Maple Hill High School's 6-foot-2 junior center Katie Roth has given her verbal commitment to Coach Jen Rizzotti to play for the University of Hartford beginning in the 2011-2012 season. She will make stops in Albany every year, as the Hawks compete in the America East Conference with the University at Albany's Great Danes. Roth chose Hartford over Fordham, Siena and Marist.

Mark Bubniak, Maple Hill's girls basketball coach and athletic director, confirmed the news.

(Photos by Tom Killips - The Record)

During the 2009-10 regular season, the Patroon Conference’s MVP carried the Maple Hill High girls basketball team farther than it had ever advanced before – the New York State Class C Final Four. Roth, who averaged 18.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and four blocks per game, was a second team All-State selection. Maple Hill was ranked No. 1 in the state for much of the 2009-10 season. The Wildcats have won 64 consecutive games in Patroon Conference play.

Roth is also an accomplished track and field athlete and hopes to earn a trip to the New York State meet in the discus toss this spring.

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