Editor’s note: Basketball historical information submitted by Sachem alum and basketball historian Michael Feldstein.
Sachem East basketball alumni have had a strong season and continue to make their mark.
Sachem East grad Alyssa Signor ‘18, scored her 1,000th point and grabbed her 500th rebound for St. Joseph’s in February. Signor was a three-year varsity player at Sachem East. She is the ninth Eagle to accomplish the feat and did it in her third season since the Skyline didn’t have a season last year due to COVID and becomes the 11th Eagle to grab 500 boards. She is averaging 15.4 points per game (second on the team) to go along with 10.3 (leads team) rebounds, 2.6 assists (second on team). She has 11 double-doubles in 20 games. Signor is the third Sachem East player to score 1,000 points behind Kristen Doherty and Gabby Aspuru.
Mackenzie Szlosek ’21, who graduated last year from Sachem East and was the school’s valedictorian, has started in 27 games at Gettysburg. They won the Centennial Conference Championship to punch their ticket to the NCAA Div III tournament. Mackenzie was a three-time all-county selection in high school, a captain her last two seasons and was a four-year varsity player. She has averaged 9.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists.
In January, Aspuru ‘17, who was a four-year varsity starter at Sachem East, is a senior at Molloy and scored her 1,000th career point this season. She is averaging a career-best 16.7 points per game (leads team), with five rebounds (third) and three assists (leads team) and has 44 blocks to pace the Lions. Aspuru, who has over 1,200 points now, became just the second Sachem East player to score 1,000 points in college behind Doherty, who scored 1,267 for Boston College.