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Sand Creek H.S. (Colorado Springs, CO)
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Ht: 5-foot-8
HoopGurlz rating: 4*-91 grade; #11 PG
Reported Offers: Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado State, Georgia Tech, Nebraska, North Carolina State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, UNLV, UTEP, Washington, Washington State
Last edited by Goose; 10-02-2011 at 04:46 PM.
On the HoopGurlz Top 100 watch list for 2014.
Mikayla was recently named an All-American for the class of 2014 in the PeachStateHoops.com Elite Basketball Academy camp. They have a brief write-up of the camp as well.
From the sound of things, Mikayla is a serious top-level recruit for 2014 and would be a huge get for Coach Lappe. Carolina Scouting Report has her as the #25 recruit. Next Level has her as the #43 recruit right now. I've also heard that All-Star Girls Report has her as the #18 recruit.
Hopefully we can keep her home. That'd be huge.
I'm positive that Mikayla has an offer from CU, but haven't seen it "officially" on any of the major sites so I'm not listing it above yet. I also know that we're not the only offer she has. She is going to be one of the top recruits in her class and would be a HUGE get for the program. Lappe is positioning herself well on this one, but it's going to be a hard battle as pretty much every school in the nation is going to be going after her.
I like to hear that. Would love to see us get Mikayla....Originally Posted by Goose
I'm positive that Mikayla has an offer from CU, but haven't seen it "officially" on any of the major sites so I'm not listing it above yet. I also know that we're not the only offer she has. She is going to be one of the top recruits in her class and would be a HUGE get for the program. Lappe is positioning herself well on this one, but it's going to be a hard battle as pretty much every school in the nation is going to be going after her.
12-PAC here we come!!
This would be huge to get Mikayla, nice to see us back back in the conversation for recruits like this.
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ENTJ
I love Ceal, but one thing I never quite understood about her was her lack of locking up CO HS bball players. CO is a great state for CO girls bball and soccer, yet we rarely land the top CO players in bball. Ceal had a top program at one point, yet we still weren't getting the girls up to Boulder. I hope Lappe changes this. We can be a very competitive team relying on CO talent.
I think Ceal's best teams and CU were always built around instate talent with out of state kids around them as well. Britt hartshorn, Jenny Roulier, Erin Sholz, etc. But near the end of her run she didn't land as many top kids. Lappe is determined to put a fence around the state for BCS kids and her confidence is attractive to prospects in state and out.
Just by little bits I'm hearing, I think that's one of Lappe's highest goals. And looking over the next two years, there are some phenomenal players that we need to keep in state. Next year we have Jacqueline Malcolm-Peck (who I like our odds with) and then in 2014 we have Mikayla, Diani Akigbogun and Ciera Morgan - all three of which are on the HoopGurlz watch list for that year already.
EDIT - and UDY beat me to the punch.
I agree with dyemeduke that you can definitely win big time with instate talent in wbb, soccer and volleyball.
No doubt (plus distance running and skiing).
In-state talent could also quickly form the foundation of a solid program in women's lacrosse if that's the next sport we add, as expected. Lots of great women athletes in Colorado.
HoopGurlz has an updated report on Mikayla:
I know CU is going after her hard, so here's hoping we can keep her home!EBA All American Camp-Sept. 11: With a talented cast of opposition, the camp was telling for Reese. It showed that while not the most athletic player in her class, she knows how to make plays. Her ball skill, shooting touch and court vision allowed her to compete with this high level cast. She's the ideal second perimeter scorer to a higher volume lead guard because she can make an impact with other parts of her game besides shooting the ball. The biggest challenge right now is keeping the explosive players in front of her on defense. She wants to apply pressure but learning what the appropriate cushion is and which players she can't overplay will help her greatly as she strives to play against the elites of the circuit. (Hansen)
Mikayla will be making an unofficial visit to campus this weekend.
Mikayla was named an Honorable Mention All-American by the Sporting News, regardless of class. She is now a two-time Honorable Mention All-American, the first Coloradan to do that since Abby Waner and Carlie Needles. Other Coloradans on the Honorable Mention list are Hayley Blodgett of Golden, Ande Lampert of Boulder, Katie Heckman of Regis and Lauren Huggins of Heritage.
Only 24 sophomores were named to Rick Bolus' watch list for the top recruits in the nation.
Mikayla was one of them.
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