Amy Gillespie, 6’0 guard from Cardinal O’Hara High School, has made a verbal commitment to attend St

Kiki Worku, a 6’0 forward from Lower Merion, becomes the 4^th Comets player to make her college decision for 2010. Kiki will attend Dowling College in New York on a basketball scholarship. She will play for Coach Joe Pellicane, father of her current head coach at Lower Merion Lauren Pellicane. Kiki led Lower Merion to a record 26 wins in 2009, an undefeated Central League regular season and Central League championship, as well as an “Elite 8” appearance in the PIAA state tournament. Kiki played only 1 year with the Comets but it was a very successful year. Congratulations to Kiki and her family.

Marikate Gardler, a 5’11 guard from Cardinal O’Hara, becomes the 3^rd Comets player to make her college decision for the class of 2011! MK has given a verbal to St. Joseph’s University of the Atlantic 10 Conference. She was the 6^th player for O’Hara as a sophomore on a team that won the prestigious Nike Tournament in Phoenix and graduated 4 Division 1 players in 2009. She helped her Comets team to a 6^th place finish at AAU Nationals this summer, as well as 2^nd place finish at USA Invitational. The team of mostly 15s playing up in age 16s also was impressive team at Boo Williams elite division and USJN nationals. Marikate has been with the Comets since the age of 13. Congratulations to Marikate and her family.

Erin Shields, a 5’6 guard from Archbishop Carroll High School, became the 1st Comets player to make her college decision for 2010. Erin has verballed to St. Josephs’ University of the Atlantic 10 Conference. Erin averaged 12 pts and 5 rebounds for Carroll this past season leading her team to 3A State Title and Philadelphia Catholic League Championship and a Top 10 National ranking. Erin was named 2^nd team All –State, 1^st team All – Catholic League, 1^st team All Delco, 1^st team All Main Line and 2^nd team All Southeastern PA. She was also named AAU All-American as the Comets placed 6^th at AAU 16U Nationals in 2009. Erin has played with the Comets since the age of 9. We congratulate Erin and her family.

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Natasha Cloud, 6’0 guard from Cardinal O’Hara, has given verbal to University of Maryland of the ACC in 2010. She helped win Catholic League Championship in 2008 and District Title in 2009. She was named 3^rd team All – State, 1^st team All – Catholic, 1^st team All Delco, 1^st Team All Delaware County and 2^nd team All Southeastern PA. Tash was named a Sporting News Honorable Mention All American for 2 years and also listed on Hoopgurlz.com top 100 players for 2010 class. She has led her Comets team to a 6^th place AAU Nationals finish in 2009. Tash started with the Comets at age 10, she then played AAU for Lower Delco from 11 to 15 before returning to Comets for her final AAU season. She led her Lower Delco to 2 straight Top 16 finishes at Nationals. Congratulations to Tash and her family.