Roosevelt Island resident Emily Engstler is one of the top High School Basketball players in the county.

Bleacher Report introduces us to Ms Engstler and shows her shooting hoops on the Blackwell Park basketball court..

According to this September 2017 ESPN W article:

Sometimes it’s morning. Sometimes it’s night. When Emily Engstler looks out
her window, the basketball hoops, the clean white nets, call her. She bolts
out of bed and jogs to the courts across the street from her home on Roosevelt
Island in Manhattan, New York.

The 6-foot-2 senior at St. Francis Prep waits on the sideline, dribbling the
ball between her legs before staking claim: “I got next!”

She’s the only girl here, on the concrete courts that face the East River, and
always has been. Back in middle school, though, no one picked her up. She
hadn’t earned respect yet, so she came day after day to study the way the guys
hustled, the way they protected the ball….

Click here for the full ESPN W article. Ms. Engster was named 2017-18 Gatorade New York Girl’s Basketball Player of the Year. According to a March 19 Gatorade press release:

In its 33rd year of honoring the nations best high school athletes, The
Gatorade Company, today announced Emily Engstler of St. Francis Preparatory
School as its 2017-18 Gatorade New York Girls Basketball Player of the Year.
Engstler is the first Gatorade New York Girls Basketball Player of the Year to
be chosen from St. Francis Preparatory School.

The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also
high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on
and off the field, distinguishes Engstler as New Yorks best high school girls
basketball player. Now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Girls
Basketball Player of the Year award announced in March, Engstler joins an
elite alumni association of past state girls basketball award-winners…

… The 6-foot-1 senior forward led the Terriers to a 19-9 record and the
Brooklyn/Queens Catholic High School Athletic Association championship game
this past season. Engstler averaged 18.3 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists,
3.3 steals and 2.1 blocks per game. A Womens Basketball Coaches Association
First Team All-American, she has been chosen to play in the McDonalds
All-American Game and the Jordan Brand Classic. Engstler is ranked as the
nations No. 11 recruit in the Class of 2018 by espnW and is a finalist for
Miss New York Basketball.

A tutor in her school, Engstler has volunteered locally on behalf of Harvest
for the World and youth basketball programs. Engstler can single-handedly
take over a game, said Phree Edwards, head coach at Bishop Loughlin High.
She can score in the paint, she can put the ball on the floor, she can shoot
from the outside too. She also has great vision and she can protect the rim on
defense.

Engstler has maintained an A-minus average in the classroom. She has signed a
National Letter of Intent to play basketball on scholarship at Syracuse
University beginning this fall….

… As a Gatorade Player of the Year, Emily will be able to select a national
or local youth sports organization to receive a grant as part of the Gatorade
Play It Forward program. Every Gatorade Player of the Year state winner
receives a $1,000 grant to donate and will have the opportunity to enter for
an additional $10,000 spotlight grant by writing a brief essay explaining why
their selected organization deserves additional support. 12 spotlight grants
one for each sport will be announced throughout the year….

Click here for the full press release. Main Street WIRE reports on Ms Engstler too. Congrats to Roosevelt Island’s Emily Engstler.