October 29, 2002

To Whom It May Concern:

I am pleased to recommend Megan Priebe to your basketball program. I have known Megan for two years. I am currently her Spanish 2 teacher at El Camino Fundamental High School, and was her basketball coach at the Junior Varsity level last year.

Megan has a straight A in my Spanish class, and I have no doubt that she will maintain that grade throughout the year. However, it is her basketball skills that I want to address. Last year, as a freshman, Megan had a tremendous impact on our basketball program. She started every game at point guard. That has never happened before in the seventeen years I have been coaching at El Camino.

Megan has many qualities that cannot be measured by statistics. First of all, she is a tenacious defender. Secondly, she is a great competitor. Next is her toughness, aggressiveness, and work ethic. She is also a great shooter. She was so good that she had my permission to shoot any shot, anytime she wanted. Other coaches were frustrated because it is hard to defend a shot made three feet behind the three point line. That is the kind of confidence I had in her shot. Her best quality was her coachability. Simply put, she was the most coachable player I have ever coached. Since she was the only true point guard on our team, she was asked to play the whole game several times. This required an adjustment on her part. I asked her to lessen her aggressiveness so she would not get into foul trouble. It was a challenge for her, but one she did without hesitation because it made the team better. When she was injured at the beginning of one game, she said that she could still play. After one minute I could see that she could not continue, so I took her out for the remainder of the game. She did not complain, but cheered on her teammates after that. She made a three pointer and a two on one leg during her minute of play. She would have played the whole game had I asked that of her.

Statistically, her impact was measurable. One needs to understand the quality of the El Camino basketball program to fully see her impact. The Junior Varsity team has won at a rate of 89% during the last seventeen years. Many of the girls have gone on to win state championships at the varsity level, and then play at the college level. Megan was the all time leader in four different categories. Most Points-341, Most Assists-124, Most Three Pointers-48, and Most Points is one game-28. She also made the Top Ten in five other categories including Free Throws Made, Free Throw %, Three Point %, Scoring Average and Most Points one game (3 times). She also helped set four team records. Most Three Pointers in one season-149, Most Three Pointers in one game-12 (twice). Most Three Pointers in one quarter-8, and Best Free Throw %-54. There is no doubt that she would have made the Top Ten in steals had I not asked her to play less aggressively. She ended up eleventh in that category. There is no other player in my seventeen years of coaching that has had that kind of impact on our statistics.

Last year was my most pleasant year in coaching. Megan was a huge factor in that happiness. I recommend her without reservation. She will be an asset to any program.

Sincerely,

Brian Andersen