Rutgers Women's Basketball Inks Two Players
Nov 13 | Women's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Christine Huber (West Islip, N.Y.) and Erica Wheeler (Miami, Fla.) have signed national letters of intent to compete for the Rutgers University women’s basketball program beginning in the fall of 2009, Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer has announced.
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HUBER (photo by Christina Santucci)
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Huber, a 6-4 forward, averaged 17 points, 14 rebounds, five blocks and nearly three steals per game as a junior at St. John the Baptist H.S. in West Islip, N.Y. Voted Second Team All-State by the New York State Sportswriters Association (NYSSWA), Huber was also selected all-Long Island by Newsday. Rated the 29th-best player by ‘Blue Star’, the power forward helped lead the Cougars to their second consecutive Catholic High School Athletic Association state title and their first Federation final in 2008. Huber is rated the 13th best forward and 73rdplayer overall by Hoopgurlz and the No. 68 by the All-Star Girls Report. The Long Island product plays with the club team, Exodus NYC. Exodus is the former club squad of Scarlet Knights center Kia Vaughn and guard Epiphanny Prince.
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WHEELER (photo by Glenn Nelson)
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Wheeler, a 5-7 guard, was a first team 3A All-State selection the past two seasons for Parkway Academy in Miramar, Fla. A two-time Miami Herald Broward Class 1A-3A player of the year, she averaged 21points and eight assists helping lead Parkway to the Class 3A state championship last February. Rated 17th by collegehoopnet.com and 39th overall by Hoopgurlz, Wheeler is also rated the fifth-best point guard in the 2009 class. A participant at the Nike Skills Academy, the Florida product earned a No. 56 rating from Blue Star and was 68th on the All-Star Girls Report top players list. She plays club ball for Essence, the same squad which produced current Rutgers freshmen Chelsey Lee and April Sykes. Lee was also Wheeler’s teammate at Parkway.
“Erica is a quick, explosive guard with great ball-handling skills and can deliver the passes the way we need,” Stringer said. “She is a smart kid and player. Erica understands the work ethic that goes along with being a Scarlet Knight and has committed herself to it.”
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