts.
This season's finish marks Team Pride's 4th consecutive year to be in the top 10 nationally(2004 - 9th, 2005 10th and 2006 1st).
The point system is derived from the Olympic swimming point system. 1st - 20pts, 2nd -17 pts, 3rd -16 pts, 4th - 15 pts, 5th or 6th -14 pts, 7th or 8th -12 points, 9th thru 12th - 9pts and 13th thru 16th - 4 pts.
