Friday, January 31, 2025
32.0°F

Coeur d'Alene's Rosenthal verbals to Saint Mary's

MARK NELKE | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 13 years, 11 months AGO
by MARK NELKE
Mark Nelke covers high school and North Idaho College sports, University of Idaho football and other local/regional sports as a writer, photographer, paginator and editor at the Coeur d’Alene Press. He has been at The Press since 1998 and sports editor since 2002. Before that, Mark was the one-man sports staff for 16 years at the Bonner County Daily Bee in Sandpoint. Earlier, he was sports editor for student newspapers at Spokane Falls Community College and Eastern Washington University. Mark enjoys the NCAA men's basketball tournament and wiener dogs — and not necessarily in that order. | February 24, 2011 8:00 PM

COEUR d'ALENE - Carli Rosenthal, a 6-foot-3 senior post from Coeur d'Alene High who had more than a dozen scholarship offers from Division I schools on the west coast, gave a verbal commitment Sunday to play for Saint Mary's College in Moraga, Calif.

Rosenthal was also considering Fresno State and Oregon State.

"It's like a weight off my shoulders, but I'm really glad I found the right place to go," she said. "I really like the coaching staff."

Rosenthal said she met with one of the Gaels' assistant coaches prior to the Vikings going to the state tournament. She said she hopes to make an official visit to Saint Mary's prior to the spring signing period in mid-April.

Rosenthal led Coeur d'Alene High to three straight state 5A championships and a second-place finish at state. She finished her Viking career as the career leader in rebounds (791), and also finished with 1,130 points, 189 assists and 117 steals. This year, she averaged 13.6 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.

In Moraga, Rosenthal will join Hayley Hendricksen, a forward from Lewis and Clark High in Spokane, who signed with Saint Mary's last fall. Both played together on the Spokane Stars AAU team.

"I think it's a great catch (for Saint Mary's)," Spokane Stars coach Ron Adams said of Rosenthal. "She could play at the Pac-10 level, as far as I'm concerned. Her biggest improvement (playing for Adams with the Stars) is her confidence to shoot the ball, and to look to score. And she's the best passing big girl I've ever coached."

MORE IMPORTED STORIES

Center of Attention
Coeur d'Alene Press | Updated 13 years, 11 months ago
THE FRONT ROW WITH MARK NELKE: Thursday, September 3, 2015
Coeur d'Alene Press | Updated 9 years, 4 months ago
THE FRONT ROW WITH MARK NELKE: Sunday, February 19, 2015
Coeur d'Alene Press | Updated 9 years, 11 months ago

ARTICLES BY MARK NELKE

PREP FOOTBALL: Post Falls runs past Sandpoint
September 6, 2024 11:30 p.m.

PREP FOOTBALL: Post Falls runs past Sandpoint

Sandpoint (2-1) hosts Davis High of Yakima on Friday.

Big Sky Football Kickoff: Plenty of new faces will need to step up for Vandals
August 22, 2024 1 a.m.

Big Sky Football Kickoff: Plenty of new faces will need to step up for Vandals

“I’ve been very impressed by Zach’s natural ability to rush the passer,” Eck said. “And he’s worked hard on his body, he’s up to about 222 pounds now, and I really think he can be a difference maker for us. He’s still doing some things with the linebackers, but I think his speed can give some offensive linemen problems (as an edge rusher).”

THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: Journey to a title in Bonners — with a brief stop in Cd’A
March 14, 2024 1:30 a.m.

THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: Journey to a title in Bonners — with a brief stop in Cd’A

“The whole process has been completely amazing,” said Nathan Williams, now in his fourth season as the Badgers boys basketball coach. “And the parents … it’s an hour and a half to Spokane, Coeur d’Alene, when we’d play an AAU game, and an hour and a half back, and there were so many times there was 6, 8 inches of snow. And we’ve got a game at 8 a.m. They’d always schedule us at 8 a.m., coming from Bonners. So we’re waking up at 5 … it was crazy. But the commitment from the parents and the kids has been amazing.”