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Alabama Elite Club Basketball was started in 1999 under the direction of Mike Ellen with the goal of promoting basketball in Huntsville, Madison and surrounding areas.  We are a 501c3 non-profit organization and where "The Tradition Continues".  The Alabama Elite club has been carrying girls to college exposure tournaments since 2002. If you would like information about any of the Alabama Elite teams or if you are interested in becoming a part of Alabama Elite, please email me at mikeellen@knology.net or mike@alabamaelite.com or call me at (256) 895-0872 / (256) 527-4167 Cell.

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Friday, November 7

Alabama Elite Alumni
Class	Player	#	School	Div	High School	Position	Ht	Yr
2004	Emily Mason	44	Carson-Newman	2	Lauderdale County	Forward	5'-11"	G
	Emily fully recovered from her season ending knee injury her junior year as evidenced by her trip last summer to Italy in which she averaged 22 points and 18 rebounds. Her hard off season work and improvement made her a force in the paint. Before her injury Emily averaged 10.8 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.4assists, and 2.4 steals in only 22 minutes per game.
2004	Brooke Hand	12	UTC (TN-Chattanooga)	1	Lawrence County	Guard	5'-8"	G
	Brooke as a junior set a new Southern Conference record for 3-pointers made with 232 over three years...Broke a school and SoCon 18-year-old record for 3-pointers made with 90, surpassing the previous best of 87 set in 1989. Brooke also broke the SoCon tournament mark for 3-pointers made with 12 and tied for most attempts with 21. While playing for Alabama Elite coached by Mike Ellen and Lynn Lanier they finished 30-6 in the summer of 2003 and won state AAU tournament, state YBOA tournament and finished third in the national tournament. Brooke averaged 25 points per game and eight assists per game earning all-tournament honors in the national tournament while scoring 40 points in one game and hit nine 3-pointers in one game.
2005	Carly Clemons	-	Shelton State	JC	Pinson Valley	Forward	5'-11"	G
	Carly played at Pinson Valley High School during her Prep career and along with teammate Ashley Thornton for the Alabama Elite AAU team. Carly played at Shelton State before transferring to Auburn.
2005	Ashley Boykin	5	UAH (AL-Huntsville)	1	Haleyville	Guard	5'-9"	G
2005	Jenna Collier	31	Alabama A&M	1	J. O. Johnson	Guard	5'-7"	G
2005	Ashley Fann	40	Winthrop University	1	Hazel Green	Forward	6'-0"	G
2005	Ashley Haugtvedt	42	Winthrop University	1	Hazel Green	Forward/Center	6'-2"	G
2005	Ashley Thornton	42	Memphis	1	Pinson Valley	Forward	6'-0"	G
2005	Krystin George	35	Gadsden State CC	JC	Franklin County, TN	Forward	5'-10"	G
2005	Maranda Wilkinson	22	Campbellsville University	NAIA	Huntland, TN	Guard/Forward	5'-10"	G
Elite playing College Basketball in 2008-09
Class	Player	#	School	Div	High School	Position	Ht	Yr
2006	Channa Campbell	42	Mississippi State	1	West Limestone	Post/Center	6'-2"	SR
2006	Jenya Wade-Fray	15	UTC (TN-Chattanooga)	1	Bob Jones	Forward/Guard	5'-9"	SR
2006	Amber Whitt	14	UAH (AL-Huntsville)	1	Bob Jones	Forward	6'-1"	SR
2006	Tiffany McGhee	50	Stillman College	2	Bob Jones	Forward/Center	6'-0"	SR
2006	Essence Butler	24	Alabama State	2	Sparkman	Forward	5'-9"	INJ
2007	Brittany Manning	20	AL A&M/Jacksonville State	1	Bob Jones	Forward	5'-9"	SO
2007	China Antoine	12	Shelton State/Minnesota	1	Bob Jones	Guard	5'-3"	JR
2008	Shanise Foster	33	AUM (Auburn-Montgomery)	NAIA	Austin	Forward	5'-9"	SO
2008	Courtney Thacker	12	AUM (Auburn-Montgomery)	NAIA	Crossville	Forward/Guard	5'-11"	SO
2008	Lacy "Fred" Lewis	12	UNA (North Alabama)	2	Fyffe	Forward	5'-11"	SO
2008	Kristin White	3	UNA (North Alabama)	2	Pisgah	Forward	6'-1"	LS
2008	Jessie Smith	22	UNA (North Alabama)	2	Hartselle	Forward	5'-9"	SO
2009	Danielle Vaughn	44	Jacksonville State	1	Sparkman	Post	6'-2"	FR
2009	Stephanie Stanley	24	Birmingham Southern	3	Sparkman	Guard	5'-8"	FR
2009	Avery Tumlin	10	Birmingham Southern	3	Fyffe	Guard	5'-8"	FR
2009	Morgan Crawley	25	UAH (AL-Huntsville)	2	Brewer	Guard	5'-11"	FR

EC - Early Commitment, G - Graduated, S - Signed, INJ - Injured, LS - Left School

Monday, November 9

Gamecocks Defeat Miles 76-61 In Exhibition Action

JACKSONVILLE – Jacksonville State placed three players in double figures en route to a 76-61 win over Miles College in an exhibition game on Tuesday at Pete Mathews Coliseum. Brittany Wiley led the Gamecocks with 19 points on six-of-nine shooting from the floor. Freshman Danielle Vaughn recorded a double-double in her JSU debut with 15 points and 10 rebounds while knocking down 10-of-13 free throws. Jolie Efezokhae added 11 points and pulled down eight rebounds to round out the double figure scorers for JSU. The Gamecocks stretched a five point lead to 12 with an 8-1 run after a pair of Vaughn frree throws to give JSU a 27-15 lead with 7:45 left in the first half. Kelsey Johnikin hit a free throw with 25 seconds left to give JSU a 36-28 lead at halftime. JSU used a 6-2 run to build a 14-point lead after a pair of Efezokhae free throws gave JSU a 63-49 lead at the 7:14 mark of the second half. The Gamecocks went 33-of-40 from the free throw line, including going 10-of-12 over the final 4:13 of the game to pull away for the win. Brandy Gillespie led Miles with 16 points and nine rebounds followed by Ashley Orphey with 13 point sand Cyntonia Jones with 12 points. Jacksonville State plays its second and final exhibition game against Oglethorpe University at Pete Mathews Coliseum this Saturday at 7 p.m. The Gamecocks open the 2009-10 season at Samford University on Fri., Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. in Pete Hanna Arena.

Thursday, July 2

10-under team wins AAU state title

MONTGOMERY - Two Alabama Elite boys travel AAU basketball teams did well in the AAU State Division 1 tournament. The 10-under/fourth-grade team won the state championship. Players included Evan Stair, Justin Ramsey, Jarius Ramsey, John Petty, Aaron Zawacki, Austin Troxell, Ryan Chasteen, Alondras Strong and Brandon Crosby. The 12-under/sixth-grade team lost the D1 Division championship game in overtime. Team members included Ethan Stair, Malik Miller, Dalton Barkley, Gerron Scissum, Wesley Anderson, Dominique McNealey, Willie Harris,Logan Markham, and Josh Langford. David Stair, Robert Ramsey and Lemeco Miller coached both teams. The teams received bids to play in the national tournament this month. All players are from the Madison County/North Huntsville area. From staff reports (Taken in full from the Huntsville Times)

Thursday, May 7

Minnesota Gophers sign ex-Elite PG to National Letter of Intent

Minnesota head coach Pam Borton announced that China Antoine from Shelton State Community College (Ala.) has signed a National Letter of Intent. Antoine, a 5-3 point guard, will join the Golden Gopher as a junior in the 2009-10 season. “We are excited to have China join our program,” said Borton. “A point guard and leader, China is a proven winner and her teams have won a lot! Coming from a program that is used to winning is something we look for in recruiting student-athletes to our program. China is a great fit for our program and we are excited to welcome her into our Gopher family.” Antoine helped the Lady Bucs to NCJAA National Tournament appearances in both 2008 and 2009. Shelton State finished sixth in the tournament last season, posting a 38-6 overall record. The 2008 squad placed seventh and collected a 31-5 record. Shelton State captured Alabama Community College Conference titles (ACCC) in both seasons. Antoine finished the 2008-09 season among the NJCAA leaders in assists and steals. She dished out 6.9 assists per game to rank fourth in the nation, while her 3.2 steals per game ranked 21st. During the season, Antoine earned All-ACCC Second Team honors and went on to collect MVP accord at both the conference and regional tournaments. Antoine is from Madison, Ala., and was a 2007 graduate of Bob Jones High School.

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Saturday, March 14


Saturday, March 14

Demetries "Meechie" McNealy has been voted the Most Valuable Player on the Huntsville All-City basketball team for 2008-2009.

Friday, March 13

Fann always steady

Fann Named All-Conference and All-Academic Team

Consistency, by definition, is a firmness or constitution of character. Consistency by action, then, must be Ashley Fann. All-Region in basketball four times and All-State three times while at Hazel Green High School. A four-year starter at Division I Winthrop. A four-year scoring average of 12.9 points per game, never going above 13.7 and never falling below 12.2 in any one season. An All-Academic member. A degree in biology in hand come May. Four years in, four years out. No wasted time here. "I'm a routine-oriented person," Fann said. Her most recent one, the one Fann has engaged in since leaving Madison County in 2005, is close to being interrupted for good. It may or may not happen this morning when the fourth-seeded Lady Eagles take on fifth-seeded Coastal Carolina in the Big South Tournament in High Point, N.C. "On Senior Night (last Friday), winning the last home game (a 72-58 victory over UNC-Asheville), me and my team had a moment at the center of the court," Fann said. "All of the seniors were crying. It was kind of like a huge group hug. I really seems like yesterday that we were coming in as freshmen." No one has meant more to the women's program at Winthrop, a small liberal arts college in Rock Hill, S.C., than the 6-foot Fann. She came into a rebuilding situation - the team won all of two games the year before she arrived and had not had a winning season since the mid-1980s - quickly became the face of the program and will leave school's all-time leading scorer and rebounder. In between, there were some tough times. As sophomores, she and fellow Hazel Green alum Ashley Haugtvedt were part of the youngest team in the country - there were no juniors or seniors on the roster - and Winthrop went 6-26. "We were sophomores trying to lead ourselves as well as the freshmen," Fann said. "It was a really hard season for us, but I think it's been instrumental to taking us where we are now as a team." Where they are now is on solid ground. The Lady Eagles bounced back with a school-record 20-win season in 2007-08 and won their final three games of this regular season to go into the conference tourney above .500 at 15-14. In the meantime, the women have gone from playing in front of, as Fann said, "our families, a few of our friends and one or two people who just came" to a crowd that fills out a respectable portion of the 6,100-seat Winthrop Coliseum. "The support we've gained over the years is really special to me," she said. n the interim, Fann has had to stand on her own two feet. Rock Hill is seven-plus hours from home, limiting her return visits during the school year to two or three per year. "Being away from home has helped me a lot," she said. "You learn responsibility, time management and self-discipline, you learn to prioritize things. You realize what the real world is going to be like." In the short term, her thought process won't deviate much. Fann plans to go to graduate school to study physical therapy and wants to give the pro game overseas a shot, too. If the past is a prelude, her effort will be determined, the results solid. In other words, consistent. Before leaving her home floor for the final time, though, Fann showed that another label could apply to her. In that game against UNC-Asheville, she scored a career-high 27 points, including 23 in the second half. That kind of performance deserves a different kind of adjective. Spectacular.

Contact Bill Bryant at bill.bryant@htimes.com

Monday, February 4

Fann was honored for reaching 1,000 career points

Fann was honored for reaching 1,000 career points

ROCK HILL, SC—Tiffany Rodd and Ashley Fann combined to score 52 points in a 75-66 victory over Charleston Southern for Winthrop’s six consecutive win, Saturday afternoon in Big South Conference action. Rodd scored a career-high 27 points and Fann tied her career-high with 25 points as the duo helped Winthrop improve to 2-0 in the Big South for just the second time in school history. Both were part of the first team to ever start 2-0 in league play as freshmen in 2005-06. In addition, the Eagles improved to 14-6 on the season and the 14-wins ties the school record for wins at the NCAA Division I level. The 2005-06 set the mark with a 14-15 record. After leading by 13 points at the break, Winthrop opened up the second half on a 4-0 run to lead 46-29 with 18:10 remaining in the game. Charleston Southern (6-14, 1-2) responded with an 8-0 run behind the three-point shooting of Katie Tull. Rodd answered with a three to push the lead back to 12 and Winthrop held a double-figure lead nine and a half minutes. Charleston Southern made a late push and got the lead down to just seven points with 2:28 to go after two Natalie Caldwell free throws. The Lady Bucs nearly got a defensive stop, but Ashley Haugtvedt came through for the Eagles as her put-back off a Fann miss as time expired on the shot clock pushed the lead back to nine and the Eagles held on from there... Charleston Southern continued to hold onto a small lead until the 13:43 mark as Fann connected on a three from the top of the key. That put Winthrop up 14-12, a lead it didn’t lose the rest of the game. Trailing by three points, Rodd started a 12-0 run that put Winthrop up nine points. Winthrop eventually pushed the lead to 42-29 at half time. It was the second time Rodd has scored 20 or more points this season and the third time for Fann. Rodd finished the game 10-for-18 from the field and 6-for-11 behind the arc. She also had two steals. Fann finished 9-for-14 from the field and a perfect 6-for-6 from the foul line. She also had two assists and nine rebounds. The 25 points by fan gives her 1,003 points for her career. She became just the fourth player in school history to reach 1,000 points in a career before her senior season. She is also just the 7th player at Winthrop to score 1,000 or more points and pull down at least 500 rebounds.