CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi head women's basketball coach Royce Chadwick has announced the addition of five young women to his program via National Signing Day, bringing in Eliyjah Pricebrooks, Paige Allen, Delayna Gillard, Jade Thompson and Nabaweeyah McGill. With the Islanders set to lose eight seniors following this year (F Alexes Bryant, G La'Janeira Robinson, G Dae Dae Evans, G Emma Young, G Dalesia Booth F Arhianna Sims-Jackson, G Sydney-Anne Cottrell and F Tiara Matthews), Chadwick and his staff aimed to build depth across the roster with two high-end point guards/combo guards (Pricebrooks and Gillard), two guards/forwards (Allen and Thompson) and one athletic slashing forward (McGill).
For an in depth look at each signee and some words from Coach Chadwick, please see below.
Name: Eliyjah Pricebrooks (Eli)
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.
High School: Desert Oasis High School
Position: Point Guard/Combo Guard
Height: 5'5''
Notable Stats: Junior season |16 points/game | 7 assists/game | 5 rebounds/game | 3 steals/game
Awards/Recognition: All USA Today Nevada Team; two-time all-state selection; All-Area Super7; three time all-league honors; two-time team MVP
Head Coach Royce Chadwick: "Eliyjah is a floor general, great leader, outstanding shooter and everything you want in a college player on the perimeter."
Name: Paige Allen
Hometown: Kansas City, Mo.
High School: Oak Park High School
Position: Guard/Forward
Height: 5'8''
Notable Stats: Junior season | 26 points/game | 13 rebounds/game | program's all-time leading scorer with 1,685 career points entering senior year.
Awards/Recognition: All-State (junior); All-District (sophomore & junior); All-Conference first team (sophomore & junior); all-tournament team at Winnetonka, Oak Park and Grain Valley tournaments (sophomore & junior); Hy-Vee Player of the Week (junior)
Head Coach
Royce Chadwick: Paige leads by example and can flat score the basketball. She can attack the rim or shoot the three and is a tenacious defender. Paige can play any position on the floor."
Name: Delayna Gillard
Hometown: Daytona, Fla.
High School: Mainland High School
Height: 5'4''
Position: Point Guard/Combo Guard
Notable Stats: Junior season | 12.1 points/game | 7 assists/game | 6.3 steals/game
Awards/Recognition: 9A State Champion (sophomore); 9A District Champion (junior); All-Area First Team
Head Coach
Royce Chadwick: She is a leader on the floor and can score the basketball in multiple ways. Delayna is a very unselfish player always involving her teammates and is a competitor."
Name: Jade Thompson
Hometown: Denton, Texas
High School: John Guyer High School
Height: 5'8''
Position: Guard/Forward
Notable Stats: 18 points/game | 9 rebounds/game | 4 assists/game
Awards/Recognition: Newcomer of the Year (sophomore); All-District First Team.
Head Coach
Royce Chadwick: Jade can get to the rim or shoot the three. She is a hard-working athletic wing that enjoys the physicality of the game. Tremendous collegiate upside and a tenacious defender."
Name: Nabaweeyah McGill
Hometown: Tampa, Fla.
High School: Carollwood Day School
Height: 6'0''
Position: Forward
Notable Stats: Junior season | 12 points/game | 9 rebounds/game | first player in program history to reach 1,000 career points at Carrollwood
Awards/Recognition: Team Captain (sophomore-senior); Hillsborough County First Team (junior); Hillsborough County Second Team (sophomore); state champion runner-up (freshman-junior).
Head Coach
Royce Chadwick: " She is an athletic stretch forward that can play inside and out. She has the ability to rebound outside of her area and is multi-dimensional in every sense of the word."
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Up Next
The Islanders will continue non-conference action when they return home to host UTRGV on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 1 p.m. in the Dugan Wellness Center. Tickets can be purchased
here.
