WBB 2010 Recruiting

[miramar]

With the sad news about Elliot, not to mention the hoopla surrounding the draft, it seems that we haven't paid sufficient attention to a major verbal commitment for WBB: Haley Peters, a 6'3'' forward from NJ who is ranked #17 in the class of 2010 (and the #2 forward) by ESPN:

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncw/recruiting/tracker/player?recruitId=67621&season=2010&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncw %2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fplayer%3frecruitId%3d676 21%26season%3d2010

Duke is after some big-time players, although I don't know how they stand with any of them:

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncw/recruiting/tracker/school?page=considering&season=2010&schoolId=150&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncw %2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fschool%3fpage%3dconsider ing%26season%3d2010%26schoolId%3d150

As we know, the talent differential in WBB is such that you need a lot of top 50 recruits, so this could be very big.

Goduke also has an interview with Trisha Stafford-Odom, the new assistant:

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22760&SPID=1846&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=3758204

[roywhite]

http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-2037702366/prep-girls-basketball-season-in-review/

Good news indeed. Haley is an outstanding student, and her mother is a Duke graduate.

http://www.ahherald.com/index.php/Schools/rbr-graduate-realizes-his-dream-to-play-basketball-for-duke-university.html

Additionally, brother Casey is already at Duke and will be a walk-on for Coach K in the 2009-10 season.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Thanks for the update. I'm hoping the addition of Coach Odom will help us out a lot.

[zingit]

A brother and sister both playing for Duke? Aw, that's cute. Does anyone know if that's happened before in Duke basketball?

[MHTorringjan]

I've been at a new job recently and so this news story kind of fell through the cracks for me, too, but it's great news! I haven't read much about her yet, but I look forward to seeing Haley Peters on campus and playing for the most awesome team in the world! :-D

[mr shadow 008]

i can tell you right now that elizabeth williams the number one recruit in the nation for 2011 is a duke lean and i can also tell you that i have seen her in person multiple times and she is a defensive force and i am really hopin she comes to duke

[Indoor66]

i can tell you right now that elizabeth williams the number one recruit in the nation for 2011 is a duke lean and i can also tell you that i have seen her in person multiple times and she is a defensive force and i am really hopin she comes to duke

I got this link (http://insider.espn.go.com/ncw/recruiting/tracker/player?recruitId=67443&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncw %2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fplayer%3frecruitId%3d674 43)from a Google search of Elizabeth Williams. She does look like a good one! I hope we can reel her hin.

[mr shadow 008]

she is a very good student too and also a very good kid she is in the ib program at where my mom teaches and has all a's only got her first b this year. i can tell you she is a duke lean because my mom is also the cheerleading coach at the school and one of her cheerleaders is a good friend of elizabeths and this girl has told me that elizabeth really wants to go to duke

[mr shadow 008]

she is a very good student too and also a very good kid she is in the ib program at where my mom teaches and has all a's only got her first b this year. i can tell you she is a duke lean because my mom is also the cheerleading coach at the school and one of her cheerleaders is a good friend of elizabeths and this girl has told me that elizabeth really wants to go to duke. i have seen some ppl from duke recruiting her at a couple of the games

[jimsumner]

FWIW, Duke already has a committment from a top 2011 player, combo guard Ka'lia Johnson, from Chester, Va.

[mr shadow 008]

thats very good seems like she still has some work to do to get better but she still has two years so the class of 2011 could turn out very very nice especially if elizabeth williams goes to duke, whoever gets williams is gonna have a very very good post player and very good defensesive player as well, she gets quite a few blocks but its not just that she also alters shots because of her length

[miramar]

ESPN says that she is "one of the biggest shot-blocking forces in the country," along with a number of other accolades.

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncw/recruiting/tracker/player?recruitId=67443&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncw %2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fplayer%3frecruitId%3d674 43

Let's hope that she continues to lean Duke's way.

[mr shadow 008]

me too, the only problem is that she doesnt score a whole lot but alot of that has to do with her being double teamed alot, but i think that this year she will be a bigger scoring threat because princess anne has a guard named samisha powell who is a scoring monster she dropped 34 in the state championship game this past year. if she continues this scoring it will allow elizabeth to be a bigger scoring threat because she will not be constantly double teamed.

[miramar]

Somewhat off topic, but as long as we are dealing with WBB, goduke indicates that Wanisha Smith ('08) was just named an assistant at Longwood University in Virginia.

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22760&SPID=1846&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=204759022

[CameronBornAndBred]

Somewhat off topic, but as long as we are dealing with WBB, goduke indicates that Wanisha Smith ('08) was just named an assistant at Longwood University in Virginia.

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22760&SPID=1846&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=204759022

Cool, thanks for the update. Best of luck to her!

[DukeBlueNikeShox]

Word on the street is indeed that Duke is #1 ranked Elizabeth Williams' #1 choice. She is interested in pre-med and loves Duke's Medical School. However, I would expect UVa to make a very strong push for her, especially with new Associate Head Coach Tim Taylor coming on board. Duke is also the top choice for 2011 Whitney Knight of Kernersville/Winston-Salem. She's a 6'2" sg and was one of 21 players invited to try out for the USA 16U team.

[mr shadow 008]

thats what ive been told from one of my moms cheerleaders who is her best friend is that she would absolutely love to go to duke