13th Ranked Ramirez Signs with TCU WBB
11/12/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
FORT WORTH, Texas - Amber Ramirez has signed a National Letters of Intent to attend TCU and play basketball in the fall of 2016, it was announced by TCU head coach Raegan Pebley on Thursday afternoon.
Amber Ramirez comes to TCU as one of the top-ranked individual recruits in TCU history. She ranks as the 13th best player in the nation by ESPN HoopGurlz and is one of just 21 players in the nation to grade out with a 98 rating in ESPN's player ratings. She ranks second nationally at her position and 11th overall in the nation by ProspectsNation.com.
She is the second highest ranked individual player that the program has ever signed behind recent TCU Letterman's Association Hall of Fame selection Sandora Irvin, who arrived at TCU prior to the 2001-02 season ranked sixth nationally in the 2000-01 Blue Star Report. Irvin currently ranks as the all-time leading scorer in program history and spent time in the WNBA.
A three-time All-State and All-Region player, Ramirez's 2015-16 Wagner squad is ranked number one in the state of Texas entering the 2015-16 season according to MaxPreps.com as the school seeks its fourth consecutive appearance in the state semifinals. They are ranked third in the 2015-16 preseason Texas Association of Basketball Coaches' Class 6A poll.
As a junior, she averaged 26.9 points on her way to a 26-11 record and San Antonio Express-News Player of the Year honors. The TABC 6A All-State Selection helped her team to a 12-0 mark against District 25-6A competition in 2014-15, reaching the state semifinals before falling to eventual state champion Cypress Woods in the 2014-15 UIL 6A State semifinals.
One of Ramirez's most notable performances as a junior came in a 47-point effort against Smithson Valley in February 2015 when she hit 13-of-24 from the field, 7-of-12 from three-point range and 14-of-15 from the free throw line to help complete the undefeated district season.
Ramirez finished the regular season with the area-scoring title at 26.5 points during the regular season after a highly competitive race throughout the season against current Duke freshman and McDonald's All-American Game selection Kyra Lambert.
As a sophomore, Ramirez led Wagner to a 25-11 record and an appearance in the 2013-14 UIL 5A State semifinals before falling to the second-ranked team in the nation, Duncanville.
As a freshman, Ramirez was named the city of San Antonio's newcomer of the year by the San Antonio Express-News.
Ramirez has also been part of USA Basketball, participating in the 2013 USA Basketball Women's U16 National Team Trials and the 2014 USA Basketball Women's U17 World Championship Team Trials in Colorado Springs, Colo., one of just 39 players in the nation to participate in the trials.
Ramirez received around 25 scholarship offers during her prep career before settling on the Horned Frogs.
Amber Ramirez on coming to TCU...
"I chose TCU because of the coaching staff. They made it family-oriented and that is why I loved it so much. I want to be part of something big at TCU. Coach Pebeley made me feel like I was wanted from the start as I was making my decision."
Raegan Pebley on Amber Ramirez...
"One of Amber's greatest strengths is that she is relationship driven. She loves her teammates and her coaches and will give everything she has to see them be successful. She wants to win for her team, her coaches and family. Amber is one of the top scoring guards in the country. She has in the gym type of range and is so creative off the bounce."
