New Jersey basketball stars sign NLIs

By Brian Falzarano Nov 16, 2010, 9:31am

Four St. John-Vianney girls players sign NLIs; Early signing period ends Nov. 17.

Blue-chip St. Patrick (Elizabeth) small forward Michael Gilchrist inking his National Letter of Intent with Kentucky highlighted the start of the early signing period last Wednesday in New Jersey.

Other boys standouts who signed included Plainfield point guard Tyrone Johnson (Villanova), St. Anthony (Jersey City) point guard Myles Mack (Rutgers), Life Center Academy (Burlington) small forward Laquinton Ross (Ohio State) and Nia Prep (Newark) swingman Shaquille Thomas (Cincinnati). The early signing period ends Nov. 17.

GIRLS SIGN NLIs AS WELL
Shore Conference powers Rumson-Fair Haven (Rumson) and St. John-Vianney (Holmdel) each saw four players sign Division I National Letters of Intent last week.

Of the schools state players signed with, Rutgers led the way with three signees: Syessence Davis (Neptune), Christa Evans (Jackson Memorial) and Shareese Richardson (Neptune).



While Victoria Lesko was Rumson's top recruit, signing with Boston College, other Bulldogs who signed included Ashley Cooper (Holy Cross), Nicole Issac (Manhattan) and Stephanie Issac (Fairleigh Dickinson).

For St. John-Vianney, Jackie Kates signed with Penn while three others cast their lots with Patriot League programs: Katie O'Reilly (Lehigh), Missy Repoli (Colgate) and Arron Zimmerman (American).