Quinnipiac University women’s basketball head coach Tricia Fabbri has announced the signing of three players to National Letters of Intent.  Jacki Mann (Rutherford, N.J.), Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass.), and Jacinda Dunbar (Eddison, N.J.) will attend Quinnipiac next year.

Mann comes to Quinnipiac from Rutherford High School where she was a All-League First Team selection in her sophomore and junior years. She averaged 15 points, 10 rebounds, and three blocks per game while leading her team to a 25-5 record and the North 2, Group 2 final. Mann was also named to the All-County Third Team as a sophomore and to the All-County First Team as a junior.

“With the graduation of Monique Lee this May, we needed Jacki Mann to say yes to Quinnipiac in this early signing period,” Fabbri said. “She’s a great player who will make us better immediately.”

Barron comes to Quinnipiac from Central High School, where as a junior she won the Vi Goodnow Award, given to the top women’s basketball player in Western Massachusetts. She averaged 17.2 points, 7.7 assists, and 6.6 rebounds per game in 2006-2007 while leading her team to a 24-1 record, a Western Massachusetts Division I and State Championships. Barron was named the Most Valuable Player at the Western Massachusetts Championship and the State Championship games, scoring 28 points in each contest.

“She’s an incredible scorer and more importantly a proven champion on the court who will add her speed and skill to the best starting guard rotation in the Northeast Conference in Erin Kerner, Brianna Rooney and Mandy Pennewell,” said Fabbri.

Dunbar is a 1,000 point scorer for Cardinal McCarrick High School who was named to the All-Junior Team as well as the The Star Ledger All-Middlesex County Fourth Team. The third leading scorer in Middlesex County as a junior season, she averaged 19 points, 11 rebounds, five steals, and four blocks per game.

“Dunbar is a great athlete who brings much needed rebounding to our small forward position,” Fabbri said. “She’s a perfect fit in our system on both ends of the floor.”

Quinnipiac currently boasts a 13-2 overall record, and a perfect 5-0 mark in conference play. They continue play on Saturday, Jan. 19 when they host Long Island University in a Northeast Conference tilt slated for a 1 p.m. start at the TD Banknorth Sports Center in Hamden, Conn.