Sarah Halejian may join Armenian basketball national teamFebruary 1, 2012 - 14:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sarah Halejian, the player of the Bulldogs, a Yale basketball team, received her fourth consecutive, and fifth total, Ivy League Rookie of the Week award. Besides, Halejian may join the Armenian national basketball team this summer, Yale Daily News reported. “I would always be out on the driveway playing basketball,” Halejian said. “It made me tougher. I got used to playing physically.” By the time she reached high school, Halejian lead Ramapo High School in Franklin Lakes, N.J., in points, steals and assists each season and was a two-time New Jersey Player of the Year. Halejian has a strong family fan base watching her success. And because of her Armenian heritage and talent, Halejian may have an opportunity to represent Armenian on its national basketball team this summer. Hrachya Rostomyan, president of the Basketball Federation of Armenia, is “hopeful” that Halejian can join the team in summer. He called her potential impact “invaluable to Armenia.”  Top stories From June 3-7, it will go to Northern Ireland and then the Republic of Ireland - the only country outside UK on the torch route. Beckham is acting as a special ambassador for the games and was involved in promoting London's bid to host it. To mark the start of the Olympic Torch Relay the British Embassy Yerevan opens graffiti on the wall of the embassy. China's Tan Zongliang came first with 684,6 points, followed by Ismail Keles (Turkey) and Russia’s Vladimir Goncharov.   |  Latest news Top ECB official says "urgent financial overhaul" needed  Peter Praet also called for a eurozone-wide deposit insurance program similar to the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.Genocide monument unveiled in South Australia Representatives of the Armenian, Pontian Greek and Assyrian communities gave appropriate readings from the Bible.Peace mediator Annan to visit Syria soon – spokesman Fawzi has repeatedly said that Annan, whose plan has failed to stop the violence, would travel to Syria when the time was right.Syria’s Assad invited to NAM summit in Tehran NAM is an international organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. |
