Welcome to HoopGurlz.com!
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In case you haven't heard about us, HoopGurlz.com is the only website in the country that covers only high-school girl's basketball and women's college-basketball prospects on a national basis. Our mission is to provide an independent voice for girl's basketball and an objective, journalistic approach to the coverage of the sport. We take responsibility for our content and acknowledge the security issues regarding a female sport. This is why we post our head shots and bio beneath all of our stories.

The aim of this site is to celebrate and expose the great players and teams across the country, and improve understanding and communication in our great sport. Here, you can find:

• News and photo galleries about girl's basketball across the U.S.
• Rankings of top college-basketball prospects by class.
• A database of player profile pages which include bio information, ratings and rankings, evaluations, photos, the ability of users to post comments about players and, finally, the ability of the individual player to blog.
• Lists of top prospects in various states.
• The HoopGurlz Honor Roll, which honors players, on a state-by-state basis, for their achievements on and off the court.
• Message boards where you can learn and share information and viewpoints.
• Columns and information about improving your health, your game or coaching ability.
• Team and tournament listings.

How to Navigate HoopGurlz.com

To find the message boards, either click on the "Message Board" link in the top right corner of the site or click "Message Boards" or any specific forum under HoopGurlz Talk near the top of the left navigation column. Presently, the open forums include:

• National HS & Prospects: This is our main forum, reflecting our primary mission of covering the top players and teams across the country.
• Tribute to Carly Stowell: Our sport suffered a great loss in April, 2007, and this is a place to remember one of our own.
• Girls Hoops: This is a forum for the exchange of viewpoints, as well as team, league and player information, for levels below high school.
• Regional Hoops Talk: We have forums for various states or regions around the country. If you would like a forum for your state and are interested in moderating that forum, please email info@hoopgurlz.com [1].
• Wanted: Players & Teams: This is a forum for players who are looking for teams and teams which are looking for players.
• Leagues, Tournaments & Clinics: This is a forum for organizers and other groups to list their events.
• Girl Talk: This is a forum for players only! No adults, please.

Again, everyone is welcomed in these forums. A free membership is required to post. We ask that you be clear and respectful; any negative comments about players are forbidden. In addition to posting privileges, a free membership allows you to edit your own posts, as well as gives you access to more message board features, such as an internal messaging system, ability to control display. It also allows you to claim a permanent username. There is no catch! Your user information will cannot be accessed by other members, unless you desire. To register for a free account:

• Go to the Front Page of HoopGurlz.com.
• Click on the "Sign Up" link or click here now [1].
• Fill out the form accurately as this will allow you to retrieve your password should you ever lose it, as well as help us offer technical support.
• That's it. In the future, you may log in using your username or email address.

How to Get Your Player Profile Page

• Click on the Contact Us [1] link, choose Player Profile Pages in the Category list and submit:
• The basics we require for a Player Profile Page include accurately spelled name, high school with location (city and state), class and height.
• You also should send career accomplishments and honors in the format displayed on other player pages (Award, year ... Accomplishment, year ... Eg., Player of the Year, Hometown Newspaper, 2006. ... Co-captain, 2005).
• Also extremely helpful is a digital head shot, sent as a separate file (.jpg) attached to the email. It is perfectly acceptable to have someone take a head-and-shoulders shot with a digital point and shoot. Even better is a professional portrait, but that is not necessary! If you are shooting your own photo, choose a neutral background and have the subject stand away from the background, as standing too close will cast unflattering shadows. You also may send (high-quality) action shots - in addition to, but not instead of, the head shot. Please make sure you have permission to use the photo! The photographer almost always owns copyrights to a photo.
• Again, any photos must be attached as a separate .jpg file. Any imbedded in a Word or any other kind of document is unusable.
• You also should send recruiting information, if you truly are being courted by schools and have interest in them. If you (or the prospect you are representing), has higher interest in specific schools, please note that.
• Finally, our Player Profile Pages now allow players to maintain a blog on their own page. Remember, your blog will be displayed to the public, which includes the college coaches who may be recruiting you. Some examples of things you might want to blog are facts about yourself, your club-team schedule and stats, among other thing. Entries must be tasteful. Anyone who crosses the threshhold of taste, with HoopGurlz staff being the final arbiters, will have her blogging privileges revoked. Some violations may result in revokation of the Player Page.
• To request blogging privileges, you first must sign up for a free membership at HoopGurlz.com. Then submit your account information, a verifiable but not overly public fact about yourself and a valid phone number, and we will set up the blog.
• For an explanation of our rankings, please click here [1].

How to Get Your Team Listed