The Rumor is Reality

As of June 1st, 2009, I will have excepted the position of head girl's basketball coach at Evergreen High School. Coming off a few very disappointing years, coach Kathy Walker has step down, making the position available for me to step in.

I have coached girls in the Vancouver / Southwest Washington area for several years now, and have made many great friendships and relationships. I have coached and trained girls from as far north as Kelso to Washougal and every school in between including a few players from the Portland area. My genuine desire has always been "to make the players that work with me, better, for when they get back to their high school teams" and "to assist any kids with the desire, to get to the next level of play". I believe I have achieved some level of success at both of these goals. I will continue to do this, I will continue to have Premier Elite, obviously my role will change somewhat. That future is still being worked out.

I did want to say this; Coming out of the club team world, I am very aware of transferring and recruiting of players. It has never been allowed within my program. I stand in full support of the WIAA in their "transferring and recruiting rules" for high school players. I recognize that this practice of kids changing schools for sports and/or coaches recruiting kids just for sports can cause real problems. I believe that students should only transfer for academic and/or personal reasons, and not simply for athletic reasons.

That being said, I suggest everyone stay with the school in the district of which you live. This is not an open invitation to join me at Evergreen, in fact it's a stern warning. There will, of course, be some transfers to Evergreen, and some angry coaches and parents protesting because of it. I just want it to be clear, I'm not out recruiting players to come to Evergreen and will not ever do that.

I wanted to get this out to all of my players, friends, and interested parties.

Coach Jay Foreman Premier Elite - basketball

2009 Graduates on their way to College

Congratulations is in order for these former 2008 Premier Elite players that have sign "letters of intent" to play college basketball and continue their education.
Caitlynn Patterson
Mt. View HS - Grays Harbor Community College
Mariah Ladd
St. Mary's Academy (Ptld) - Concordia College
Dominique Quitoriano
Reynolds HS (Ptld) - Simpson University
Chawncy McClenan
Heritage HS - (not signed yet)

I am so happy and proud to have been able to touch all of these ladies on their way to bigger and better things. Good luck

Summer Teams have formed

After a very successful spring tournament season Premier Elite is starting up with it's summer program. There are 3 teams, Elite, All-Star, and 8th Grade. Look forward to following these teams through out the summer. I also hope to get other teams in the area to make me aware of their schedules and results so I can post them. Good luck to all and have a great summer.

Elite Team
Melissa Willams - Camas HS
Tori Conley - Skyview HS
Shamarica Scott - Ft. Vancouver HS
Justine Joudrey - Heritage HS
Caitlynn Jackson - Kelso HS
Haley Smith - Camas HS
Kass Cloyd - Columbia River HS
McKenzie Heberer - Woodland HS
Sarah Mason - Skyview HS
Caitlin Bower - Camas HS
Lauren Heller - Columbia River HS
Katelyn Henson - Camas HS

All-Star Team
Audrey Frazier - Evergreen HS
Charlene Hillman - Evergreen HS
Mckayla Bradshaw - R.A. Long HS
Kayla Roche' - Camas HS
Jennifer Patterson - Mt. View HS
Emily Aninsworth - Camas HS
Alyse Erickson - Camas HS
Kaeliana DeVera - Camas HS
Gloria Gellatly - Columbia River HS

8th Grade Team
Sydney Vaughn-Williams - Alki MS
Jataya Sewell - Alki MS
Brianna Cunningham - Covington MS
Shanna Romig - Covington MS
Chaysee Telles - Pacific MS
Demia Browning - T. Jefferson MS
Kelsie Roche' - Skyridge MS
Kyla Sumpter - Skyridge MS
Rachel Fylan - Walt Morey MS (Ptld)

Oregon Prep Tournament May 2nd & 3rd

If you work hard then good things will come. As the spring ended for the Premier Elite Black team finishing the Oregon Prep tournament three and one. The team was all over the boards in game one and pulling down 45 rebounds. Easily winning both games the first day. One of the harder things during the two games on Sunday was getting shots to fall in the big spots, and that did not happen when the team needed it to. Losing to the eventual champions Northwest Bluzes team. Now their getting some well needed rest and will start the summer campaign in late June. The team finished in 3rd place.

The Premier Elite Gold team ended the spring going one and three on the weekend. Winning the first game then losing three in a row. In one of the games they played a higher-level team and showed the potential that we all new that they had. In the last game, they all most pulled it out in over time but fell just short. Shots were not falling in the over time game, the team made just three of 14 shots that were taken. There is still know reason to think they did not play well they did, they fought back and stayed in the games all weekend long. The summer stars this weekend for the Gold team back at the Oregon Prep tournaments.