Philly Women's Summer League: Fioravanti Heads First Womhoops Guru All-Summer League Squad

By Bob Heller and Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru

HATBORO, Pa. – Everyone else does it so why not do something similar at the Philadelphia/Suburban Women’s NCAA-Certified Summer Basketball League here at Kelly Bolish Gym, home of the AAU Renegades.

Consider this not official since longtime commissioner David Kessler doesn’t even know it’s coming but with the playoffs about to begin Thursday night with quarterfinal action, Bob and your Guru decided that since we were around most of the summer, why not name a regular season first-ever All-Philly Summer League Team and an MVP and then come back and do likewise for the playoffs, where a few more will be invited into the voting mix and perhaps something more formal could be established next year.

Furthermore Bob did a yeoman’s job doing detailed accounts of all the games, something the Guru couldn’t do in the past so he certainly was inside all the games while your Guru got the sense of who’s who through posting the ongoing coverage.

We figured a flat out 15 players, no first, second, or third five, was appropriate to give equal billing to all and to account for all players from the 12 teams for consideration  and get some into the citations, if warranted, into who won’t be in the playoff field.

No prizes or paper awards are involved, the commissioner gives his own swag/toys during and after the playoffs.

Since there wasn’t room on the main preview post above this, the Guru’s own 20-point chart will be at the bottom here.

But from the outset and it wasn’t easy but the regular season MVP honor goes to Saint Joseph’s senior Amanda Fioravanti, who helped rescue Team White from its 1-3 start to finish with a seven-game win streak and third seed without the need of a tiebreak to open in the quarterfinals.

Fioravanti, whose collegiate career started at Virginia before transferring to the Hawks, got good news at the outset of the summer learning the NCAA had granted a petition for an extra year of eligibility to get her four years.

On the Guru’s nightly 20-plus scoring list, Fioravanti and Hawks senior teammate Chelsea Woods of Electric Green hit the mark a league-leading seven times of the 11 games played and Fioravanti on the fourth night in late June also had the top performance of the year with 41 points.

But that alone wasn’t the deal-breaker, just using an overall sense of who should get what, but it was close.

So congratulations.

 And here’s our picks. Undoubtedly many of ours would have also been those of others invited to vote if we didn’t make this a rush job off a sudden inspiration. 

But feel free to badger us the next several nights if you think someone not named had a compelling case.

Womhoops Guru All-Philly WBB Summer League Team

(Regular Season)

(Listing in no particular order with summer team also named)

*-Amanda Fiorvanti             White

Jess Huber                          Maroon

Colleen Walsh                   Maroon

Chelsea Woods                 Electric Green

Mia Hopkins                       Forest Green

Jenny Horvatinovic           Forest Green

Erin Lindahl                        Sky Blue

Caitlyn Cunningham         Black

Michaela Clay                    Royal Blue

Sierra Taylor                      Royal Blue

Alex Thomas                      Maroon

Nia Holland                        White

Alynna Williams                Black

Liz Radley                           Orange

Shayna Rodriguez             Pink

*-MVP

Individual Scoring 20 Or More Points

41-Amanda Fioravanti, White, L, vs. Sky Blue, June 27

33-Kristen Daley, Sun, L, vs. Orange, July 20

33-Jess Huber, Maroon, W-2OT, vs. Forest Green, June 29

31-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, W, vs. Sky Blue, July 13

30-Hannah Fox, Electric Green, W, vs. Pink, July 20

30-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, W, vs. Red, June 27

29- Liz Radley, Orange, W, vs. Sun, July 20

28-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, W, vs. Forest Green, July 11

27-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, L, vs. White, July 18

27-Amanda Fioravanti, White, L, vs. Royal Blue, June 22

27-Kendall Grasella, Sky Blue, L, vs. Forest Green, June 15

26-Mia Hopkins, Forest Green, W, vs. Black, July 20

26-Katie Jekot, Sky Blue, L, vs. Black, July 18

26-Amanda Fioravanti, White, W, vs. Black, June 29

26-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, W, vs. Black, June 22

25-Erin Lindahl, Sky Blue, W, vs. Pink, July 25 

25-Caitlyn Cunningham, Black, W, vs. Sky Blue, July 18

25-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, L, vs. Royal Blue, June 15

24-Mia Hopkins, Forest Green, W, vs. Royal Blue, July 25

24-Shayna Rodriguez, Pink, L, vs. Sky Blue, July 25

24-Beverly Kum, Black, W, vs. Orange, July 13

23-Lydia Konstanzer, Sun, W, vs. Purple, June 27

23-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, L, vs. Sun, June 20

23-Kendall Grasella, Sky Blue, L, vs. Royal Blue, June 20

22-Kristen Daley, Sun, W, vs. Red, July 18

22-Amanda Fioravanti, White, W, vs. Sun, July 13

22-Irisa Ye, Maroon, W, vs. Pink, July 13

22-Sierra Taylor, Royal Blue, L, vs. Black, July 6

21-Anjeliah Hayes, Orange, L, vs. Electric Green, July 25

21-Kristen Daley, Sun, L, vs. Maroon, July 25

21-Ashley Smink, Purple, L, vs. White, July 6

21-Caitlyn Cunningham, Black, W, vs. Pink, June 20

21-Jada Smith, Orange, W, vs. Purple, June 20

21-Amanda Fioravanti, White, W, vs. Maroon, June 15

20-Amanda Fioravanti, White, W, vs. Purple, July 25

20-Mia Hopkins, Forest Green, W, vs. Pink, July 18

20-Meghan Pickell, Orange, L, vs. Maroon, July 18

20-Kendall Grasella, Sky Blue L, vs. Maroon, July 11

20-Vicky Tumasz, Red, W, vs. Sky Blue, June 29

20-Katie O’Hare, Orange, W, vs. Royal Blue, June 29

20-Mia Hopkins, Forest Green, W, vs. Orange, June 27

20-Alynna Williams, Black, L, vs. Royal Blue, June 22

20-Mia Hopkins, Forest Green, W, vs. White, June 20

20-Beverly Kum, Black, W, vs. Pink, June 20

20-Amanda Fioravanti, White, L, vs. Forest Green, June 20