Great Weekend!

The team went one and two but the games were all hard fought and Grace had her best weekend in a long time. You can see her game improving and her confidence building every time she plays. She probably averaged a triple double with at least 10 blocks in each game. The final game went down to the last possession after G7 fought back and rallied in an improbable second half comeback. This team has heart. If these girls stay together and work on help defense they are going to be extremely tough to beat. They are basically running a transition offense and man to man D with no set pieces at all. A couple of the guards have incredible court vision and everybody shares the ball, lots of ball movement and nobody being left out of the flow. Some nice finishers as well. Woody scored on beautiful put-backs and some impressive drives where she either made a move to beat her girl, blew right past or drew contact to go to the line.


Friday night started at Fundamental Sports Training in Westbury with a really well run Sports Mindset Clinic by Aja Parham out of Boston College.


2005-06 (Notes)
A tri-captain, along with Brooke Queenan and Sarah Marshall.
2004-05 (Junior)
Has seen action in all 30 games, serving as BC's top bench player in the first 17 games and starting the last 13 after Jessalyn Deveny was sidelined with a season-ending injury...Averaged 7.8 points and 4.9 rebounds per game while also drawing the toughest defensive assignment...Scored in double digits nine times, including a season and career-high 18 points against Pittsburgh...Was perfect from the field on four different occasions, shooting 16-for-16 in those games...Grabbed a season and career-high 13 rebounds against Notre Dame...Had her only double-double of the year against Notre Dame (13 points, 13 rebounds)...Pocketed a team-best 56 steals...Led BC with 13 points and four assists in a 51-48 win over Connecticut, hitting a free throw with 9.8 seconds remaining to secure the win...Registered a career-high nine assists against St. John's on March 1...Had 50 rebounds in a six-game stretch from the end of January through the middle of February.
2003-04 (Sophomore)
Saw action in all 34 games, starting 23 times...One of the team's top defenders...Averaged 16.8 minutes per game...Averaged 4.1 points and 2.5 rebounds per outing...Scored a career-best 16 points against Pittsburgh...Pulled down a career-best seven rebounds against Siena...Set all new career-bests throughout the season...Started the first 23 games of the year...Shot over .500 from the field...Chipped in with 45 steals and 42 assists...Collected 12 blocks.
2002-03 (Freshman)
Played in 13 games, averaging just under four minutes per outing...Saw action in seven BIG EAST games...Scored just seven points on the season, but was one of the team's top reserve perimeter defenders.
Before BC
Played her high school career at two different schools - Randolph and Hanover...As a senior, averaged 18.2 points, 11.5 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 4.0 steals, and 3.5 blocks per game at Hanover...A Street & Smith Honorable Mention All-American as a senior...An all-state and all-city selection...Captained her team to the Group 2 Section II Championship...Sits atop the school's all-time rebound list...Named MVP of both Hanover and the conference...As a freshman, named newcomer of the year...Also played volleyball and ran track in high school...Won a conference championship and was named all-state in track...Was an all-district honoree in volleyball...Was class president...Member of student council.

Aja had Mary Lepore's Lightning team going extremely hard in a speed and agility workout with a lot of conditioning throw in as well. The girls were having fun but getting work done at the same time.

Aja played for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA and has played in Spain, France and Portugal since graduating BC in 2006. Mary's Lightning team will be working with Aja and Sport Mindset for the next several weeks. She will be at FST in Westbury until late May.

If you want to check out what Aja is doing and visit her Sports Mindset web page click here.



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