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Viewmont's Mercedes Staples driven to help teammates succeed by passing along confidence
By Amy Donaldson, Deseret News Sports, January 30, 2017.
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865672224/Viewmonts-Mercedes-Staples-driven-to-help-teammates-succeed-by-passing-along-confidence.html

"“She’s an unbelievable passer,” says Viewmont girls basketball head coach Clint Straatman. “She loves to give her teammates the ball.”"

"Her penchant for passing may come from her embrace of the team concept. While most teens must be taught the value of putting the group ahead of individual accomplishments, Straatman said Staples understood team dynamics at an instinctual level."

"“She has a sense of the game like nobody I’ve ever coached,” he said. “And I’ve coached some good ones.”"

""He called her a “complete” player, while one of the college coaches hoping to lure her to his college program described her as “a game- changer.”"

"“She knows what she wants to do two steps ahead of everybody else out there,” Straatman said. “She just completely understands the game that way.”"

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Mercedes Staples - espnW 100 ranked #64 (#17 PG) on 2018 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings:
http://www.espn.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/230839/mercedes-staples

 

[hungan1]

Will Whalen play a espnW Top 100 player right away? I don't foresee Mercedes getting red shirted.

 

[Ski U Mah Gopher]

Will Whalen play a espnW Top 100 player right away? I don't foresee Mercedes getting red shirted.

She steps into the lineup at Wagner's spot. That's my prediction.

 

[hungan1]

Has anyone who has access to women's basketball seen the #64 ESPNW 100 player Mercedes Staples in practice?