2 South Cobb High Basketball Players Honor Fallen Female Player

South Cobb basketball seniors Brodnisha Taylor and  Eniya Edwards will represent Cobb County in a memorial basketball tournament held annually in honor of  a fallen female player. 

The Courtney S. Crooms (CSC) Foundation is proud to have these two outstanding student athletes as members of the 2012 CSC Team competing in the tournament held each year in Courtney's honor, a 14-year old basketball player, who died in a tragic auto accident after returning home from an AAU Basketball tournament.

E. Meshal Crooms, co-founder and president of the foundation (pictured in the center), and her husband Derick founded the 501(c)3 organization in their daughter’s name to preserve her legacy and to continue her love for the sport vicariously through other female student athletes. 

This tournament represents her spirit, passion and motivation to raise funds and a higher level of appreciation for other female basketball players as they continue to develop their skills and compete.  The tournament also awards grants to promising female basketball players.

This year's event, held May 18th-20, marks the fifth year of the tournament, which showcases the talent of some of the best players in the southeast, including Georgia, Alabama and Florida. Courtney’s motto:  “Live life with passion and purpose, and play each game as if it were your last!” says it all. 

For tournament locations and information, please go to: http://www.c-cfoundation.org/index.html

Submitted by Michael Johnson, South Cobb High Assistant Principal