iPOW
(Most Recent Winners Listed First)
February 21, 2010
Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending February 20, 2010
Amanda Farrell - St. Mark's High School
Height: 5' 7"
Current Class: Senior
Years Varsity: 3
Positions Played: Point Guard
Other Interests: Volleyball & Track
Biggest Basketball Influence: Elena Delle Donne
Probable College: Kutztown
How’d she iPOW? Amanda came up with 11 points to lead St. Mark's to a 1 point win, 37 - 36, over Ursuline Academy in this crucial late season matchup featuring two Catholic Conference rivals. Four of her eleven came in the 4th quarter and her last two were clutch free-throws made with just 22 seconds left in the game. They allowed St. Mark's to see a little daylight. For Ursuline, those shots made things all the more difficult in the closing seconds of the contest. Truly good players deliver in pressure situations and that's what Farrell did. Every point that each St. Mark's girl scored was important in a one-point victory. But this player got points when she had to, when the team was counting on it. Game was played February 20, 2010. It was the last regular season meeting between these two powerhouses.
February 14, 2010
Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending February 13, 2010
Maddy Waegele - Holy Angels
Height: 5' 8"
Current Class: 8th Grade
Years Varsity: 2
Positions Played: Forward
Other Interests: Volleyball & Soccer
Biggest Basketball Influence: Elena Delle Donne
Probable High School: Padua or St. Mark's
How’d she iPOW? Maddy had 12 points (including 4-for-6 at the free-throw line) and numerous rebounds in the Sherwood Park Shootout Tournament Varsity Championship Game (game played 02-13-10). Whenever anything big was going on for Holy Angels, there was Waegele! DGB.com has seen Maddy have great games before (an away game at Ursuline earlier this season comes to mind), but this one was rendered all the more important due to a tournament title hanging in the balance. Maddy has a great build for basketball, looking more like a high school junior than an 8th grader, and we know she'll do well over the next 4 seasons no matter what high school she happens to attend.
January 25, 2010
Co-Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending January 23, 2010
Audra Cranston - Ursuline Academy
Cranston led all scorers in this game with a cool 21 in what was perhaps the best game DGB.com has witnessed from her. Nine of those points came on three-pointers. And she went a Delle Donne-esque 8-for-8 from the free-throw line. Things you won’t find in the box score are the interceptions she made and the plays she broke up. Audra was a force. Audra accounted for 44% of the Ursuline point total! While it is exceedingly rare for DGB.com to award iPOWs to players on the losing side, Cranston's effort could not go unnoticed nor unrewarded.Height: 5' 3"
Current Class: Junior
Years Varsity: 2
Positions Played: Point Guard
Other Interests: Softball & Snowboarding
Biggest Basketball Influence: Michael Jordan
Probable College: Uncommitted
How’d she iPOW? From the DGB.com article covering the Haddonfield vs. Ursuline game (game played January 23, 2010):
January 24, 2010
Co-Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending January 23, 2010
Anna Tiberi - St. Elizabeth High School
Height: 5' 4"
Current Class: Senior
Years Varsity: 4
Team Captain: 1 year
Positions Played: Point Guard
Other Interests: Eating, Hanging with Friends, TV
Biggest Basketball Influence: Diana Taurasi
Probable College: Uncommitted
How’d she iPOW? Was THE standout player in the St. E’s / Caravel game (January 22, 2010) which the Lady Vikings won, 58 – 51. Led all scorers with 15 points, including four three-pointers – one of which was a half-court shot made from the scorer’s table! Tiberi was also 3-for-4 from the foul line. In addition to her scoring, she seemed to be everywhere at once in this hotly contested game that saw both teams lead the game for good stretches. Diving on the floor for the ball, excellent speed at both ends of the court, awesome court vision and ability to get the ball to teammates – all of this is Anna Tiberi.
January 8, 2010
Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending January 9, 2010
Aja Brooks - Brandywine High School
Height: 5' 7"
Current Class: Junior
Years Varsity: 3
Positions Played: The 3
Other Interests: Shopping, Sneakers, Shopping for sneakers
Biggest Basketball Influence: Her Dad & LeBron James
Probable College: South Carolina
How’d she iPOW? Led all scorers with 25 points in a close game with William Penn. Most of her points were needed as the Bulldogs pulled out a 63 - 57 victory. Brooks scored consistently all game long. Started things off with a three-pointer, went 4 for 6 from the line, and added another 9 field goals. Plays "tall" for just 5' 7". Gave her father most of the credit for the player she is, saying, "He started teaching me basketball when I was three and he's always been there for me." Only a junior, Blue Hen Conference opponents will have another year and a half to figure out how to contain her.
December 29, 2009
Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending January 2, 2010
Ellee Rollins - Caravel Academy
Height: 5' 7"
Current Class: Senior
Years Varsity: 4
Positions Played: Point Guard / Shooting Guard
Other Interests: Field Hockey, Soccer, Class President (4 years), Church Activities
Biggest Basketball Influence: Her brother, Will
Probable College: Salisbury University
How’d she iPOW? "Ellee willed us to win against Padua. Even in the 3rd quarter when things looked pretty bleak for us, Ellee was flying around on defense, on the boards, and she was trying to make something happen. Her free throws were extremely clutch. I expect this type of play from Ellee because she is a senior that has been through many tough experiences with this program. I am really proud of her!", says Coach Kristin Caldwell. Rollins’ 12 points paced the Lady Bucs’ attack in a very close and competitive Diamond State Classic Delaware Cup Championship Game against Padua Academy. (Game played December 29, 2009.) Her calmness under pressure came in most handy as she nailed crucial free-throws in the final minutes of the contest to close out the 40 - 37 win. Although the results of her efforts led to a huge win for her team, an MVP trophy for her, and a News Journal interview, Rollins brought perspective to the evening when she told DGB.com, “I want to give glory to God for blessing me with the ability and opportunity to play basketball.” In a moment when many players would be forgiven for basking in the “glory” of the game result and of their hand in it, Ellee Rollins would rather that credit be directed elsewhere. Well, we still hope she excuses DGB.com for wanting to give her just a tiny bit of attention with our humble, little iPOW Award.
December 14, 2009
Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending December 19, 2009
Erin Dodds - St. Ann's CYM
Height: 5' 6"
Current Class: 8th Grade
Years Varsity: 2
Positions Played: Point Guard
Other Interests: Soccer, Volleyball, Swimming & Singing
Biggest Basketball Influence: Her Dad
Probable High School: Uncommitted
How'd she iPOW? How's this for a day's work? A legitimate half-court shot just beating the buzzer to end the first quarter, two other 3-pointers; 16 total points in all (accounting for 80% of her team's total of 20). Most important to Erin, St. Ann's beat St. Matthew's, 20 - 15. This is a pressure performer who wants the ball and knows what to do with it once she has it. Oh yeah. Almost forgot. She plays defense too. Excellent on the full-court fast break pursuit. Knows how to defend a two-on-one break to the basket. Earlier in the season, had a 28-point game (that's no misprint!). Erin is a can't miss talent who belongs in any discussion of the 4 or 5 best grade school players in the state.
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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, according to Ms. Dillon, 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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