Player Profile: Love Guilette

Name: Love Guilette

AAU Team: Germantown Lady Panthers

Class: 2022

Position: Point Guard

State: MD

Event: Serious Hoops MS Jamboree

Profile: Quality point guard, who has a huge upside, gets to rim at the point of attack. Handle... Quick... Attacks the rim...

Player Profile: Laurie Satchell 

Name: Laurie Satchell

AAU Team: Fairfax Stars Bmore Premier

Class: 2022

Position: Forward

State: MD

Event: Serious Hoops MS Jamboree

Profile: Very versatile forward who can either beat close to basket or a few feet away from it. Finishes... Strong... Rebounds... Physical presence... 

Player Profile: Savannah Brown

Name: Savannah Brown

AAU Team: Fairfax Stars Bmore Premier

Class: 2022

Position: Guard 

State: MD

Event: Serious Hoops MS Jamboree

Profile: Crafty Ball handler that plays with a lot energy, Plays under control... Poise... Plays with in her boundaries... 

Player Profile: Kirah Dandridge

Name: Kirah Dandridge

AAU Team: Lady Team Prime

Class: 2022

Position: Combo-Guard

State: VA

Event: Serious Hoops MS Jamboree

Profile: Dandridge has great size and upper body strength to allow her to attack the basket with a physical demeanor. Long and Athletic... Showed signs of quickness... Attacks... Handle... Good frame... Physical... Takes on contact...

Diary Of A Female Baller: Skye Owen 2022 (Staten Island, New Jersey) Entry #9

Coach Welch, Jordan Nixon, Cassidy Roberts, Kaia Harrison, & Skye 

Skye Owen

Hey Basketball World,

I am back!!!

This is my 9th edition to Diary of a Female Baller

Enjoy the journey!!!!

Monday 1/15/18

I was off of school because it was Martin Luther King Jr. day. A holiday that is celebrated all over the country. It was nice to have a 3 day weekend because sometimes after being in school to long without a break the days start to mush together. I still had homework online even though I didn’t have school. So I finished that up then went to breakfast with my family. After that we went to the mall and walked around the mall to buy a coat for my cousin. When that was over I went to the gym to workout. It was another great workout.

Tuesday 1/16/18

Tuesday it was back to school. It was nice to see my school friends again. Since it was the first day back the day went by very fast. It was the first day of midterms and it was the religion midterm. The midterm went well because I had been studying. When the test was over I studied for tomorrow’s midterm and for all of my homework completed. After school I went to workout with my trainer. It was a good workout with new drills and conditioning things. After i worked out with my trainer, i went to the gym to get a few games in against some of the High School boys. This gives me an opportunity to work on some things I practiced with my trainer. We played a few games of 5 on 5. When I got back home I called my brother we spoke for a little and that was nice. It was great speaking with him and catching up. He is away in college.

Wednesday 1/17/18

On Wednesday the day went by fast again. We had gym in the morning which was fun and then after that we started our next midterm. Midterm week is not too bad because it’s kind of gives you a chance to recap on all you’ve done so far in the school year. It nice to have 2 midterms completed. When school was over I went to work out with my trainer again and had yet another great workout. After that I went to practice with my school team.

Thursday 1/18/18

I had an early morning appointment at one of the schools that I am considering attending. The school is a very good academic school with a good team. I had to meet and interview with 4 of the faculty members. The interview was to complete the process for an academic scholarship. I think the interviews went great. All of the faculty members seem to have been very impressed with me. They asked some very good and challenging questions but of course I was on top of my game. All of the faculty members were very nice and pretty smart. After my interviews were done, I went back to my middle school. On Thursday day, school was back to full affect. Not only did we have another midterm but we also had homework. It was a pretty short day. After school, I hung around to get my homework done and study for my next midterm. Once I was done studying, I went to workout with my trainer. We did more new and old drills. we did some great drills. Of course when I was done with that I did some strength and conditioning work as usual.

Friday 1/19/2018

Friday was a good day. I had a midterm in the morning. I think I did excellent on my midterm. I was well prepared. After school, I went and worked out with my trainer. The workout was great and very intense. He is always challenging to get better and pushing me to go harder during the drills. After my workout, I went home to relax, watch a little TV, and get something to eat. I had an evening game with my middle school team. We won the game.

Saturday 1/20/2018

On Saturday , once I woke up, I had breakfast and got ready to attend a High school game of one of the schools that I may potentially go to. I went because I wanted to see if my style  of play will fit in with what they do. I got an opportunity to speak with the head coach as well as the assistant coach. They currently have a very good team. One of the girls recently was selected to the McDonald’s All-American game. They are also a very good academic school. After the game, I met up with a bunch of my friends to go roller skating at the local rink. We had a great time and roller skate for about 2 hours . Once we were done, we went to a restaurant and had some pizza . We had a great time skating and having dinner. We laughed and joked around a lot.

Sunday 1/21/2018

I had to get up early to go workout with my AAU team( IEXCEL) And coach Walter Welsh. Coach really works us hard and is tough on us at the same time. He is always challenging us to get better. He wants to make sure that we do well during the AAU season in front of the college coaches. At practice, I make sure  to go up against Jordan Nixon (McDonald’s All-American 2018). It’s good going against other good players. After practice, I attended the New York Coast 2 Coast Girls Middle school showcase event. This is my third year attending this event. Its some of the best Middle School ball players from across the country. As usual it was a great event attended by 100 kids. I went hard and did my thing. After the game, I was highlighted and interviewed as one of the games Top performers.

Player Profile: KiKi Rice

Name: KiKi Rice

AAU Team: Germantown Lady Panthers

Class: 2022

Position: Combo Guard

State: MD

Strengths: Explosiveness

Profile: One of top player's in the class of 22', Rice has all the tools necessary to be a good player. Very explosive when attacking the rim... Slashes and cuts to the basket with ease... Length.. Height... Change of direction... Aggressive... Handle... 

Player Profile: Nia Grymes

Name: Nia Grymes

AAU Team: FairfaxStars

Class: 2023

Position: Point Guard

State: DC

Strengths: Ball Handle

Location: Serioushoops Showcase, (MD)

Profile: Small, but very effective when on the court. Creates off the dribble... Fast hands and feet to complement each other... Handle... Attacks...  

DIARY OF A FEMALE BALLER: SKYE OWEN 2022 (STATEN ISLAND, NJ) ENTRY #8

Skye, Jordan Nixon, Kaia Harrison

Hey Basketball World,

I hope you enjoy my latest edition #8 of Diary of a Female Baller .

Enjoying The Journey!!!

Skye’s “The Limit” Owen

Monday 1/8/18

Monday was a good day. My school had the kids in the school take map tests. Which are assessment tests for the kids. Last year my school had the highest test scores on the test. We take the test on chromebooks. We spent most of the day doing that which was okay. Everyone was nervous because we were suppose to be getting letters from the high schools that the tachs test scores got sent to. After school, I went to the gym to workout. It was a great workout. I also played a few games against the high school boys that were in the gym.They try to guard me tough but they cannot stay in front of me. My team won all of the games. It was great.

Tuesday 1/9/18

We had a visitor at my school, so everyone was on their best behavior. I have Violin practice every Tuesday at my school. My instructor is getting a little stressed because there is a concert coming up soon. I am sure it will be fine and we will sound great. Once school was over, I hung around one of the classrooms to complete my homework. I also started reviewing for my midterms, which I have next week. After I finished reviewing, I had a meeting with my book club. I joined the book club in the beginning of the year. We pick a book, read it and then come together as a group and discuss it. There are about 8 of us in the book club.After book club, I went to the gym to catch up with my trainer and do some drill work. It was a great workout as usual. He had me doing a lot of running in order to build my stamina. I also worked on my jump shot. He made sure I got a lot of shots up.

Wednesday 1/10/18

 In math we did a lot of work to prepare for the math midterm. I am very comfortable with the material. We also did some review for the Religion mid-term as well. I stayed after school to complete my homework and also do some more review for my upcoming midterms. After I finished my review, I went to the gym to work out Once the games ended, I had to go to a practice for my school team. I had to arrive early for individual and team pictures. Once we were done taking pictures, it was time for practice to begin.

Thursday 1/11/18

Thursday was a good day. My class spent the entire morning working on reading comprehension. I got to leave school early because I had an orthodontist appointment. When that was over, I went to go workout with my trainer. It was a great workout. I got some ball handling done and working on finishing around the rim through contact. He is always challenging me to get better. When I was finished working out with my trainer, I had to go to a game with my school. We won the game. After the game, I hung out with a few of my teammates. We laughed a lot and talked about what happened in school that day.

Friday 1/12/18

 My school had a class trip to the movies. Most of the grades went on the trip. Each class had their own theater. We watched the movie” wonder” which was kind of sad. In the movie the kids around the main character bully him because of his differences. He  had to undergo many surgeries in order keep him alive. He had gone through so many surgeries that his family had a ritual for every surgery. The movie was pretty long. It also took us awhile to return to the school. By the time we got back to school it was lunchtime, so all my class did was eat lunch and then we had a social studies midterm review which was very helpful. When school was over I went to go work out with my trainer and than went to the rec. center to play against the boys. My team won the championship game.

Saturday 1/13/18

I got up early and went to a restaurant with my family and had a breakfast. After that I went to the gym to workout. When I was done working out I met my brother and cousin at the mall. We spent a good portion of the day at the mall, window shopping. I went back to the house to hang out with my brother. He is going back to school on Tuesday, so I would like to spend as much time with him before he has to go back to school. When the evening came around, We went to my favorite restaurant and had dinner. My brother and cousin are graduating this year. As we ate, we talked about there plans for school. It was great hearing all about their future plans. My brother is graduating from college this but he has another year of basketball eligibility and will graduate with his MBA. My cousin is currently working on her masters at a great school.  

Sunday 1/14/18

On Sunday, I had to get up early to go work out with my AAU coach Walter Welsh. It was a great practice. We went over some things that we did last week as well as a lot of new things. He wants to make sure that we are prepared for the upcoming AAU season. Once practice was over, I had a few of my friends come by house to hang out. We watched TV and played some games.

DIARY OF A FEMALE BALLER: SKYE OWEN 2022 (STATEN ISLAND, NJ) ENTRY #7

SKYE & DAD

Hi Basketball World,

I am excited to bring you another great edition to my Diary of a Female Baller. This is my 7th entry. Hope you enjoy it!!!

Happy New Year!!

Skye “Da Limit” Owen                                       

Monday 1/1/18

         

The first day of a new year was a pretty good year. Since I was at my uncle's house for a New Years party, I didn’t get back home until about 2 am. I had a great time at my uncle’s house. There were alot of family and friends at the party. I hung out with my cousins. When I woke up I went to get a bagel which was good. After that, I went to the gym to workout. It was a good workout, I was able to work on my weaknesses and my strengths. The gym was pretty much empty so I was able to use the full court. After I worked on my shot, I went downstairs to use some of the machines to do my strength workout. My brother is still home from college, so we worked out together. I got a lot done on New Years day.  My cousins went back to Florida. It was cold outside as usual. This winter in my opinion is one of the coldest winters that I can remember.

Tuesday 1/2/18

It was my last day off till school started again. It was a bit of an uneventful day. I worked out with my trainer. He put me through alot of new drills. It’s a pretty hard workout but I know that I am getting better each time I work out with him. We also do alot of conditioning work at the same time. He has been running me alot lately but its all good. The hard work makes the games come easy. After the workout, I went to get something to eat. Once I got home, I went to the gym to get some strength work done with my brother. We worked on different muscles today than we did yesterday.

Wednesday 1/3/18

Wednesday it was back to school. It was a good day especially since I had gym and I got to see my friends again. After school, I got all of my homework finished. It was cool. After school I went to the gym to play in a few games. Many of the high school boys were in the gym playing games of 5 on 5. Since I got there late, I had to wait for the next game. I picked my team and we won 5 straight games. When I was finished working out I went to practice with my school team. My team practice, against the boys team again, was good. The boys did not want to guard me. We got a lot of things done.
  

Thursday 1/4/18

On Thursday it snowed. Wednesday I thought that it wasn’t going to snow that much. But it ended up snowing an awful lot. Since it ended up snowing a lot everything was closed. So I just did some strength and conditioning stuff in my house. I spent almost the whole day in the house. I watched a few movies with my brother. It was a good time. After a while, I got tired of being in the house, so I went outside and played in the snow a bit. I tried to make a snowman but it’s not as easy as people make it look.

Friday 1/5/18

   

I had school again. Since there was snow I figured we wouldn’t have any school like a lot of schools but instead we ended up having school. After school I went to workout with my trainer which was good. We did some ball drills and I got alot of shots up. We also worked on a few new shots that I can add to my game.

Saturday 1/6/18

I had to get up early to take a high school admissions test. The test took about 3 and a half hours. The only thing was that while we were taking the test the  alarm went off twice and they had to shut it off. It took them awhile to do it but they said that even though the alarm was going off the test would not stop. After that I went to my house and stretched which I need to do more often. When I was done with that I went to the gym to get warmed up for my game. It was a home game and I was pumped. When the game was over my family and I went to drive to get something to eat but it turned out the place was closed so then we went to another place where the food was very good. We sat and ate and laughed alot. We always have a pretty good time.  

Sunday 1/7/18

I had to get up early to go workout with coach Walter Welsh(Iexcel). It was a good workout. There were about 3 more girls this week than last week. All of the girls are playing in their High School season right now. We went over some old stuff as well as new stuff and new plays. Coach Walter is hard on us but it does not bother me. He definitely wants to make sure we are ready for the upcoming AAU season. He wants us to win all of the championships. When that was over, I went to the mall with my mom to get a new coat. After that I did some strength and conditioning stuff with my brother then we headed home. We push each other to go hard during these workouts. After the workout, we went to the movies and then to dinner. In all Sunday was a good day but it would be back to work on Monday with the hopes of another great week.

DIARY OF A FEMALE BALLER: SKYE OWEN 2022 (STATEN ISLAND, NJ) ENTRY #6

SKYE OWEN & BROTHER

Hi Basketball World,

Happy New Year!!!

This is Skye “Da Limit” Owen. Entry #6 Diary of a Female Baller.

Monday 12/25/17

Christmas day was a good day when I woke up I played with my cousin that was visiting from Florida. For Christmas I had got clothes and 2 pairs of shoes which was nice. After, I opened my gifts and spent time with my family, I went to the gym. It was a good workout. I had an extra amount of energy because of the holiday spirit. I was able to get a lot of shots up, work out and do some conditioning. There is nothing like working out on Christmas day. There was no one else in the gym. I had the entire gym to myself. Once I was done with my workout, I went to see Jumanji with my family. The movie was funny and interesting at the same time. It was a lot different from the original Jumanji, which was a lot more serious. In the newer Jumanji they made a lot of jokes. Kevin Hart was pretty funny.

Tuesday 12/26/17

Tuesday was the day after Christmas. I got up early and went to workout with my trainer. It was a great workout as usual. We got alot of shots up and he is always adding new things to my game to get me ready for the next level. We also did alot of conditioning too. I spent a lot of time in the gym.  When I was done, I went to the movies with a couple of my friends. We had a great time. It was fun meeting up with them and hearing about how their Christmas break was going. My grandmother had decided to have a dinner at her house so once the movie was over my brother picked me up from the movies and we went to my grandmother’s house. It was nice because I got to spend time and talk to my cousins and brother. There was also a lot of good food there. I definitely ate alot.

Wednesday 12/27/17

Midweek Wednesday, I got up early to go to the gym to workout. When I got home, I did a little bit of my science midterm outline. Midterms are kind of good because they keep you on track with your school work. Where as if you just took finals at the end of the year than you would have to rethink about everything from the beginning of the year to the end. Also you can use some of your midterm outlines to study for finals. When I finished that I went to the gym again to do some strength and conditioning drills with my brother like we usually do. My brother and I went really hard and were able to get alot of strength work done.

Thursday 12/28/17

 I got up early to take a 4 hour high school admission test. When the test was over I went to the gym to workout. I ended up working out with these two high school guys that were in the gym. It was a good workout. After we worked, out some more High school boys came in so we played a few games of 5 on 5 which was good. I was busting these high school boys. Then my brother and I did strength and conditioning again which was good. When I got home I went to the mall. The mall was closing in about a 30 minutes which I didn't expect so I would have to go back another day .

Friday 12/29/17

 I went to workout with my trainer which was good. The workout was very good a usual. We got alot of shots up and worked on my finishing through contact. After that I went to go get something to eat with my dad. When I got home, I went to the gym with my brother again as usual. We did strength work. Then I went to the mall and this time it wasn't about to close which was good. When I got home, I played games and watched some TV with my younger cousin. It was fun to be able to play with her because she is visiting from Florida.

Saturday 12/30/17

 I woke up early to go workout with coach Walter Welsh(IEXCEL) my AAU coach. We went over a lot of game situations and went through other drills. His drill work is very good. After practice he spent more time with me on this one drill, I asked him for more help on. After practice, I got something to eat then when I came home my brother and older cousin were at my house. It was nice to spend time with them. We hung out at the house and played some board games and watched TV. It was a great spending time with them around the holidays.

Sunday 12/31/17

 I got up early to workout with coach Walter Welsh(IEXCEL) again. It was another good workout and we worked on new and old stuff from yesterday’s workout. When I got home I played with my little cousin again and then I changed my outfit. Then my family and I went to my Uncle’s house for his New Year’s party. We had a great time over my uncle’s house.Its all family and friends. So I was able to countdown the new year with my family. My brother on the other hand went to a party in Harlem with my other brother. I called him to wish him a Happy New Year.