Ohio has been pretty good to the UConn women's basketball program with three of the 30 1000-point scorers in the history of the program hailing from Ohio. Samarie Walker, the top rated player in the junior class who just committed to play at UConn, could be the next big thing from the Buckeye state.

With my curiousity getting the better of me, I did some quick checking to see where Ohio natives ranked compared to stars from the other states.

What I discovered is that Pennsylvania is tops on the list with five 1,000-point scorers (Swin Cash, Wendy Davis, Leigh Curl, Meghan Pattyson, Ashley Battle). Next is Connecticut (Nykesha Sales, Jen Rizzotti, Cathy Bochain, Laura Lishness).

Ohio and Massachusetts (Kara Wolters, Rebecca Lobo and Carla Berube) is tied for third place with three 1,000-point scorers.

Amy Hughes was the first Ohio player to suit up for the Huskies, playing at UConn in the 1995-96 season.

Tamika Williams, who like Walker was the top-ranked player in the country and played at Dayton high school powerhouse Chaminade-Julienne, scored 1,402 points from 1998-2002. The year after Williams left for the WNBA, Barbara Turner of Cleveland began a career which would see her score 1,629 points from 2002-06. Mel Thomas of Cincinnati and Brittany Hunter of Columbus graduated last year. Hunter is another former national player of the year who originally enrolled at Duke before transferring to UConn. Thomas finished her career with 1,066 points despite suffering a season-ending knee injury in the 16th game of her senior season. Hunter finished with 464 points in her three years at Connecticut.

UConn will have to wait until the 2010-11 season to see Walker in a UConn uniform.