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Recruiting class for Monmouth
women’s basketball is a good one
Release Date: August 7, 2006
MONMOUTH, Ill. — The Monmouth
College women’s basketball team returns a trio of post players –
Ashley Yeast, Laura Jahn and Tanesha Hughes – who are all capable of
scoring in double digits. However, All-Midwest Conference point
guard Courtney Scherrer has graduated, so it didn’t take a rocket
scientist to figure out that perimeter players, especially those who
can handle the ball, were the No. 1 item on coach Melissa Jones’
wish list for the 2006 recruiting class.
Jones got what she was looking for
and more, and she feels she now has the talent to get the Fighting
Scots to the MWC playoffs.
A year ago, the program made great strides, knocking off a 19-5
Lawrence team and battling several other top MWC squads before
settling for a 10-13 record.
Now, says Jones, “We’re excited for
the season, and there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be one of the top
teams in the conference. I’m really happy with the recruiting class.
We really got what we needed, and we’re going to be pretty deep.”
Jones projects that point guard recruits Lindsay Emmons (Havana) and
5-foot-10 Libby White (Galesburg) will be in the thick of the battle
to replace Scherrer, with three other recruits – 5-5 Barb Payonk
(Mt. Assisi), 5-5 Amanda Grady (Center Point Urbana) and 5-7 Jenna
Festerling (Romeoville) – also listing point guard as their primary
position.
“Lindsay shoots the three very
well,” said Jones of the 5-9 All-State selection for the Ducks.
“Libby comes from a great program at Galesburg, and she has been
really involved with us already, attending camps and communicating.”
Three other recruits figure to make
an immediate impact to the program, and they include 5-11 wing Elise
Waldorf (Canton), 5-8 shooting guard Danielle Farrell (a junior
transfer from Carl Sandburg College) and 6-0 post Courtney Dolezil
(Gordon Tech).
“Elise and Danielle are going to bring some scoring to the guard
position,” said Jones. “They both penetrate well, and I think they
can open things up for our posts.” Jones likened Dolezil’s build to
the solid frame of recent graduate and four-year starting center
Lisa Curry.
Rounding out the recruiting class
are 5-7 shooting guard Kelly Sheets (Princeville), who is the sister
of last year’s midseason addition, Katie Sheets; 5-9 guard Leanne
Toellen (Wheaton Academy); and 5-10 wing Laura DuMont (Parker).
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