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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.

AAU All Americans from the 16u/JE division include 3  Tennessee Team Pride Gold players. Glory Johnson, Emily Pollock and Kamiko Williams received the honors from the national runner up team.

15u Team Pride finishes 9th at the AAU national tournament in Nashville, TN. Michigan Shock defeated Team Pride in the top 10 match up.

10u Team Pride finishes 5th at the AAU national tournament in Orlando, Fla. Maryland Flames defeated Team Pride in the top 5 match up.

16u/JE Team Pride finishes as the national runner-up at the AAU national tournament in Orlando, Fla. Boo Williams defeated Team Pride in the championship match up.

11u Team Pride finishes 3rd at the AAU nationals in Kenner, La. Arizona Warriors defeated Team Pride 52-40 in the final three match up.

9u Team Pride finishes 4th at the AAU nationals in Ft Myers , Fla. Dayton Hoopstars defeated Team Pride 28-24 in the final four match up.


Glory Johnson, the 2007 Division II Miss Basketball, Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year and state tournament MVP can add Parade All-American to her already lengthy resume.
Johnson, a 6-foot-3 post player at Webb School, was a third-team selection on the magazine's All-America team.
Glory plays for the 16u Team Pride Gold.


2008 TSSAA Miss Basketball finalists included six Team Pride players (Glory Johnson, Laken Leonard, Abby Andrews, Jasmine Hassell )
Glory Johnson was selected as the D-2 winner.
A statewide committee of sportswriters selected winners based on performance during the 2007-2008 regular season. Academics and character were also taken into consideration.

Former Team Pride player, Alysha Clark named A-Sun Conference player of the year.
Clark led the A-Sun in scoring (17.2), rebounding (12.5) and field goal percentage (.601) while leading the Bruins to their third regular season title in the last four years. The sophomore sensation is currently ranked fourth in the nation in rebounding and leads the A-Sun in the category. She is also seventh in the nation in field-goal percentage.