(December 2, 2003) - Fordham Women's Basketball Coach Jim Lewis announced the signing of three recruits for the 2004-05 season today, as the Rams signed point guard Nikki Bozeman (Clinton, MD/Bishop McNamara), wing player Antelia Parrish (Clinton, MD/Bishop McNamara), and shooting guard Heather Westrol (Red Bank, NJ/Red Bank Catholic).
Bozeman and Parrish both play for Bishop McNamara High School, which is currently the #1-ranked girls' high school basketball team by The Washington Post and Street & Smith's, while ranked second by USA Today.
Parrish, a 6'0" wing player, was a Nike All-American and a Street & Smith's Honorable Mention All-American last season after averaging 14 points, 13 rebounds, and four assists a game. She was a First Team All-Metropolitan selection, as well as earning First Team All-County and First Team All-Conference honors. She was also selected to the All-Tournament teams at the End of Oregon Trail Tournament and the USJN Tournament.
Bozeman, a 5'7" point guard, was also a Street & Smith Honorable Mention All-American last season, after averaging 10 points, 6.5 assists, and three steals a game. She earned Honorable Mention All-Metropolitan Honors as a junior, while being named Second Team All-County and Third Team All-Conference. Like her teammate, she was also named to the All-Tournament team at the End of Oregon Trail Tournament.
Westrol, a 5'8" shooting guard, was also a Street & Smith Honorable Mention All-American selection and is serving as team captain this year at Red Bank Catholic. Last season, she helped the team to a 25-1 record and the 2003 Shore Conference Championship. A First Team All-Conference and Second Team All-County pick, she led the team in scoring at 13 points per game and in three-point field goals, and was named MVP of the Diamond State Classic Christmas Tourney in Wilmington, DE.
Founded in 1841, Fordham is New York City's Jesuit University. With 22 men's and women's varsity sports teams, the Fordham Rams are members of the NCAA Division I and compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, indoor and outdoor track, women's rowing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis and volleyball and in the Patriot League (NCAA I-AA) for football.
