Atlanta Tipoff Club Names 2010 Preseason All-Metro Team
ATLANTA (November 19, 2009) – The Atlanta Tipoff Club today announced the 60 student-athletes who make up the preseason All-Metro team. The candidates were chosen through a vote by the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s board of selectors, comprised of leading basketball coaches and administrators from around the region, who based their criteria on player performances during the 2008-09 basketball season and expectations for the upcoming year.
The Atlanta Tipoff Club’s board of selectors will track the progress of all metro Atlanta players throughout this season, and determine the All-Metro team, the Metro players of the year, and Mr. and Miss Georgia Basketball, all of whom will be honored at the season-ending Naismith Awards banquet presented by AT&T in March, 2010.
“The basketball talent continues to be recognized as among the top in the nation, as is evidenced by the number of student-athletes who have signed scholarships to play basketball in college,” said Gary Stokan, Atlanta Tipoff Club president. “We look forward to watching these athletes achieve great successes during the upcoming season.”
For more information, visit www.naismithawards.com.
Atlanta Tipoff Club Preseason Girl’s All-Metro Team:
Last |
First
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Year
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School
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College Selection
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Abraham
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Alex
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Senior
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Paideia
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Andrews
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Alisha
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Senior
|
Redan
|
|
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Boykin
|
Sharnea
|
Senior
|
Westlake
|
Mercer
|
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Carnes
|
Jaymee
|
Senior
|
Gainesville
|
Wake Forest
|
|
Coleman
|
Lauren
|
Senior
|
Parkview
|
Florida State
|
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Darby
|
Moniqua
|
Senior
|
McEachern
|
|
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Dunn
|
Chancey
|
Senior
|
Southwest DeKalb
|
Clemson
|
|
Evans
|
Nia
|
Senior
|
Redan
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Virginia Tech
|
|
Hall
|
Erin
|
Senior
|
Wesleyan
|
Wake Forest
|
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Henderson
|
Diamond
|
Senior
|
North Cobb
|
|
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Hill
|
Mimi
|
Senior
|
Winder Barrow
|
Western Kentucky
|
|
Jordan
|
Brianna
|
Senior
|
Norcross
|
Tennessee Tech
|
|
Lewis
|
Kayla
|
Senior
|
Southwest DeKalb
|
Florida
|
|
Long
|
Kendra
|
Senior
|
Mays
|
Georgia Tech
|
|
McDonald
|
Akila
|
Senior
|
Columbia
|
South Florida
|
|
Means
|
Chaney
|
Senior
|
Greater Atlanta Christian
|
Western Kentucky
|
|
Miller
|
Khaalidah
|
Senior
|
Douglass
|
Georgia
|
|
Morris
|
Logan
|
Senior
|
Wesleyan
|
Wofford
|
|
Onyeuku
|
Anma
|
Senior
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Fayette County
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|
|
Puthoff-King
|
Kris
|
Senior
|
Milton
|
Richmond
|
|
Simmons
|
Moneshia
|
Senior
|
Mill Creek
|
Clemson
|
|
Williams
|
Hiydaayah
|
Senior
|
Stephenson
|
|
|
Camp
|
Jasmine
|
Junior
|
Chamblee
|
|
|
Daniels
|
Aneesha
|
Junior
|
Redan
|
|
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Dixon
|
Nikki
|
Junior
|
Milton
|
|
|
Ford
|
Erika
|
Junior
|
Chattahoochee
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Georgia
|
|
Heider
|
Jen
|
Junior
|
Marist
|
|
|
Miller
|
Chakecia
|
Junior
|
Campbell
|
East Carolina
|
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Wallace
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Sydney
|
Junior
|
Northview
|
|
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Carter
|
Andraya
|
Sophomore
|
Buford
|
|
Atlanta Tipoff Club Preseason Boy’s All-Metro Team:
Last |
First
|
Year
|
School
|
College Selection
|
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Adamu
|
Sharief
|
Senior
|
Stone Mountain
|
|
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Burgess
|
Jeremy
|
Senior
|
Athens Academy
|
Mercer
|
|
Bussey
|
Trey
|
Senior
|
Lithia Springs
|
Georgia Southern
|
|
Cabell
|
Aloys
|
Senior
|
Mays
|
|
|
Cobb
|
Jershon
|
Senior
|
Columbia
|
Northwestern
|
|
Golden
|
Trae
|
Senior
|
McEachern
|
Tennessee
|
|
Hall
|
Langston
|
Senior
|
Chamblee
|
|
|
Harrison
|
Adonis
|
Senior
|
South Gwinnett
|
|
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Harrow
|
Ryan
|
Senior
|
Walton
|
North Carolina State
|
|
Houston
|
Heath
|
Senior
|
Hillgrove
|
Auburn
|
|
Hubbard
|
Adrian
|
Senior
|
Norcross
|
|
|
Jerome
|
Joey
|
Senior
|
Wheeler
|
Winthrop
|
|
Kendrick
|
Jelan
|
Senior
|
Wheeler
|
|
|
Lamb
|
Jeremy
|
Senior
|
Norcross
|
Connecticut
|
|
Maynor
|
Javonte
|
Senior
|
South Gwinnett
|
Georgia State
|
|
McKay
|
Javon
|
Senior
|
Dunwoody
|
Tennessee Tech
|
|
Taylor
|
Phil
|
Senior
|
Wheeler
|
Florida International
|
|
Thornton
|
Marcus
|
Senior
|
Westlake
|
Clemson
|
|
Ware
|
Kevin
|
Senior
|
Rockdale County
|
Tennessee
|
|
White
|
Devonta
|
Senior
|
Centennial
|
Georgia State
|
|
Wiedeman
|
Trent
|
Senior
|
Greater Atlanta Christian
|
College of Charleston
|
|
Williams
|
Donte
|
Senior
|
Miller Grove
|
|
|
Blackwell
|
Cory
|
Junior
|
Peachtree Ridge
|
|
|
Cotton
|
Teke
|
Junior
|
Whitefield Academy
|
|
|
Jacobs
|
Nick
|
Junior
|
South Atlanta
|
|
|
Jon Parker
|
Dai
|
Junior
|
Milton
|
|
|
Royal
|
Julian
|
Junior
|
Milton
|
|
|
Scott
|
Shannon
|
Junior
|
Milton
|
|
|
Woods
|
Kymmon
|
Junior
|
East Hall
|
|
|
Parker
|
Tony
|
Sophomore
|
Miller Grove
|
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ABOUT THE ATLANTA TIPOFF CLUB
The Atlanta Tipoff Club, an Atlanta Sports Council property, is committed to promoting the game of basketball and recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of those who make the game so exciting. The Atlanta Tipoff Club, founded in 1956, has presented the Naismith Trophy since UCLA’s Lew Alcindor first won the award in 1969. Old Dominion’s Anne Donovan won the inaugural Women’s Naismith Trophy in 1983. The Naismith Award has become an emblem of excellence for the game, recognizing the Men’s and Women’s College Basketball Player of the Year, Men’s and Women’s College Basketball Coach of the Year, as well as awards for outstanding achievement in high school basketball, officiating, and overall contribution to the game.