Allie Wagner To Play For Merrimack

Allie Wagner

Kennett guard Allie Wagner, who is our #10 rated senior in New Hampshire, has committed to play at Merrimack College. Wagner led Kennett to the girls Class I championship last season as a junior.

Wagner is a 5’8” combo guard who can play either point guard or shooting guard and is a lethal scorer. She is very fast and is an excellent shooter from beyond the arc as well as a good finisher in transition. Added to that, Wagner does all of the little things well, such as hustling after loose balls and making smart passes.

This is the Warriors third local pickup as they already have commitments from Central Catholic's Melissa Miller and Newton South's Chloe Rothman.

Dietrick Chooses Princeton

Wellesley’s Blake Dietrick commits To Princeton

Blake Dietrick made her decision known recently that she will be playing basketball for the Princeton Tigers. A 1,000-point scorer with a year to play, Dietrick is a two-time Bay State Conference All-Star who averaged 20 points per game last winter and shot 50 percent from behind the 3-point arc. Dietrick averaged 17 ppg in her sophomore year and 8 ppg in her freshman year. As we have said before, Dietrick is a great athlete who can score the basketball in bunches. She also plays the game with a sense of purpose and does so at both ends of the floor.

In lacrosse, she’s a two-time All-American and this past spring she broke the Wellesley single-season scoring mark with 101 goals and 50 assists. Thus, the decision to play basketball over lacrosse was difficult for Dietrick. Although she was recruited by Division 1 programs in both sports, Dietrick realized that playing both wouldn’t work. In the end, Dietrick loved basketball just a little bit more.

It is clear that Dietrick sees the big picture and understands the importance of a Princeton education. The best thing about this phenom is that she is as good in the classroom as she is on the athletic field. Dietrick scored a 2290 on her combined SAT score (out of 2400). That in itself is quite remarkable. "Academics are extremely important for me,’’ Dietrick said. “We visited the school when I was younger and I fell in love. It’s always been my dream school. I’ve always known that it’s a place I’d like to be." On the basketball side, Princeton finished 26-3 and earned an 11th seed in last year’s NCAA tournament, the highest seed ever for an Ivy League school. How about that for the best of both worlds?

Now that Dietrick is putting down the lacrosse stick and concentrating on just basketball, one can imagine how good she is going to get. Her upside is huge.