Ed Swanson and Tribe Women's Basketball have landed a local 757
three-time All-State young lady from Norfolk, Chaniqua Gilliam...the first time in my memory that we've signed a star from this area. She led her lake Taylor team to the state championship this past season.

Welcome to the Tribe, Chaniqua!
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Below is info from the W&M press release:

Chaniqwa Gilliam, 5-8, Guard, Norfolk, Va./Lake Taylor
HIGH SCHOOL
Played her final two years of high school hoops at Lake Taylor, after playing the three years of varsity basketball at Atlantic Shores Christian … Helped Lake Taylor to the VHSL State Title earlier this year … Named All-Conference all four years of high school ... Named to the All-Region team in 2019 … Tabbed to the All-State Team for three seasons … Finished her high school career scoring 1,903 points … Played her club basketball for Team Loaded and Norfolk Xpress.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Bernard Gilliam and Taneisha James … Wants to major in kinesiology and health sciences at W&M … Enjoys reading and traveling during her spare time.

Swanson on Gilliam
"Chaniqwa is a hard-nosed player that will come in and help us right away. From right down the road in Norfolk, we are excited to bring in a player from the 757. She can help us as a combo guard offensively, but also has the ability to be a lock-down defender as well. I look forward to watching her become the player our staff knows she can be."

Welcome Chaniqwa. I look forward to watching her contribute.

Bubba, we've got Harper Birdsong (Suffolk), and Nyla Pollard (Virginia Beach) on the roster. Birdsong was independent league state POY three years in a row at Nansemond Suffolk.

(05-18-2019 07:23 AM)Tribe32 Wrote:  Bubba, we've got Harper Birdsong (Suffolk), and Nyla Pollard (Virginia Beach) on the roster. Birdsong was independent league state POY three years in a row at Nansemond Suffolk.

Well, he DID say "the first time in my memory". Bubba's memory must not be very long.