Alabama Women’s Basketball Signs 2021 Class A Miss Tennessee Basketball Karly Weathers
11/10/2021 10:20:00 AM | Women's Basketball
The dynamic combo guard will join the Crimson Tide in the fall of 2022
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama women's basketball program inked a dynamic combo guard for its incoming class during the early signing period Wednesday, head coach Kristy Curry announced. Karly Weathers of Loretto, Tennessee, will join the Crimson Tide in the fall of 2022.
Karly Weathers
5-11 | Guard | Loretto, Tenn. | Loretto High School
Weathers, a 5-11 guard from Loretto, Tennessee, has been a varsity starter throughout her high school career at Loretto High School, under the leadership of Ashley Rutledge, where she was named the 2021 Class A Miss Tennessee Basketball. She also plays on the Alabama Southern Starz – NIKE EYBL circuit under the guidance of Doug Bush.
Ranked No. 83 overall in the class of 2022, according to the Junior All-Star Report, Weathers was a three-time Tennessee Class A First Team selection in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Last season, the then-junior averaged 22.4 points per game, en route to helping her team win the 2021 Class A State Championship. As a sophomore, Weathers averaged 18.8 points a game, and as a freshman, she averaged 21.3 points per game.
Beyond the basketball court, Weathers is also a middle hitter on her high school volleyball team. She also earned three nods on the Tennessee Class A First Team in 2019, 2020 and 2021 for her performance on the volleyball court, while also helping her team to the 2020 Tennessee Sports Writers Association Class A Sate Runner Up.
Curry on Weathers:
"This is a big day for our program as we sign what I feel is one of the most competitive, talented combo guards in the country who will make an immediate impact in Tuscaloosa both on and off the court as a student athlete."
KARLY WEATHERS ??????
— Alabama Women’s Basketball (@AlabamaWBB) November 10, 2021
? 2021 Class A Miss Tenn. Basketball
? 3x Tenn. Class A First Team selection
? Averaged 22.4 ppg in 2020-21
? Alabama Southern Starz – NIKE EYBL
Need we say more? ??
Welcome, @kjweathers25.#NextWave #RollTide pic.twitter.com/czPjWnr7W0
