Danaejah Grant, NYC Gauchos 15: The New Jersey native ended an impressive club season on a high note, leading her team to the first Nike Nationals Junior Division Championship. With Grant's size and strength at the guard position it is very difficult for opposing perimeter players to stop her from scoring off dribble penetration. At 5-9 she has the athletic ability and upper-body strength to get into defensive seams and pull up on a dime, with a quick release and excellent lift her jump shot looks effortless. Grant has a very relaxed demeanor on the court but that does not mean that she is not intense, if you really study her it is apparent she is a very calculating player and is thinking several plays ahead. She can push the ball in transition does a nice job setting up teammates for scoring opportunities. When Grant senses weakness in the defense she goes into attack mode and can score in bunches; her ability to do this unnerves opponents and it is one of the factors that added to her teams overall success in this tournament.

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Rocky Bucano