March 15, 2012 J The Lovell Chronicle 21
Amanda
"The Warhorse"
Shumway
Amanda has a determi-
nation to be the best player
possible and is willing to
put in the sweat and tears
to make sure her skills im-
prove. Amanda would not let
people beat her to the ball
or to a rebound Sheis the
type of payer who is going
to give you a 100 percent
all the time and will force
the opposing team to know
where she is all the time.
Amanda would cut to the
basket with passion and no-
body would have the ability
to stop her from getting to
the rim. Amanda spent hours
in the gym over the summer
to develop a solid perim-
eter shot to compliment her
slashing ability. Defensive-
ly, Amanda bought into the
mindset that we were going
to deny the wings hard and
deny their cuts to the basket.
She was a pleasure to watch
on the defensive side of the
floor. Amanda truly under-
stands what it means to play
your hardest every minute
you are on the floor.
Leanne
"The Assassin"
Winterholler
Leanne was a player
who could hurt an oppo-
nent from anywhere on the
floor. She had the ability to
take girls off the bounce and
attack the rim, she could
shoot the "3" with the best
of them, or she could set
up her teammates with su-
perb passes. Leanne was a
tough-nosed defender who
really challenged herself to
stop the opposing team's
best perimeter players, and
she really caused prob-
lems with her wing span and
length. Leanne made huge
improvements in her game
fundamentally from working
hard during the offseason
on ball-handling, shooting,
passing and defensive rota-
tions. You would also see
Leanne running three to four
miles a day throughout the
summer, which helped her
be successful in volleyball
and basketball.
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20;i-12 Wyoming Basf(etball
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"The Quiet One"
Shumway
Kim is a phenomenal
athlete who has unlimited
potential when it comes to
the game of basketball. The
pleasant side about Kim is
she also has the mindset
that she iaS tO rwork fiard to
develop herself into a domi-
nating basketball player. As
coaches, we never have
to worry about whether or
not Kim is going to put the
time into developing better
footwork in the post, bet-
ter passing skills or a more
consistent shot. Kim spends
hours in the offseason work-
ing on her game and she
has a coachabie spirit. She
is force when it comes to re-
bounding and has the ability
to block shots with her right
or left hand. There is a lot
of excitement to watch Kim
emerge into a dominating
post player who, like Erin,
can race past people in our
transition game and beat
everybody up and down the
floor.
Miranda
"The Bulldog"
Griffis
Miranda brought a
Alyssa
"The Igniter"
Geiser
Alyssa sparked what
we did offensively and de-
fensively as a basketball
team. She would disrupt
opposing offenses with her
quick hands and feet, plus
she had the ability to read
passes really well and inter-
cept errant passes. Alyssa
was a consistent player who
seemed to step her game up
when the stakes were higher
like in Regionals against
Wyoming Indian this year
and against Burns in the Fi-
nals last year. Alyssa was a
hard worker in practice and
expected the best out of her
teammates.
Chelsey
"The Energizer"
Ellis -
Chelsey is a player with
a huge upside that will allow
her to become an impact
player next year. Chelsey is
able to hurt opponents with
her solid perimeter shoot-
ing, which was on display at
Regionals and State, plus
Chelsey is quick enough
and strong enough to get
to the rim off the dribble or
Erin
"The Enforcer"
Robertson
Erin was a player who
would control the game de-
fensively with her cat-like
reflexes and ,ler desire to
rebound thebiSlell. She
was strong enough to push
around bigger post players,
but she was also quicker
to beat them up and down
the floor. Her athletic abili-
ties were challenging for
any teams to match and she
would often out-run smaller
guards down the floor. As
Erin's confidence in her abili-
ties grew, her game really
developed. As coaches, we
would have to demand for
Erin to shoot more and look
to use her solid post moves
to dominate in the low block
area.
Kassidy
"The Up and Comer"
Hetland
Kassidy was a player
this year for us that gained
some valuable minutes late
in the year that will benefit
her and the team next year.
.twit toughness to our team that with solidyear,CUtS. Through- Kassidy is determined to
other players couldn't bring out the she made nice improve her basketball skills
to the table. She is a strong improvements in the area and is always looking for
athlete who could out-mus- of rebounding and came up moments to get in the gym.
Outlast.
cle girls for rebounds or
loose balls. Miranda would
come off the bench for us
and provide some valuable
minutes to help us sustain
leads. Miranda worked on
her footwork in the post to
develop solid post moves,
and she also used this
footwork to grab offensive
rebounds that led to put-
backs.
with numerous offensive re-
bounds that led to second-
chance points for our team.
Chelsey has a knack for
reading passing lanes and
stepping into passing lanes
to create turnovers. She is
agile and has quick feet that
allows her to be a good de-
fender, which makes us a
better defensive team.
Kassidy has a nice touch on
her jump shot and is work-
ing really hard at develop-
ing ball-handling skills. She
learned a lot from playing
alongside the seniors in
games and in practice this
year and will step into the
leader type role next year.
Jodi
"The Sneaky One"
Walker
Jodi was a player who
could sneak up on teams
and make big plays for our
team. At times, she would
be undersized in the post,
but would use her high bas-
ketball "IQ" to get rebounds
and be in the right place at
the right time to make a big.
basket. We relied on Jodi '
to inbounds the ball against
pressure from opponents
and she was a steady hand
for us in that role. She
would make the right deci-
sion and would get the ball
where it needed to be in our
press breakers. Jodi's in-
stincts also made her a ter-
rific post defender and she
would often outmaneuver
bigger post girls to steal the
ball or get timely deflections
to start a fast break. Jodi
was the ideal teammate
to have and would always
bring the best out of the
people around her.
"The Next
Generation"
The rest of the players
in our program really excite
us as coaches and make
the future look bright for the
Lovell Lady Bulldogs. Each
night in practice we would
see signs of improvement
from numerous athletes that
gave us, as coaches, confi-
dence moving forward. We
would often talk about how
hard it was for the young-
er players to scrimmage
against the best team in the
state, but we also know that
they got better from chal-
lenging the varsity play-
ers. At times throughout the
year, some of our toughest
competition came in practice
from our younger players.
Player
profiles
provided
by
Coach
Chris
Edwards
