Some of our players who received scholarships.
Desiree Simmons has given a verbal commitment to Long Island University, according to Ring City basketball’s Maria Harper. Simmons, a 5-foot-7 guard from Newark, N. J., also considered Manhattan, Wagner, Marshall and Fairleigh Dickinson. Simmons’ twin sister, Ka-Deidre, recently committed to Seton Hall. The sisters begin their senior season at Shabazz High School next month.
Ka-Deidre Simmons has given a verbal commitment to Seton Hall, Maria Harper of Ring City confirmed Monday. Simmons, No. 53 in the class of 2010, told ESPN HoopGurlz in July that she was considering Xavier, St. John’s, Providence, Rutgers, Massachusetts and DePaul.
The 5-foot-8 guard from Newark, N.J., played for the Walter Welsh-coached Ring City basketball program in the summer and is a senior at Shabazz High School.
Daisha Simmons has narrowed her list to a final four, according to Maria Harper of Ring City Basketball. Harper said in an e-mail to ESPN HoopGurlz that the 5-foot-9 guard from Gill St. Bernard’s School in Jersey City, N.J., is deciding between Rutgers, UConn, DePaul, Georgia and Providence, and that the list is “in no particular order”.
Lauren Okafor, a 6-foot-3 forward from Hopkins School in New Haven, Conn., has given a verbal commitment to Providence, according to an e-mail from Ring City Basketball’s Maria Harper, the club that Okafor traveled with for the summer.
Leah Johnson, a 6-foot forward from Patterson Catholic High School in Hackensack, N.J., has given a verbal commitment to Richmond, according to an e-mail from Maria Harper of Johnson’s Ring City Basketball club team.
Shakurah Washington has given a verbal commitment to DePaul, according to Ring City Basketball’s Maria Harper. Washington, a 5-foot-11 forward for New York City power Murray Bergtraum, also considered Louisiana Tech, Providence, St.John’s and Marshall.
Shaquita Smith has given a verbal commitment to Xavier, according to Ring City Basketball’s Maria Harper. Smith, a 5-foot-7 guard from Buffalo, N.Y., also considered South Florida, Marshall and Long Island. She is getting ready for her senior season at Amherst Central High School
