Over $20,000 earned for Special Olympics Ohio!!!

THANK YOU to my Faolan's Fighters Team!!! We won 2 trophies and had an AMAZING time! 

1st place for Fundraising!

2nd place for Pull Time!

Talking strategy with  Faolan's grandpa, Jason Doty.

2015 Special Olympics PLANE PULL please support us!

Hello Friends & Family,

On September 12th I am participating in the 2015 Dayton Plane Pull®, presented by Booz Allen Hamilton, to benefit Special Olympics Ohio. I have been working with a Special Needs group this past year, teaching them basketball and life skills. Having the privilege to work with them has motivated me to receive my training, and I am now a certified Special Olympics head basketball coach. 

The 2015 Dayton Plane Pull® will challenge me and my team, “Faolan’s Fighters,” to see how fast we can pull a Delta MD-90 (approximately 142,000 pounds) for twelve feet. The reason I chose the name “Faolan’s Fighters” is to honor Faolan Doty, a 5 year old who is fighting Ewing Sarcoma bone cancer! He is a warrior, and I’m proud to call him FAMILY! He is currently staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Memphis, TN and going through chemo and radiation therapy at St Jude’s. His grandfather is coming up from Florida and is a member of our team. We are praying that Faolan will be cleared to attend the event and take a picture with our team before returning to St Jude’s to continue treatment!

Please feel free to tell family and friends about this incredible event and maybe they can help us reach our fundraising goal by making an online donation through my fundraising page here:

http://sooh.kintera.org/faf/r.asp?t=4&i=1141220&u=1141220-425512982&e=8469712629

They may also make a donation directly to us via cash or check made payable to Special Olympics Ohio. Any support is greatly appreciated! Special Olympics Ohio provides year-round sports training and competition opportunities for adults and children with intellectual disabilities, giving them opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, and experience joy as they participate in the sharing of gifts and friendship with their own families, their peers, and the community. Each year there are approximately 75 local and area events, and Special Olympics Ohio hosts seven state-wide competitions. Please know that your tax-deductible contribution will help Special Olympics Ohio to continue serving more than 23,000 athletes throughout the state.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Celina King 513.335.1275

celinahoops@yahoo.com

900 W North Bend Road

Cincinnati, OH 45224

2014 High School BOYS Fall League Weeks 1-3 - September, 2014

2014 High School BOYS Fall League Weeks 1-3 - September, 2014 - Celina King High School Boys Fall League 2014 Cincinnati's Finest - Celina King (2016) highlights!

EBA All-American Games Sept. 28 & 29

Celina King (2016) wear #124 with the Hope College Women's Basketball Orange shorts! FULL COMMENTARY on: 2014 EBA All American GAMES 3 & 4 played Sept 29, 2014 - Celina King (2016) - Hope College Women's Basketball commit INVITATION ONLY EVENT with 40 of the TOP 2015 & 2016 Players in the Nation!

2014 EBA All American GAMES 1 & 2 played Sept 29, 2014 - Celina King (2016) INVITATION ONLY EVENT with 40 of the TOP 2015 & 2016 Players in the Nation! Thank you to Brandon Clay, ProspectsNationTV, and PeachStateHoops. WATCH FULL GAME AT: PeachStateHoops EBA All American Camp: Team 6 vs.

2014 OGBR vs. MGBR Border Battle - July 29, 2014

2014 OGBR MGBR Border Battle - July 29, 2014 - Celina King Ohio Girls Basketball Report vs. Michigan Girls Basketball Report Cincinnati's Finest - Celina King (2016) highlights!

2014 AAU Season - Cincinnati's Finest

2014 Battle of the Boro - TENN - Jul 10-12 playing for Cincinnati's Finest - Celina King (2016) highlights!

2014 USJN Midwest Premier - Jul 5-8 Cincinnati Finest - Celina King at Cincinnati, OH - Celina King (2016) - highlights

2014 EBA Super 64- Peach State Basketball - June 7 & 8, 2014 at Suwanee, GA - Celina King (2016) highlights See more at CelinaKing.com Celina King is class of 2016, lives in Cincinnati, Ohio and is 1/2 Singaporean!

2014 NIKE Midwest Memorial Day - May 24&25 Cincinnati Finest - Celina King at Cincinnati, OH - Celina King (2016) highlights

2014 May - Cincinnati Classic - these are highlights of Celina King (2016) - playing for Cincinnati's Finest. See more at CelinaKing.com Celina King is class of 2016, lives in Cincinnati, Ohio and is 1/2 Singaporean!

2014 USJN Windy City Classic - these are highlights of Celina King (2016) playing for Cincinnati's Finest on April 26, 2014. The highlights from the 3 games played on Saturday. See more at CelinaKing.com Celina King is class of 2016, lives in Cincinnati, Ohio and is 1/2 Singaporean!

2014 USJN BlueStar Individual Showcase - April 25, 2014 - highlights of Celina King See more at www.CelinaKing.com Celina King is class of 2016, lives in Cincinnati, Ohio and is 1/2 Singaporean!

Cincinnati's Finest 2014 highlights of Celina King Class of 2016 - at the All-Ohio Nike Kick-Off on April 12-13, 2014. Cincinnati's Finest Cincinnati Finest Girls Basketball See CelinaKing.com for more details. Celina King is class of 2016, lives in Cincinnati, Ohio and is 1/2 Singaporean!

My favorite time of year… Getting ready for Spring Summer Basketball

It’s been great doing conditioning with the team and then coming home to work out on my own for a couple more hours on individual skills work and shooting with Carlton Gray. I just want to play! I can’t stand the thought that I have to sit-out because of OHSAA transfer rules! But I can still practice with the team and I always play the role of the best players on whatever team we are playing next. The fun part is, they have to stop me from driving and shooting. I’ve been digging in and working hard on my game after practice getting ready for spring/summer ball. Every chance I get I’ve been playing pickup games with my boyfriend’s friends/teammates from St. Xavier High School. It’s a lot more fun playing against guys! They play so much faster and they make you work so hard to get opened for a shot… they actually play defense! My dad always says how much he hates watching regular girl's high school basketball, because it’s so slow and the level of play is so poor. Spring/Summer ball is so different, the competition is so much better and you are actually forced to earn everything. I know he’s right because so many high school starters and “stars” can’t even make any of the decent club teams.

So happy that Princeton High School along with Kelsey & Chelsea Mitchell finally won state!!!!!!!!!!

This year I'm playing for the school where my sister graduated from in 2009.

My sister Alysha just graduated from Xavier University and is now attending Pharmacy School at UC. Back when she attended MND in 2009, Dante Harlan was the coach and he had just won his 4th straight State Championship! I am so thrilled to go to an ALL GIRLS school… Throw on my uniform and just put my hair in a head band and who cares what you look like!!! Of course I'm still taking homeschool classes, so the workload will be crazy!

Border Battle – Ohio vs. Michigan - OGBR / MGBR Exposure Event

Tom Jenkins events are always great! I had an amazing time playing with some excellent players. The Thome sisters were so much fun to play with. Biggs with great hands make us point guards look GOOD… We won all three games against Michigan and I went 9 for 10 on three pointers! I love playing in all Tom’s events! THANK YOU UNCLE TOM!!!

Kentucky Premier U17 Elite Team – Battle of the Boro

Celina King - KY Kentucky Premier Nike Elite 17U - USJN Nike Nationals DC. Highlights of Celina King (2016) with KY Kentucky Premier Nike Elite 17U team. Celina King, 15 year old, sophomore at Mount Notre Dame MND (4 year Varsity High School player - since 6th grade).

It was by far the team’s best performance of the year! We actually played some team basketball and looked for each other. We proved we could win if we looked for each other! I just wish we had regular team practice, because I know we could win a lot more games and we would know each other.

USJN Nike Nationals went well but the amazing teamwork we had at BORO had all but vanished. Lost to teams we would have killed if we played like we did at BORO. We had moments when we gelled and then the magic was gone and we played like 5 individuals. It was a great experience playing all our games under one roof instead of running all over the place.

UD Elite Camp

It was another small group of girls, which made it great! I knew all the best players there and we all played well together and even against each other. The coaches and staff do a first class job and make you feel welcome. I can’t say enough good things about UD. My former teammate Andrea Hoover is their leading scorer. Andrea talked me into playing for her high school team her senior year, when I was only a seventh grader. It was my greatest high school experience EVER, Andrea was our leading scorer and I was second. I actually broke her three-point record when I hit 72 that season… Is that not crazy! Andrea is a BEAST… I LOVE THAT GIRL!!!

WV Elite Camp

Wow, talk about LIMITED… just 24 great player (for 2 days) were allowed to attend! It was AMAZING, the coaches were incredible and the competition was better than I’ve ever seen at a camp. They put us in so many game situations to see how we reacted. Everybody said they were very impressed with my performance. I really loved working with the players and especially the coaches! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Will be playing for MND my Sophomore year!

My sister graduated from MND in 2009, the final year they won a state championship with Coach Dante Harlan (he won 6). A former MND coach, Scott Rogers is returning after sitting out a number of years.

June’s MND Team Camp at University of Kentucky was excellent. We beat everybody we played and I was shooting and controlling the ball well. We all played good team ball. In the second game of the day, my arm got pinned between two players when I was stealing the ball. It bent my elbow in the wrong direction and caused a mild tear in my UCL in my shooting arm and sat the remaining minutes of that game. I played the remainder of the games and just dealt with the pain and still made good passes and several big three’s and knocked down three threes in the fourth quarter of the final game for a win. 

USA Team Trials

My first time in Colorado Springs! It’s an honor being where all the great USA players trained. There are so many amazing players here. I can’t image how hard it will be for the coaches to make cuts. Had a great time, my final day I didn’t miss a single shot, had zero turnovers and several good assists, but still didn’t make the final cuts. That’s how good players were playing! The crazy thing is that there were so many great players, that any of the final 100 kids could easily go on to win gold! What a great experience!!

AAU Decisions – Where to play?

It was such an honor to play last summer with Sports City U for Tom Jenkins’ FINAL season. SCU had the BEST players in the country (all D1 Prospects). We were ranked number 5 in the U17 Elite Top Teams in the nation. The only game we lost to ALL summer was to Tennessee Flight (#1 team in the nation) in quadruple overtime. So I know that no team I pick could ever be at the level we were! All the SCU girls would meet on Fridays and spent the night together as a team, then on Saturday and went home on Sundays. We typically worked out 8 hours on Saturday and then another 8 on Sunday. We had to do conditioning tests (I was always 1st or 2nd ) and shooting tests (always 1st) to earn playing time  for Tom Jenkins. Playing with the amazing players on that team and them being so much older than me was tough. The only way I earned respect and playing time was by working harder than anyone thought I could. I absolutely loved playing for Coach Jerry Hester, he is a HOF Coach and the GREATEST coach EVER!

I was exciting to be invited to play for several AMAZING teams, but finally selected a team from my dad’s home state… Kentucky Premier, they are one of only about 20 Nike Elite teams in the nation. Their coaches seem great and I’m excited to play for them. The three main coaches are all Sunday School Teachers, so my parents are thrilled. I’m so ready to get practicing and getting to know everybody. We will be working out at Georgetown College in Kentucky. So it’s not really that far of a drive for us.

The Coaches are great and I just wish we had team practice before we do tournaments. We have tons of talent, but we don’t really know each other. For me it’s been really hard losing to teams we destroyed last year with Sports City U. I’m praying we can get together and practice or scrimmage before we play again.

1,000 Varsity High School Points – CHCA vs. Cincinnati Christian

I had no idea that I was that close! I was surprised when I hit a shot and everybody started cheering and holding up 1,000 point signs. The Cincinnati Christian coaches were so nice… they called a timeout and handed me the game ball to keep! Talk about a First Class Coaches! THANK YOU SO MUCH to everybody that showed up to the game and celebrated with us at Marion’s Pizza! It was a neat experience. Later I was told that I was now the youngest player in Ohio to reach 1,000 Varsity High School Points…

We had a good season, but Marissa Koob our most aggressive defender/scorer was injured and had to sit out a quarter of the season. So I had the pleasure of being face guarded, doubled and when I drove sometimes triple teamed. It was great experience and I ended the season with a team high average of over 15 a game and playing every minute of every game. Thank you Coach Southerland and my teammates... Coach won’t be returning next year because he wants to spend more time with his family… I’m not surprised, he is a great guy and dedicated dad! Again thank you to Coach Southerland and Coach Dinkelacker!!!!

Celina King - 2013 Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy CHCA vs. Clermont Northeastern on 2-11-2013 a win in Double Overtime on Senior Night. Celina King, 14 year old freshman #3 (starting her 4th year as a Varsity High School player). Celina scores 27, 6 assists, and 4 steals.

First game at CHCA… vs Little Miami

My first varsity game as a true freshman… (even though I’ve been playing varsity high school basketball since the 6th grade for non-OHSAA schools). We started off rough and nervous, but at the end of the 2nd quarter we had settled down and played… I hit a 3 at the buzzer to take the lead at half, after being down by 11 earlier in the quarter. At the end of the 4th, with 6 second left in the game, we were down by 2 with 2 of our starters already fouled out... I was fouled, but missed my first free throw and their players and fans were so happy and cheering, at that moment I felt like I had just single-handedly lost the game for us! I hit the 2nd free throw and they called a quick timeout with 6 seconds to go with them leading by 1. Coach told us to foul right away but I knew I had to somehow steal the inbounds pass before they were fouled… To everyone’s surprise their inbounds play went bad and the pass just missed the girl’s fingertips. I grabbed the ball, drove the lane, put up a floater with a defender in my face and scored at the buzzer for the WIN!!!! It was an AMAZING "TEAM EFFORT" to come back and win this game against a DI school. EVERY PLAYER hit key shots and made defensive stops to pull out this come from behind victory to begin the 2012/2013 season! I was fortunate to ended the game with 19 points and hit our final shot.

CHCA – Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy Starting 9th Grade

First time I’ve been a REAL student at a school since 5th grade! I’m excited to be attending, since I was originally set to only take an Art class and was planning to attend the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash for ALL my high school required classes. My dad had it worked out where I received dual-credit for all my college courses as high school classes. So I would have graduated from high school with a diploma and also receive my Associates Degree and be getting close on my Bachelors Degree. After committing to go to CHCA and play ball, my parents later in the summer had a long talk with me about going to college and being only 14. The real downside at CHCA would be that the only people that I would know would be basketball players and kids in my Art class. Then at college, it would be all 18 to 50 year olds… I would have NO social life!!!!! So they left the final decision up to me and I decided to attend CHCA and take some homeschool classes and wait for college until later! It had come down to CHCA and Badin that would let me take one class and be homeschooled and attend UC Blue Ash.

I love being in school with friends, even though the academics are tough and we really do have 3 hours of homework EVERY night! CHCA facilities are ridicules, a great weight room, brand new track and football turf! I do team conditioning everyday and workout with Carlton Gray seven day a week! Can’t wait for season to start…