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Last season I wrote a column about U-High's point guard, Alexis Jenkins. One of the more prolific scorers in the Chicago area who didn't get much notice, Jenkins showed last season that she is the real deal.
That was confirmed over the weekend when Jenkins, a senior, made a verbal committment to Illinois State. She picked the Redbirds over Wofford College, Northern Illinois, Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois. Jenkins also was recruited by Princeton, Miami of Ohio and Loyola.
Jenkins will join another scoring machine in ISU senior Kristi Cirone, formerly of Resurrection, who is a two-time Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year.
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CONGRATS TO ISU, AND TO COACH WILLIE COX ONE OF THEIR
ASSISTANTS, HE IS A TIRELESS RECRUITER AND A CLASS
INDIVIDUAL, HE WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN THE RECRUITING
OF KENYATTA SHELTON FROM CRANE TECH IN CHICAGO AS WELL!
HE IS A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL COACH IN PEORIA, AND A
NATIVE CHICAGOLAND, HE GREW UP IN DIXMOOR AND ATTENDED
THORNTON HIGH SCHOOL!
HE IS WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE TOP RECRUITERS IN THE
COUNTRY!
CONGRATS TO ALEXIS JENKINS, ISU PARTICIPATED IN THE
NCAA TOURNEY THE LAST TWO SEASONS, YOU WILL RECEIVE
A GREAT EDUCATION AND PLAY GREAT COMPETITION IN THE
VALLEY!
Posted by: PHIL SMITH JR | August 25, 2008 1:53 PM
ISU went to the NCAA this past season but I don't think that had gone for the previous 3 years. Coach Cox was not a big player in Jenkins going to ISU. Coach Pingeton and Coach Norton did the work to get Alexis.
Posted by: Chicago | August 26, 2008 8:29 PM