PV Women's Basketball Adds Size With Recruiting Class

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas - The Prairie View A&M women's basketball team added two highly recruited standouts to their team for the 2012-13 basketball season.

The Lady Panthers snagged 6-4 center Shamiya Brooks from Troup County High School out of LaGrange, Georgia and a 6-2 junior transfer from Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California, Tonisha Lacey. Lacey will have two years of eligibility with the Lady Panthers.

Brooks was highly recruited with multiple offers coming from: North Carolina-Wilmington, East Carolina, Florida A&M, Jacksonville, Florida Atlantic, Temple, Jacksonville State, West Georgia and Troy.



As high school senior, Brooks established herself as one of the top players in the state of Georgia, earning an All-State Honorable Mention selection…averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds as a senior…led Troup County to a 23-6 record as a senior and the Class 3A State Quarterfinals…was selected to play in the Herbert Green All-Star Game, in which the top players from Georgia and Alabama face off…four-year letter winner and starter…led Troup County to the Class 3A state quarterfinals as a junior, averaging 12 points and 10 rebounds in her junior campaign.

Prairie View A&M Head Coach Toyelle Wilson on Brooks: “Brooks will be an immediate asset for our team. We needed an inside presence that could change our look offensively and defensively, and she will do that. She has great size, athleticism and blocking ability. She will be solid at Prairie View."

As a sophomore Lacey led Pasadena CC in rebounding with 10 boards per game while also providing eight points per contest during the 2011-12 season...she helped lead her team to the second round of the SoCal Regional Playoffs as a sophomore starter at center…earned All-South Coast Conference First Team honors as a sophomore...as a freshman, Lacey averaged 3.7 points and 4.8 rebounds, playing a critical role off of the bench…she played a part in Pasadena CC making it to the third round of the playoffs.

At Tennyson High School in Hayward, California, Lacy was an All-Hayward Athletic League First Team selection as she led the team in scoring with 15.8 points per game…Lacey was also a multi-sport athlete, standing out as an All-Hayward Athletic League middle blocker and also participated in the long jump in track and field...Lacey held a 3.88 GPA as a student athlete and was the features editor for her high school newspaper.

Lacey was also recruited by and received offers from: Prairie View A&M, Cal State-Northridge and Hawaii.

Prairie View A&M Head Coach Toyelle Wilson on Lacey:  “Tonisha is a wonderful addition to the program. She has a superb body and can bang inside. She is very physical and has a great touch around the basket.”

Lacey and Brooks will join a recruiting class that includes 6-3 center Deanna Moore (Muskogee, Oklahoma/Muskogee HS), who signed a national letter of intent during the early signing period. The Lady Panthers, who return every player from their 2011-12 SWAC Championship team, look to be in good position to three-peat under the helm of third-year coach Toyelle Wilson.

“We're excited about her future here,” Wilson said. “It's a great day to be a Lady Panther.”

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