April 26, 2000

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Maryland women's basketball program has added another pair of talents to its roster for the 2000-2001 season, it was announced today.

Maryland, 16-15 last season and a quarterfinalist in the Women's National Invitation Tournament, added 5-8 guard Kiki Wimbush (Suitland, Md.) and 6-4 center Jamecca Harrell (Oxon Hill, Md.) to their list of spring signings. Wimbush and Harrell join Riverdale Baptist's Sarah Jenkins (Bowie, Md.) among athletes to sign letters of intent with the Terrapins this spring. Last November, head coach Chris Weller signed Crystal Washington (Clinton, Md.) of nearby Bishop McNamara High School.

All four recruits have local ties to the D.C.-area. They will join a Maryland roster which already includes seven D.C. and Maryland student-athletes.

Wimbush, who will enter the Maryland program as a freshman next season, was a first team All-Met selection last year by the Washington Post as both a point guard and shooting guard. Known for her quickness and penetration, Wimbush also is regarded as an excellent ball-handler and relentless perimeter defender. She will join Baltimore-area sophomore Vicki Brick (Timonium, Md.) in directing the Terrapin offense. In her prep career, she scored 1,235 points with 334 steals. As a senior, she averaged 26 points, six assists and five steals per game. She guided Suitland High School to a pair of 4A state championships in 1998 and 1999.

Harrell, a former AAU teammate of current Terps Rosita Melbourne (Washington, D.C.) and Deedee Warley (Fort Washington, Md.), will come to Maryland as a junior next fall after completing two years at Independence Junior College in Kansas. Harrell averaged 12 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks last season at Independence. Expected to provide the Terps a heightened defensive and rebounding presence in the middle, she graduated from Oxon Hill High School before enrolling in the junior college. She was a Washington Post All-Met third team selection at Oxon Hill in 1998.