Longtime “Blue-Chip” basketball camp director Rick Bolus also grades high school players by state and provides a Top 12, a Second 12 and and a list of the next-best 25.
Seven girls from the Chattanooga area are listed among his best in Tennessee in his January 2014 edition.
Bolus is considered to be one of the country’s best high school basketball gurus. He has spent more than 40 years as a scout and 35 as an exposure camp director.
Heading the area contingent on his Tennessee girls’ Top 12 is Bradley Central 6-foot-1 post player Brooke Copeland, a Florida signee. Her high school teammate, 6-2 post Rebecca Reuter, who has signed with Middle Tennessee State, and GPS 5-5 point guard Akia Harris are among the Second 12.
Wing players Nora Berry, a 5-11 Grambling State signee from Cleveland, and Emileigh Swafford, a 5-10 Lee University signee from Meigs County, are among the girls from area schools listed in the next 25. The others are from Hamilton Heights: 6-3 post player Gerda Paulauskaite, who has signed with Gardner-Webb, and 5-8 junior guard Victoria Monyei.