I stress over and over talent is everywhere and it started when I stressed that about Texas when it was being UNDER evaluated right after the turn of the century and I although I had a vested interest, my daughter, it was tons of other players that simply were not being recognized and as the years have progressed, I noticed that just like talent, that happens everywhere but always remember two things, if you can play, they WON'T always find you and there is NOT something for everyone so you have to apply common sense to a lot of this stuff but it's always good to see what's up in other regions, I've seen it all over the years and this 602 group from Arizona definitely had some standouts, Madison McGee, Kassidy Dixon and Destiny Lunan made my Texas Spotlight Showcase Tip Sheet but since you all came from Arizona, here are some others
8th Grade
Good strength and size from Janae Byrd, Kamiyah Hurd and Danay Williams, plenty of athletic players who also showed range, Shelby Bales, Syrene Sanders and Olivia Arvallo. Sanders also made some on the money passes and attacked well, Amaya Felix has catlike instincts and creates her own shot well, yall totally missed the play on words and speaking of range, Sienna Cherwinski can shoot it and had the spin of the day in traffic
17U Black
Marie Esteen did some damage on the boards as well as attacking rim, while Sabrino Lado was steady at the one. Watched Hailey Garalczyk get going from long range as well as Alyssa Magee. Aria Taylor also attacked basket well, used her athleticism nicely while Danielle Martinez not only found ways to get to the basket from various angles and finish with contact, she also played the passing lane well
Amaya Vasque created some issues at 6'2 while Dustee Murrell has a strong body and can shoot the long ball. Brooke Rodgers finishes strong and saw the floor well while Jamia Clark does a little of everything, she's powerful and attacks the same way, taking the lick with contact and creates off the dribble. Jasmine Singleton also finished strong and Madison Wilson made plays and does so much that doesn't show up on stat sheet. I've been doing this so long that some of these faces resemble players I coached in the past and Zari Watkins definitely reminded me of an ex player. Solid PG that made pass and steal of the day, showed she could run a team
