Sydney Zambrotta says "Yes" to Louisville WBB -- Tuesday Cardinal Couple

CHRIST THE KING SENIOR COMMITS TO UOFL

We told you a few weeks back to get to know the name Sydney Zambrotta if you are a UofL women's basketball fan. We hope you were listening...

Syd has become the second 2016 commit for Jeff Walz's WBB squad. The prolific 5'9" guard picked the Cards over Minnesota, Miami, Pittsburgh and South Carolina. After visits to the Gophers and Canes...she hit Louisville and the search was over. She saw and fell in love with the campus and her future teammates. 

The Cardinal staff fell in love with her early on and even more so over the summer during the AAU circuit playing for team New Heights. She had been strongly fascinated with the Cards as well...for several years. 

Syd is a lefty who is drawing some comparisons to former Card guard Shoni Schimmel in regards to her scoring prowess and flamboyant style of play. She popped for 63 points in a game as an eighth-grader.

She was spotted in a golf cart with Samantha Williams on campus by my illustrious co-host Jeff "Worldwide" McAdams on Sunday as he was headed to Field Hockey. I got the message from him and thought..."Hey, that's good! She's still here on a Sunday afternoon." 

Christ the King has turned out a few pretty fair hoopsters in the girls high school side. The names Sue Bird, Tina Charles, Chamique Holdsclaw and Bria Smith may be familiar to UofL WBB (or any WBB) fans. 

The Top-50 prospect will add depth and skill to a Cards guards contingent that is already looking very solid.

Welcome to the "Ville", Syd! 

paulie
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Sydney Zambrotta -- A name Cards WBB fans need to know -- Thursday Cardinal Couple

2016 GUARD DRAWING UofL INTEREST

We don't spend a whole lot of time on recruiting and prospects here at CARDINAL COUPLE...but the name Sydney Zambrotta is one that we're hearing from multiple source as one that the Cardinal WBB coaching staff is raving about and pursuing. 

Zambrotta, a 5'9" off guard out of Christ the King H.S in North Babylon, NY. and club team New Heights is currently ranked at #58 in the 2016 Class and #14 at her position. Going into her senior season...the word and prevailing thoughts are she'll climb much higher than that....based on her summer club play. 


If the name Christ The King sounds familiar...the Cards had a whale of a guard named Bria Smith who attended there. Remember #21? 

Observations from a reliable but unofficial source close to the UofL program indicate that:

"The Cards are hot and heavy on Sydney. She's a big-time scorer and has fantastic outside shooting skills. She is a lefty that can take smaller guards inside and score on them in the paint, deceptively quick, passes well in the transistion game and has a shooter's mentality."  

Louisville isn't alone in their quest to have her become a student-athlete on their campus. We're hearing South Carolina may have extended an offer and that Miami and Minnesota are quite impressed....just to name a few.  

Jeff Walz prefers 'makers' over 'shooters' when it comes to sending the orange orb to the rim and it looks like Sydney fulfills the requirement there. She averaged 23.4 ppg as a junior and 5.5 steals. She was also a tryout for the 2014 USA U 17 squad. 

We can't wait to see how her senior season goes and certainly hope the coaches can get her on campus for a visit. 

She's also one to consider as a potential candidate for my "steamed" colleague Worldwide's All-Louisville Sid/Syd team...which features several softball players, Syd Brackemyer and maybe a incoming freshmen or two. I can never keep up with his current roster. (He'll probably add a comment today with the updated list.)

We've got a great tradition of "Asia's" started here at the 'Ville. Why not build a "dynaSYDsty" ?

Look at the 'Ville...Syd. It's all happening here....in front of 12,000 a night in the best home for college hoops & athletic directorship in the nation. Knowledgeable and passionate fans. Brianna Jones is here from North Babylon (you two have probably met a time or two) and you'll be playing against schools from the best women's basketball conference in D1.

While in Spain, it appears Jeff Walz
 successfully grew a plant out of his forehead!
 All right, Coach! 

Always room for another Syd...always room for a guard that can hit from outside and run the court. The Cards are constantly drawing attraction and consideration these days from the best and the brightest in the girls' high school basketball world. In Jeff Walz, Louisville has one of the most dynamic, successful and respected college coaches in athletics. Yes, competition is fierce...and the talent level already on campus as we head into the 2015-16 WBB season is as good as its ever been. Sounds like it would be fun to be a part of, right?    

paulie
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