Off the court, LaChina Robinson also took time out of her busy Final Four weekend to visit and share some thoughts with the athletes providing some first-hand insight on the world of women’s basketball. With players representing 30 states, the District of Columbia and Canada, over 200 athletes descended on the Buckeye State to line up against many of their talented peers in each respective class. Once again Elite Girls Basketball and Nicc Jackson assembled a collection of talent from across the country for an early preview of some promising prospects in the 2022, 23 and 24 classes. In just three short years the EGB Middle School All American Games have become a staple of Final Four weekend for athletes, media and evaluators alike. You just might have gotten glimpse of headliner for a future “Arike”-like Final Four finish.
Flash forward to Saturday evening and all day Sunday leading up to the Notre Dame – Mississippi State classic for the third annual Elite Girls Basketball National Middle School All American Games.
It was way back in 2011 when she was first profiled on Blue Star Media after participating in a Fall Evaluation Event in metropolitan Chicago.
COLUMBUS, Ohio-While Notre Dame’s Arike Ogunbowale may have “owned” the NCAA Women’s Final Four and the city of Columbus last weekend, she had some hopeful young players following…not quite so closely…in her footsteps.