Women’s Basketball Adds Eight Newcomers for 2023-24
Suffolk women’s basketball’s roster will have a new look in 2023-24 as eight fresh faces joined the fold over the offseason, head coach Ed Leyden unveiled.
2023-24 SUFFOLK WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER
BOSTON – Suffolk women's basketball's roster will have a new look in 2023-24 as eight fresh faces joined the fold over the offseason, head coach Ed Leyden unveiled.
The group, split evenly between guards (4) and forwards (4), is primarily true freshmen with seven members of the Class of 2027 in Claire Berkowitz, Akiyah Brown, Madison Michienzie, Delaney More, Jordan Moreau, Ava Thurman and Olivia Verdile. Lauren Romito, meanwhile, is a graduate transfer, who brought her talents to Beacon Hill from SUNY Geneseo.
"The new players have practiced hard and are beginning to learn how competitive college basketball is and how challenging it is to be a student athlete and how to live on your own for the first time," Leyden said. "It is not easy to make that transition."
The eight Rams rookies will join forces for the five returners, graduate student Madi Mahoney, senior Amanda DeAngelis, juniors Aisling Crowley and Maddie Stewart and sophomore Colby Guinta, in the hunt for the program's first-ever conference championship.
Ram Nation will get its first taste of the 2023-24 edition of Suffolk women's basketball tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 8 when the blue-and-gold welcomes Emerson to Larry E. and Michael S. Smith Court for a 5 p.m. tangle.
RAMS ROOKIES RESUMES
AIKYAH BROWN | FR. | F | 5-9 | LYNN, MASS. / LYNN CLASSIC
BEFORE SUFFOLK – LYNN CLASSICAL
Letterwinner at Lynn Classical and captained the team ... GBL All-Star ... Again All-Star.
MADISON MICHIENZIE | FR. | F | 6-0 | NORTON, MASS. / WINCHENDSON SCHOOL
CLAIRE BERKOWITZ | FR. | G | 5-6 | BLAUVELT, N.Y. / TAPPEN ZEE
BEFORE SUFFOLK – TAPPEN ZEE
Letterwinner at Tappen Zee and captained the team ... Also lettered and captained the soccer team.
JORDAN MOREAU | FR. | G | 6-0 | NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. / NORTH KINGSTOWN
BEFORE SUFFOLK – NORTH KINGSTOWN
Letterwinner at North Kingstown and captained the team for three seasons ... Led North Kingstown to the Division 1 Championship ...Two-time First-Team All-State ... First-Team All-Class as a junior ... First-Team All-Division as a senior ... Second-Team All-Division 1A as a sophomore ... Two-time First-Team All-Division 1A ...First-Team All-State ... First-Team All-Rookie.
AVA THURMAN | FR. | G | 5-5 | LYNN, MASS. / LYNN CLASSICAL
DELANEY MORE | FR. | F | 5-9 | NIVERVILLE, N.Y. / ICHABOD CRANE
BEFORE SUFFOLK – ICHABOD CRANE
Letterwinner at Ichabod Crane and captained the team as a senior ... Also lettered in volleyball and captained the team her senior season.
OLIVIA VERDILE | FR. | G | 5-7 | BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. / BALLSTON SPA
BEFORE SUFFOLK – BALLSTON SPA
Letterwinner at Ballston Spa in basketball and soccer.
LAUREN ROMITO | GR. | F | 6-3 | HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. / HAUPPAUGE / SUNY GENESEO
BEFORE SUFFOLK – SUNY GENESEO (2019-23)
Began her collegiate career at SUNY Geneseo ... Captained the team for two seasons ... Appeared in 81 games, started 77 ... Totaled 750 points, 609 rebounds, 137 blocks and 39 steals ... First-Team All-SUNYAC in 2022-23 ... First-Team USBWA Rochester Area ... SUNYAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2023.
BEFORE SUFFOLK – HAUPPAUGE
Letterwinner at Hauppauge and captained the team as a senior ... Led Hauppauge to the 2018 Suffolk County Class A Championship ... Helped Hauppauge to a Newsday Preseason Top 25 in 2019 Two-time All-League (2018, 2019) ... Suffolk Country League V Player of the Year in 2019 ... All-Suffolk Country in 2019 ... Newsday All-Long Island in 2019 ... Hauppauge MVP as a senior ... Fifth-team All-State in 2019 ... Hauppauge Senior Athlete of the Year ... Member of National Honor Society and National German Honor Society.