5 of 25 Selections Named to All-Century Girls Basketball Team

CONNECTICUT — In celebration of its 100th anniversary, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) has compiled a list of the 50 greatest high school basketball players (25 male, 25 female) into an All-Century team. Over the next five weeks, the CIAC will release five female and five male honorees each week.

Players are listed with their name during their high school career, their graduation year and school. The All-Century teams were compiled with input from past and current coaches, veteran high school basketball writers and others closely associated with Connecticut boys and girls basketball through the decades.

Selections were made strictly on the player's high school career, not necessarily on their later accomplishments in college and/or pro ball. Players selected to the teams are not ranked in any order; rather, the CIAC is releasing five names weekly at random.

The first batch of female standout players includes:

Cathy Inglese – Sheehan – 1976

• Led team to Class L title in senior year
• All-State
• Was selected as Sheehan’s “Outstanding Athlete”
• Member of Connecticut Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
• Described as “Bill Bradley of high school basketball”

Tracy Lis – Killingly – 1988

• 3,681 career points (39.8 average)
• All-American
• 1998 Class L state championship
• State record 65 point game as sophomore (42.8 avg. points per game as sophomore)
• Member of Connecticut Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame

Jennifer Monti – Ellington – 1997

• Two state title game appearances, won in 1997
• Member of Connecticut Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
• Gatorade State Player of the Year
• 2,089 points in high school
• 3-time All-State selection

Nykesha Sales – Bloomfield – 1994

• Member of Connecticut Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
• 1993-94 USA Today National Player of the Year
• Averaged 36.2 points, 12.3 rebounds, 3.7 steals her senior year
• 2,304 career points

Tracy Stolle – Wamogo – 1995

• 1,924 career points
• 2-time All-State
• Averaged 26.4 points, four steals and 3.7 assists as a senior
• Led Wamogo to the 1995 CIAC Class S championship