European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 40 stars and stripes sunday april 15 2007 07 Al europeans have whatever it takes Best High school basketball players possess Talent titles intangibles by Rusty Bryan stars and stripes High school basketball players who we rent Cho sen for the ail Europe boys and girls teams might wonder what they can do to persuade the panel of coaches to select them next year be a member of a previous Al Europe team irrelevant says Hohenfels Joyce Dusenberry a Mem Ber of the girls panel it selected one player from the 2006 team three time Al european Kendra Lenoir of ram Stein among the 20 chosen for the first and second teams the boys have six holdovers from 2006 All from the Sec Ond team among its 19 Honoreen we try to look at the Quality of play this school year Dusenberry said adding that the turnover common in Dodd Europe limits the number of repeat selections be a senior although 14 of the 19 boys selected eight first learners Are seniors the players class enters into the decision Only As a kind of tiebreaker says girls panellist Craig lord of division n Champion Naples if if s close Between a senior and say a Sophomore coaches tend to go with the senior he said class was even less important for the men outnumbered seniors 119 five of those underclass men were sophomores including three Tanya Wilson of Hanau Ashley Hicks of Vilseck and Nicole Edwards of Rota Naples freshman Darien Moon made the second team play a Toug Tofill position although elite centers were scarce in the boys Field this year if s the Quality of play not the position that counts certainly we want every position covered but we were going for the Best players said Kathy Clemmons of Hohenfels a member of the boys panel which selected one firs team and one second team Center play for a Large school a total of four boys and girls first eamers played for division i teams in some ways playing for a big school can work against a player according to boys panellist Pete Resnick of division in runner up me with Hill the big schools All think there the Best and can beat everyone he said so people sometimes hold that against them but i dont think a player should be penalized just because he plays for a big school play for a winning team now were getting warmer because we dont see everyone play we look at what the team did girls panellist Alex veto of in runner up Vilseck said if a team goes 010 they probably dont have an Allee rope player european champions Are Well represented on the Al Europe teams six of the boys top 10 and five of the girls top 10 helped their teams to european titles see Al Europe on Page 39 Ben and stripes ram steins Kendra Lenoir shown guarding Heidel bergs Elien Tolsma was the Only repeat girls selection girls superlatives scoring Elisha Darby Giessen 23 Points per game rebounds Kasye Lalau Patch 17 per game assists Darien Moon Naples 5 per game blocks Kaylen Bannister Ramstein 5 per game steals Cathy Delarosa Vilseck 5 per game repeat girls selections Kendra Lenoir Ramstein 2006 first team 2005 second team boys superlatives scoring Chris Battle Giessen 213 Points per game rebounds to Shulson Hanau 121 per game assists by Denson Hohenfels 6 per game blocks Nuison 4 per game steals Battle and David Marbury London Central 41 per game repeat boys selections David mar Faury London Central 2005 second team 2005 second team Jeremy marshal kaisers Autem 2006 second team 2005 second team Chris Battle Giessen 2006 second team Donald Bryant Wurzburg 2006 second team Sonny dark Baum Owen 2006 second team Bryee Lee Wiesbaden 2006 second team Rusty Bryan Michael and stripes Heidelberg Chris Frazier a Sophomore who aver aged 129 Points a game this season made the first team first team player school class position it Dillon Baker Bamberg senior Forward 64 Chris Battle Giessen senior guard 62 Sonny Clark Baum older senior guard 58 by Denson Hohenfels senior Forward 63 Shon Fisher Heidelberg senior guard 511 Chris Frazier Heidelberg soph guard 60 Robert Kearney shape senior Center 63 Jeremy Marshall kaisers Autem senior guard 60 Dwight Richardson Bamberg senior guard 60 Scott Sublousky Ramstein Junior guard 510 second team player school class position it Donald Bryant Wurzburg senior guard 510 Andrea Dean Aviano soph guard 55 Josh Frank Kaiserslautern Junior Forward 63 a Hawkins Ramstein senior guard 58 Stephan James Ramstein senior Forward 63 Bryce Lee Wiesbaden senior guard 510 David Marbury London Central senior guard 60 to Shulson Hanau senior Center 67 Gary Williams Giessen soph guard 510 selection panel Kathy Clemmons Hohenfels 2007 Al Europe boys basketball comment 185 pts As res 56 lifted team to a higher level any coach would appreciate having his leadership qualities on his team 213 pts 116 res 43 without a doubt the Best Overall player in Dodds this year 168 pts 4 res 23 would make any team in Europe a contender for division championship 152 pts 8 res 6 assets 4 when we needed Points he wanted Ball to shoot or find open Man 124 pts 47 assets 351 sols 32 Best player on the Best team in Dodds 129 39 three Point shooter Best shooter in Dodds made 6 three pointers in championship game 17 pts 45 in tourney stats alone dont Tell Story provided the senior leadership team required 15 three time Al europeans leadership and ability to control the floor were outstanding 157 pts 78 res 39 blk 26 made the difference on our team when it came to 158 Good three Point shooter who can also get to the Basket to score and led team in steals comment 11 pts 3 knows How to set up offence get the critical steal and score Points Only returnee from do championship team 199 pts 44 sols 36 assets 31 Andrea was the heart and soul of the team this year 8 pts 2 Stis 11 his vertical jump is beyond the Norm he is extremely aggressive in the paint 184 pts 93 res 43 assets 41 constantly double teamed yet still very difficult to Stop very unselfish 118 pts 121 res 4 when we fed to the Ball he became dominant Force the reason we were Able to go 51 in tournament 114 pts 41 res 36 assets 29 floor general for 182 exceptional bal handling skills and quickness Charles Jordan Bamberg Ken Mcneely Aviano Ron Merriwether Giessen Pete Resnick me with Hill Len Tarnowski Ramstein Brant Tryon Kaiserslautern 2007 Ai Europe girls basketball first team player school class position Kelsey Anderson Naples senior Forward Elisha Darby Giessen Junior Forward Myrika Davis Naples senior guard Nicole Edwards Rota soph Center Angelia Gafford Lakenheath senior Center Ashley Hicks Vilseck soph Forward Kendra Lenoir Ramstein senior Forward Brittany Smith Kaiserslautern Junior guard Sierra Stayberg Ramstein Junior guard Tatanya Wilson Hanau soph guard second team player school class position Kaylen Bannister Ramstein senior Forward Cathy Delarosa Vilseck senior guard Nancy Jensen Wiesbaden Junior Center Kasye Lalau Patch senior Forward Allison Mckearn Wurzburg Junior Center Alania Mckinnis Vilseck senior Forward Darien Moon Naples fresh guard Fei Olio Hanau soph guard fallen Puppolo Heidelberg soph guard Crystal Richardson Ramstein senior Forward selection panel Joyce Dusenberry Hohenfels Kent Grosshuesch it 510 55 55 511 60 511 59 57 55 56 it 64 52 510 510 61 55 55 57 s7 510 stats coach comment always gave her All despite Back pain 8 pts 4 heart and Sou of team who opened the offensive games for Myrika Davis 23 pts 11 res 4 assets 4 twice scored 42 Points in games this season held team together student of game 19 pts 7 res 3 assets 3 do map led her team to Victory in championship game by her example of fallout diehard playing 153 pts 123 res 3 i saw no other Center in any division who dominated inside like Nicole always double teamed 136 pts 106 res 46 in tourney Angelia was a dominating Force in the paint often in total control of the backboards 15 pts 11 res 4 Best player 1 have Ever coached without her d1i runners up would have been Only an average team 145 pts 67 Refas 3 three time Al european was a fantastic Leader on and off the court great example of a team player 108 pts 56 res 29 assets 15 39 on three pointers our Best Allaround player great pure shot from anywhere on floor 7 pts 7 res 2 Best Point guard in Europe no one had a player like her made our defense Tough by picking up foes at Hal court 12 pts 4 res 3 15 pig Dell no doubt one of the Best players in Europe comment 7 pts 9 res 5 i bet everyone in Europe would have loved to have had her on their team 10 pts 6 assets 5 Stis 3 provided stability ebon 50 pig offence on the Ball in Fui court press and 131 119 pts 82 res 16 being Only team to beat Naples was direct result of Allison play captained steadied very Young team 10 pts 7 res 4 always the Centrepiece of our defensive schemes holding Down Middle positions on full court press and 131 12 Supei 10 pts 4 res 4 assets 3 7 pts 7 res 2 amazing to think Shes Only a freshman carried team to Del title Victory in 3rd overtime Herb athlete great defender and a Good shooter without Fei team would never have achieved Dell Char selfless player always put team first controlled game offensively and provided excellent defense played great defense inside Warrior on the boards she was the reason we were Able to run floor the Way we did Ramstein Michael Hunt Hanau Craig lord Naples Corey Sullivan Kaiserslautern Alex veto Vilseck