Lady Jackets Announce First Basketball Recruits (May 6, 2003)

BILLINGS, MT – Two Montana high school recruits have signed national letters of intent to play for the Yellowjackets next season.  Post players Sophia Forney from Livingston, Montana, and Alisa Lordemann from Glendive, Montana, will join the Yellowjackets for the 2003-2004 season as MSUB tries for its third straight NCAA Tournament appearance.  Forney and Lordemann will fill the gap left by the graduation of Jessie Henigman, who finished No. 16 in NCAA II history for career blocked shots.

Lordemann was a 2001 graduate of Dawson County HS where she was a first team all-conference and all-state selection as a junior and senior.  She was selected to play in the Montana-Wyoming All-Star Game after averaging 20 points and eight rebounds per game as a senior.  The 6-foot-0 forward has played at Miles Community College for the past two seasons where she earned all-conference and all-region first team honors.  She averaged 15 points and seven rebounds per game for the Lady Pioneers.

Forney, a 6-1 post player, graduated from Park County HS this spring after attending Billings Skyview HS for much of her high school career.  She averaged 13.2 points and eight rebounds a game for the Lady Rangers last year en route to being named to the Class A All-State team.  Along with being selected as the Lady Ranger Offensive MVP, she also led the Eastern A Division in steals and blocked 1.2 shots per game.  Forney earned Eastern AA All-Conference honors as a junior as Skyview.