Wake Forest Athletics
Women's Basketball Inks Two During Spring Signing Period
5/9/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
May 9, 2003
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The Wake Forest women's basketball program added two more signees to its 2003 recruiting class during the spring signing period, head coach Charlene Curtis announced on Friday. The Deacs have received national letters-of-intent from Maya Bennett, a 6-2 center from Pilot Mountain, N.C., and Tiara Good, a 5-9 guard from Jonesville, S.C.
"We are excited to add these two outstanding student-athletes in the spring signing period," said Coach Curtis. "Tiara and Maya are both winners in the classroom and on the court." Bennett, a multi-sport standout in basketball, volleyball and track and field at East Surry High School, was a three-time all-conference selection in hoops. In 2001, she earned All-Western region honors while leading her team to the 1-A state championship game. As a senior she was an All-Northwest North Carolina honorable mention. For her career she averaged 11.2 points, 10.3 rebounds and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 54 percent from the floor.
Bennett was also a three-time all-conference in selection in volleyball. In track and field, she finished third in the state in the high jump as a junior, while earning regional champ honors in the same event in 2002 and '03. She has also been an all-conference honoree in the 100m, 200m and discus.
"Maya is an excellent rebounder and shot blocker who can run the court," Curtis said. Good, from Jonesville High School, totaled 2,224 points, 1,355 rebounds, 683 assists and 511 steals during her prep career - the only player in South Carolina high school history to combine at least 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 500 assists and 500 steals in a career. Named the region's Player of the Year all four years, Good also earned all-state honors from 9th-12th grades.
As a senior, Good averaged 22.8 points, 10.5 rebounds, 7.8 assists and 4.7 steals while leading her team to a 21-3 record and the third round of the playoffs. Included in those averages was a school-record 47-point single-game performance. She was selected to start in the North Carolina-South Carolina All-Star game.
Good, who was named the South Carolina Association of Women's Sports 2002 Player of the Year, was also recruited by several Division I schools a softball prospect at the shortstop position.
"Tiara has great court vision at the guard spot," Curtis said. "She gives us more depth and athleticism in the backcourt."
Bennett and Good will join fall signee Melissa Washington as the Deacs' three-member freshman class this fall.
