Illinois High School Basketball

Yearning for a new opportunity while never far away, Caprice Smith turned her sights toward a college basketball coaching career, even while being part of a thriving basketball powerhouse.

Hopeful for a chance to return to college hoops over the course of the last few years, the one-time DePaul Blue Demon is delighted to be back coaching in a video coordinator role for the defending Big East Champions.

“It’s my favorite place to think of in terms of if I had to do it all over again, if I wanted to go to college, Lincoln Park is amazing,” Smith said. “It’s not right down within all of the chaos, but you’re still close enough.”

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With over 30 Division I offers in her pocket, Griffin makes choice to traverse to Virginia

Having never stepped on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Aurora Christian’s Anna Griffin had to know the choice to become a Cavalier was really the right fit for her to go through with it.

For the class of 2021 standout, Virginia’s coaches checked all the boxes of showing continued interest, having her academic opportunities laid out to bare, and resources available to show they meant business.

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