ANNOUNCEMENTS OF INTEREST

     The Starter "Family" is more than just basketball! We all watch daughters and teammates develop life-long friendships, learn to share and survive independently "on the road" and mature to college age young adults. We watch our coaches work with our daughters, share the "ups and downs" of athletic competition, gain experience, get married and move on to new opportunities. As parents, we get the opportunity to cheer for all the girls, provide words of support for a daughter whose parent(s) couldn't attend, and make our own new friendships.
     If you have a special announcement you would like to share, please e-mail us or fax us using the information at the bottom of this page.

Announcements:

• February 2, 2012
  *** Congratulations to Kerri Stolle of Wamogo HS, who scored her 1,000th career point in a game against Thomaston on February 1. Kerri is now the 3rd member of her family, along with sisters Tracy and Kristi, to score over 1,000 points in her HS career.
   
  
• January 31, 2012
  *** Congratulations to Nickie (Economopoulos) Whitehouse and her husband John on the birth of their second child, Henry Paul. He was born January 30 and checked in at 9 pounds, 5 ounces and 21 inches long.
   
  
• January 30, 2012
  *** Congratulations to senior Kathleen McCormack (N.W. Catholic HS), who will be attending and playing basketball beginning next season at Plymouth State in New Hampshire.
   
  
• January 13, 2012
  *** Congratulations to former CT Starters player and coach Kim Martin on her recent marriage to Dave Sciascia. Martin is currently in her 7th season as head coach at St. Joseph College in West Hartford.
   
  
• December 26, 2011
  *** Congratulations to Maggie Donohue, who will be attending Connecticut College where she will be playing basketball.
  *** Congratulations to Megan Layman, who will be attending Dickinson College (PA) where she will be playing basketball.
  *** Congratulations to Kerri Stolle, who was named Class S All-State and first team All-Berkshire League in soccer.
   
  
• December 17, 2011
  *** Congratulations to Liz McKinley, who signed a letter of intent for a scholarship to play basketball at Southern CT State University.
   
  
• November 23, 2011
  *** Congratulations to former CT Starters player Maria Conlon-Rinaldi and her husband Carmine on the birth of their first child. Layla Ann Rinaldi (7 lbs, 3 oz, 21 inches) was born on November 21.
   
  
• October 20, 2011
  *** Congratulations to former CT Starters player Jill (Carpenter) Devor and her husband on the birth of their second child, an 8 pound, 1 ounce 20-inch girl named Sarahjane Devor, born October 18.
  *** Congratulations to former CT Starters player, and daughter of current Starters coach Fred Williams, Christie (Williams) Diedrich and her husband on the birth of their second child, a 7 pound, 1 ounce 19-inch girl named Dylan Rose Diedrich, born October 19.
   
  
• September 21, 2011
  *** Congratulations to Maggie Donohue and Ashley Perez (16 Red) for making the All-Tournament team at the Hall of Fame National Invitational in Springfield in July.
   
  
• September 5, 2011
  *** Congratulations to former CT Starters coach Jeremy Pringle, on his marriage to Tiffany DiPrimio on September 3.
   
  
• September 1, 2011
  *** Congratulations to Ashley Perez (Manchester), who has made a verbal commitment to St. John's University.
   
  
• August 30, 2011
  *** Congratulations to CT Starters coach Al Lewis and his wife Holly on the birth of their second child. Mya Jasmine Lewis (8 pounds, 1 ounce) was born on August 29 at 1:52 PM. Coach Lewis reportedly asked doctors if his newborn daughter can start with light ball handling drills next week.
   
  
• August 2, 2011
  *** Congratulations to former CT Starters player and coach Andrea Grace on her marriage to Jennifer Tracz
   
  
• June 6, 2011
  *** Congratulations to Laura Menty, on her June 4 marriage to Michael Menges.
  *** Congratulations to Cassie Novicky of New Milford HS and CCRI, who will be attending school and playing basketball for her final 2 years at Rhode Island College.
   
  
• June 2, 2011
  *** Congratulations to Megan Cardarelli (16 Red) for finishing 6th in the javelin at the state Class LL track meet.
   
  
• May 13, 2011
  *** Congratulations to CT Starters 16 Red coach Scott Medeiros on his recent engagement to Maris Rubertone.
   
  
• May 12, 2011
  *** Congratulations to Sarah Benedetti, who recently signed her national Letter of Intent to play basketball at Division I St. Francis College (NY).
   
  
• May 9, 2011
  *** Congratulations to former CT Starters player and coach Mallorie Michalak for being named the 2010-11 Post University Female Athlete of the Year. She played tennis, basketball and lacrosse this past school year and is graduating this month with a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice.
   
  
• May 3, 2011
  *** Congratulations to our 14 Red, 15 Red and 16 Blue teams for winning medals at the 2011 State AAU Tournament! Click here for full results:
   
  
• April 29, 2011
  *** Congratulations to Taryn Roy (East Catholic), who will be attending college and playing basketball at WPI in Worcester, MA.
   
  
• April 19, 2011
  *** Congratulations to Mariah Berry (Southington HS) for being selected to the New Britain Herald Girls Basketball First Team
   
  
• April 7, 2011
  *** Congratulations to Maggie Donohue and Genelle Green (16 Red) of Miss Porter's School for being named to the all-league team for the Founders League. They were both also named co-captains of next season's MPS squad.
   
  
• March 7, 2011
  *** Congratulations to CCRI co-captain Cassie Novicky, who earned her second All-Region XXI honor after earning it in her freshman year. Cassie is ranked No. 9 on the CCRI All-time scoring list with 672 points. In addition Novicky holds the CCRI career record for 3-pointers with 145 in her two-year career and also holds the CCRI single-season record for 3-pointers with 83.
   
  
• March 4, 2011
  *** Congratulations to former CT Starters player Chantell Alford; the B.U. sophomore was named America East Player of the Year! She is only the 6th sophomore in the history of the conference to receive this honor and was also named to the conference's All-Defensive team. Chantell led the league in scoring and was also in the Top 10 in the following categories: 3-point FG shooting percentage (2nd), Steals (4th), Free Throw percentage (6th), Field Goal percentage (7th) and Blocks (10th).
  *** Congratulations to senior Chelsea Blake (NYU) and sophomore Kristyn Wright (Rochester), who both received Honorable Mention recognition for the UAA All-Conference Teams. The UAA is recognized as one of the top Division III women's basketball conferences in the country, with 3 teams ranked in the Top 13 nationally in the latest Top 25 poll.
  *** Congratulations to the following 3 players for being named to the New England Prep School All-Star Team. All 3 will be playing in the NEPSAC All-Star game this Sunday (March 6) at Loomis-Chaffee in Windsor; the Class A/B game is at 1 pm, while the Class C/D Game is at 3 pm.
  ALLISON BERMAN--Hopkins (Class A/B), GENELLE GREEN--Miss Porter's (Class A/B), EMILY KESSLER--Ethel Walker (Class C/D)
   
  
• March 3, 2011
  *** Congratulations to Senior Melissa Teel of WCSU, who was named both MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in the Little East Conference. This is the first time in league history that a player has won both awards in the same season. Sophomore Tanisha Carter of ECSU was named second team All-Conference.
   
  
• February 23, 2011
  *** Congratulations to Saint Joseph College women's basketball coach Kim Martin, named Coach Of The Year by the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC). Martin has coached the team to a 19-6 record so far, which has tied a school record for most wins in a season and exceeded the 18 victories of the previous four seasons combined. "I'm very honored to be selected for this award," Martin said. "There were plenty of coaches in the GNAC that deserved this award as they have done excellent jobs with their programs. It's an honor for the team as much as it is for me because they came together and have done something special this season."
  *** Congratulations to Ashley Perez for breaking the Manchester HS girls basketball career scoring record. Perez, a junior, now has 1,349 points, which breaks the old record held by former Starters player Raenielle DeCastro-Cain (1,332 points, 1998-2002).
   
  
• February 16, 2011
  *** Congratulations to St. Joseph's College women's coach Kim Martin. The former CT Starters player and coach led the Blue Jays to a school-record 17th regular-season win with a 77-34 win over Southern Vermont on February 15. Senior Laddie Schiano (also a former Starters player) is the school's 3rd all-time leading scorer with 1,294 points.
  *** Congratulations to Cassie Novicky, who now holds the single-game (8), season (71) and career (133) records for made 3-point field goals at CCRI in Warwick, RI.