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Rising Stars Evaluation & Exposure Camp

The Rising Stars Camp was held on September 24th, 2005 in Tallahassee, Florida at Florida State University (Tully Gym).  The Rising Stars Camp showcased over 60 female student-athletes from Florida and Georgia!  The following student-athletes represented the best players participating in the camp:

MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS
Mikki Clayton, 2007 Juliemay Syquio, 2007
ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM
Rachel Blum, 2007 Kristen Ledlow, 2006
Dana Esposito, 2006 Melanie Warner, 2008
TOP TEN PLAYERS
Mikki Clayton, 2007 Kristen Ledlow, 2006
Kristina Darby, 2006 Samantha Phillips, 2008
Tambrika Flowers, 2006 Ashlee Stephens, 2006
Aisha Gillis, 2008 Juliemay Syquio, 2007
Jasmine Grice, 2009 Melanie Warner, 2008

Mikki Clayton a 5'6" Jr. guard from North Florida Christian School (Tallahassee, FL) - Tallahassee Comets and Juliemay Syquio a 5'7" Jr. guard from Wolfson High School (Jacksonville, FL) - Team BALL, both had quite a camp!  Both players were name Co-MVP's and were impressive.  Mikki averaged 10 points per game and Juliemay averaged 11 points per game.  Both players played "hard" on both ends of the floor and not afraid to scramble for the loose ball and defend any and all players!  Mikki is a true point guard that can score at will with the jumper or penetrating to the hole and Juliemay plays the 1 or 2 scoring freely inside or out and both players have 3-point range.

Its not practical to mention every player here, but camp staff were impressed with a number of players.  Rising Stars "Seniors, Class of 2006" like Kristina Darby, Dana Esposito, Tambrika Flowers, Natasha Gray, Brittany Hudson, Morgan King and Kristen Ledlow.  The "Juniors, Class of 2007" is solid with Megan Bacher, Rachel Blum, Mikki Clayton, Devan Moore, Alyssa Patterson and Juliemay Syquio.  Lastly, the underclassmen included some of the best young rising stars with Aisha Gillis, Briana Gray, Jasmine Grice, Domarnique Moore, Samantha Phillips, Ashlee Stephens and Melanie Warner.  A copy of the coaches' recruiters guide will be provided to all college coaches.  While the camp staff was pleased with this year’s camp, every effort will be made to improve the camp next year and we thank all student-athletes for their participation!

Most Valuable Players &
All Tournament Team

Melanie Warner, Kristen Ledlow, Mikki Clayton -  MVP, Juliemay Syquio - MVP, Dana Esposito and Rachel Blum

NFC Eagles - Champions

(Back Row) Alberta Holmes, Kristen Ledlow, Samantha Phillips, Whitney Roberts, Melanie Warner, Elizabeth Johnston and CC Williams.  (Front Row) Mikki Clayton, Heidi Austin and Sierra Parrish.

Team Yellow - Runner-Up

(Back Row) Rachel Blum, Kayla McCloud, Coach Mike Warner, Sarah Smith and Domarnique Moore.  (Front Row) Dana Esposito, Dyshena Haire, Morgan King, Juliemay Syquio - MVP and Persephone Taylor.

Baby Hornets - 12U Champions

(Back Row) Coach TJ Braxton, Kiki Paul, Syrina Pope, Sharice Jones and Coach Chris Obert.  (Front Row) Michelle Godwin, Jakia Grimsley and Sam Brainerd.

Comets - 12U Runner-Up

(Back Row) Amber Mooney, Taylor Whitlow, Sarah Harrington - All Tournament Team, Emily Troell and Coach Glena Pye-Stokes.  (Front Row) Charley Murphy and Kenya Pye.  Not pictured - Shay Jackson.

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