Womhoops Guru

Mel Greenberg covered college and professional women’s basketball for the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he worked for 40 plus years. Greenberg pioneered national coverage of the game, including the original Top 25 women's college poll. His knowledge has earned him nicknames such as "The Guru" and "The Godfather," as well as induction into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.

Monday, August 27, 2007

Elena Delle Donne Announces College Choice

by Erin Semagin Damio

Per hoopgurlz.com, the Knoxville News Sentinel, the Delaware News Journal, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Hartord Courant, the Manchester Journal-Inquirer, and a host of other Connecticut newspapers, 6 foot 5 guard Elena Delle Donne of Wilmington, Del., the consensus number one player in the class of 2008, has given a verbal commitment to the University of Connecticut.

Delle Donne is about to begin playing basketball again after taking the summer off to volunteer at an elementary school for disabled children and spend some time away from the sport.

Delle Donne joins Caroline Doty, Heather Buck, and Tiffany Hayes in UConn's class of 2008, which may still be open.

The following is quited from Glenn Nelson's article at hoopgurlz.com (linked to in the first paragraph):

"All of a sudden, I just said, 'I'm going to UConn,' " Delle Donne recounted. "In the back of my mind, I'd always thought UConn. But in the car with my mother, I was thinking of every reason that made UConn great. Why not go there? The reason the decision dragged out so long is that I loved the other schools so much. It was hard to break the ties with them."
Mel may have some more to add later this week.

posted by Erin Semagin Damio | 3:30 PM