New England Crusaders

• The New England Crusaders has joined Facebook.  Get up-to-date information on our club activities, and info on our prep and college players (and our Crusader Alum too!) on our FB page.  Click Here to join!
  
  
• Join our New England Crusader mailing list to get up-to-date information about the club including our monthly New England Crusader e-Newsletter. To join our mailing list (click Contact Us>Join Our Mailing List) to get another medium to get the lastest and greatest information about the New England Crusaders basketball club.
  
  
• The Crusaders organization would officially like to welcome Coach Dan Elkerson to our staff. Coach Elkerson will be coaching the Crusader Maroon team.  A former D1 star at UNC-Charlotte, Coach Elkerson played against the likes of Kenyon Martin, Tim Duncan, and Bobby Hurley in college.  Check out his bio page under Current Coaches for more information.  To inquire about a roster spot on Coach Elkerson's team, email the club atnecrusaders@yahoo.com

• The New England Crusaders would like to announce the date of our first annual New England Crusaders Golf Tournament to be held on Monday, August 13, 2012 in Greenland, NH. Save the date. 
  
  For more information on reserving an entry or sponsorship, please contact Tournament Director, Mandi Coulombe.  Mandi can be reached via the Crusader Facebook page, or you can email the club at necrusaders@yahoo.com to connect with her.
  *The Crusaders are a 501(3)(c) nonprofit organization.
   
• Information has been posted for the Crusader 3v3 Winter league for serious middle school players.  Click the menu item link to the right for more information. > Crusader 3v3 League.
   
• Check out our 2011-2012 New England Crusader Brochure.  Lots of great information on where we are going with the New England Crusaders in the short and long term!
  
  
• Congratulations to junior Kristen Anderson (2013, Leavitt) on scoring her 1,000th point recently.
  
  
• Congratulations to junior Kat Fogarty (2013, Governor's) on scoring her 1,000th point recently.
  
  
• Congratulations to senior Jorden Mitchell (2012, Marshwood) on her commitment to Wheaton College.
  
  
• Congratulations to junior Kat Fogarty (2013, Governor's Academy) on her verbal commitment to Marist College.
  
  
• Congratulations to juniors Kat Fogarty ('13, Governor's Academy) and Kristen Anderson ('13, Leavitt) on tallying their 1000th point.
  
  
• Congratulations to our our early signees on signing their LOIs (Alex Kiss-Rusk - Virginia Tech, Alexa Coulombe - Boston College, Elizabeth Belanger - UNH, and Meg Hardiman - Slippery Rock. See photo above). We look forward to more during our spring commitment timeframe
  
  
• All the best to our former Crusader players playing professionally overseas this winter -- Julia Houghtaling (So. New Hampshire grad/Denmark), Tonya Young (Vermont grad/Portagual), and Stef Murphy (Boston College grad/Hungary).  Good luck this season!
  
  
• Congrats to Crusader Alex Kiss-Rusk on leading Team Canada to a 6th place finish in the FIBAs America Games in Mexico. Alex played on the Canadian National team for this prestigious event (see photo below)
  
  
  
  

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• Check out our new web section ... In the Community (menu item on the right).  Recently numerous Crusader players, coaches and parents volunteered for Manchester Marathon in Manchester. Great job giving back to the community!!
  
  
• See what current and former Crusaders players and parents are saying about the New England Crusader experience.  Click the Testimonial section on the menu to the right to see what the buzz is!
  
  
• The New England Classic sponsored by the Basketball Academy (Dudley Davis) held on September 18th, 2011 was a huge success. Over 120 athletes from NH, Mass, Vermont and Maine participated in this showcase event! Thanks to all the participants and college coaches who attended!

• Updates on the our many Crusader player and team accomplishments from this this winter's Winter College and HS seasons coming soon!  In the meantime, join our Crusader FB page to get up to date on the many accomplishments of our players (where news is published real time!)
  
  
• Congratulations to sophomore Kristen Anderson for being invited to the u16 US Junior team tryouts in May!  Kristen was one of only two New England players invited to tryout at this prestigious event in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  
  
• Congratulations to freshman Aliza Simpson, Rachel Collins, McKenzie Brown, Allie Clement,  sophomores Katharine Fogarty and Kristen Anderson, and juniors Alexa Coulombe, Alex Kiss-Rusk and Elizabeth Belanger for being invited to the NIKE Regional Skills Academy East Skills Academy in New Jersey.  These players were given the opportunity to compete against some of the best players on the East Coast.
  
  
• Congratulations to Nikki Taylor (Vermont signee, York/2011) for winning the 2011 Maine Gatorade Player of the Year award.
  
  
• Congratulations to Danielle Walczak (Maine signee, Oyster River/2011) for winning the 2011 NH Gatorade Player of the Year award.
  
  
• Congratulations to Brooke Springfield (SNHU signee, Conant/2011) for being named NH Class M Player of the Year.
  
  
• Congratulations to Danielle Walczak (Maine signee, Oyster River/2011) for being named NH Class L Player of the Year.
  
  
• Congratulations to Kayla Burchill (Vermont signee, Deering/2011) for winning Ms. Maine Basketball
  
  
• Congratulations to Danielle Walczak (Maine signee, Oyster River/2011) for winning Ms. NH Basketball.
  
  
• Congratulations to our Crusader Black team for finishing 3rd at the 2010 u13 AAU National Championships in Ohio. 
  
  
• Congratulations to our Crusader Black team for finishing in the 'Final Four' at the 2010 u13 USJN's National Championships in Hersey, PA.
  
  
• Congratulations to Crusaders Alexa Coulombe, Katharine Fogarty, Katie O'Book, and Kristen Anderson for being invited to the 2010 NIKE Regional Skills Academy - East.  NIKE invites 60 of the top players in the Northeast Region to this skills academy program.
  
  
• Congratulations to Crusader Tiffany Ruffin (Winnacunnet) for being name 2010 NH Gatorade Player of the Year.
  
  
• Congratulations to Crusader Nicole Taylor (York) for being named 2010 Maine Gatorade Player of the Year.
  
  
• Congratulations to Crusader Tiffany Ruffin (Winnacunnet) for being named 2010 Ms New Hampshire Basketball
  
  
• Congratulations to Crusader Tiffany Ruffin for being name 'Top 100' Player in the 2010 class by HoopGurlz.com
  
  
• Congratulations to Crusader Alexa Coulombe (McCauley) for being name 'Top 50' Player  in the 2012 class by HoopGurlz.com
  
  
• Congratulations to Brooke Springfield (Conant) for being voted 2010 NH Class 'M' Player of the Year
  
  
• Congratulations to Danielle Walczak (Oyster River) for being voted 2010 NH Class 'I' Player of the Year.
  
  
• Congratulations to Tiffany Ruffin (Winnacunnet) for being voted 2010 NH Class 'L' Player of the Year

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