HAMMOND, Ind. – Purdue University Calumet head coach Tom Megyesi got an early start to his 2010 recruiting class, as Wabash High School star Brooklyn Short gave a verbal commitment to continue to her education and play basketball at PUC. Short is the first athlete to commit to the Peregrines for the 2010 class. Read the rest of this entry »

HAMMOND, Ind. – The Purdue Calumet women’s basketball team recently took their conditioning workout off-campus, traveling to Mount Baldy in the Indiana Sand Dunes State Park.

Head coach Tom Megyesi fostered the idea earlier this summer in hopes to get the team away from the hustle and bustle of campus and allow his players to enjoy some of the best scenery in northwest Indiana. Read the rest of this entry »

HAMMOND, Ind. – Tierra Turner, a 5-7 guard/forward from Merrillville, signed on with the Peregrines for the coming basketball season. Turner led the Pirates last season scoring 17 points per game and totaled 373 points as a senior.

Turner was named as her team’s most valuable player in her final high school season. She was an Indiana All-State Honorable Mention, a First Team All-Area player and was rated as a Top 60 Senior by the Hoosier Basketball Magazine.
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HAMMOND, Ind. – Click on the following link to read the feature story about Peregrine point guard Meme Harris. http://nwitimes.com/articles/2009/07/04/sports/top/doc08fcb393a94110eb862575e80016ace4.txt

HAMMOND, Ind. — Two more players joined the Peregrine roster for next season giving head coach Tom Megyesi and even dozen on the squad.

Samekia Coaxum, a 6-0 forward from North DeSoto High School, Stonewall, La., finished her senior year averaging 10.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists for the Griffins.

Also joining the team is guard Alyssa Trinidad of Hobart. Both players are expected to be backups, according to Megyesi.

“They give us bench strength at both the post and guard positions,” he said. “We’re lucky to have them.”