Thursday March 28th, 2024 9:08PM

Lady Saints basketball signs eight for 2008-09 season

By Staff reports
DAHLONEGA - North Georgia College and State University women's basketball head coach Buffie Burson has signed eight players for the 2008-09 season, including East Hall High guard Jessica Blackwell.

The Lady Saints are coming off a season that saw them ranked as high as No. 20 in the nation and No. 1 in a pair of NCAA South Atlantic Regional Polls.

"I feel very fortunate to bring in eight very talented players to the Lady Saint family, head coach Buffie Burson said. "Each player brings a winning attitude and competitive spirit to an already seasoned veteran group of players. We added four post players, and four perimeter players who I feel have the ability to step in and contribute immediately."

North Georgia's eight signees include:

-- ALLYSSA STOKES, Sprayberry High School, Guard: Region 6-AAAAA Player of the Year; Class AAAAA first team All-County; Named to Atlanta Tip-off Club's All -Metro team; Atlanta Journal-Constitution Player of the Week; Scored 1,000 points as a junior.

-- SARAH STINSON, Univ. of Tennessee-Martin, Post: Played in all 30 games as a freshmen for UT-M and started 9 games; Led UT-M in blocked shots; At Woodstock High holds records for career blocked shots, single game and single season blocked shots and was an All-County selection.

-- ALI CLINE, Cherokee High School, Post: Selected All-County on two different occasions; Led team to three region championships, region champion and All-County selection in track and field.

-- ARI'ELLE DURHAM, Marietta High School, Post: Prepped and started three seasons at West Bloomfield High School in Michigan prior to senior season at Marietta; All-County selection; Senior season helped lead Marietta to Elite Eight finish, averaging a double-double during the playoffs.

-- STEPHANIE BROWNLEE, Tift County High School, Post: Led Tift Co. to a region championship and state playoffs, averaging 8.8 points per game and 5.5 rebounds per game.

-- KARI McCANN, Chattahoochee High School, Guard: Three-sport athlete at Chattahoochee (basketball, lacrosse, volleyball); Led team in scoring and to a region championship and Sweet 16 finish; All-Region team.

-- DANIELLE SEELEY, Cleveland State Community College, Guard: Attended Martin Luther King High School in Atlanta.

-- JESSICA BLACKWELL, East Hall High School, Guard: Helped lead team to State Championship.
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