Friendly’s Carroll Holmes continues tradition of putting players into college

FORT WASHINGTON, Maryland  --  As detailed in Thursday’s paper, Friendly girls’ basketball Coach Carroll Holmes has a long history of putting players into college, mostly during his time leading the boys at Carroll. The list included Lawrence Moten (Syracuse), Charles Harrison (Georgetown/Wake Forest), Derrick and Cedric Lewis (Maryland) and Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje (Georgetown), among others.

Holmes spent more than two decades coaching in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, and he’s just three years into his stint with the Patriots, but he’s slowly building his list of girls’ players at the next level.

Point guard Precious Winley made the jump off last year’s Maryland 3A South runner-up team to Grambling State in the SWAC where she’s played 11 games this season. Forward Nakita Gray, last year’s second-leading scorer, moved on to North Carolina A&T to become a member of the track and field team.

The next group of college-bound Patriots already features forwards Chayla Lewis (Central Connecticut State) and Janay Carter (Delaware State). Both players made it official during the early signing period in November. Another senior, guard Breanna Brown, continues to weigh her college options but expects to continue her career.

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