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I never considered Melissa D'Amico to be a major contributor by MPG

during her ND career. I guess I expected more from a player of her height. Long Island girls basketball has been unimpressive to me with only LI Lutheran in Nassau County having teams that receive national recognition.

Christ the King is the long-time power in the Brooklyn-Queens CHSAA with grads such as Sue Bird and Tina Charles; Nat Marshall would be ND's first recruit from that school. I was surprised when TMLA made its runs to the top of the league with Patterson, Nixon, and few others. I always viewed it as the rich girls school in Queens, although I was friends with one of their basketball playing graduates years ago.

New Jersey has been much better than New York in producing major contributors for ND's team. Of course, I am still hoping that we can build a Texas connection, too!