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Elena Delle Donne

Delle Donne Adds Texas

By Glenn Nelson
HoopGurlz Publisher
Posted Thu, 04/26/2007 - 17:59 On the eve of her debut with a new club team, Elena Delle Donne's school interests follow Gail Goestenkors from Duke to Texas.

Although much recent speculation has surrounded Elena Delle Donne's recruitment, the No. 1 prospect in the 2008 class continues a studied, methodical march toward her highly anticipated college choice.

In fact, the biggest news regarding Delle Donne may be her new club team - the Comets from the Philadelphia area - with which she will debut at the Boo Williams Invitational this weekend. She reports that her new teammates have been very accepting and "just want to win." Delle Donne's longtime club team, Fencor, dissolved when coach Veronica Algeo took a new job that precluded her from coaching.

On the recruiting front, Delle Donne made a change to her list of six finalists, dropping Duke and adding Texas - essentially a nod to Gail Goestenkors, who recently accepted the head coaching job with the Longhorns. The 6-foot-4 sharpshooter also recently informed at least a couple of schools - Notre Dame and Stanford - that they no longer were under consideration.

"I definitely will take a trip to Texas because I respect Gail so much," Delle Donne said.

The change sidesteps a complicated situation with Duke, where Delle Donne's brother Gene originally attended on a football scholarship but subsequently transferred to Middle Tennessee, a school also among Elena Delle Donne's finalists.

Delle Donne's final six now includes Connecticut, Maryland, Tennessee and Villanova, in addition to Middle Tennessee and Texas. Delle Donne has been invited to the USA Basketball U19 tryouts, May 17-20, in Colorado Springs. She's planned to pare her list further after the tryouts, then perhaps make a decision in June.


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Glenn Nelson

Glenn Nelson is the publisher of HoopGurlz.com. He also founded and coached the Dragons and Northwest HoopGurlz select girl's basketball teams. Glenn previously was the editor-in-chief at Scout.com and a longtime, national-award-winning basketball columnist and writer for The Seattle Times. His work also has appeared in several books and national magazines. He is co-author of "Rising Stars: The Ten Best Players in the NBA" (Rosen Publishing, 2002). He can be reached at hoopgurlz@comcast.net.

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