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2022–23 Princeton Tigers Women's Basketball Team
The 2022–23 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team represents Princeton University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by fourth-year head coach Carla Berube, play their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium as members of the Ivy League. They finished the Ivy League season 12–2, winning a share of the championship alongside the Columbia Lions. The Tigers won the 2023 Ivy League women's basketball tournament, their fourth championship title, and earned an automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, the team's tenth appearance. They lost to Utah in the Second Round. Previous season The Tigers finished the season with a 25–5 overall record, 14–0 in Ivy League play to finish in first place and win the conference's regular season championship. As the top seed in the Ivy League Tournament, they defeated Harvard and Columbia to win the championship. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jadwin Gymnasium
The L. Stockwell Jadwin Gymnasium is a 6,854-seat multi-purpose arena at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The arena opened in 1969. It is home to the Princeton Tigers college basketball teams. It replaced Dillon Gymnasium, the home of Princeton volleyball and wrestling, as the fifth main basketball arena on campus. In 1965, the mother of Leander Stockwell Jadwin, class of 1928, gave a gift of $27 million to the university in his name. He had been the captain of the track team and had died just months after graduation in an automobile accident. The school decided to use $6.5 million towards the building of the gymnasium, which had just barely been started. The gymnasium, designed by the architect Walker O. Cain, has of floor space on five levels for multiple sports. It is notable for its unique roof consisting of three interlocking shells. The seating is highly asymmetrical, with the equivalent of middle-school-gymnasium bleachers on three sides and a major-co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blair Academy
Blair Academy is a coeducational, boarding and day school for students in high school. The school serves students from ninth through twelfth grades as well as a small post-graduate class. The school's campus is located on a campus in Blairstown Township in Warren County, New Jersey, approximately west of New York City. As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 465 students and 84 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6:1. The school's student body was 53.8% (250) White, 23.7% (110) Asian, 8.2% (38) Black, 11.4% (53) two or more races and 3.0% (14) Hispanic. Academics Blair's academic program follows the traditional four-year college-preparatory plan. Diploma requirements are governed by college entrance requirements. Athletics Blair primarily competes in the Mid-Atlantic Prep League (which includes Blair Academy, The Peddie School, The Lawrenceville School, The Hill School, Hun School of Princeton and Mercersburg A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda () is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland. It is located just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House (1820, rebuilt 1849), which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda. The National Institutes of Health's main campus and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center are in Bethesda, in addition to a number of corporate and government headquarters. As an unincorporated community, Bethesda has no official boundaries. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the community had a total population of 68,056. History Bethesda is located in a region that was populated by the Piscataway and Nacotchtank tribes at the time of European colonization. Fur trader Henry Fleet became the first European to visit the area, reaching it by sailing up the Potomac River. He stayed with the Piscataway tribe from 1623 to 1627, either as a guest or prisoner (historical accounts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakewood High School (Colorado)
Lakewood High School is a public primary school located in Lakewood, Colorado, United States. It is part of Jefferson County Public Schools. Lakewood was ranked as the 11th best school in the nation by ''Newsweek'' in 2006, and as the 10th in 2008. History Lakewood High School was established in 1928 at 7655 W 10th Avenue in Lakewood, with elementary and junior high schools on the same campus. The high school moved to its current location at 9700 W. 8th Avenue in summer 1958, and the previous site became the location of the Jefferson County Open School in 1989. As a result of a bond issue on the 2004 ballot, Lakewood received over $35 million to construct a new school building. Construction began in January 2006 and continued until summer 2007, when the new building had its official opening. It opened for classes at the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year, with students sometimes assisting teachers in moving in. Spoon Game Beginning in 2010, Lakewood High School uppe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakewood, Colorado
The City of Lakewood is the home rule municipality that is the most populous municipality in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 155,984 at the 2020 U.S. Census making Lakewood the fifth most populous city in Colorado and the 167th most populous city in the United States. Lying immediately west of Denver, Lakewood is a principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. History The urban and suburban development of the community known as Lakewood was started in 1889 by Charles Welch and W.A.H. Loveland, who platted a 13-block area along Colfax Avenue west of Denver in eastern Jefferson County. Loveland, the former president of the Colorado Central Railroad, retired to the new community of Lakewood after many years of living in Golden. Until 1969, the area known as Lakewood had no municipal government, relying instead on several water districts, several fire di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flintridge Preparatory School
Flintridge Preparatory School, familiarly known as Flintridge Prep or simply Prep, is a coeducational day school for grades 7-12. Founded in 1933, it is located in La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States. Facilities School facilities include a science/cultural center, multiple classroom buildings with labs (renovated in 2014–2015, two computer laboratories, a state-of-the-art two-story library, a performing arts center, a 400-seat auditorium (renovated in 2015), an administration building with faculty offices, and an alumni and development office building. The Chandramohan Library is a two-story library and learning center that includes a computer lab, a classroom for seminars, meeting rooms, space for individual and group study, and a laptop room. The Randall Performing Arts Center includes practice rooms for individuals and groups of musicians, as well as dance rehearsal space. Miller Theater is a black-box theater that is used for many of the school's drama performa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Marino, California
San Marino is a residential city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It was incorporated on April 25, 1913. At the 2010 census the population was 13,147. The city is one of the wealthiest places in the nation in terms of household income. By extension, with a median home price of $2,699,098, San Marino is one of the most expensive and exclusive neighborhoods in the Los Angeles area. History Origin of name The city takes its name from the ancient Republic of San Marino, founded by Saint Marinus who fled his home in Dalmatia (modern Croatia) at the time of the Diocletianic Persecution The Diocletianic or Great Persecution was the last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. In 303, the emperors Diocletian, Maximian, Galerius, and Constantius issued a series of edicts rescinding Christians' legal rights ... of Christians. Marinus took refuge at Monte Titano on the Italian peninsula, where he built a chapel and founded a monastic community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursuline Academy (Delaware)
Ursuline Academy is a private school in Wilmington, Delaware, which offers Early Childhood (Montessori (ages 3–5) and Kindergarten) and elementary (grades 1–5) school for both girls and boys, Middle (Grades 6–8), and Upper (Grades 9–12) school classes for girls. Established in 1893 by the Ursulines, it is an independent, Catholic, college-preparatory school. Notable alumni * Erin Arvedlund, financial journalist *Valerie Biden Owens, political strategist, sister of President Joe Biden *Vera Gilbride Davis, Delaware politician *Elena Delle Donne, WNBA player for the Washington Mystics; played collegiately at the University of Delaware *Aubrey Plaza, actress in Parks and Recreation and other movies *Marjorie Rendell, federal judge and former first lady for the State of Pennsylvania * Val Whiting, former WNBA player; athletic hall of fame inductee at Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington ( Lenape: ''Paxahakink /'' ''Pakehakink)'' is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley metropolitan area. Wilmington was named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, who was prime minister during the reign of George II of Great Britain. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 70,898. The Wilmington Metropolitan Division, comprising New Castle County, Delaware, Cecil County, Maryland and Salem County, New Jersey, had an estimated 2016 population of 719,887. Wilmington is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan statistical area, which also includes Philadelphia, Reading, Camden, and other urban are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central High School (Burlington, Illinois)
Central High School, or commonly referred as Burlington Central, is a public four-year high school located in Burlington, Illinois, a far northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is part of Central Community Unit School District 301, which serves Burlington, Lily Lake, Plato Center, Udina, Hampshire, Pringree Grove, Sycamore, Maple Park, and far western portions of Elgin, and St. Charles.https://chs.central301.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/09/School-Profile-18-19-1.pdf Academics In 2015, the Average ACT score was 22.9. Athletics Central High School is currently a member of the Fox Valley Conference and has many athletic teams, including cheerleading, dance, football, soccer, cross-country, basketball, volleyball, wrestling, baseball, track & field, and non-official swimming and hockey teams. Criticism In April 2022, the school administration has received criticism from students and parents over the school's inability to appropriately discipline st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elgin, Illinois
Elgin ( ) is a city in Cook and Kane counties in the northern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. Elgin is located northwest of Chicago, along the Fox River. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 114,797, the seventh-largest city in Illinois. History The Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Black Hawk Indian War of 1832 led to the expulsion of the Native Americans who had settlements and burial mounds in the area and set the stage for the founding of Elgin. Thousands of militiamen and soldiers of Gen. Winfield Scott's army marched through the Fox River valley during the war, and accounts of the area's fertile soils and flowing springs soon filtered east. In New York, James T. Gifford and his brother Hezekiah Gifford heard tales of this area ripe for settlement, and they traveled west. Looking for a site on the stagecoach route from Chicago to Galena, Illinois, they eventually settled on a spot where the Fox River could be bridged. In April 1835, they e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Island Lutheran Middle And High School
Long Island Lutheran Middle and High School (commonly known as LuHi) is a Christian college preparatory school in Brookville, New York, United States. It was founded and built in 1960 on a estate and has a student body of approximately 420 students in grades 6-12, with students coming from more than 50 school districts throughout Long Island and New York City. The school is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools. Academics Students follow a liberal arts curriculum, which includes required courses in English, mathematics, the natural and physical sciences, social studies and government, world language (students can choose between Spanish and French), business, religion, the fine arts, physical education, and health. Electives courses, ranging from entrepreneurship to creative writing, are also offered in all departments. LuHi also offers 17 Advanced Placement courses. Classes are scheduled using a two-day block scheduling system, which includes a week ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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