In 3 years, the Memphis Lady War Eagles has grown from 2 teams to multiple teams, played in an AAU Division 1 National Championship game and secured a shoe sponsorship. As stated in the video, Coach Rodney Newsom doesn’t plan to stop any time soon.
Lauren Avant – Tennessee/Rhodes College
Danielle Ballard – LSU
Lauren Douglas– Northwestern
Symone Daniels – Drake/Rhodes College
Hasina Muhammad – Auburn
Jasmine James – Georgia
Sarah Watkins – Arkansas
The players listed above is just a small part of the history of the Team Memphis Elite organization. There was a time when the program was one of the largest in Memphis. They had a pipeline of young teams, middle school teams and high school aged teams, which led to them cranking out high level collegiate players. There is a lot of excitement around the program today because they are poised to start the trend again.
Coach Greg Stewart
This spring Eric Daniels and Greg Stewart are spearheading 3 squads into the evalution period with all levels of talent. You can catch them at the Deep South Classic in North Carolina.
Coach Eric Daniels talks TME program and upcoming season:
2018 ROSTERS
Memphis Elite- Stewart
1. Nya Stewart– G 5’9 Arlington
2. Karlee Bates– PG 5’8 Arlington
3. Shelbee Brown-F 6′ 1 Southwind
4. Mattison Patton 5’4 Southwind
5. Jamyria Bolden F 5’11Southwind
6. Kianna Hardaway 5’9 Jonesboro
7. Mikiya McAdory-C 6’0 Marion
8. Ta’kyla Allen-G 5’9″ Forest City
9. Amelia Simpson-F 5’11” Bolton
10. Bacardi Peoples– G 5’6 Overton
11. Ashley Hopkins– F 6’2 MBA
Memphis Elite Platinum
1. Cameron Lewis-G 5’5 Dexter
2. Rikiyah Curtis-PG 5’6 MBA
3. Nykia Perkins– F 5’9″ Manassas
4. Kamyiah Tomlinson– F 6′ 1 Millington Central
5. Annie Washington– F 5’10 Haywood
6. Shikrah Drake– G 5’9 Haywood
7. Kihra Borders– C 6’0 Arlington
8. Anna Redman– G 5’7″ Tipton Rosemark
9. Jalancia Kolheim-G 5’8 Tupelo
Memphis Elite- Daniels
1. Samaya Brooks– W/F 6’0 Pontotoc High
2. Angela Middleton– W 5’11” Pontotoc High
3. Leah Jones– F 6’2″ NorthPoint
4. Sage Hawley– F 6’3″ Harding Academy
5. Brianna “Shrimp” Cook G 5′ 8″ Central
6. Aryah “Ryi” Hazely– PG 5’8″ West Memphis High
7. Shadaesya “Dae Dae” Glover– G 5’7″ Haywood High
8. Tatiana Gary– G 5’9″ Houston High
9. Jony’a Jones– C 6’4″ Manansas High
10. Jinayah Hinton– SG 5’7″ Tupelo High
11. Deja Pryor– G 5’7″ St Benedict
12. Ciara Taylor– PG Dyer County High
Over an 8 day period, I was in a basketball gym for 6 of them. I watched 30 teams, play in 15 games (not including boys teams and games) in 4 cities. The events I attended during that period were: 1st National Bank Shootout (Paragould, AR), Marion High School Patriot Classic (Marion, AR), Martin Luther King Tournament (Memphis, TN) and Westview Thanksgiving Classic (Martin, TN).
espnW #1 ranked 2018 player and UCONN signee, Christyn Williams
I took a road trip up I-40 to Murfreesboro, TN to see what it was like to experience a Play Day at the back-to-back Tennessee State Champions, Riverdale High School. It was not a disappointment. The atmosphere was almost March Madness like. It was the most intense, highly competitive and extremely physical play day I have every attended.