12/10/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 10, 2003
Duquesne University's head women's basketball coach Dan Durkin has announced the signings of Rebecca Bonasso (Fairmont, W. Va./Morgantown), Jocelyn Chandler (Uniontown, Pa./Uniontown) and Jade Singleton (Cleveland Heights, Ohio/Cleveland Heights) to National Letters of Intent for the 2004-05 season.
Bonasso, a 5-9 guard, was a three-year letterwinner at Fairmont Senior before transferring this season to Morgantown High School. At Fairmont, she led her squad to the section title as a sophomore and junior and the team placed third in the state championship her freshman year. A two-time All-NCAC performer, Bonasso averaged 18.3 points and 3.7 assists as a junior and 17.7 ppg as a sophomore. Twice, she was lauded as an all-region pick and was tabbed a second team all-state honoree. She is an Honor Roll student and plans to major in education. "Rebecca is a gifted student-athlete out of Morgantown High School who played for one of the top AAU teams in West Virginia this past summer. She is a combo guard with excellent skills and a great work ethic. Rebecca will help us score and defend in the perimeter. Rebecca is a very unselfish player that loves giving the assist to help her teammates. I see her as being one of the top players in the state this year and we are very lucky to have her on board", says Coach Durkin.
A 5-10 guard, Chandler helped lead her Uniontown squad to the 2001-02 playoffs marking the first time in 20 years that team had advanced. An all-county pick, she is a 1,000-point scorer and one of the WPIAL's top leading scorers with 27.4 ppg as a junior. She was named a WPIAL All-Section pick and chosen as the team's MVP. Chandler also lettered in track and soccer and she was named an all-county selection in soccer as a goalkeeper. "What a great sign for Duquesne", says Durkin. "Jocelyn is one of the premier players in Western PA and, once again, we worked hard to land someone local and were successful. Jocelyn is a very versatile guard that will help us replace Candace Futrell upon her graduation. We found her on one of our local AAU teams, the Bruins, who had one of our former players, Sherri Hannon-McConnell, as their assistant coach. We followed her at Uniontown High School after that and the rest is history. It's great to keep the local talent home. Jocelyn will make a lot of noise this year in the WPIAL."
Singleton is a 6-1 forward who led her Cleveland Heights team to the 2003 sectional championship averaging 12.0 ppg and 10.8 rpg. A three-year letterwinner, she was named a first team All-Lake Erie League selection and twice has been tabbed the team MVP. She led her 17u AAU squad to the 2003 state championship crown and has lettered two years in softball as well. A member of the Honor Roll, she wants to study elementary education. Coach Durkin adds, "Jade is a great catch for Duquesne University. She is a very nice and academically oriented young lady who will be a great ambassador over the years for our program. We found Jade playing for an excellent AAU team in Ohio (All-Ohio AAU) coached by John Bethea. Jade will play inside for us and we will use her 6-1 frame to help us rebound, press and defend. We are very pleased to have Jade as a part of our next year's class."
Duquesne University Women's Basketball 2004-05 Signings
HT POS PPG RPG Hometown/High SchoolRebecca Bonasso 5-9 G 18.3 3.7 apg Fairmont, W.Va./MorgantownJocelyn Chandler 5-10 G 27.4 n/a Uniontown, Pa./UniontownJade Singleton 6-1 F 12.0 10.8 Cleveland Heights, Ohio/Cleveland Heights
