iPOW
(Most Recent Winners Listed First)
After Feb. 16, 2008, click here.
February 16, 2008
Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending February 16, 2008
Katie Jezyk - Padua Academy
Height: 5' 7" Current Class: Junior Years Varsity: 2
Positions Played: Small Forward / Shooting Guard
Other Interests: Volleyball
Biggest Basketball Influence: Her dad
Probable College: Hopes to go to Villanova
How'd She iPOW? Scored 20 points in upset win over Caravel Academy (game played Feb. 15, 2008). Was a perfect 12-for-12 from the free-throw line. She accounted for 41% of Padua's entire offensive output! Expert at drawing fouls and a master at making her free-throws. Well-rounded player with a head for the game. Is perfectly at home in the high traffic areas underneath - at either end of the court - or out on the perimeter to nail down long-range shots. After her playing days are over, Katie wants to stay involved in sports in some capacity.
February 9, 2008
Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending February 9, 2008
Cierra Seth - Cape Henlopen High School
Height: 5' 7" Current Class: Senior Years Varsity: 4
Positions Played: Power Forward Team Captain: 2 Years
Other Interests: Track & Field
Biggest Basketball Influence: Michael Jordan
How'd She iPOW? Showed leadership, coolness, intelligence and a wide variety of skills in a 48 - 21 win over Wilmington Christian (game played Feb. 9, 2008). Although she technically plays the frontcourt, she nevertheless plays as if the entire floor is hers. A great nose for the ball and possessed with an even better idea of what to do with it, Seth set the tone for her teammates. Although she "only" scored 8 points in the game, it was enough to lead the team (along with Taylor Harris).
February 3, 2008
Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending February 2, 2008
Brittany Neill - Archmere Academy
Height: 5' 7" Current Class: Senior Years Varsity: 4
Positions Played: G/F Team Captain: 2 Years
Other Interests: Softball
Biggest Basketball Influence: Her dad
How'd She iPOW? Scored 29 points in important road win over Dover High School. This sterling performance included 5 three-pointers and a terrific day at the free-throw line - hitting 8 of 11. This awesome individual effort contributed much toward Archmere nailing down a crucial late season win over a conference leader.
January 26, 2008
Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending January 26, 2008
Brenna Williams - Ursuline Academy (CYM Varsity)
Height: 5' 7" Current Class: 7th Grade Years Varsity: 1
Positions Played: Guard Other Interests: Volleyball
Biggest Basketball Influence: Her sister, NCAA Division I player, Sarah Williams
How'd She iPOW? Stepped up with 16 points (led all scorers) to help Ursuline Academy's CYM Varsity #1 Team to a victory over St. Anthony of Padua in the Championship Game of the annual Tiger Tournament at Founier Hall. (Game played January 25, 2008.) Only player in double-digits, for either team! If this is how she competes in 7th grade, heaven help her opponents as she gets older!
January 18, 2008
Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending January 19, 2008
Joy Downs - William Penn High School
Height: 5' 6" Current Class: Senior Years Varsity: 3
Positions Played: Small Forward/Guard Team Captain: 2 years
Other Interests: Singing
Biggest Basketball Influence: Her cousin
How'd She iPOW? Led the Lady Colonials with 20 points in a nice win over A.I. DuPont on a snowy afternoon. (Game played Jan. 17, 2008.) Watching her play, you can't believe she's just 5' 6". Equally at home under the basket in traffic or out on the arc - she had 2 three-pointers - she certainly is a "Joy" to watch! Combines all the best elements of the sport. Scores when her team needs her to, but a brilliant passer as well. GO SEE THIS GIRL PLAY!
January 7, 2008
Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending January 5, 2008
Asha Jones - Hodgson Vo-Tech
Height: 5' 7" Current Class: Junior Years Varsity: 3
Positions Played: Point Guard
Other Interests: Soccer
What she'll be doing in 10 years: Architect or Interior design
How'd She iPOW? Led her team in scoring with 15 points in exciting win over Brandywine High School, 49 - 47. (Game played Jan. 4, 2008.) Made key plays and demonstrated leadership and coolness under four quarters of wall-to-wall competitive pressure.
December 31, 2007
Co-Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending December 29, 2007
Kayla Miller - Ursuline Academy
Height: 5' 9" Current Class: Senior Years Varsity: 5
Positions Played: PG, SG, F Team Captain - 2 Years
Other Interests: Soccer & Dancing
How'd She iPOW? Scored 23 of her team's 52 points versus St. E's in Grotto Cup Semi-Final, December 29, 2007. Kayla was the single-best reason why Ursuline was able to come back from a 16 - 6 first quarter deficit and win the game, 52 - 45. By virtue of this outstanding performance, Kayla became the third and final iPOW winner of the tournament.
December 29, 2007
Co-Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending December 29, 2007
Jamie Milliski - Sanford School
Height: 6' 0" Current Class: Senior Years Varsity: 4
Positions Played: Forward Team Captain
Other Interests: Soccer Goalie; Volleyball; Hanging out with friends/family
Biggest Basketball Influence: Marcus Thompson (her varsity coach)
Probable College: Emory University, GA
How'd She iPOW? Scored 15 points in a Diamond State Classic game versus Midwood High School from New York. Played stellar defense and showed great on-court leadership throughout.
Co-Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending December 29, 2007
Kayla Stitz - Wilmington Charter School
Height: 5' 10" Current Class: Sophomore Years Varsity: 2
Positions Played: Forward/Post
Other Interests: Volleyball
Biggest Basketball Influence: Her Dad
How'd She iPOW? Led her team (and all scorers) with 16 points in a Diamond State Classic game versus Concord High School. Was always in the mix in the "heavy traffic" areas right under the basket. Not afraid to move bodies around when needed. This is a player that gets better and better each time DGB sees her on the court.
December 22, 2007
Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending December 22, 2007
Milana Gilbert - St. Elizabeth High School
Height: 6' 0" Current Class: Junior Years Varsity: 3
Positions Played: Forward / Center
*** For more on how Milana was named, go to the game story. Click here. ***
December 18, 2007
In this day and age, we have iPods, iPhones, and probably lots of other "iThings" that an oldster like me doesn't even know about. So, with this as partial inspiration, I've decided to launch the Delaware Girls Basketball iPOW Award. Just what does iPOW stand for, you might ask? Quite simply,
Impact Player of the Week. The award will manifest itself in two ways. To the recipient, a t-shirt will be given in recognition of the achievement. And, so that her accomplishment is more permanently and more widely recorded, her picture will appear here along with why she was chosen and any supporting game data.The mission of this website since its inception in late summer of 2006 has always been to promote girls basketball in the State of Delaware. Recognizing individual players based on extraordinary or meritorious play only serves to achieve this mission.
Winning Criteria
1. Only players that appear in games covered by DelawareGirlsBasketball.com are eligible. This will average about one game per week (in-season), though some weeks will feature 2 (or more) and other weeks none. DGB.com will make every effort to cover a variety of schools and conferences so that iPOW winners will come from all over. DGB.com is not associated with any particular school or group of schools. DGB.com is not a recruiting service, nor does it engage in recruiting activity.
2. While primarily a high school award, if DGB.com is covering a non-high school girls game (such as CYM, public junior high, AAU, etc.), those players are all eligible for the award.
3. DGB.com reserves the right to withhold an iPOW Award after games where it is determined that no one earned it.
4. DGB.com reserves the right to award multiple iPOW awards for a single game. (...Meaning 2 or more girls can win from one game, although this would be very rare.)
5. iPOW winners do not necessarily have to be on the winning team.
6. iPOW winners are not asked to or required to do any service for DGB.com in return.
7. No other "prize", material or monetary gain is extended from DGB.com to the iPOW winners.
8. Any player offered the award who requests not to be mentioned on the DGB.com website will have the award revoked. (In other words, if you don't want your name associated with the award, then you don't want the award very much.)
9. DGB.com reserves any and all other rights not specifically detailed on this page in connection with this award.
NB: On May 7, 2008, in phone conversation with Marie Dillon at NCAA Headquarters, it was verbally agreed that the iPOW award is "NCAA-legal" (my quotes, not hers). The gist of the NCAA's concerns being that the award does not consist of any money changing hands and that the website has no ties to any particular school's booster club or athletic department. The NCAA also requires that DGB.com not be a recruiting service. (We are not a recruiting service.) Other than those ground rules, which DGB.com has been in FULL COMPLIANCE WITH, our iPOW Award is acceptable to the NCAA and will not jeopardize any recipient with possible/potential NCAA sanctions.
The following is taken verbatim from an email dated May 14, 2008 from Marie Dillon of the NCAA:
From: Dillon, Marie [mailto:mdillon@ncaa.org]
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 4:10 PM
To: Jim Charles
Subject:Dear Mr. Charles,
This email is to follow-up from the conversation we had last week regarding your website. Per our conversation, your questions were regarding providing prospective student athletes (PSA) with a t-shirt and picture on a website with the PSA’s qualifications and achievements. Per our legislation, providing the PSA’s with a t-shirt, a picture and information on your website would be permitted provided several criteria is met. The award would need to be uniform for all athletes, the criteria for winning the award would need to be the same for all athletes, the award does not include cash, it is not being provided by a booster of an institution, and no recruiting is involved.
Sincerely,
Marie Dillon
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