University of Missouri-Rolla women's basketball coach Alan Eads has announced that three student-athletes from the high school level have signed national letters of intent to play for the Lady Miners in the 2008-09 season.
The three who signed during the early signing period in November all play at the guard position -- Jenny Dorman from Pella (Iowa) High School, Courtney Kemp from Fredericktown (Mo.) High School and Brittany Percival from Hartville (Mo.) High School.
JENNY DORMAN, a 5-7 guard from Pella High School in Pella, Iowa: Dorman, the all-time leading scorer in the history of her school, was named to the all-state first team and Class 3, Region 8 first team for the second time following the 2006-07 season when she averaged 16 points, three assists and three steals per game. She was a 45 percent shooter from three-point range for a team that reached the Class 3A quarterfinals in her junior year. She was also ranked among the state leaders in free throw percentage in each of the last two years, with an average of 87 percent following the 2006-07 season.
A three-time all-conference selection, Dorman has also played on the IBCA All-Iowa Select team and the Iowa Lightning summer squad. She has started in every game of her high school career. She is a member of the school’s branch of the National Honor Society and is a six-semester member of the honor roll at her high school; Dorman plans to major in pre-law.
“Jenny is a shooting guard with good range and one who has shot for a high percentage throughout her career," Eads said. "We’re looking at her as a wing player who can score for us. She has good size for a player at this level.”
COURTNEY KEMP, a 5-9 guard from Fredericktown High School in Fredericktown, Mo.: Kemp is a two-time all-state selection, earning first-team honors following the 2006-07 season, while winning all-conference, all-district and all-region laurels. As a junior, she averaged 15.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 5.5 assists and six steals per game as she shot 54 percent from the field and 36 percent from three-point range. In her sophomore year, she made 45 percent of her three-point tries and 48 percent of her shots overall in scoring 12.5 points and pulling down 3.2 rebounds a contest.
Kemp, who ranks among the top students academically in her high school class and plans to major in elementary education, also had over four assists and four steals per game for a team that finished 24-5 and reached the Missouri Class 4 quarterfinals. Fredericktown was 24-3 last season.
“Courtney is a very athletic player from an outstanding high school program," Eads said. "She is very quick on both ends of the floor and think she is a player who handles the ball extremely well and can also play at a high level defensively. In addition, she is capable of creating her own shot and can play at either the one or two spot for us.”
BRITTANY PERCIVAL, a 5-9 guard-forward from Hartville High School in Hartville, Mo.: Percival earned first-team all-state honors following her junior season when she averaged 18.2 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game for the Missouri Class 2 state champions. She also averaged more than two blocked shots and two steals per contest. Percival, whose father is her high school coach, was a second-team all-state selection as a sophomore after scoring more than 17 points per game and averaged 15.1 points a contest as a freshman.
Percival, who has scored 1,367 points in her first three high school seasons, has been a first-team all-conference selection in all three years at Hartville and has been part of the KKOZ Dream Team and KJEL all-star in each of those three seasons. She has also earned numerous all-tournament team honors and the Springfield News-Leader’s “Athlete of the Week” awards throughout her career. She ranks near the top of her class academically and will major in biological sciences.
“Brittany is another big, strong player from a strong high school program who can play at one of the wing spots for us," Eads said. "She is very athletic and can shoot the ball very well from the outside, but is also able to post up smaller guards to score. She is also able to create her own shots as well and is a good rebounder at her position.”
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