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Tanitra Byrd, Cal Sparks 2010 Class, LB Poly, UNLV Signee. Class of 2011 Cal Sparks Team mates Ariya Crook Williams, LB Poly and Reshanda Gray, Washington Prep. Thaddesia Southall, LB Poly Cal Sparks 2010, Signed with USC Jasmine Barnett, Cal Sparks Class 2012, Carson High.
(Photo, Sean Hiler, Daily Breeze) Janitah Iamaleava, 2011, 6-2 Post, Carson High. 3rd Year Cal Sparks Hazel Ramirez, Cal Sparks 2010 Class, Inglewood High, LMU Signee. Kari Korver, Cal Sparks Class 2012, Guard, Valley Christian Cal Sparks now holding Tryouts for2010 High School Teams 8th Annual California Classic, April 10-11, 2010 April Phillips, Xavier U, Cal Sparks 2005 Class, L.B. Poly Cierra Robertson-Warren, U of North Carolina, Cal Sparks 2009 Class, Los Osos April Cook, Cal Sparks 2008, LB Poly. Reshanda Gray, Cal Sparks 2011 Class, Washington Prep Deajanae Scurry, 6-1 F, 2011 Class, Inglewood High. Taja Edwards, Fresno St, Cal Sparks 2007, LB Poly Symone Brown, 5-9 Guard, Cal Sparks Gold, 2011 Class, Gahr. Jazmine Porter, Cal Sparks 2009 Class, LB Wilson. Rheina Ale, USF, Cal Sparks 2008, Bishop Montgomery Text "Haiti" to 90999 for $10 Red Cross Donation. (I-Phone example) Cal Sparks 5th/6th Team January 2010 Kelli Thompson, UNLV, Cal Sparks 2009 Class, LB Poly Ariya Crook-Williams, Cal Sparks 2011, LB Poly 1st Annual California Summer Games 2009 Haiden Palmer, Oregon State U, Cal Sparks 2009, Vista Del Lago. Tayler Champion, UC Irvine, Cal Sparks 2009, Inglewood
Tanitra's inside Power Game will be on display when Poly takes on Washington Prep Tonite in the State CIF Regional Playoffs. CIF Regional Playoffs Div 1 Game Tuesday night matches Washington Prep vs #1 Seed and 4 Time Defending State Champion Long Beach Poly. Aryia and Too Tall are Headliners for Hot Ticket Tuesday night. Desia is making her way back from ACL surgery with limited game minutes . Her recovery is going well and she expects to be back to form next season with the Trojans. Jasmine played a huge role in Carson's CIF Championship win over Narbonne as reported by the Daily Breeze newspaper. " Sophomore Jasmine Barnett came off the bench and made the biggest baskets of the game for the Colts" See Media Reports. Janitah will lead Carson in their CIF State Regional Game vs Stockdale. Winner of that game moves on to play Winner of Poly vs. Washington Prep on Thursday. Hazel Leads Inglewood High into CIF State Regional Playoffs. Inglewood seeks to return to the State Finals in back to back season which would be a First for the Inglewood Girls Program. Kari will take her Net Blazing game down to San Diego for the Southern Section State Regional Playoffs Tuesday night at The Bishops. Kari has seen The Bishops Girls on the club circuit as they are Coached by EBO Director Marlon Wells and several of the players are in EBO program. Wednesday, March 10th, HAX 630pm
Interested Players please fill out Player Evaluation form linked from our Team Information Page. 1 month to go until many of the best players in California Head to Mater Dei to open the High School Club Season and prepare for the Spring Viewing Weekend with games vs. good competition. April Phillips,, Ballin on the court for #5 rated Xavier & on her way to the Coaching ranks. April has been accepted into the WBCA's outstanding Coaching program. "So you wanna be a coach"...See Media Reports for the full Class List for 2010. Cierra has a "major impact" game in the ACC for North Carolina vs Wake Forest in what was a very important win for UNC to stop a losing skid. "C" pulled down 9 rebounds in just 23 min of play and Scored 5 points in Overtime just missing a Double Double in just over half a game. Huge Game for an ACC Freshman ! Sophomore guard April Cook scored 18 points to Lead the Cougars over a Big Win over USC ! Playing on an injured Ankle by the way. First win for WSU over USC in a Decade ! This comes just 12 Days after April scored a career-high 33 points, leading the Washington State to a 66-62 victory over Arizona State. Reshanda continues to improve her game and rolls into 2010 after a successful pre season in Arizona at the TOC and in Norcal at the West Coast Jamboree. ESPN listed "Too Tall" as one of the best performers in the National Event. "Too Tall" Scored 34 points and grabbed 15 rebounds at the Jamboree vs Fairfield. Deajanae "Nae Nae" Scurry scored 25 points and pulled 18 Rebounds vs Culver City High School. Her game has been on the upswing lately and she is ready for another playoff run for the State Title for Inglewood High. Taja Edwards helping WAC Leader Fresno State stay undefeated 12-0 in WAC play and 20-5 overall. Taja Scored 11 points and pulled 6 rebounds in 15 minutes off play of the bench in a recent win over New Mexico. Symone, 2011 Guard, Gahr, Scores 25 points, grabs 13 Rebounds vs Laquinta in CIF Playoffs 1st round win for Gahr. Jaz making the most of her opportunity to make an impact with her Long Beach State squad in her freshman year. Jaz scored career high 12 points vs Northridge and was covered in a Long Beach Press Telegram article. See "Media Reports" for the story. Positive attitude plus patience, just needs opportunity to Create Performance. Rheina was selected Honorable Mention for the West Coast Conference All Conference Team as a Sophomore. Your Phone Account will be charged $10 for the Red Cross Donation. Small amounts from groups can Help. Tell a friend and our small Cal Sparks family can easily help raise $1,000. Congrats to the Cal Sparks 5/6th team. Champions of the Swift
New Years Tourney 2010. Kelli selected Mountain West Conference Player of the Week ! She is leading UNLV in Scoring in her Freshman Year ! Jus dropped 19 twice in the UNLV Tournament. Cal Sparks Family if you get a chance to hit Vegas this winter, take a short cab ride from the strip to the Cox Center and cheer on Kelli. 4 Year Member of Cal Sparks Gold, Long Beach Poly PG Ariya Crook Williams, is featured in an ESPN Hoopgurlz Story, well written by Mindi Rice, September 3, 2009.
click Announcments above for Link to Story. College Coaches Viewing West Coast Talent on Courts 2 and 3 at HAX. Colleges from the ACC, Big East, Pac 10, WCC, WAC, Mountain West, Big Sky, Big West, Big 12, Div 2, Div 3 and NAIA attended.
See "Cal Sparks Events" page for link to ESPN Hoopgurlz coverage summary of the California Summer Games. Haiden is leading Team in Steals, averaging 25 minutes per game, and 10 points per game in her Freshman year at Oregon State ! Go Haiden ! Tayler Champion has transferred from Oregon State to University of California at Irvine. Tayler says ""I would like to thank Coach Wagner and Oregon State for the opportunity I was given here. At this time it's important for me to finish out my career closer to home at a place I can play right away. I wish the Oregon State women's basketball team continued success."
Tanitra Byrd, Cal Sparks 2010 Class, LB Poly, UNLV Signee.
Tanitra's inside Power Game will be on display when Poly takes on Washington Prep Tonite in the State CIF Regional Playoffs.
Congrats to all Cal Sparks Players playing Tomorrow in
State Regional Playoffs !
The following is offered as a reference point for perspective in regards to
the difficulty in obtaining a College Scholarship from an NCAA institution. These statistics come directly from the NCAA.
Women's Basketball
- About 3.3 percent, or
3 in 100,
- of high school senior girls interscholastic basketball players will go on
to play
- women's basketball at a NCAA member
institution. Thats Div 1, 2 and 3. COMBINED !
- Approximately 1 in 5,000, or approximately 0.02 percent of high school
senior girls
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- playing interscholastic basketball will eventually be drafted
by a WNBA team.
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From the perspective of Cal Sparks, this is how we read the message...
Basketball can help provide a few Student athletes an education without an
Invoice.
But the odds are clearly not in the favor of the "average" to "Good" Varsity
basketball player.
It is Imperative that both Parents and Players understand this fact.
The Primary focus of each student has to be High achievement in Academics.
Not just "Academics", but high achievement in Academics. Your "grades" are not
just a necessary evil for you to play basketball. Your grades, in addition to
your SAT/ACT scores is how your high achievement in Academics is measured by
Colleges. DO NOT BECOME A BASKETBALL DEPENDANT. If College
via basketball is your only option, then the great game of basketball is no
longer a game but a burden. If Family income is low, there are many top
colleges that offer full financial aid for students who are HIGH ACHIEVERS in
the classroom. The "0 to 10% plan in place at HARVARD is presented below"
• The “Zero to 10 Percent Standard”: Harvard’s new
financial aid policy dramatically reduces the amount families with incomes below
$180,000 will be expected to pay. Families with incomes above $120,000 and below
$180,000 and with assets typical for these income levels will be asked to pay 10
percent of their incomes. For those with incomes below $120,000, the family
contribution percentage will decline steadily from 10 percent, reaching
zero for those with incomes at $60,000 and below.
• No Loans: In calculating the financial aid packages
offered to undergraduates, Harvard will not expect students to take out loans.
Loan funds will be replaced by increased grants from the University.
Cal Sparks
Signing High School ALUMNI listed below.
Not listed are other players who played
Youth Ball with Cal Sparks
but played their High School Ball with
other club teams.
2010 Scholarship Class
(Early Signing)
Dynese Adams, Vista Murrieta H.S.
University of California, Riverside.
Big West Conference
 
Ta'nitra Byrd, L.B. Poly.
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Mountain West Conference
Signing Day Quote from Coach Kathy
Olivier:
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"Ta'Nitra is a very aggressive power
forward, she finishes hard at the basket, but also has the
ability to play on the outside as well," said Olivier. "One of
her biggest strengths is her competitive toughness, and she
comes from a winning background, having played with Kelli on
last year's state championship team in California."
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Alexis Love, Norwalk H.S.
Loyola Marymount University
West Coast Conference
Signing Day quote from Coach Julie
Wilhoit, LMU
My excitement with "Lex" is that she is
the big, strong inside presence we need in this class. She will be a great
addition to our program because of her work ethic, energy, and excitement. She
is also extremely versatile: she can bang inside but also step outside to shoot
the three. We have followed Lex for a long time and are just ecstatic that she
will be a Lion.
Hazel Ramirez, Inglewood H.S.
Loyola Marymount University
West Coast Conference
Signing Day quote from Coach Julie
Wilhoit, LMU
Hazel is an unbelievable point guard. She
has court vision, savvy, and passing skills. Her first look is to make a great
pass but she can also score and hit the three. She will add great depth to
our point guard position after leading her high school and club teams to
successful seasons."
Janelle Ross, Inglewood H.S.
Dartmouth University
Ivy League
Thadessia Southall, L.B. Poly
University of Southern California
Pac 10 Conference
Lauren Shute, Dana Hills H.S.
Richmond University
Atlantic 10 Conference
2009 Scholarship Class
 
 
2009 Class College Photos
Bailey Barbour-USF Noe Villoria SClara.
Haiden Palmer-OSU
Kelli Thompson-UNLV 4
Straight CIF Straight Championships !
Amanda Frost, J.W. North,
Hampton University, Virginia.
(Softball Scholarship, Basketball Walk on)
2008 Class
Rheina Ale 2008
University of San Francisco
Robynn Cochran 2008
Cal State Dominguez Hills University
April Cook 2008
Washington State University
All Pac 10 Honerable Mention Freshman Season.
Sequoia Crandell 2008
Cal State L.A.
Brittany Pennell 2008
Signed Texas Christian University/ (currently Enrolled Odessa College
(Texas))
 
Aarica West 2008
Yale University (Signed 2008 Deferred
Admission to 2009 Class)
 
2007 Class
Sammantha Brockel 2007
San Francisco State University
Taja Edwards 2007
Fresno State
 
Brianna Goss 2007
Sacramento State/ currently enrolled Trinity Valley College (Texas)
Candice Nichols 2007
LMU/ University of Washington.
Lisa Peterson 2007
UC Davis
Michelle Salemi 2007
Cal St. L.A.
2006 Class
Alyse Evans 2006
LMU
Kristina Mitchell
2006
Cal Baptist University
Krystal Urzua 2006
2005 Class
Atty Boyer 2005
Sacramento State University
Mary
Has 2005
Long Beach State/UC Irvine (Transfer 2007)
Tierra Henderson 2005
 
Barbara Houston 2005
(7 Years Cal Sparks)
Cal State Dominguez Hills/
Oregon State
CCAA Academic Honors
 
Raquel Jupiter 2005
UNLV /El Camino College
(Opening Year of Chicago Nike Tourney)
Raquel Jupiter. Top Row, 2nd from left, just right of Taja Edwards.
Lakewood Sparks trip to the 1st Annual "Nike Chicago" event in 2003.
Krystal Mays 2005
San Francisco State University
Stacy Mitchell 2005
Cal State L.A.
Cassady Moore 2005
PROFESSIONAL, Germany 2009
(6 Years Cal Sparks)
LMU
WCC Honerable Mention 09
April Phillips 2005
Xavier (Transfer 2007)/Georgia Tech
 
 
Danyelle Snelgro 2005-
PROFESSIONAL, Denmark 2009
 
2004 Class
Brittany Dove 2004
Point Loma University
 
Krista Foster 2004
 
Cherlanda Franklin 2004
University of Nevada Reno
Jourdan Willard 2004
Nevada Reno/ Sacramento State
Contact Information
- Mailing address
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4180 Woodruff Avenue #281 Lakewood CA. 90713
- Program Director: Elbert Kinnebrew
C.P.A.
- Electronic mail
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- Send email to
ekinnebrew@aol.com with questions or comments about this web
site.
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