COACH CRAIGHEAD SIGNS FOUR IN HER FIRST WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RECRUITING CLASS 11/12/2009 SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sacramento State head women’s basketball coach Jamie Craighead announced the signing of four student-athletes for the 2010-2011 season. Guards Sadie Clements (Springville HS, Springville, Utah), Alle Moreno (St. Mary’s HS, Lodi, Calif.), and Se’nyce Parrish (Clovis West HS, Clovis, Calif.) will join post player Cydnie Mixon (Deer Valley HS, Antioch, Calif.) as newcomers to the Hornets basketball program next season. “With this recruiting class we’re able to replace the positions we are losing at the end of the season, while also improving our depth,” coach Craighead said. “In our system, you can never have enough players, especially on the perimeter with the intense style of defense we play.” Clements, a 5-foot-10 guard who can also play the three, averaged over 10 points per game last season for the Springville High School Red Devils and head coach Nancy Warner in Springville, Utah. She led her team to a 4A Region 7 championship, and a runner-up finish in the state 4A title game. Clements has been ranked as high as 98 on the ESPN HoopGurlz guard rankings, and is currently ranked 112 in the country. She has played AAU ball for the Utah Swoosh and head coach Adam Barrett. “She is a big guard who can rebound and also shoot from the outside,” Craighead said, “I like her size, she has a really solid build, and the team’s she has played for employ the same uptempo full-court press style that we do.” Moreno is a 5-foot-4 native of Lodi, Calif., who plays for ESPN’s preseason No. 1 team in the nation, the St. Mary’s Rams of Stockton. She led her team from the point guard position to both the 2008-09 NorCal and California State Championships, while averaging 12.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 3.0 steals per contest for head coach Tom Gonsalves. In last season’s state title game against Inglewood, Moreno scored 15 points, knocked down four three-pointers and took two key charges. Entering her senior season, Moreno has made182 career three-pointers, and is ranked in the top 150 in the country for guards by ESPN HoopGurlz. “Alle is a very special player who does all of the little things in the game of basketball,” Craighead said. “She makes plays, has great range from the outside, and can also break down teams with penetration in the paint and set up shooters. Alle gets after it defensively, makes steals, and comes up with all of the hustle plays.” Parrish is a 5-foot-10 guard from Clovis West High School in Clovis, Calif., where she scored 7.5 points and dished out 2.3 assists per game as a junior for head coach Craig Campbell. Parrish led her team to a 27-2 record and the CIF Central Section Division I championship as a junior. She is also ranked in the top 150 for guards by ESPN HoopGurlz. Along with Moreno and Mixon, Parrish competed at the AAU level this past season for the Cal Stars Elite team coached by Kelly Sopak. “Se’nyce is a long wing who can play the one, two, or three positions for us,” Craighead said. “She is an extremely skilled athlete who can run up and down the floor and get to the basket. Right now, she has a solid 15-foot jump shot and is working on extending her range to the three-point line.” Mixon is post player from Antioch’s Deer Valley High School, where she has been a second team all-Bay Valley League selection the past two seasons for coach Lindsay Wisely. She averaged 7.8 points and 5.6 rebounds per game as a junior, leading the Wolverines to a 23-8 overall record and a perfect 15-0 mark in league play. Mixon is the daughter of Ricky Mixon, a standout for Cal State Fullerton in the early 80’s who was drafted in 1983 by the Los Angeles Lakers. “Cydnie is a 6-foot post player who is long and athletic and possesses a lot of raw, untapped potential,” Craighead said. “She is going to be a four for us who can get up and down the court and rebound. She is just coming into her own offensively and will help us defensively immediately.” This marked coach Craighead’s first recruiting class since taking over the reigns of the program this July. Name Pos. Ht. Hometown/Current School Sadie Clements G/F 5-10 Springville, Utah/Springville HS Cydnie Mixon F 6-0 Antioch, Calif./Deer Valley HS Alle Moreno G 5-4 Lodi, Calif./St Mary's HS (Stockton) Se'nyce Parrish G 5-10 Clovis, Calif./Clovis West HS