On behalf of the entire ProspectsNation.com staff, I’d like to say Welcome to the Nation! We are committed to providing industry-leading coverage of the women’s basketball recruiting scene both for the casual fan through our free content as well as for the hoops junkies with our platinum membership content.

Having worked for nearly a decade with Glenn Nelson, who was instrumental in the online recruiting startups for Rivals and Scout before founding the original HoopGurlz brand, we will work hard to maintain the standards that a digital media company requires.

Our coverage will be aimed at first providing a platform to recognize the hard work of the up and coming stars in the girls’ grassroots basketball world. By the time the prospects reach signing week, our free player database will build up to 750 players per class, beginning with the Class of 2014. For fans looking for more than a star rating, our platinum membership will provide in-depth player evaluations, recruiting updates for many of the top prospects throughout their process, including schools of interest and visits, and access to video highlights on numerous prospects, all in one place.

We aim to bring you more than just simply event recaps, though we will continue to bring you the event coverage you’ve come to expect from our team dating back to our time providing all the evaluations and rankings for ESPN HoopGurlz.

Our team invites you to spend some time looking at our stories, player cards, video, event coverage, ELITE prospect rankings, track committed players, signing class rankings and much more. Again on behalf of Brandon Clay, Jonathan Hemingway, Keil Moore, Stephen Peck and myself, Welcome to The Nation!

Hansen is managing editor of ProspectsNation.com and a McDonald’s All-American selection committee member. He was the national director of scouting for ESPN HoopGurlz from 2005 until 2012. He can be reached at chris@prospectsnation.com.