Early Grassroots Stars

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Grassroots season has officially tipped off! Players from Michigan are making their presence felt very early in the season as well. Let's take a look at a few of the top performers from the first week!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["281849"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Reynolds picked up right where she left off in high school season. Her MBA squad were the Gold Champions at the Spring Bling in Fort Wayne. Reynolds was named to the All-Tournament Team at the event. Her ball handling was terrific and she picked and prodded at the defenses while she distributed the ball and scored at a high percentage.","_player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_1_player":["260502"],"_player_evaluations_1_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_1_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_1_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_1_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_1_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_1_evaluation":"Elsmore was also a member of the MBA team that secured a championship at Spring Bling. Just like Reynolds above, Elsmore was named to the All-Tournament Team from the event. She worked very hard off the ball and put herself in scoring positions. Elsmore looked comfortable and athletic throughout the event.","_player_evaluations_1_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_2_player":["419540"],"_player_evaluations_2_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_2_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_2_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_2_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_2_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_2_evaluation":"McLeod is a player to keep an eye on this spring and summer. She can flat out shoot and score the ball and she did both last weekend with Michigan Crossover. McLeod was able to shoot both off the dribble and off the catch. In 3 games, she averaged just under 14 points per contest.","_player_evaluations_2_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_3_player":["417893"],"_player_evaluations_3_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_3_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_3_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_3_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_3_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_3_evaluation":"Dozier played with MBA UA Rise 2024 at the Spring Bling. All word was that she had a very good performance at the event. Her numbers back that up. Dozier averaged 14 points and 3.5 assists in 2 games. 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She seems to have a very solid understanding of how to effectively play off screens. Hatfield did a nice job earning position under the rim and being active on the glass. She even had a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds.","_player_evaluations_4_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_5_player":["383704"],"_player_evaluations_5_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_5_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_5_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_5_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_5_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_5_evaluation":"Klinger drew some eyes to her game in Fort Wayne as well. In her last game at the event, she wa basically dominant. Klinger flashed a terrific all around game, finishing the contest with 20 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds and 5 steals.","_player_evaluations_5_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":6,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6422fb56165fc"} /-->