COLORADO ELITE: Welcome

COLORADO ELITE
Colorado Elite Girls Basketball

Head Coach/Direction:  Keirsten Walters

keirhoop@aol.com                                                                                           720.232.9568  

WELCOME TO THE COLORADO ELITE! The Colorado Elite is a new girl’s basketball club which will have Colorado’s premiere athletes.  I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself and give you a brief introduction to this club.   I have lived in Colorado my entire life and was one of the original Colorado Hoopsters.  I won many national tournaments and have worked with many coaches in and out of the state.  I have had many accomplishments throughout my career.   I attended Mullen H.S. my freshmen year and then transferred to Heritage H.S. my sophomore year.  My sophomore year we were ranked nationally and won the State Championship and continued on for a 58 game winning streak into my junior year.  After my sophomore year, I was invited to the very first Nike All-American Camp, as one of only eight sophomores invited to the camp.  I was also named All-Colorado all four years and Ms. Basketball my senior year. 

Along, with these accomplishments I was also named to 1st Team Parade All-American, 1st Team Street and Smith All-American and Gatorade Regional Player of the year. My senior year I led the state in scoring, steals, assists and shooting percentage.   I was ranked in the top 10 of nearly all of the scouting reports and chose to go to the University of Connecticut with the greatest recruiting class of all time in girl’s basketball with five First Team All-Americans (Sue Bird, Tamika Williams, Swin Cash, Asjha Jones and myself).  We went on to win two National Championships. I started many games until I had six knee surgeries and a shoulder surgery.   I finally had to face the fact that I could no longer play basketball everyday.   

I am a very strong believer in academics and community service.  I graduated in the top 10 of my high school class (4.68 GPA) and was Scholar Athlete Of  The Year, along with many Citizen Of The Month Awards.  In college, I graduated early with a degree in Physiology and Neurobiology and was on the Dean’s List and Big East Scholar Athlete Team.   I have the support of many college coaches and people who select the All-American teams, these are coaches that I have known and made friendships with throughout my career.  I believe it is necessary for a coach to have a great rapport with these individuals, since they are the ones who will have the greatest impact on your long-term goals of getting a college scholarship and possibly becoming an All-American.   I am also waiting to hear from a major corporation regarding sponsoring our team or providing gear at cost. Sponsorship helps our players get into a few select national tournaments, but can also help get our players into elite camps. 

I have been coaching a 5th grade team for the past two-years which will make up the youngest team in the program. They are a very enthusiastic group of kids and have been very successful.  I believe they will add a lot to the club’s future.  In life and in basketball, I believe in setting high standards and goals for yourself and your teammates and success comes through hard work and dedication.  I stress fundamentals, intensity and team work to help accomplish these goals. I have also done private lessons for shooting and skill work for the past few years and believe that I can teach many different skills to help players succeed. Having respect and communication with your teammates, opponents and parents is vital not only in basketball but in life as well.  If we all work together, I believe that this club can become not only Colorado’s Elite, but one of the Nation’s elite. 

Sincerely, Keirsten Walters

 



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