Cramer Announces Initial Signing Class For Ladyjack Bowling
6/29/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Bowling
June 29, 2009
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Ladyjack bowling head coach Laura Cramer announced Monday that six student-athletes have signed on to be part of the program's first-ever signing class.
Brandy Hensley, Whitney McCoy, Sierra Gibbons, Dustie Hammond and Ashli Rosenkranz each hail from Texas, while Devin Vicks is from Louisiana. All will be true freshmen when the Ladyjacks begin their first year of competition in the 2010 season.
"I am so excited to be able to bring this group of bowlers to SFA," Cramer said. "I feel as though their talent and experience will get the program off to the start we are looking for and will quickly put SFA in the competitive circuit."
Women's bowling, in addition to women's golf, was added in late 2008 to fill the void left when women's equestrian transitioned to a club sport. Cramer has been working since her hire in Nov. 2008 on recruiting and building a schedule for the upcoming 2010 season that will be released in the upcoming weeks.
2009 Signing Class
Brandy Hensley - Corpus Christi, Texas A native of Corpus Christi, Hensley bowled all across the country throughout her prep days and has even put together four 300 games. Hensley was the 2009 Texas Pepsi champion and Texas Top 20 champion and has won seven championships across the country in various cities. She was also named the Louisiana Women's Bowling Association Girl Bowler of the Year in 2004, and has also been named the Tennessee Junior Gold Girl of the Year.
Whitney McCoy - Houston, Texas (Kempner HS) McCoy was a four-year member of the Kempner's club bowling team, twice holding the top average in the district. She placed 25th in the 2009 high school individuals and led Kempner to the district and regional titles in each of her four years. McCoy also led KHS to a sixth place finish in 2008 and 12th place in 2009 at the state tournament.
Sierra Gibbons - Dallas, Texas (Plano East HS) Gibbons was a four-year bowler at Plano East, earning first team all-district in her final three seasons. She was named the Dallas North West District Bowler of the Year for the 2008-09 season and finished second in state individuals in 2009, leading her team to a second place finish as well. Gibbons also led the Cougars to second place regional finish in 2008, advancing to the state tournament as an individual. A standout in the classroom as well, Gibbons graduated 109th out of 1,368 at Plano East.
Dustie Hammond - Burleson, Texas (Burleson HS) Hammond earned all-district honors twice while bowling all four years of her high school career at both Burleson High School, and at Warwick High School in Newport News, Va. She was named all-state in 2008-09, leading BHS to the state quarter finals. Hammond was part of an Elks team that won the regional title in 2007-08 before finishing fifth in the state just one year later.
Ashli Rosenkranz - China Spring, Texas (China Spring HS) Bowled locally in Waco league while attending China Spring High School and was the Waco City champion in both 2004-05 and 2007-08. Rosenkrantz took part in the Chris Barnes Tournament and earned 9th place in 2005, 6th in 2006 and 3rd in 2008. She took part in the 2006 Texas State Tournament, finishing 8th. Rosenkranz was the anchor bowler for the Greater Austin All-Stars from 2007-09, while also bowling anchor for four years from 2005-09 for the Waco Youth Bowlers.
Devin Vicks - Bossier City, La. (Airline HS) Vicks was the top bowler for Airline High School each of her four years while serving as the team captain. She posted the team's highest average each of those four seasons and was unanimously voted the district MVP as a senior, the first year they had the award.
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