With the 2007-2008 Lady Bulldog basketball season behind us and before our coverage of former Georgia players in the WNBA begins, please take a moment out of your daily computer activities to learn the story of Hayley Hunter (pictured) and to add your words of encouragement to her guestbook.

Hayley has been diagnosed with neuroblastoma, and she’s currently dealing with multiple chemotherapy sessions. As you read Hayley’s story, you’ll learn how much she loves basketball and the Lady Bulldogs. Our players and staff have expressed their best wishes in Hayley’s guestbook…along with the players and staff from the Georgia Tech women’s basketball program. It only takes a minute or two to express your own.

Thanks so much to Fastbreaker Karen Sugrue for passing along Hayley’s story.

Click here to learn more about Hayley Hunter. Her guestbook can be accessed from the main menu.

There are almost 50 pictures divided into six galleries. They end with the post just below this one…so you’ll need to scroll down to the bottom of the page and work your way back up to see them all. Some pictures appear a little saturated due to adjustments that were needed to compensate for less-than-ideal photographic lighting conditions in the ballroom. Enjoy!

(NOTE: To see a larger version of any individual photo, just click on it.)

Tonight’s the night. The Classic Center’s Grand Hall South. The annual Fastbreak Club Awards Banquet. We look forward to seeing you this evening as we tie a bow around the 2007-2008 Lady Bulldogs basketball season. The festivities will tip off at 6:00 PM with the traditional autograph session, dinner is served at 6:30, to be followed by the introduction of our very special guest emcee for the evening, former Lady Bulldog great and WNBA star Lady Hardmon (Grooms).

Be sure to check back here at your official Fastbreak Club weblog late tonight or early tomorrow morning for extensive photo galleries from the banquet. It’s the Club’s biggest event of the year and, again, we look forward very much to seeing you there.

TONIGHT: The Annual Fastbreak Club Awards Banquet

The Classic Center (Grand Hall South). Autographs at 6:00 PM, dinner at 6:30, presentation of awards to follow. There will be free parking available in the Classic Center parking lot located on Foundry Street (behind the Classic Center).

Tasha Humphrey will play alongside former Lady Bulldogs Kara Braxton and Deanna "Tweety" Nolan as the newest member of the WNBA’s Detroit Shock. The Shock just now selected Tasha with their second pick in the draft’s first round (the eleventh pick overall). In the Shock, T-Hump is joining one of the league’s perennial powerhouses. Detroit has won two WNBA Championships (2003 and 2006) and advanced to the league championship finals last season. Congratulations to Tasha…and you just get the feeling that the Shock coming to town might provide the newly formed Atlanta Dream with their biggest home crowds of the season.

As for the Dream…with the number-eight pick in the draft, they chose James Madison’s Tamera Young.

Click here for the complete WNBA draft board.

You know all about Tasha…so click here to learn about Atlanta’s pick, Tamera Young.