(Most Recent Winners Listed First)
July 23, 2010
Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending July 24, 2010
Tori Casper - St. Elizabeth's High School
Height: 5' 4"
Current Class: Rising Senior
Years on Varsity: 3
Positions Played: Point & Shooting Guard
Other Interests: Soccer & Volleyball
Biggest Basketball Influence: Stephen Curry
Probable College: Uncommitted
How'd she iPOW? Tori Casper became our first Insta Signs Plus iPOW winner since the State Tournament in March by throwing down 16 points -- every one of them essential to her team -- as St. Elizabeth upset St. Mark's in overtime to win the Blue Division Championship of the High School Summer League. Tori scored 8 points in each half and that steadiness was crucial in this nice achievement for the Vikings.
March 11, 2010
Co-Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending March 13, 2010
Naiesha Brown - Sanford
Height: 5' 10"
Current Class: Junior
Years on Varsity: 3
Positions Played: Shooting Guard / Forward
Other Interests: Lacrosse & Volleyball
Biggest Basketball Influence: Lisa Leslie & Kevin Garnett
Probable College: Boston University or University of South Florida
How’d she iPOW? Naiesha was almost a one-woman show in the Semi-Finals. Our game coverage text best explains it: Her 27 points was almost half of the Warriors’ total output. But Brown was doing a lot more than putting the ball in the hoop. She led all players in the game in points (27), field goals made (8), free-throws made (11), steals (3, tied for first with 2 other players), and rebounds (17). As to her work on the boards, no one else in the game was even close to Naiesha. The next best individual rebounding total was just 6!
March 11, 2010
Co-Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending March 13, 2010
Jackie Jenkins - Smyrna High School
he difference maker was guard Jackie Jenkins. While her physical stature may be diminutive, standing at just 5’ 2”, she played every minute at a fever pitch and showed more tenacity than any other player in the game. And in a game like this, that’s going some! Her four three-pointers tore away at Cape Henlopen’s early game momentum, but it was her heroics from the free-throw line with just 13 seconds left in the game – a 2 for 2 performance – that secured the scoreboard in favor of Smyrna and dashed any hopes that the Cape Cinderella Story would carry over to the Title Game.Height: 5' 2"
Current Class: Junior
Years on Varsity: 3
Team Captain: 2 years
Positions Played: Shooting Guard
Other Interests: Softball & Cross Country
Biggest Basketball Influence: Teammate, Betnijah Laney
Probable College: Delaware State
How’d she iPOW? Was the key contributor to Smyrna's Semi-Final win (59 - 55) over Cape Henlopen. From DGB.com game coverage text: T
March 7, 2010
Co-Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending March 6, 2010
Gabrielle Julian - St. John the Beloved
Gabby led all scorers in the Title Game of the St. E’s League with 12 points, the only player on either side with 10 or more. From the story text on the game: “Coming up huge on the day was Gab Julian, who scored all 12 of her points in the second half, including nailing a pair of technical foul free-throws. But, the game was no walk in the park for Julian, who started off the game cold. Anyone could see she was not happy with her own performance in the first half. Still, to her credit, she let the game come to her. A decision was made to switch Gab to point guard, and almost from that moment on, the Eagles’ fortunes took a better turn. Her shots started falling, and by the end of the game, the cold start was a distant memory.” Gab Julian is the only iPOW winner this winter season below 7th grade, and only the second-ever sub-7th grader to get an iPOW during a winter season – the other being then 6th grader, Caroline Davis, a year ago.Height: 5' 2 1/2"
Current Class: 6th grade
Positions Played: Point & Shooting Guard
Other Interests: Softball & Soccer
Biggest Basketball Influence: Her mom
Probable High School: Padua Academy
How’d she iPOW?
March 1, 2010
Co-Impact Player of the Week - Week Ending March 6, 2010
Sabrina Hackendorn - Holy Angels CYM Varsity
Sabrina Hackendorn makes history as our first-ever two-time iPOW winner!
Height: 5' 8"
Current Class: 8th grade
Years Varsity: 2
Positions Played: Forward / Center
Other Interests: Volleyball, Track, Girl Scouts, Church Choir
Biggest Basketball Influence: Her dad and everyone that she watches in college games - especially the post players.
Probable High School: St. Elizabeth
How’d she iPOW? "There were a lot of deserving girls." Well, that's what Sabrina Hackendorn said as she made iPOW history by being the first player to be awarded a second t-shirt. And while her feelings on the subject have a lot of supporting evidence behind them, the truth is -- whether Sabrina likes it or not -- Holy Angels would probably have had a much tougher time winning the CYM title two years running without her in the lineup. There are more phenomenally good players on this team than you can shake a trophy at, but Sabrina is the straw that stirs the drink. Fifteen points, to lead all scorers in the C Division Title Game (game played 2-28-10); numerous rebounds; lots of instances where she broke up St. Mary's plays; great defense to the hoop (she played bottom middle in the 2-3 zone defense). DGB.com really had no option -- at least, not one that would've made any sense -- but to bestow Sabrina with this recognition.
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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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