Alabama Elite: Welcome
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Alabama Elite Club Basketball was started in 1999 under the direction of Mike Ellen with the goal of promoting basketball in Huntsville, Madison and surrounding areas. We are a 501c3 non-profit organization and where "The Tradition Continues". In the past Alabama Elite has featured boy's and girl's teams from the ages of 9 to 17 years old. The 2008 season is going better than ever. Mike Ellen has picked up 3 more sponsors to go along with our 3 big cooperate sponsors. These sponsors will play a big role in the older teams that will play in college exposure tournaments. The Alabama Elite club has been carrying girls to college exposure tournaments since 2002. This year the 13U,15U,16U and 17Us have been traveling across the southeast to play in front of 300 plus college coaches at all levels. If you would like information about any of the Alabama Elite teams or if you are interested in becoming a part of Alabama Elite, please email me at mikeellen@knology.net or mike@alabamaelite.com or call me at (256) 895-0872 / (256) 527-4167 Cell.
2008 Elite Girls Quick Links
10U "E" / 10U "Q" / 11U / 12U / 13U / 15U / 16U "R" / 16-17U
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| 2008 Alabama Elite Club Poster |
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Friday, November 7
Elite Alumni playing College Basketball in the 2008-09 Season
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Alabama Elite Alumni |
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| 2004 | Emily Mason | 44 | Carson-Newman | 2 | Lauderdale County | Forward | 5'-11" | G |
| Emily fully recovered from her season ending knee injury her junior year as evidenced by her trip last summer to Italy in which she averaged 22 points and 18 rebounds. Her hard off season work and improvement made her a force in the paint. Before her injury Emily averaged 10.8 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.4assists, and 2.4 steals in only 22 minutes per game. | ||||||||
| 2004 | Brooke Hand | 12 | UTC (TN-Chattanooga) | 1 | Lawrence County | Guard | 5'-8" | G |
| Brooke as a junior set a new Southern Conference record for 3-pointers made with 232 over three years...Broke a school and SoCon 18-year-old record for 3-pointers made with 90, surpassing the previous best of 87 set in 1989. Brooke also broke the SoCon tournament mark for 3-pointers made with 12 and tied for most attempts with 21. While playing for Alabama Elite coached by Mike Ellen and Lynn Lanier they finished 30-6 in the summer of 2003 and won state AAU tournament, state YBOA tournament and finished third in the national tournament. Brooke averaged 25 points per game and eight assists per game earning all-tournament honors in the national tournament while scoring 40 points in one game and hit nine 3-pointers in one game. | ||||||||
| 2005 | Carly Clemons | - | Shelton State | JC | Pinson Valley | Forward | 5'-11" | G |
| Carly played at Pinson Valley High School during her Prep career and along with teammate Ashley Thornton for the Alabama Elite AAU team. Carly played at Shelton State before transferring to Auburn. | ||||||||
| Elite playing College Basketball in 2008-09 | ||||||||
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| 2005 | Ashley Boykin | 5 | UAH (AL-Huntsville) | 1 | Haleyville | Guard | 5'-9" | SR |
| 2005 | Jenna Collier | 31 | Alabama A&M | 1 | J. O. Johnson | Guard | 5'-7" | SR |
| 2005 | Ashley Fann | 40 | Winthrop University | 1 | Hazel Green | Forward | 6'-0" | SR |
| 2005 | Krystin George | 35 | Gadsden State CC | JC | Franklin County, TN | Forward | 5'-10" | SR |
| 2005 | Ashley Haugtvedt | 42 | Winthrop University | 1 | Hazel Green | Forward/Center | 6'-2" | SR |
| 2005 | Ashley Thornton | 42 | Memphis | 1 | Pinson Valley | Forward | 6'-0" | SR |
| 2005 | Maranda Wilkinson | 22 | Campbellsville University | NAIA | Huntland, TN | Guard/Forward | 5'-10" | SR |
| 2006 | Channa Campbell | 42 | Mississippi State | 1 | West Limestone | Post/Center | 6'-2" | JR |
| 2006 | Jenya Wade-Fray | 15 | UTC (TN-Chattanooga) | 1 | Bob Jones | Forward/Guard | 5'-9" | JR |
| 2006 | Amber Whitt | 14 | UAH (AL-Huntsville) | 1 | Bob Jones | Forward | 6'-1" | JR |
| 2006 | Tiffany McGhee | 50 | Stillman College | 2 | Bob Jones | Forward/Center | 6'-0" | JR |
| 2006 | Essence Butler | 24 | Alabama State | 2 | Sparkman | Forward | 5'-9" | JR |
| 2007 | Brittany Manning | 20 | Alabama A&M | 1 | Bob Jones | Forward | 5'-9" | SO |
| 2007 | China Antoine | 12 | Shelton State | JC | Bob Jones | Guard | 5'-3" | SO |
| 2008 | Shanise Foster | S | AUM (Auburn-Montgomery) | NAIA | Austin | Forward | 5'-9" | FR |
| 2008 | Courtney Thacker | S | AUM (Auburn-Montgomery) | NAIA | Crossville | Forward/Guard | 5'-11" | FR |
| 2008 | Lacy "Fred" Lewis | S | UNA (North Alabama) | 2 | Fyffe | Forward | 5'-11" | FR |
| 2008 | Kristin White | S | UNA (North Alabama) | 2 | Pisgah | Forward | 6'-1" | FR |
| 2008 | Jessie Smith | S | UNA (North Alabama) | 2 | Hartselle | Forward | 5'-9" | FR |
| 2008 | Grace Ballard | S | West Alabama | 2 | Westminster Christian | Guard | 5'-8" | FR |
| 2009 | Danielle Vaughn | EC | Jacksonville State | 1 | Sparkman | Post | 6'-2" | HS |
| 2009 | Stephanie Stanley | EC | Birmingham Southern | 3 | Sparkman | Guard | 5'-8" | HS |
| 2009 | Avery Tumlin | EC | Birmingham Southern | 3 | Fyffe | Guard | 5'-8" | HS |
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Alabama Elite Players Selected to 2008 ASWA All-State Team
Alabama Elite players picking up All-State honors in 2008!
5A - 2nd Team - Jessie Smith, Hartselle, Sr., F/G, 5-10
3A - 1st Team - Courtney Thacker, Crossville, Sr., G/F, 5-11
3A - 2nd Team - Kristin White, Pisgah, Sr., F, 6-1
2A - Honorable Mention - Lacy Lewis, Fyffe, Sr., G, 5-11
2A - Honorable Mention - Grace Ballard, Westminster Christian, Sr., G
Other All-Area/Region Honors not listed above
3A - All-Area MVP - Hailey Stewart, Madison Academy, Jr., G/F
5A - All-Area - Mechie McMealey, Johnson, Fr., G
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Alabama Elite "Dancing" in the NCAA tourney again!
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| Lady Mocs receive the leagues automatic bid to the NCAA tournament! | |
With the University of Chattanooga Mocs 71-59 win over Western Carolina in the finals of 2008 Southern Conference Tournament in Charleston, SC... Alabama Elite alumni Brooke Hand and Jenaya Wade-Fray will be dancing for the 2nd consecutive year in the 2008 Women's NCAA National tournament. It will be Brooke's 3rd straight appearance. UTC was won their past 24 games -- the country's longest streak -- and have taken their last 31 contests against league opponents in route to a 29-3 record.
Brooke as a junior set a new Southern Conference record for 3-pointers made with 232 over three years...Broke a school and SoCon 18-year-old record for 3-pointers made with 90, surpassing the previous best of 87 set in 1989 by former Lady Moc Marcheta Winton. Brooke also broke the SoCon tournament mark for 3-pointers made with 12 and tied for most attempts with 21. While playing for Alabama Elite coached by Mike Ellen and Lynn Lanier they finished 30-6 in the summer of 2003 and won state AAU tournament, state YBOA tournament and finished third in the national tournament. Brooke averaged 25 points per game and eight assists per game earning all-tournament honors in the national tournament while scoring 40 points in one game and hit nine 3-pointers in one game.
Jenaya as a freshman was selected to the Southern Conference All-Freshman Team, tallied 215 points in her rookie season playing in all 33 games while starting three. She also set a Lady Mocs’ record with a perfect 6-for-6 from the 3-point line in the Lady Mocs’ win over UNC Greensboro on the Spartans’ home court, tallying a career-high 24 points. She had a 5-for-5 performance from beyond the arc at Davidson. Jenaya made 44-of-123 three pointers as a freshman and had 39 assists while recording 10 double-digit games and had a career-best seven rebounds in four contests.
Chattanooga coach Wes Moore was selected by his peers as Coach of the Year, following the Lady Mocs’ third perfect regular season in the past five years. Brooke Hand was selected to the All-Southern Conference team.
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Fann was honored for reaching 1,000 career points
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| Fann was honored for reaching 1,000 career points |
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ROCK HILL, SC—Tiffany Rodd and Ashley Fann combined to score 52 points in a 75-66 victory over Charleston Southern for Winthrop’s six consecutive win, Saturday afternoon in Big South Conference action. Rodd scored a career-high 27 points and Fann tied her career-high with 25 points as the duo helped Winthrop improve to 2-0 in the Big South for just the second time in school history. Both were part of the first team to ever start 2-0 in league play as freshmen in 2005-06. In addition, the Eagles improved to 14-6 on the season and the 14-wins ties the school record for wins at the NCAA Division I level. The 2005-06 set the mark with a 14-15 record. After leading by 13 points at the break, Winthrop opened up the second half on a 4-0 run to lead 46-29 with 18:10 remaining in the game. Charleston Southern (6-14, 1-2) responded with an 8-0 run behind the three-point shooting of Katie Tull. Rodd answered with a three to push the lead back to 12 and Winthrop held a double-figure lead nine and a half minutes. Charleston Southern made a late push and got the lead down to just seven points with 2:28 to go after two Natalie Caldwell free throws. The Lady Bucs nearly got a defensive stop, but Ashley Haugtvedt came through for the Eagles as her put-back off a Fann miss as time expired on the shot clock pushed the lead back to nine and the Eagles held on from there... Charleston Southern continued to hold onto a small lead until the 13:43 mark as Fann connected on a three from the top of the key. That put Winthrop up 14-12, a lead it didn’t lose the rest of the game. Trailing by three points, Rodd started a 12-0 run that put Winthrop up nine points. Winthrop eventually pushed the lead to 42-29 at half time. It was the second time Rodd has scored 20 or more points this season and the third time for Fann. Rodd finished the game 10-for-18 from the field and 6-for-11 behind the arc. She also had two steals. Fann finished 9-for-14 from the field and a perfect 6-for-6 from the foul line. She also had two assists and nine rebounds. The 25 points by fan gives her 1,003 points for her career. She became just the fourth player in school history to reach 1,000 points in a career before her senior season. She is also just the 7th player at Winthrop to score 1,000 or more points and pull down at least 500 rebounds.