The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball program has picked up four verbal commitments recently for their 2011 signing class.
Giving their non-binding nod to UTC are Ka’Vonne Towns, a 5-foot-10 wing from Berkmar High School in Lilburn, Ga.; 6-foot forward Kayla Freeman of Madison County High in Danielsville, Ga.; 5-11 guard Kelsee Cheek of Jay M. Robinson High in Concord, N.C.; and 6-foot forward Ashley Southern of Deshler High School in Tuscumbia, Ala.
The early signing period begins on Nov. 10.
Towns and Freeman were AAU teammates on the Georgia Elite 16U squad that won a state championship in May.
“We both really liked [UTC] so we talked about playing together,” said Towns, who averaged 9.7 points, 4.7 steals and 4.5 rebounds for Berkmar last season and was named Region 8-AAAAA first team all-region. “