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UCLA women's basketball HOMECOURT
2003 RECRUITING update

As of October 17, 2002

2003 class

All information on this page is taken from various sources over the internet. Some of it comes from individuals who have emailed me the information on these players. Please do not take this too serious in that I have no way of checking the sources to make sure that the information provided is 100 percent accurate. This is only meant to give fans of UCLA women's basketball an overall view of where the Bruins stand in regards to the top national and local high school players. I will only include information sent to me which has some form of proof to it. For links to sites where I've borrowed this information without permission, scroll to the bottom of this page. If you have any additional information in which you can provide a means of reference or some proof in the validity of the info you provide to me, please e-mail me at uclawomen@yahoo.com

PLAYERS LOOKING AT UCLA

New info highlighted in this color...

NA'KEISHA ANTHONY 5'11
Charlotte, North Carolina, Myers Park High School
NC Street & Smith All-America HM (2001)
AP All-State Second Team (2001, 2002)
Charlotte, Temple, UCLA, Virginia, others.

CRYSTAL ERWIN 6'2
St. Paul, Santa Fe Springs, CA
USA Today Junior All-America,
adidas Top Ten Camp Underclass All-Star (2001),
Street & Smith All-America HM (2001),
USA Youth Development Festival West Team,
Cal-Hi Sports Div. IV All-State First Team (2002),
Whittier Daily News Area Player of the Year.
Cal-Hi Sports All-State Sophomore Team and Junior Team.
Currently averaging 22 ppg, 15 rpg, 7 apg.
CIF 4AA All-State First Team.
ASGR no. 3, BS no. 12.
Info above taken from Sybil's site
Will visit UCLA this weekend (10.18.02) and is down to UCLA, Notre Dame and Georgia.

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Crystal Erwin. Photo/WhittierDailyNews
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/

SHANNON HOBSON 6'3
Perris Perris CA
Street & Smith All-America HM (2001),
CIF-SS 2A Second Team (2002),
Second Team All County (2001). 18 ppg, 12 rpg
(info taken from Sybil's site)
Averaged 11.4 points, 17.1 rebounds as a freshman
18.3 points and 17.2 rebounds as a sophomore
Street & Smith Honorable mention, All-American
Has a 4.33 G.P.A. and has already passed her SATs
(Info taken from Perris High Web Site)
UC Santa Barbara, others.

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Hobson

ESHAYA MURPHY, 5'11
Los Angeles Montclair Prep CA
adidas Top Ten Camp (2001),
Street & Smith All-America HM (2001),
CIF Div. 5-AA Player of the Year,
Area Player of the Year.
29 ppg, 17 rpg, 6 bpg, 6 spg, 6 apg.
UCLA, Arizona State, USC, Pepperdine and California
Personal info taken from Sybil's site

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Eshaya Murphy.
Photo: Tom Mendoza/L.A. Daily News

Cantwell Sacred Heart faces dual threat in championship _ 3.1.02

LATASHA PEARSON 5'10
Trotwood Trotwood-Madison OH
Averaging approx. 13 ppg on a team with two other future D-1 players.
Michigan, Georgia, Purdue, UCLA, Marquette, others.
info taken from Sibyl's site

LINKS TO VARIOUS SOURCES

SYBIL'S CLASS OF 2003 RECRUITING

RECENT RECRUITING STORIES FROM AROUND THE WEB

9.19.02 -- RECRUITING VISIT SET -- The L.A. Times is reporting that guard Eshaya Murphy, who averaged 32 points last season for Van Nuys Montclair Prep, has visits set up for Arizona State, USC, UCLA, Pepperdine and California.

Click on the links below to read the article (scroll down the the middle of the article).

L.A. Times link to Eshaya Murphy recruiting info_9.19.02

Womenscollegehoops.com's Around Women's College Basketball for September

BRO other sports message board

SEVERAL Bruin recruits selected to first USA Women's Youth Development Festival Teams_5.17.02

Click here for complete roster list

VERBALS/COMMITMENTS THUS FAR

Note: verbals or commitments are non-binding which means a player can retract her verbal or commitment at any time until she signs a letter of intent.

As of October 3, 2002

AMANDA LIVINGSTON, 6'0 SF
Fullerton CA, Troy HS
Nike All-America Camp (2003)
CIF SS Div. 2AA First Team
VERBAL TO UCLA
over UCSB and Pepperdine

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Livingston

MrHoops Nike Evaluation(scroll down to read about Livingston's play at the camp)

CONSUELO LEZCANO 6'3
Marathon High School, Marathon, FL
21.2 points, 15.5 rebs., 9 blocks
Class 2-A, 2nd team
VERBAL TO UCLA
over South Florida, Tulane, Mississippi State, Indiana

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Consuelo Lezcano

UCLA gets first committment _9.27.02

BRUIN recruit Lezcano has already experienced life at UCLA_9.16.02

Lezcano photo. (Furthest to the right in the photo in yellow uniform. Looks like No. 00.)

Lezcano photo

NOELLE QUINN, 5-11
Bishop Montgomery, Torrance, CA
Nike All-America Camp (2001),
Student Sports Sophomore All-America,
Street & Smith All-America Sixth Team (2001),
CIF-SS 3A Player of the Year (2001, 2002),
All Area Team. 19 ppg, 8 apg, 7 spg.
BS no. 3.
VERBAL TO UCLA
over Stanford

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Noelle Quinn

BRO other sports message board_Quinn a done deal for UCLA?

NOELLE QUINN is the Daily Breeze POY_4.5.02

LOST CAUSES?

Note: Some of these players may or may not have been recruited by UCLA, but the Bruins had appeared on the players list at one point.

SARA BROWN 5'10
Rancho Santa Margarita San Clemente CA
adidas Top Ten Camp (2001).
Duke, UCLA, USC, Ohio State, others.
info taken from Sibyl's site
VERBAL TO COLORADO STATE

TOP Women Guards Give Lobos a Look_6.27.02

CORI CHAMBERS 5'10
New Rochelle Ursuline NY
Street & Smith All-America HM.
VERBAL TO GEORGIA
Taken from Sibyl's site

LAUREN ERVIN 6'3
Inglewood, CA
Nike All-America
Student Sports Sophomore All-America
USA Today Sophomore All-America
CIF II-A Player of the Year
Cal-Hi Sports State Sophomore of the Year
All-Area First Team.
Averaging 21 ppg and 15 rpg.
Blue Star no. 2.
REPORTED VERBAL TO KANSAS
personal info taken from sibyl's site

JENNIFER HALL 6'2
Folsom High School, Folsom, CA
adidas Top Ten Camp Underclass All-Star (2001),
Student Sports Sophomore All-America.
BS no. 10.
VERBAL TO VANDERBILT

Online Athens story_7.22.02

HALL being recruited by Bruins

LIZ PODOMINICK 6-2
Lakeville High School, Lakeville MN
Nike All-America Camp (2001)
Student Sports Sophomore All-America
Street & Smith All-America HM (2001).
All-Conference First Team (1999),
Second Team All-State (2000 and 2001).
All-Metro First Team (Minneapolis 2000 and 2001)).
Holds MN state shotput record.
19 ppg, 11 rpg, 56% FG.
VERBAL TO MINNESOTA

GOPHERS land state's top recruit_8.7.02