Tal Sahar – G – Tarzana, Calif. (Calabasas High School)
Tal Sahar is a four-year letterwinner for basketball, averaging 13.8 points per game last season, and two-year varsity letterwinner for track at CHS, a runner up at the CIF championships. Through three seasons thus far, she has led the Coyotes to the playoff quarterfinals twice (2011-12, 2013-14) and the semifinals once (2012-13) and has been named MVP (2012-13), and Most Improved (2011-12). Outside of athletics, she is a National Honor Society member (2012-15) and is involved with College Scholarship Federation (2012-14), Pediatric Aids Club (2012-15), Woman of the World Club (2012-14), and Steering Club (2012-14). Academically, she has taken nine honors classes and four AP classes and received the CHS Student-Athlete of the Year award twice (2012-14). Sahar will graduate from Calabasas High School in 2015 and is interested in a career in dermatology.
Bonvicini on Sahar: “Tal is a big time scorer and is an outstanding athlete who can play both ends of the court. She is a pure shooter with pro-style range.”
Kristin Dearth – F/C – Corrales, N.M. (Cibola High School)
Kristin Dearth is a four-year varsity letterwinner and three-year varsity starter for the Cougars, leading them to three straight district championships. Dearth was a First Team All-District Selection (2013, 2014), earned Academic All-District honors (2012, 2013, 2014), and was named All-Metro Athlete (2014). A member of the National Honor Society, she takes numerous AP and honors classes. At CHS, she was named Hardest Working Athlete in 2013 and Most Improved in 2014 with a single game high of 18 points and 14 rebounds. In club play, Dearth won the Hometown Hope Christian High School tournament with Southwest Elite and the Adidas Three Stripes Tournament with NM-Texas Heat Elite. She will graduate from Cibola High School in 2015 and is interested in a career as a physical therapist.
Bonvicini on Dearth: “Kristin is a big body presence in the post and a hard worker with limitless potential. She is quick getting up and down the court, is a fearless rebounder, and a scorer inside.”
Kaylee Biddell – C – Port Vincent, South Australia, Australia (Mineral Area JC – Park Hills, Mo.)
Kaylee Biddell earned National Team experience representing South Australia at the U16 National Basketball Championship (2009, 10), where they won silver in 2009, at the U18 National Basketball Championship (2011), where she served as team captain, and at the U20 National Basketball Championship (2013), where the team also won silver. She also represented South Australia with the U17 Australian Netball team in 2007 and 2009. She earned the Pierre de Coubertin Award and Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Award (2012) in recognition of sportsmanship and participation in high level of sport. Biddell is a 2012 graduate of Minlaton District School in Minlaton, South Australia and will graduate with her associates in psychology in May 2015 from Mineral Area Junior College in Park Hills, Mo. She is interested in a career as a sports psychologist.
Bonvicini on Biddell: “Kaylee is an imposing presence inside and out. She is a versatile performer who can step out and face up for the jumper or finish underneath the hoop. She is a former member of the South Australia U20 team.”