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| Mosqueda-Lewis Named Naismith Player of the Year
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, who will join the University of Connecticut women's basketball team next year, has been honored as the 2011 Naismith National High School Basketball Player of the Year as announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club today. Mosqueda-Lewis is in her senior year at Mater Dei High School in Santa Anna, Calif. Winners were selected by the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Board of Selectors, a collection of leading basketball journalists from around the country, based on their on-court performances over the course of the season. The two award winners will be honored at the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Naismith Awards banquet presented by AT&T on March 21 at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta. Among those also being honored that evening are Cheryl Miller, Dick Enberg and Dominique Wilkins Jersey for their outstanding contributions to women's and men's basketball. The Naismith Trophy, presented annually to the top girl's and boy's high school players and coaches in the country, is the most prestigious national award in high school basketball. "It's always exciting to watch the top high school basketball talent compete on the collegiate stage," said Eric Oberman, Executive Director of the Atlanta Tipoff Club." To have both Naismith National High School Basketball Players of the Year go on to help defend the NCAA Championship in their freshman years is really something special." Duke-bound Austin Rivers was honored as the Boys Player of the Year. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Naismith National High School Girls Player of the Year This 5'11" shooting guard is the No. 1 rated girl's high school recruit in the class of 2011, as ranked by ESPN. As a team captain shooting 53 Dominique Wilkins Jersey percent from the field, 44 percent from 3-point line and 88 percent from the foul line, she has led the Mater Dei Monarchs to a 29-1 record in the regular season and a No. 2 national ranking while averaging 21.8 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. The reigning California Interscholastic Federation Player of the Year, she led her team to the CIF Southern Section Division 1AA Championships. During her high school career, she has scored more than 2,600 points in her career, as well as 318 3 pointers and 823 rebounds, the most of each in school history. Additionally, she led the 2010 USA U17 World Championship Team to a Gold medal and participated on the 2009 USA U16 National Team. Dominique Wilkins Jersey "We here at Mater Dei are very proud of Kaleena for winning the prestigious Naismith High School Player of the Year Award for 2010-2011," said Mater Dei girls basketball coach Kevin Kiernan. "Kaleena has contributed much to the Mater Dei Girls basketball program during her four years on varsity... and her scoring and shooting ability will enable her to make a big impact as a freshman at UConn." |
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