Hokie Club1 - Christie MarronePosition: Guard
Class: Freshman
Height: 5' 6"
High School: St. John Villa Academy
Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.
High School: Scored over 1,800 points, including 202 treys, and scored in double figures 93 times in 122 career games. A finalist for the McDonald's All-America team and a member of the "Dream 100". Also a member of the USA East team which won the USA Basketball Youth Developement Festival her junior year. One of only two players to be named four times to the Staten Island Advance All-Star team. Averaged 15.0 points per game and averaged 50.5 three-pointers a season in her four-year career where she led St. John Villa Academy to the Class B and C New York State Federation title her junior and freshman years respectively. As a junior, Marrone averaged 17.5 points and 6.5 assists and was named the Most Valuable Player in the championship game after scoring 22 points, including a state record-tying six, three-point field goals. She was named the Class B Player of the Year by the New York Sportswriters Association and was the only junior among the five finalists for the New York Daily News Player of the Year Award.
Odds and Ends: Christie Marrone ... Born 12/8/86 in Brooklyn, N.Y. ... Right-handed ...Daughter of Tony and Patricia Marrone ... Enrolled in business.