Kamiko Williams likely to miss season with torn ACL for Lady Vols

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Tennessee’s Kamiko Williams had virtually no women’s basketball medical history before last Thursday night.

But that changed with one baseline drive during the final night of the Women’s Pilot Rocky Top League. Further evaluation has confirmed that the Lady Vols junior suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee. UT made the announcement on Monday through Jenny Moshak, UT’s associate athletic director for sports medicine.

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Union University waiting on NCAA D-II decision

Union University spent several years studying a move to NCAA Division II, and the school compiled the data and crunched the numbers to file an application by the June 1 deadline.

But as Union awaits a decision from the NCAA Division II Membership Committee, athletics director Tommy Sadler said the department's activities haven't deviated from a normal summer routine.

"We've had lots of camps here with eight of our teams doing some type of camp," Sadler said. "Coaches are recruiting the same way they have in the past.

"We're still playing an NAIA schedule next year and competing for NAIA championships."

Sadler said the NCAA hasn't told him an exact date when the organization would announce the new Division II members, but a decision is expected this month.

"We're optimistic, and hopefully we have a good application," Sadler said. "This isn't an application just from athletics, but the entire university.

"This really deals with the fitness of the university."

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Team Tennessee Glory 13U finishes 3rd in AAU Nationals

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The Tennessee Glory girls 13-and-under basketball team was all business during its recent trip to Orlando. And it paid off as the Glory placed third in the 64-team AAU national tournament.

"I told them, we're not going down there for summer vacation; this is a business trip," said head coach Michelle Malone. "We were dead-dog tired after playing two games a day and we were six points away from being in the championship game.

"We're a first-year team and one of our organizers said 'I was just expecting you not to get embarrassed and you came back with some hardware.'"

And they did it with the youngest coaching staff at the tournament. Both Malone and her assistant, Crystal Shelton, are 24 and not very far removed from their playing days at CBU.

"At registration there were a couple of girls from another team ... thinking we were players," Malone said. "It's a tough balancing act; we're like older sisters (to the players), but at the same time we have to demand that respect."

Part of the AAU process involves getting players ready for the high school season and Malone said it's especially important at this age group. She said her goal is for her players to make the varsity at the respective schools once the season starts.

Some of those players to keep an eye on are shooting guard Brenna Cowans -- "a workhorse on offense and defense," said Malone -- and twin guards Elise and Brynn Holden.

Then there's point guard Emanye Robertson, who Malone said underwent a bit of a personality change in order to help the Glory nab the bronze medal.

"She's shy, so to see her get to nationals and open up her mouth and talk ... it brought out another side of her," Malone said.

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Victoria Lewis Fab Five Camp Evaluation

Team Tennessee Glory's Victoria Lewis used Peach State Hoops' Fab Five Camp to continue to rise her stock as a national player. Evaluators were very impressed with her work ethic.

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Victoria Lewis, 5’10”, SF
Olive Branch, Miss./Home School
Class of 2015

The young wing was really good in both the drill sessions and in the gameplay as well. She was here an entire hour before Fab Five Camp started on Thursday to get shots up and work on her game. Smooth with the ball, Lewis projects as a versatile wing who is able to make plays in the half court or open floor. Our Assistant Director of Scouting, Jonathan Hemingway, was impressed with her game going into the weekend. Her play did nothing to diminish his original evaluation.

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Arlington High Shool standout Ariel Hearn commits to Memphis

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After careful consideration and in depth comparisons with other universities, after completion of high school Ariel Hearn has decided to continue her basketball career as a lady tiger, but in Tiger Nation at the University of Memphis. Ariel was challenged to make her announcement in a special way, so it was decided she would record a short video clip while shooting around in a Memphis t-shirt, but the logo would not be visible until the end when she declared where she would be attending. She says she can picture herself contributing to the already growing success of the progam under Coach McFerrin and her coaching staff, and that this would be a perfect fit for her. Her desire to continue at a competitive level and also the willingness to improve and develop her skills in the presence of family and friends was an opportunity she could not pass up. Last season, Hearn averaged 13 pts, 6 assts, 4 steals, 5 rebounds and shot 70% from the line.

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