EVANSVILLE, Ind. – On Thursday afternoon, University of Evansville women’s basketball head coach Oties Epps announced the signing of Dakota Weatherford, a 5-foot-5-inch guard from Arcadia, Ind., to a National Letter of Intent (NLI) to continue her academic and athletic career at Evansville.  Weatherford will join the Purple Aces for the 2013-14 campaign.
 
DAKOTA WEATHERFORD, 5-5, GUARD, ARCADIA, IND. (HAMILTON HEIGHTS)
 
Notable:  Averaged 19.5 points, 7.4 steals, 7.1 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game as a senior…led the state of Indiana with 198 total steals…shot 47 percent from the field, 39 percent from three-point range and 77 percent from the free throw line as a senior…tallied 1131 career points and 458 career steals…led Hamilton Heights to its first ever IHSAA State Championship finals appearance in boys or girls basketball…Hoosier Basketball Magazine First Team All-State selection…named an Indiana All-Star in 2013 and an Indiana Junior All-Star in 2012…two-time all-conference selection and two-time Hamilton County Player of the Year honoree.
 
Coach Epps on Weatherford:  “We are extremely excited to welcome Dakota and her family to our program.  Dakota has had a very accomplished senior year and we expect her to be a combo guard for us.  She is an amazing on-ball defender and her quickness and tenacity to compete will be a great asset to our program.  She is perhaps the fastest player I’ve seen with the ball in their hands.  We expect Dakota to have an immediate impact on our program.”