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AMBASSADORS SIGN
WESLEY COLLEGE STAR
“It was like smiling was part of her name,” said Moss. “What a great attribute to bring to show basketball.” The Harlem Ambassadors announced today the signing of Turner and plans to develop her as the new featured woman show player for the team’s Stars and Stripes Unit. The Ambassadors’ show uniquely highlights a woman player with a team of men professionals.
The 5’5” guard will join the Ambassadors after wrapping up an illustrious career at Wesley. During her senior season T’Neisha was among the top 10 in the nation in scoring in all NCAA divisions, averaging 22.5 points per game. She holds the school’s all-time career scoring record (men and women) with 1,822 points. She earned honors as a two-time Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) Player of the Year, a three-time First Team All Conference, a three-time team MVP, and a two-time PAC scoring leader. In 2005 she led the Wolverines to the PAC Tournament finals, racking up six consecutive PAC Player of the Week honors along the way.
While her numbers and achievements speak for themselves and prove T’Neisha to be a very capable guard in the Harlem Ambassadors’ outfit, the role of show player will provide her a new set of challenges and goals. She will tour the country with some very talented teammates and learn the craft of “Show Basketball” studying under Ambassadors coach “Lade Majic” Prophete, the Queen of Show Basketball.
“I think it’s going to be very fun, and I’m really looking forward to working with Coach Majic and learning from her,” T’Neisha said.
T’Neisha will get a chance to develop her skills as an entertainer as she will be the center of attention. Ambassador shows are filled with hilarious comedy routines and interactive games and no matter where the action is on the floor, T’Neisha will have her hands in it. “I’m a goofy person, and I like to have fun,” she said. “With the Ambassadors everyone will be able to see that side of my personality, instead of the serious side that I had playing at school.”
Leadership is also an important tool for the show player to have. T’Neisha will not only have to learn her own part in the skits and pranks, she’ll have to make sure her teammates are in the right place as well. The show player position is a high-energy role that T’Neisha’s former coach Michele Stabley believes she will embrace. “T’Neisha exemplifies leadership,” Stabley said. “She has been in a leadership role since her freshman year and she was the reason why our team was successful.”
T’Neisha will have the honor and responsibility of anchoring the Ambassadors’ “Stars & Stripes Tour,” which tours the western United States. “The experience is going to be overwhelming,” she said. “It’s not everyday that someone can say they’ve got an opportunity to play at the professional level, especially when you played at a Division III school.”