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Olive Branch, Miss. point guard receives 2021 offer from Tech

Georgia Tech extends offer to eighth grader from Olive Branch Middle School Taylor Woodhouse.
Georgia Tech extends offer to eighth grader from Olive Branch Middle School Taylor Woodhouse.
By Juliakate E Culpepper
Nov 22, 2016

Olive Branch Middle School point guard Taylor Woodhouse received an 2021 offer from Georgia Tech, according to the AL Southern Stars.

Woodhouse, an eighth grader from Olive Branch, Miss., received her first collegiate offer on Friday.

According to NEB Media, Woodhouse scored 29 points and had eight steals in her first game of the season with Olive Branch Middle.

As an eighth grader, Woodhouse averages 25 points, 10.5 steals and nine assists per game, according to Memphis Girls' Basketball trainer Patosha Jeffery.

In early November, Woodhouse was invited to the Hot 100 Girl's Middle School Showcase in Garner, NC in March 2017 to join top middle school athletes, according to Burl Woodhouse.

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