______________________________________________________ Club Events/Affiliate Events -The KLBA Basketball Academy will be starting their spring sessions in Summer 2010. Check back for details on times, location, and program offerings. -The New England Crusaders have been invited to play in a NIKE grassroots feature event at the Basketball Hall of Fame "Celebration of Basketball Week" in early August. Check back for details on this Nike sponsored event. -Congratulations to the New England Crusader Black team for finishing in the Final 4 of the 2010 u13 AAU National Championships Thanks to all who participated in the inaugural USJN New England SummerFest. The tournament received alot of positive feedback from participants and college coaches. View the post event page USNJ New England SummerFest Post Event page -Congratulations to the New England Crusader Black team for finishing in the Final 4 of the 2010 USJN Hershey National Showcase -Congratulations to the New England Crusader Black team for winning the 2010 NH State AAU tournament. -2009 Nike Nationals - Congrats to the Crusader Blue team for advancing to the Silver Bracket at Nike Nationals. After a 4 point setback to IL Hustle, the Crusaders claimed victories over jaugernauts Georgia Metros, All Ohio, and the West Coast Premier NIKE teams beforing running out of steam ag/st a tourney favored DFW squad. [Story 1] [Ruffin at USJN] [Twitter| Nike Nationals][Ruffin named to Top 100] ________________________________________________________ Headlines Copyrighted by New England Crusaders, 2010 PREP -Congratulations to Crusader Melissa Miller (2011 - Central Catholic(MA)) on her commitment to Merrimack College -Congratulations to Crusader Ansley White(2010 - Philips Andover(MA)) on her admittance to the US Naval Academy -Good luck to the Stanford Cardinal and former Crusader Ashley Cimino in NCAA championship game. -Congrats to Crusader Tiffany Ruffin (2010/Seabrook, NH, Boston College signee), the 2010 NH Gatorade Player of the Year. -Congrats to Crusader Nicole Taylor(2011/York, Me), the 2010 Maine Gatorade Player of the Year. -Congrats to Crusader Karima Gabriel (2011/Manchester, NH) and her Peddie School teammates for winning 2010 ESPN RISE National High School Invitational (NHSI) -Congratulations to Kaitlyn Mathieu (William & Mary signee), Tiffany Ruffin (Boston College signee), Emily Siegart (St Francis (NY) signee), Asia Ewing (Stonehill signee), and Christiana Bakolas (Bentley signee) for nominations to the 2010 McDonalds All American team for their respective states. -Congratulations to Niki Taylor(2011/York HS/ME) for scoring her 1000th point. -Congratulations to Brooke Springfield(2011/Conant HS/NH) for scoring her 1000th point. -Congratulations to Kaitlyn Mathieu (2010/Worcester Academy/MA, William & Mary signee) for scoring her 1000th point. -Congratulations to Christiana Bakolas(2010/Central HS/NH, Bentley signee) for scoring her 1000th point. -Congratulations to Caitlin Cimino (2010/McCauley/ME) on her commitment to Connecticut College -Congratulations to Laura Amorosa(2010/Phillips Andover/MA) on her commitment to Wagner College (NY) -Congratulations to Emily Siegart(2010/Winnacunnet/NH) on her commitment to St Francis College (NY) -Congratulations to Asia Ewing(2010/Westford Academy/MA) on her commitment to Stonehill -Congratulations to Becca Knight(2011/McCauley/ME) on her verbal commitment to UMaine -Congratulations to Christiana Bakolas (2010/Central/Manchester,NH) on her commitment to Bentley College -Congratulations to Tiffany Ruffin (2010/Winnacunnet/Seabrook, NH) on her commitment to Boston College -Congratulations to Kaitlyn Mathieu (2010/Worcester Academy/Saco, ME) on her commitment to William & Mary COLLEGE -Congratulations to Ayla Brown<(2006/Nobles/MA, Boston College) for launching her new album, Circles [Click her site for more info] POST-GRAD Check out our former Crusaders and Crusader coaches who are in the high school/college coaching ranks -- -Lauren Moore/Bentley grad - Univ. of New Hampshire asst. -Morgan Valley/Uconn grad - Towson asst -Maria Noucas/Bowdoin grad - Naval Academy asst -Amanda Leahy/Bowdoin grad - Wellesley asst -Cassie Loftus/St Anselm grad - Springfield College -Jenn (Hogan) Fay/SNHU grad - Nashua HS South (NH) -Kindyll Dorsey/Boston College grad - Merrimack HS(NH) -Maureen Leahy/Boston College grad - East Long Meadow HS (MA) _______________________________________________________ Club Events - Check out the club events Headlines - Check out the club headlines Club News - Check out the latest club news Features - Check out the latest features Crusader College Commitments - See where our Classes of 2009 and 2010 and beyond are going Prep Player News - Recent news on our prep players College Player News - Recent news on our college players Post Grad Player News - Recent news on our former players in the professional & coaching ranks On the College Hardwood - See where past Crusader players have continued their bball career Player Awards - Congrats to our players who have been recognized as their states, region's or the nation's best Champions Corner - Congrats to our prep players who teams have won recent titles _______________________________________________________ Club News Info to be posted as the 2009-2010 basketball season gets underway. ______________________________________________________ Features   Coming soon.   ______________________________________________________ Crusader Player Commitments -Congratulations to our class of 2009 on their commitments: Nyachoul Biliew, 5'10 (Portland - ME) - SMCC Jill Friel, 5'10 (Oyster River - NH) - UNH Morgan Frame, 6'2 (Waterville - ME) - St Anselms College Megan Jackson, 6'0 (Trinity - NH/Providence) - Transfer to UNH Curran Leighton, 5'11 (Dover - NH) - Univ. of So. Maine Amy Lepley, 6'0 (Bishop Feehan - MA) - Holy Cross Courtney Ness, 6'1 (Hanover - NH) - Brandeis Amanda Saab, 6'0 (Salem - NH) - Franklin Pierce Sloan Sorrell, 6'2 (Nobles - ME) - Southern NH Cortney Tobey, 6'2 (St Thomas - ME) - St Anselms _____________________________________________________ Prep Player News   Info to be posted as the 2009-2010 prep season gets underway.   - Congratulations to Tiffany Ruffin (Winnacunnet/2010) for being named to HoopGurlz Top 100 for the Class of 2010.   - Congratulations to Kayla Burchill (Deering/2011), Alex Coulombe (McCauley/2012) and Katie O'Book (Governor's Academy/2012) for being selected to attend the prestigous NIKE Regional Skills Academy-East Region in Philadelphia. Kayla, Alexa, and Katie were one of 40 youngsters from the classes of 2011 and younger who attended the second annual R.S.A. for the Northeastern region of the US.[more] ______________________________________________________ College Player News   Info to be posted as the 2009-2010 college season gets underway. ______________________________________________________ Post Grad News See above. ______________________________________________________ Player Awards   Info to be posted as the 2009-2010 basketball season gets underway. ______________________________________________________ Champions Corner   - Congratulations to Crusader Tiffany Ruffin ('10), Emily Siegart ('10), and Winnacunnet HS on their 2009 NH Class L State Championship. - Congratulations to Crusader Morgan Frame ('09) and Waterville HS on their 2009 Maine Class B State Championship -Congratulations to Crusader Kayla Burchill ('11) and Deering HS on their 2009 Maine Class A State Championship. - Congratulations to Crusaders Jill Friel (09) and Danielle Walczak (11) and Oyster River on their 2009 NH Class I Championship -Congratulations to Crusader Melissa Miller('11) and Central Catholic HS on their 2009 Mass Div. 1 State Championship.