STARZ 6TH WINS AAU D1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!
At the AAU
D1 National Championship held
on July 13-18 in Clarksville TN, our AL
Southern Starz 2022 (6TH Grade) Team WON the
AAU 6TH GRADE D1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP after going 7-0
against Top National Competition!! Starz 2022 dominated the
Kentucky Premier 2022 by a final score of 46-32 in the AAU
National Championship Game after jumping out to a 31-12 lead
at Halftime! Our STARZ 2022 won EACH GAME in this event by
8 or more points and is now 14-0 during the past 2 AAU
National Championships! For the 2nd year in a row, 3 teams
from our Starz 6TH Pool advanced to the ELITE 8! This
Championship Run included 5 Wins vs Top 8 finishers in this
event! STARZ 2022 makes HISTORY in becoming the FIRST AAU
Girls' Basketball Team from the State of Alabama to Win
BACK-TO-BACK AAU National Championships! CONGRATS to our
STARZ 2022 PLAYERS, COACHES, & FAMILIES for this Historic
Accomplishment which will now be with you ALL for a
Lifetime!
STARZ are AL AAU STATE CHAMPS for 2016 in 6 Divisions!!
(5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th & 11th)
Twelve (12) of our Southern Starz teams participated in the
AL AAU State Tournament on the weekend of May 27-29 at GW
Carver High School and on the campus of Samford
University in Birmingham, AL!
Our Starz 5th-Collier, 6th-Chase, 8th-Pickett, 9th-Bush,
10th-Looney, & 11th-Bush Teams each finished
as
AL AAU State Champs while our
Starz 7th-Looney, Starz 10th-Harris &
Starz 11th-Gafford teams
each finished 2nd. Our
Starz 8th-Harrison, Starz 9th-Harrison & Starz 10-Kimber teams
each finished 3rd. All our Starz teams competed at a high
level! Our
Starz 5th-Collier team won their 2nd
consecutive AL AAU State Championship by defeating the AL
Blazers 5th. Our defending AAU National Champion Starz
6th-Chase team won the 7th Grade
Championship (a "3-Peat") by defeating our own Starz 7th-Looney team
in the Final.
Starz 8th-Pickett &
Starz 9th-Bush each won their 2nd
consecutive AL AAU State Championships! Defending AAU
National Champion Starz
10th-Looney accomplished a "3-Peat" as AL
AAU State Champ! Defending AAU National Champion Starz
11th-Bush won their 5th consecutive AAU
State Title vs our own Starz
11th-Gafford team in the Final. CONGRATS to
ALL our STARZ TEAMS!
STARZ 11TH WINS AAU D1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!
At the AAU
D1 National Championship held on July
9-13 in Orlando, FL at ESPN's Wide World of Sports
Complex, our
AL Southern Starz 2016-Looney team
WON the AAU 11TH GRADE D1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP after going
6-0 against Top National Competition!! Starz 2016
defeated the Coastal Georgia Comets 2016 by 64-43 in the
Championship Game on Monday, July 13! Starz
2016-Looney dominated this event in winning each game by 15
or more points! STARZ 2016-Looney joins STARZ 5TH, STARZ
2017-Bush, & STARZ 2018-Looney as AAU D1 National Champions
in 2015! CONGRATS to our STARZ 2016-Looney PLAYERS,
COACHES, & FAMILIES on this Historic Accomplishment which
will now be with you ALL for a Lifetime!
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STARZ 10TH WINS AAU D1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!
At the AAU
D1 National Championship held on July
9-13 in Orlando, FL at ESPN's Wide World of Sports
Complex, our
AL Southern Starz 2017-Bush team
WON the AAU 10TH GRADE D1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP after going
6-1 against Top National Competition!! Starz 2017-Bush
defeated the Jacksonville Lady Rams 2017 by 77-64 in a
rematch in the Championship Game on Monday, July 13 after
suffering a close loss to the Lady Rams & the #2-ranked 2017
player in the nation, 6-1 Rellah Boothe, in their opening
game in Pool Play on last Thursday, July 9! After
their opening game, Starz 2017-Bush dominated this event in
winning each game by 13 or more points! STARZ 2017-Bush
joins STARZ 5TH, STARZ 2018-Looney, & STARZ 2016-Looney as
AAU D1 National Champions in 2015! CONGRATS to our
STARZ 2017-Bush PLAYERS, COACHES, & FAMILIES on this
Historic Accomplishment which will now be with you ALL for a
Lifetime!
STARZ 9TH WINS AAU D1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!
At the AAU
D1 National Championship held on July
9-13 in Orlando, FL at ESPN's Wide World of Sports
Complex, our
AL Southern Starz 2018-Loonwy team
WON the AAU 9TH GRADE D1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP after going
6-0 against Top National Competition!! Starz 2018
defeated PV-Havoc City Elite 2018 by 74-52 in the
Championship Game on Monday, July 13! Starz
2018-Looney dominated this event in winning each game by 22
or more points with the exception of a 13-pt win! STARZ
2018-Looney joins STARZ 5TH, STARZ 2017-Bush, & STARZ
2016-Looney as AAU D1 National Champions in 2015!
CONGRATS to our STARZ 2018-Looney PLAYERS, COACHES, &
FAMILIES on this Historic Accomplishment which will now be
with you ALL for a Lifetime!
STARZ 5TH WINS AAU D1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!
At the AAU
D1 National Championship held on
June 22-27 in Bloomington IN, our
AL Southern Starz 5TH Grade Team WON the AAU
5TH GRADE D1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP after going 7-0
against Top National Competition!! Starz 5TH dominated
the defending AAU National Champion WACG (Nashville TN) by a
final score of 62-35 in the AAU National Championship Game
after jumping out to a 31-12 lead at Halftime! Our
STARZ 5TH won EACH GAME in this event by 10 or more points
and scored an average of almost 60 Points per Game ... this
included 5 Wins vs Top 7 finishers in this event!
STARZ 5TH becomes only the THIRD TEAM from the State of
Alabama (in 4TH - 11TH Grades) to WIN the AAU NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP, with the most recent being our STARZ 11TH
Grade Team (Class of 2014) in July 2013! CONGRATS to
our STARZ 5TH PLAYERS, COACHES, & FAMILIES on this Historic
Accomplishment which will now be with you ALL for a
Lifetime!
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KALEIGH CLEMMONS SIGNS with VANDERBILT!!
STARZ
2016 All-State
& Miss Basketball (TN) 5-8 PG KALEIGH
CLEMMONS of Baylor School in Chattanooga TN
signed her Letter of Intent (LOI) to play basketball &
attend college for Head Coach Melanie Balcomb at Vanderbilt
University of the SEC. She signed her LOI
in a ceremony at her school gymnasium in front of Family,
Friends, Coaches, Team Mates, Class Mates, Community
Members, Media, STARZ Coach Kent Looney. Kaleigh has had a
long-time Dream to play for the Commodores!! She will join
STARZ 3x3 U18 Silver Medalist & Nationally-ranked CHASSITY
(LEA LEA) CARTER (Dixson TN) in signing with Vanderbilt.
Head Coach MELANIE BALCOMB is
very excited about adding a tough, proven winnier
and Top In-state, impact player to her program. CONGRATS to
KALEIGH!!
RACHEL CHILDRESS SIGNS with UAB!!
STARZ
2016 All-State
& All-Star MVP 5-9 SG RACHEL
CHILDRESS of 5A-Lawrence County High
School signed her Letter of Intent (LOI) to play basketball
& attend college for Head Coach Randy Norton at
UAB
of Conference USA (C-USA). She signed her LOI in a ceremony
at her school gymnasium in front of Family, Friends,
Coaches, Team Mates, Class Mates, Community Members, Media,
and STARZ Coach
Kent
Looney. Rachel helped lead our STARZ
2016-Looney team to the AAU D1 11th Grade National
Championship in July 2015 at ESPN/Disney's WWOS Complex in
Orlando, FL. Head Coach RANDY
NORTON is
very excited about adding a tough, proven winner
and Top In-state, impact player to his program at UAB.
CONGRATS to RACHEL!!
KATIE ALLEN SIGNS with SAMFORD!!
STARZ
2016 All-State
& North All-Star 5-10 SG KATIE
ALLEN of 6A-Albertville High School signed
her Letter of Intent (LOI) to play basketball & attend
college for Head Coach Mike Morris at D1 SAMFORD of the
Southern Conference (SoCon). She signed her LOI in a
ceremony at her school gymnasium in front of Family,
Friends, Coaches, Team Mates, Class Mates, Community
Members, Media, and STARZ Director
Doug
Bush & her Coach
Kent
Looney. Katie helped lead our STARZ
2016-Looney team to the AAU D1 11th Grade National
Championship in July 2015 at ESPN/Disney's WWOS Complex in
Orlando, FL. Katie will join STARZ 2012 grad
LYDIA
MCGEE (Madison Academy), STARZ 2013 grad
HANNAH NICHOLS (Madison County HS), & STARZ
2014 grad
DESTINEY ELLIOTT (Oneonta HS) at
SAMFORD. Head Coach MIKE
MORRIS is
very excited about adding another Starz player who is
a proven winner and impact player to his program at SAMFORD.
CONGRATS to KATIE!!
SHAQUERA WADE SIGNS with ALABAMA!!
STARZ 2015 Nationally-Ranked All-State
6-0 Combo Guard SHAQUERA
WADE of 7A-Regional Finalist
Huntsville High School signed her Letter of Intent (LOI) to
play basketball & attend college for Head Coach Kristy
Curry at the
University of ALABAMA
of the SEC. She signed her LOI in a ceremony in the HHS
gymnasium in front of Family, Friends, Coaches, Team
Mates, Class Mates, Community Members, Media, STARZ
Coach Willie Harris, & STARZ Director/Coach
Doug Bush. Shaquera is the Top
Ranked 2015 player in the State of Alabama! Shaquera
has had a long-time Dream to play for the Crimson Tide!!
She will join STARZ 2015 team mate
TRISTA MAGEE
(Presbyterian Christian School - Hattiesburg MS) in
signing with the Tide and will join STARZ 2014 AAU
NATIONAL CHAMP 6-1 Fwd NENE BOLTON
(4A-Anniston HS), as well. ALABAMA Head Coach
KRISTY CURRY is very excited about
adding another Top In-state, impact player to her
program. CONGRATS to SHAQUERA!!
TRISTA MAGEE SIGNS with ALABAMA!!
STARZ 2015 Dandy Dozen & All-State MVP
6-0 Wing TRISTA
MAGEE of State Champion Presbyterian
Christian School (Hattiesburg MS) signed her Letter of
Intent (LOI) to play basketball & attend college
for Head Coach Kristy Curry at the
University of ALABAMA of the SEC. She
signed her LOI in a ceremony in the PCS Library in front
of Family, Friends, Coaches, Team Mates, Class
Mates, Church Members, Media, STARZ Director/Coach
Doug Bush. TRISTA is the Top
Ranked 2015 player in the State of Mississippi! TRISTA
was the 1ST COMMIT 1-Year Ago to then New Crimson Tide
Head Coach Kristy Curry! She will join STARZ 2015
team mate
SHAQUERA WADE (7A-Huntsville High
School) in signing with the Tide and will join STARZ
2014 AAU NATIONAL CHAMP 6-1 Fwd
NENE BOLTON (4A-Anniston HS), as
well. ALABAMA Head Coach
KRISTY CURRY is very excited about
adding a Proven Winner, Leader and High Impact Player to
her program. CONGRATS to TRISTA!!
TA'NAISHA HILL SIGNS with D1
UT-MARTIN!!
STARZ 2015 North All-Star 5-6 PG TA'NAISHA
HILL of 7A-Regional Finalist Huntsville
High School signed her Letter of Intent (LOI) to play
basketball & attend college at Division 1 4-Time
Defending OVC Champion University
of TENNESSEE-MARTIN (UTM) of the Ohio
Valley Conference (OVC). She signed her LOI in a
ceremony in the HHS Gym in front of Family, Friends,
Coaches, Team Mates, Class Mates, Church Members,
Media, STARZ Coach Willie Harris, & STARZ Director/Coach
Doug Bush. TA'NAISHA is One of the
Top Ranked 2015 players in the State of
Alabama! UT-MARTIN Head Coach
KIP McMILLAN is very excited about
adding a Proven Winner, Leader and High Impact Player to
his SKYHAWKS program. CONGRATS to TA'NAISHA!!
NAKEIA BURKS SIGNS with D1 UT-CHATTANOOGA!!
STARZ 2015 5-9 Wing NAKEIA
BURKS of 7A-Regional Finalist Huntsville
High School signed her Letter of Intent (LOI) to play
basketball & attend college at 2-Time Defending SOCON
Champion University
of TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA (UTC) of the
Southern Conference (SOCON). She signed her LOI in a
ceremony in the HHS Gym in front of Family, Friends,
Coaches, Team Mates, Class Mates, Church Members,
Media, STARZ Coach Willie Harris, & STARZ Director/Coach
Doug Bush. NAKEIA is One of the
Top Ranked 2015 players in the State of
Alabama! UT-CHATTANOOGA Head Coach
JIM FOSTER is very
excited about adding a Proven Winner & Tough
Competitor to his LADY MOCS program. CONGRATS to
NAKEIA!!
STARZ 8TH is RUNNER-UP in AAU SHOWCASE!!
At the AAU
8TH Grade Super Showcase held on July 6-8 in
Orlando, FL at ESPN's Wide World of Sports Complex, our
AL
Southern Starz 2019-Bush team finished as
RUNNER-UP in this Highly-Competitive, 26-Team
Invitation-Only event! STARZ 2019-Bush WON their Pool
D by going 3-0, including 2 convincing Wins vs NIKE Teams
(55-46 vs FL Essence 2019 & 64-19 vs CFE 2019). After
a Bye, STARZ 2019-Bush dominated the Fairfax Stars by 66-19,
another NIKE Team. In a semi-final vs yet another NIKE
Team, our STARZ fell behind by 7 points at halftime only to
come back to pull out a 52-49 WIN vs Ga Pistols Team Elite
2019 in front of a courtside full of D1 College Coaches!
Our STARZ 2019-Bush fell short in the Final to the Maryland
Belles who proved to be a Very Worthy Champion in this
highly-competitive event! Following the AAU Super
Showcase, our STARZ 2019-Bush squad played UP in
AAU
D2 9TH Grade National Championship and
finished 3RD with a convincing re-match WIN by 57-45 in the
3RD/4TH PLACE Game vs the Carolina Flight 9TH!
CONGRATS to our STARZ 2019-Bush PLAYERS, COACHES, & FAMILIES
on this Great Week in Orlando!!
STARZ are AAU STATE CHAMPS in 6 Divisions!! (4th, 6th,
7th, 8th, 9th & 10th)
Ten (10) of our Southern Starz teams participated in the AL
AAU State Tournament the weekend of May 22-24 on the campus
of Samford University in Birmingham, AL & at Old Berry High
School!
Our
Starz 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th-Bush, 9th-Looney,
& 10th-Bush Teams each finished as
AL
AAU State Champs in their respective Age
Divisions while our
Starz 6th &
Starz
11th-Looney teams each finished 2nd.
Our Starz
9th-Harris team finished 3rd, while
Starz
10th-Grant team finished 4th. All our
Starz teams competed at a high level! Our
Starz
4th grade team won their 1st AL AAU State
Championship by defeated the AL Twisters 4th. Our
nationally-ranked Starz 5th grade team won the 6th Grade
Championship by defeating our
Starz 6th
grade team.
Starz
7th &
Starz
8th-Bush each won their 1st AL AAU State
Championships!
Starz
9th-Looney won Back-to-Back
Championships with a 85-71 victory in the final vs AL Heat
Elite. Starz
10th-Bush won their 4th consecutive AAU
State Title with a dominating 69-20 WIN in the Final over AL
Heat Elite. Starz
11th-Looney advvanced to their
Championship Game and fell short. CONGRATS to ALL our STARZ
TEAMS!
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STARZ win SILVER MEDAL @ 2015 USA 3x3 U18 NATIONALS!
Southern Starz Director
Doug Bush assembled a very talented team of
4 very highly-ranked players (born on/after January 1, 1997)
to compete in the
2015 USA 3x3 U18 National Tournament at the
US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs on May
1-3. Our STARZ 3x3 Team was made up of Starz 2015 grad
& Alabama Miss Basketball, Gatorade POY, & USA Today POY 6-0
Combo G
SHAQUERA WADE (Alabama Signee) of Huntsville
AL, 2016 nationally-ranked Gatorade POY & USA Today POY 6-2
Fwd
ERIN BOLEY (Notre Dame Commit) of
Hodgenville KY, 2016 nationally-ranked Wing
NIA HOLLIE (Undecided) of Hopkins, MN &
Starz 2017 6-1 "Dandy Dozen" Fwd
KENNEDY GAVIN (Undecided) of Petal MS.
STARZ 3x3 WON a Qualifying Tourney on March 29 in
Winston-Salem NC by going a perfect 6-0 and capturing the
Championship! On May 1 (Friday) in Colorado Springs,
individual events were held and the duo of WADE & BOLEY WON
the GOLD Medal in the Hot Shot Contest while HOLLIE took
the GOLD Medal in the Skills Contest. GAVIN earned a
BRONZE Medal in the 3-Pt Contest! STARZ 3x3 then
entered Pool Play on Saturday, and went 3-0 to WIN Pool A. STARZ
3x3 advanced to the Championship Game on Sunday morning vs
"DEFEND" (aka TEAM USA) which featured 3 2015 McDonald's
All-Americans. STARZ 3x3 led or was tied until the
final 40 seconds, only to fall short by a final score of
18-14 in the Final. STARZ 3x3 WON the SILVER MEDAL for
the 2nd Year in a row! The Winner advances to become
TEAM USA at the World Championships on June 4-7 in Hungary!
CONGRATS!
STARZ 2015's SHAQUERA WADE & TRISTA MAGEE are USA TODAY
POY's!
CONGRATS to STARZ 2015 nationally-ranked 6-0 Combo G SHAQUERA
WADE (Alabama Signee) of 7A-HUNTSVILLE HS &
6-0 Wing
TRISTA MAGEE (Alabama Signee) of
PRESBYTERIAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Hattiesburg MS) as they were
named PLAYER of the YEAR (POY) in ALABAMA & MISSISSIPPI,
respectively, by the USA TODAY! See full details and
complete ALL-USA TEAMS for each STATE at:
http://usatodayhss.com/2015/american-family-insurance-all-usa-state-girls-basketball-teams!
CONGRATS to both SHAQUERA & TRISTA on their POY AWARDS!!
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STARZ TEAMS DOMINATE 14th ANNUAL AAU SRT!!
In our very own
14th Annual AAU Super Regional Tournament (AAU SRT) hosted
by our
Southern Starz in Huntsville, AL on
April 10-12 at Huntsville High, Butler HS, & Hazel Green
HS our STARZ Teams WON each of the SIX (6) Divisions in
the event as follows:
11th GR
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STARZ 11th-Looney
defeated TN Team Pride 11th-Black by 74-70!
10th GR
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STARZ 9th-Looney
defeated Team Memphis Elite 10th by 68-55
9th GR
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STARZ 8th-Bush
defeated
Starz 9th-Harris by 49-39
7th GR
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STARZ 7th
defeated SO/Kentucky Starz by 47-15
6th GR -
STARZ 6th
defeated WACG 5th by
5th GR
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STARZ 5th
defeated SO/Kentucky Starz
In addition, our Starz
10th-Bush team finished 3rd playing UP
in the 11th Grade Division.
Starz 10th-Birmingham finished 3rd in
the 10th Grade Division. Each of these 6 Starz Championship teams
qualified for the AAU National Championships in their
respective age groups. CONGRATS to ALL our STARZ!!!
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SHAQUERA WADE is MISS BASKETBALL & GATORADE POY!
CONGRATS to STARZ 2015 nationally-ranked 6-0 Combo G SHAQUERA
WADE (Alabama Signee) of 7A-HUNTSVILLE
HS as she was recently named BOTH MISS BASKETBALL &
GATORADE PLAYER of the YEAR (POY) in the STATE of
ALABAMA!! SHAQUERA is a long-time STARZ PLAYER
having been with our program since AGE 9! She
becomes the 5TH STARZ PLAYER in the last 7 YEARS to be
named MISS BASKETBALL in ALABAMA! SHAQUERA scored
15 PTS & grabbed 11 REBS to help ALABAMA defeat
MISSISSIPPI by 93-87 on March 20 in Montgomery AL in the
annual AL vs MISSISSIPPI ALL-STAR GAME featuring the TOP
12 SENIORS from each state! CONGRATS to SHAQUERA
& GO STARZ!!
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STARZ WIN 3x3 U18 QUALIFIER for USA NATIONALS!
Southern Starz Director Doug Bush has assembled a very
talented team of 4 very highly-ranked players born
on/after January 1, 1997 with the Goal of competing in
the
2015 USA 3x3 U18 National Tournament at
the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs on
April 30 - May 3. Our STARZ 3x3 Team WON their
Qualifier on Sunday, March 29 in Winston-Salem, NC by
going 6-0 in Pool & Bracket Play, including a 21-16 WIN
in the Championship Game! With this WIN, STARZ 3x3
is Qualified for the 2015 USA 3x3 U18 National
Tournament! Our STARZ 3x3 U18 Team's roster is
made up of Starz 2015 Alabama Miss Basketball, Gatorade
Player of the Year, & Nationally-ranked 6-0 Combo G SHAQUERA
WADE (#23) (Alabama Signee) of
7A-Huntsville High School, 2016 Gatorade Player of the
Year in Kentucky & Nationally-ranked 6-2 Fwd
ERIN BOLEY (#21) (Notre Dame Commit) of
Elizabethtown (KY) High School, 2016 Nationally-ranked
Wing
NIA HOLLIE (#12) of State Champion
Hopkins (MN) High School, & STARZ 2017 Dandy Dozen 6-1
Fwd
KENNEDY GAVIN (#33) of 6A-Petal (MS)
High School. SHAQUERA competed on our STARZ 3x3
U18 Team that finished Runner-Up and Won the SILVER
MEDAL at the 2014 USA 3x3 U18 National Tournament held
at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Spring in
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STARZ 2017-Bush WIN NASHVILLE TOC 16U DIVISION!
STARZ 2017-Bush WON the CHAMPIONSHIP of the
NASHVILLE TOC on July 10-12 playing UP in the 16U Division
with a 4-0 record, including Wins in the Semi-finals by
39-38 over a very talented TEAM SLINK 2016 squad & a tough
36-32 WIN in the FINAL over a tough FGB 2016 team.
Both games were played with LOTS of COLLEGE COACHES at
courtside watching D1 Prospects & Commits on all teams.
With this Win, our STARZ 2017-Bush team is now 14-0 in the
Deep South Classic 2013, Deep South Classic 2014, &
Nashville TOC and has WON their Division playing UP in each
of these 3 high-profile events put on my Michael T. White!!
CONGRATS & GO STARZ!!
STARZ 2016 DUO in TOP 32 of ELITE 60 RANKINGS!
STARZ 2016 6-2 Fwd
JASMINE WALKER (7A-Jeff Davis HS) is ranked
#30 & 5-8 PG
TYRA JOHNSON (6A-Austin HS) is ranked #32 in
the Nation in the New "Elite 60" Player Rankings recently
released by PROSPECTS NATION!! See Complete Player
Rankings at: http://www.prospectsnation.com/players/ranked/2016.
JASMINE & TYRA are the ONLY 2 players from the STATE of
ALABAMA included in the "ELITE 60" Rankings! CONGRATS
to both JASMINE & TYRA! GO STARZ!
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STARZ win SILVER MEDAL at USA 3x3 NATIONALS!
Southern Starz Director Doug Bush assembled a very talented
team of 4 very highly-ranked players born during 1996 & 1997
to compete in the
2014 USA 3x3 U18 National Tournament at the
US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs on May 29 -
June 1. Our STARZ 3x3 Team was made up of Starz 2014 grad &
McDonald's All-American & Alabama Miss Basketball SHAKAYLA
THOMAS (FSU Signee), Starz 2015
nationally-ranked Wing
SHAQUERA WADE (Alabama Commit) of
7A-Huntsville High School, 2015 nationally-ranked Wing
MACI MORRIS (Kentucky Commit) of Bell County
(KY) High School, & 2016 nationally-ranked Wing
CHASSITY (LEA LEA) CARTER of Dickson County
(TN) High School who was a member of the U16 Gold Medal
Winning USA 5x5 Team in 2013. STARZ 3x3 began the
Preliminary Round on Thursday (5/29) by going 5-0 and
capturing the Championship! On Friday (5/30),
individual events were held and the duo of WADE & CARTER WON
the GOLD Medal in the Hot Shot Contest while THOMAS WON the
SILVER Medal in the Skills Contest. STARZ 3x3 then
entered Pool Play on Saturday, with a matchup against TEAM
USA as they suffered a 21-20 loss after having 2 shots to
win the hard fought contest. STARZ 3x3 finished Pool
Play with a record of 4-2 and the #2 Seed. STARZ 3x3
advanced to the Championship Game on Sunday morning and a
re-match against TEAM USA only to fall short by a final
score of 21-14. STARZ 3x3 WON the SILVER MEDAL!
CONGRATS!
STARZ are AAU STATE CHAMPS in 5 Divisions!! (4th, 8th,
9th, 10th & 11th)
Eleven (11) of our Southern Starz teams participated in the
AL AAU State Tournament the weekend of May 23-25 at Hoover
High School & on the campus of Samford University in
Birmingham, AL!
Our Starz 4th, 8th-Looney, 9th-Bush, 10th-Hooks & 11th-Bush
Teams each finished as
AL AAU State Champs in their respective Age
Divisions while our
Starz 5th &
Starz 9th-Gaston teams each finished 2nd.
Our Starz
6th team finished 3rd. All our Starz
teams competed at a high level! Our
Starz 4th grade team won their 1st AL AAU
State Championship by defeated the AL Twisters 4th.
Starz 8th-Looney won their 1st AL AAU State
Championship with a convincing 73-59 WIN in the Finals over
the 2-Time defending State Champs (Homewood Heat, now AL
Heat Elite). Starz
9th-Bush won their 3rd consecutive AAU State
Title with a 81-45 WIN in the Final over
Starz 9th-Gaston.
Starz 10th-Hooks won their 1st AAU State
Title with a 71-51 WIN in the Final over the Steel City
Gators.
Starz 11th-Bush won their 4th straight AAU
State Title with a solid 51-38 WIN in the Final over the AL
Shockerz. Our
Starz 5th GR Team advanced to their
Championship Game and fell short in OT to the AL Tar
Heels. CONGRATS to ALL our STARZ TEAMS!
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Starz 4th
Grade State Champs |
Starz 5th
Grade State Runner-Up |
Starz
2018-Looney State Champs |
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Starz
2017-Gaston State Runner-Up |
Starz
2017-Bush State Champs |
Starz
2016-Hooks State Champs |
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Starz
2015-Bush State Champs |
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STARZ 11TH & 8TH are AAU SRT CHAMPS!!
In our very own
13th Annual AAU Super Regional Tournament (AAU SRT) hosted
by our
Southern Starz in Huntsville, AL on April
11-13 at Huntsville High, Madison Academy, and Butler HS,
our nationally-ranked Starz
2015-Bush Team won the 11th Grade Division
over the Alabama Shockerz 11th & our brand new
Starz 2018-Looney Team
won the 8th Grade Division over our
Starz 2018-Harris. In addition,
our
Starz 2016-Looney team finished Runner-Up in
the 10th Grade Division while our
Starz 2017-Bush team finished 3rd playing UP
in the 10th Grade Division.
Starz 7th finished Runner-Up in the 7th
Grade Division. Each of these 6 Starz teams qualified for
the AAU National Championships in their respective age
groups. CONGRATS to ALL our STARZ!!!
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STARZ 2015-Bush STARZ SRT Champs |
STARZ 2018-Looney STARZ SRT Champs |
SOUTHERN STARZ are 2013-14 ALL-STATE per ASWA!
More than 20 of our
Southern Starz players showed up strongly on
the Alabama Sports Writers' Association (ASWA) All-State
Basketball teams for the recently completed 2013-14 season!
Earning
1ST TEAM honors were
Starz 2014 (Senior) players
Shakayla Thomas (5A-Runner Up Sylacauga),
Destiney Elliott (4A State Champ Oneonta),
Quanetria (NeNe) Bolton (4A-Anniston),
Malesha (MiMi) Williams
(3A-Greensboro),
Leah Strain (2A State Champ Woodland), Miracle
Mayo (2A-Lanett) &
Jasmine Richardson
(1A-Winterboro) ... Starz
2015 (Junior) players
Eulacia Edwards (1A-Sunshine) &
Amahni Upshaw (1A State Champ Brantley) ...
and
Starz 2016 (Soph) Rachel
Childress (5A-Lawrence County). ALL 1st
Team selections are eligible to be named class Player of the
Year (POY) and Miss Basketball for the State of Alabama!!
Earning
2ND TEAM honors were
Starz 2015
players
Shaquera Wade (6A-Huntsville), Rayven Pearson
(6A-Hazel Green),
Baylee Johnson (5A-Cullman), &
Meg Gambrill (3A-Holly Pond) ... and Starz
2016
players
Tyra Johnson (6A-Austin),
Jasmine Walker (6A-Jeff Davis).
Earning
HONORABLE MENTION selections were
Starz 2015
player
Destiny Lowden (3A-Plainview), &
Starz 2016
players
Madison Baggett (4A-Madison County),
Presley Johnson (3A-Pisgah), &
Harriett Winchester (1A-Keith) ...
Starz 2017 (Freshmen) players
Elexis Evans
(3A-Greensboro),
Ataiya Bridges (2A-Lanett), &
Allie Kennedy (2A-Red Bay). CONGRATS
to our ALL STATE STARZ!!!!
SHAKAYLA THOMAS is MCDONALD's ALL-AMERICAN!
CONGRATS to STARZ 2014 nationally-ranked
SHAKAYLA THOMAS (Florida State Signee)
of #4-ranked 5A-SYLACAUGA HS as she was selected for the
MCDONALD's ALL-AMERICAN TEAM!! SHAKAYLA becomes
only the 3RD Girls' Player from ALABAMA in HISTORY to be
named to this prestigious All-Star squad! Only 24
of the Top Seniors in the USA from the Class of 2014
were selected to participate in this All-Star Game which
will take place on Wednesday April 2 at the United
Center in CHICAGO! SHAKAYLA will play for the EAST
Team of 12 players and will face off vs 12 top players
from the West! She was the ONLY PLAYER (Boy or
Girl) selected from ALABAMA to participate in this
year's game. SHAKAYLA is the 2-Time defending
Class 5A Player of the Year in Alabama and is nearing
the 4,000 point total for her career.
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STARZ 2014 WINS AAU NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!
At the AAU
National Championship held on
July 9-13 at ESPN / Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in
Orlando, FL our
Southern Starz 2014 (11th GR) Team WON the
AAU 11th GR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP after going 8-0
against Top National Competition!! Starz 2014 defeated
Central Illinois Elite featuring the Gatorade Player of the
Year in Illinois, Jackie Kemph (2014) and highly ranked
Haley Gorecki (2015) by a final score of 61-53!! Starz
2014 led by 5 at halftime but faced a back-and-forth game in
the 2nd half as they trailed by 2 points with 3 minutes to
go. Our team cranked up the Defense and held Illinois
to 2 pts in the final 3 minutes as Starz 2014
nationally-ranked SHAKAYLA THOMAS led the scoring with 27
pts and had 2 big blocked shots in the final minute!!
ALL our young ladies played GREAT and became the VERY FIRST
group of high school age Girls from the State of Alabama to
WIN the AAU STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!! Starz
2009 lost in the 9th GR Finals in 2006. The AL Lady
Gators won the AAU 13U National Championship in 1995 as 8th
Graders. CONGRATS on this Historic Accomplishment
which will now be with you ALL for a Lifetime!!
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STARZ 10th-Bush 3rd in NATION & in AAU SHOWCASE!!
At the recent
AAU Super Showcase &
AAU National Championship held on July 6-8
and July 9-13 at ESPN / Disney's Wide World of Sports
Complex in Orlando, FL our
Southern Starz 2015-Bush (10th GR) Team
played 11 games against Top National Competition and
finished with a record of 9-2, placing 3rd (tied) in their
AAU 10th GR Super Showcase and finishing 3rd in the AAU
10TH GR D1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!! Starz 2015-Bush's
only 2 losses were to Boo Williams-Richmond who went on to
Win the AAU Super Showcase and finished 2nd in the AAU
Nationals. This Top 4 Finish in BOTH AAU EVENTS was a GREAT
performance by the Players & Coaches of our Starz 2015-Bush
(10th GR) Team!! CONGRATS!!
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STARZ 10th-Gilliam are AAU D2 NATIONAL CHAMPS!!
At the recent
AAU Super Showcase &
AAU National Championship held on July 6-8
and July 9-13 at ESPN / Disney's Wide World of Sports
Complex in Orlando, FL our
Southern Starz 2015-Gilliam (10th GR) Team
played 11 games against Top National Competition and
finished with a record of 10-1, placing 9th (tied) in their
AAU 10th GR Super Showcase and finishing as the AAU NATIONAL
CHAMPIONS in the AAU Division 2 National Championship!!
Starz 2015-Gilliam defeated Magic Basketball Academy
(Missouri) in the Championship Game by a final score of
56-46. This was a GREAT performance by the Players &
Coaches of our Starz 2015 (10th GR) Team!! CONGRATS!!
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STARZ 9th-Looney with TOP TEN Finish at AAU Nationals!!
At the recent
AAU Super Showcase &
AAU National Championship held on July 6-8
and July 9-13 at ESPN / Disney's Wide World of Sports
Complex in Orlando, FL our
Southern Starz 2016 (9th GR) Team played 13
games against Top National Competition and finished with a
record of 9-4, placing 12th (of 28 teams) in their AAU 9th
GR Super Showcase and finishing 9th at the AAU 9th GR National
Championship!! During Pool Play in the AAU Nationals, our
Starz 2016 Team defeated the eventual AAU National Champion
Boo Williams by a final score of 43-41!! In the 9th
Place Game, our Starz 2016 team defeated the Capital City
Cyclones (NC) by a final score of 63-61. This was a GREAT
performance by the Players & Coaches of our Starz 2016 (9th
GR) Team!! CONGRATS!!
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STARZ 10th FINISH 4TH at Division 1 AAU NATIONALS!!!
Our AL Southern
Starz 10th (2014) Team fell short in their
run at an AAU National Championship, but they became the
FIRST Starz Team to accomplish a Top 4 in the Nation finish
TWO TIMES, doing so in back-to-back years in 2012 and
2011!! Starz 2014 suffered a tough loss in the Final 4 in a
rematch vs the NY Gauchos NIKE 2014 Team. Starz 2014
defeated the Gauchos by 53-43 in Pool Play and led at
halftime of the rematch by 35-30. Foul trouble and Injuries
and a worthy opponent proved to be a tough combination as
the Starz fell in the end by a score of 76-65. The NY
Gauchos went on to WIN the AAU National Championship! In
the 3rd/4th Place Game, our Starz 2014 got off to a very
slow start and came back to take a 1 pt lead with 3 secs to
go. An untimely foul call resulted in 2 made FTs by the
other team, and Starz 2014 fell to the Drills for Skills
Wildcats from Pittsburgh PA by 61-60 in a heartbreaker to
finish in 4th Place in the Nation! CONGRATS to STARZ 2014!!
Starz 7th GR-Crider finish in Top 20 at AAU Nationals!
Led by
Head Coach Tony Crider, our AL AAU State
Champion Southerrn
Starz 7th Grade-Crider team finished tied
for 17th in the Nation at the 68-team AAU D1 Nationals held
on July 13-18 in Kings Island, OH (near Cincinnati). Our
Starz 7th-Crider Team finished 2-1 in Pool Play with their
only loss to the #2 Seed and eventual #6 finisher Missouri
Valley Magic. Starz 7th-Crider advanced to the
Championship Bracket of 34 1st and 2nd Place
teams from Pool Play. In game 1 of Bracket Play, Starz
7th-Crider lost a tough, close game by 42-39 to the Dayton
Lady Hoopstars. Our Starz 7th bounced back to defeat the Cy
Fair (TX) NIKE Elite Team by the score of 49-47 in a hard
fought contest. Finally, our Starz 7th Team was eliminated
from the tournament with a 2nd loss to the Dayton Lady
Hoopstars. A Top 20 Finish in the Nation in their very
First Trip to the AAU National Championships is a GREAT
Accomplishment for this team! CONGRATS STARZ 7TH-CRIDER!!!
Complete Tourney Results can be found at:
http://aaugirlsbasketball.org/Results/NationalChps.aspx.
STARZ 9th-Gilliam finish 9th at AAU D2 Nationals!!
Our AL Southern
Starz 9th-Gilliam (2015) Team, led by
Head Coach Fred Gilliam, finished in
9th Place of 40 Teams at the AAU D2 National
Championships held on July 5-10 in Orlando, FL at
ESPN/Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex and other sites
in the area. Our Starz 9th-Gilliam Team began the
tournament by going 2-1 and finishing Second in Pool R.
Starz 5th began Bracket Play with a 34-25 victory over the
Florida Alllout AllStarz to advance to the Sweet 16. Starz
9th-Gilliam then suffered a loss to the Louisiana Diamond
Elite who went on to Win the Championship! Starz
9th rebounded in the Consolation Bracket to go 3-0 in their
final 3 games to finish 9th in the tournament! CONGRATS to
STARZ 9TH-GILLIAM!!!
STARZ 5th finish 8th at AAU D2 Nationals!!
Our AL Southern
Starz 5th Grade (2019) Team, led by
Head Coach Deborah Garner, finished in
8th Place at the AAU D2 National
Championships held on June 24-29 in Franklin (Nashville),
TN!! Our Starz 5th GR Team began the tournament by going
3-0 and finishing First in Pool C. Starz 5th began Bracket
Play with a 31-29 victory over the Fairfax Stars-Ellison
team to advance to the Elite 8. Starz 5th then suffered a
loss to the Ponchatoula (LA) Hurricanes who went on to Win
the Championship! Starz 5th dropped their final 2 games in
the Elite 8 to finish 8th in the tournament! CONGRATS to
STARZ 5TH!!!
STARZ 10TH WINS ESPN HS SHOWCASE in ORLANDO!!!
Our nationally-ranked Southern
Starz 2014 team WON the CHAMPIONSHIP in the
8-team
invitation-only ESPN
HS Girls' Basketball Showcase on
June 1-3 at ESPN/Disney's Wide World of
Sports Complex in Orlando, FL. This is the 2nd SHOWCASE
CHAMPIONSHIP won by our Starz 2014 team in the past 12
months on Center Court at Disney's WWOS Complex. Starz 2014
defeated the Florida Angels by a score of 53-45 in the
Championship Game which was televised LIVE and the
Game Replay can be found on ESPN3.Com at: http://espn.go.com/watchespn/player/_/source/espn3/id/503940/size/condensed/. Starz
2014 won Pool A with a 3-0 record and was a perfect 5-0 in
this event. Our nationally-ranked Starz
2015-Bush team competed in the 9th Grade
Division which included 16 of the top elite teams in the
nation. After beginning with a tough OT loss in their first
Pool Play game, Starz 2015-Bush bounced back to upset the
nationally-ranked Cy Fair NIKE Elite (formerly Texas Biddy)
Team to finish #2 in their Pool and advance to the
Championship Bracket of 8 teams. Starz 2015-Bush fell short
to the NY Gauchos in Bracket play to finished in a tie for
5th. Cy Fair NIKE Elite went on the win the Championship
over the NY Gauchos with their only loss being by a score of
37-34 to our Starz 2015-Bush team! The USA U17 & U18 Women's
National Teams were practicing and played exhibition games
against Brazil. Starz players will got to participate in a
Meet & Greet / Pizza Party with members of both USA Teams.
Top National Scouting Services were also be on hand to
evaluate players, including ESPN HoopGurlz, All-Star Girls'
Report, BlueStar Basketball, and Balln PrepGirls. You can
find the complete Game Results at:
http://www.scorbot.com/Games.aspx?tid=58.
CONGRATS STARZ 2014 & 2015-Bush!!
STARZ 2014 are on Front Page of ESPN-HoopGurlz
at:
http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/ along
with in-action game photos!!
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2006 Starz 14u finish
2nd at AAU Nationals!!
Our
Southern Starz 14u team (girls
born during 1991) finished as the #2 team in the nation at the
AAU National Championship Tournament held in Lafayette, LA on
July 23-31, 2006. Read more on their team news page!
