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History - Girls Division

The ATLANTA CELTICS Inc. (Celtics) has a history of sponsoring girls’ basketball teams, but had never fielded more than 1 or 2 team annually. That all changed after the "completion" of the 2006 "summer" basketball season, when Karl McCray and Korey McCray approved the merger of 3 teams - Scot Waldrop, Daphne Pierce-Smith, Maurice Antoine - from the NEA Hawks and 2 teams formed by Renardo Hudson to establish a girls division. Daphne Pierce-Smith was selected to be the general manager of this division by the CELTICS board.

PLEASE NOTE: ATLANTA CELTICS, Inc. is a "separate" organization and "not" affiliated with the Wallace Prather (WP) Celtics.

MESSAGE from the GENERAL MANAGER

Congratulations to the Class of 2010! Eight (8) out of 9 players have received offers to play at the next level! Click on "BREAKING NEWS" to learn more.

Sheri Foster - 14U Asst. Coach

Sheri Foster played four years of collegiate basketball at Fresno State and Loyola Marymount University. Coach Foster will serve as an assistant coach on the 14U "adidas" Showcase Team.

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2010 "OPEN" EVALUATIONS

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2010 Atlanta Celtics "open" evaluation and tryouts. Please contact Coach White (swhite@atlantaladyceltics.com) for "closed" evaluation on March 13th.

"adidas" Grassroots Girls Basketball Program

Atlana Celtics' girls division has been a member of the "adidas" Grassroots Girls Basketball program since its inception in 2006!

Official Web Site of the Girls Division

Click on "logo” for information about the adidas Grassroots Girls Basketball

MISSION STATEMENT
"To recruit, develop and retain excellent student-athletes, quality parents, and knowledgeable coaches that display good sportsmanship, positive attitudes, and unquestioned ethics in the pursuit of basketball EXCELLENCE! To promote, advise and assist in the spiritual, social, academic and athletic development of individual players in the pursuit of academic and scholastic scholarships.”

BACKGROUND & SIGNIFICANCE

Atlanta Celtics - girls division (a.k.a. Atlanta Lady Celtics (ALC) organization) is a subsidiary of the Atlanta Celtics, Inc., a 503(c)(3) non-profit organization, dedicated to teaching basketball skills, promoting of community service, and the development of personal and social competencies like problem-solving skills, moral reasoning, informed decision-making, self-control, and academic skills. Our administrative and coaching staffs are skilled and qualified, as well as strong leaders and effective managers. The girls division is an "elite" travel basketball club consisting of 3 teams between the ages of 12 to 17 years. The annual budget per team is estimated at $15,000. Each team competes in Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and NCAA certified college-exposure events.

The ALC coaching staffs view every athlete as “unique” and focus on the development of the female-athlete through mentoring and educational programs. The organization “specific” aims are: (1) to develop a sense of community through involvement and service in local charitable and civic organizations. These aims help student-athletes learn and understand their roles in solving community-based problems, and recognize the value of good citizenship; (2) to offer educational programs which focus on specific issues facing young girls in today’s culture. This provides student athletes with the necessary skills to cope in society, as well as help avoid pitfalls of poor decision-making; and (3) to instruct individual and team basketball skills necessary to maximize a player's potential to compete for a scholastic or an academic scholarship. Players MUST maintain a cumulative 2.50 (on a 4.0 scale) GPA to practice and play for the organization.

Daphne Pierce-Smith                                      Karl McCray, President
General Manager, Girls Division                    Korey McCray, CEO
Atlanta Celtics                                                   Atlanta Celtics
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"CLOSED" EVALUATIONS - 14U team ONLY

Please call (770.714.6075) or email (swhite@atlantaladyceltics.com) COACH WHITE for an invitation.

March 13th and 14th @ Pace Academy - Inman Gym
Address: 966 W Paces Ferry Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30327-2699

CLOSED EVALUATION - please contact Coach White.

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ATLANTA CELTICS - Boys Division                                     College Board - SAT
ESPNU Recruiting & Advice Index                                     ACT
"adidas" Womanhood Girls Basketball                                GA College 411
NCAA Eligibility Center                                                      FAFSA
ESPNU GA - College Prospects                                          ESPN Hoops Gurlz
SCOUT                                                                            NCAA
NCAA Press Releases                                                       Girls Got Game - adidas apparel

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Atlanta Celtics - Boys Division

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PRESIDENT: Karl McCray
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Korey McCray
BOYS MANAGER: Corey "Hulio" Smith