Women’s Basketball Announces Healy, Metoyer and Tummala as the Class of 2016
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women’s basketball head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith has announced the addition of three incoming freshmen to the Crimson’s roster for 2012-13; AnnMarie Healy, Kit Metoyer and Shilpa Tummala. The group, which includes Harvard’s second ESPN Top 100 Recruit, has won a combined three state championships and eight conference championships, and has garnered four all-state and nine all-conference accolades.
Class of 2016
AnnMarie Healy, 6-1, Forward, Edina, Minn.
Two-time captain, four-year letterwinner … Led
Providence Academy to the Minnesota State Championship as a senior
and to a fourth-place finish as a junior … Also captured
conference championships as a junior and senior … Named
all-state as a senior and all-state honorable mention as a junior
… Earned all-conference and all-section accolades three
straight years, and was named to the Minnesota State All-Tournament
Team twice … Career 1,000 point scorer … Also earned
varsity letters in soccer (4) and track and field (3) … Led
the soccer team in scoring four straight years and was named First
Team All-State as a junior … Named Tri-Metro Conference
Player of the Year in soccer as a junior and senior, and named
all-conference four straight years … Helped the track and
field team to conference championships as a sophomore and junior
… Placed third in the 200 meter dash at the State
Championships as a sophomore and took second in the 400 meter dash
as a junior … Named Tri-Metro Conference Athlete of the
Year, all-conference and team MVP in track as a sophomore and
junior … Member of the National Honor Society …
Awarded the 2011 Notre Dame Club of Minnesota Spirit and
Spirituality Award … Has volunteered with the Missionaries
of Charity for six years … Also enjoys skiing.
Head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith on Healy
“AnnMarie comes out of a great program and a great
basketball state with a wealth of knowledge and athleticism. We are
excited to have that kind of versatility in the program.”
Kit Metoyer, 5-10, Guard, Houston, Texas
Two-time captain, four-year letterwinner … Led
Cypress Falls High School to a 75-4 record in her final two
seasons, including the first two State Tournament appearances in
the school’s history … Team finished the 2010-11
season ranked 13th in the nation by USA Today … Won
back-to-back district championships as a junior and senior and 40
straight games at home … Cypress Falls finished as the top
three-point shooting team in Texas each of her last two years
… Named academic all-state, all-region and the Spring Branch
Tournament MVP as a junior and senior … Four-time
all-district selection … Also named to the All-Greater
Houston Team and McDonald’s Invitational All-Tournament Team
… Set the school record for varsity games played and named
the team’s Most Outstanding Three-Point Shooter …
Member of the National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor
Society, Science National Honor Society and the Principal’s
Gold Club.
Head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith on Metoyer
“Kit is a point guard who will help fill Brogan
Berry’s shoes. She is a great passer as well as a
deadly three-point shooter which will give us a lot of flexibility
in the one and two guard positions.”
Shilpa Tummala, 5-11, Guard, Phoenix, Ariz.
Two-time captain, four-year letterwinner … St.
Mary’s High School finished the 2011-12 season with a perfect
30-0 record and ranked as the No. 1 team in the country by ESPN,
USA Today and Maxpreps … Led her team to state championships
as a junior and senior, and runner-up finishes as a freshman and
sophomore … Won four straight Desert Valley Region
Championships and team finished ranked in the ESPN top 50 three
straight years … Team won the 2012 Nike Tournament of
Champions and was invited to play in the highest division three
times … St. Mary’s was awarded the Team
Scholar-Athletes Award three straight years … Never lost a
game at home … Ranked No. 68 in ESPN’s top-100 and No.
27 at her position … Invited to compete in the 2012 USA
Basketball U18 National Team Trials … Took second in the
National High School Three-Point Shooting Competition at the 2012
NCAA Men’s Final Four … McDonald’s All-America
Nominee … Invited to the USA U18 National Team Trials and
participated in the U16 National Team Trials … Named the
2012 Arizona Gatorade Girl’s Basketball Player of the Year
and was a Wendy’s High School Heisman state finalist …
Also named the Arizona Basketball Coaches Association Player of the
Year and Arizona Preps Player of the Year as a senior …
Two-time all-state and four-time all-region selection …
Named the 2012 Nike Tournament of Champions Most Outstanding Player
… Four-time recipient of the Scholar-Athlete Award and
four-time selection to the First Honors Honor Roll … Member
of the National Honor Society, National English Honor Society and
Key Club … Four-year officer on Student Council …
President of the Literature Club … Served as the head of the
Blood Drive Committee for two years and helped develop the
Retirement of Athletic Jerseys Committee as a senior.
Head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith on Tummala
“Shilpa comes to Harvard with a very impressive resume.
She is a strong, athletic guard who has made her mark
nationally as a three-point shooter, but is also known for her
incredible passing ability.”
