ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-STAR GAMES
THIS WEEK IN FAYETTEVILLE WILL FEATURE 13 FUTURE
TECH STUDENT-ATHLETES

       RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas – This week in Fayetteville, 13 future Arkansas Tech student-athletes will close out their high school careers by playing in the 2009 East-West Tyson/Arkansas National Guard Arkansas High School Coaches Association All-Star Games.

The AHSCA conducts all-star games every summer in baseball, football, softball, volleyball, boys and girls soccer and boys and girls basketball on the campus of the University of Arkansas. This year, the all-star football game has been moved to Bentonville High School’s Tiger Stadium due to ongoing renovations to the playing surface at Reynolds Razorback Stadium.

Six of Tech’s 13 future student-athletes will participate in the All-Star Football Game on Friday, while five future basketball players, including four future Golden Suns will play in the All-Star Basketball Game at Bud Walton Arena on Thursday. In addition, Tech will have one future softball player playing for the West Team in the All-Star Softball Game on Wednesday at Bogle Park and one future Golden Sun volleyball player will compete for the West Team in the All-Star Volleyball Game on Wednesday.

The first of Tech’s future student-athletes to compete at this week’s All-Star Games will be Perryville High School’s Natalie Magie. Magie, who recently signed a National Letter of Intent to join the Golden Suns Softball team, will play for the West Team in the All-Star Softball Game, which will be a doubleheader beginning at 5 p.m. at Bogle Park on Wednesday, June 24. Also on Wednesday, Mena High School’s Brittany Ryan will play for the West Team in the All-Star Volleyball Game at Barnhill Arena beginning at 7 p.m. Ryan signed with the Golden Sun Volleyball team during the spring signing period.

On Thursday, June 25, five future Tech basketball players will take the court at Bud Walton Arena in the annual AHSCA All-Star Basketball Game. The girls game will begin at 6 p.m. and four future Golden Suns will suit up, including three for the West Team. The future Golden Suns are Phagen Altom (Bald Knob/East Team), Amanda Curtis (Vilonia/West Team), Laura Davidson (Greenwood/West Team) and Jessica Weatherford (Lake Hamilton/West Team). Meanwhile, future Wonder Boy Kendall Pinkney of Dardanelle will play for the West Team in the Boys All-Star Game, which will begin at 8 p.m. Altom, Curtis and Weatherford all signed with the Golden Suns during the early recruiting period in November, while Davidson signed during the spring recruiting period. Pinkney recently signed his National Letter of Intent with the Wonder Boys.  

The final six future Tech student-athletes will compete at this year’s AHSCA All-Star Football Game at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 26 at Tiger Stadium in Bentonville. The future Wonder Boys playing in this year’s all-star football game are Jordan Akers (Charleston/West Team), Blake Crouse (Siloam Springs/West Team), Quentin Lindsey (Fountain Lake/West Team), Sam Shelby (Paragould/East Team), Nick Smith (Prescott/East Team) and Jared Vinson (Russellville/East Team). All six of these future Wonder Boys signed on National Signing Day on Feb. 4.

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