Canisius College women's basketball coach Terry Zeh announced today the signing of three student-athletes to National Letters of Intent. Ashley Gomez (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Kayla Hoohuli (St. Marys, Pa.) and Ashley Wilkes (Windsor, Ontario) will join the Golden Griffins for the 2011-12 season.

Gomez plays at Murry Bergraum High School, which was ranked No. 23 in the USA Today preseason Top 25 and has won 12 straight Public Schools Athletic League titles. The 5-foot-8 guard averaged eight points per game last season for the Lady Blazers.

"Ashley comes from a storied high school program in Murry Buergraum," Zeh said. "She has a tremendous feel for the game and brings the ability to play multiple guard positions."

Hoohuli has played four years at St. Mary's, averaging 30.3 points per game as a junior when led the state of Pennsylvania in scoring and became the school's all-time leading scorer. The 5-foot-7 guard, who entered her senior season with 1,951 points, is a two-time Player of the Year in District 9 and was and was a First-Team Class AAA All-State selection as well a junior.

"Kayla is a prolific scorer as we saw with her scoring 52 points in a playoff game," Zeh said. "She has the ability to shoot it from deep, score the basketball and is a great athlete who fits in well to our system."

Wilkes is in her second season at Miami Dade College where she averaged 18 points and 10.8 rebounds in her first season. The 5-foot-11 forward earned All-State honors in 2009-10 and was selected to play in the 2010 National Junior College Athletic Association All-Star Game.

"A powerful athletic forward, Ashley's ability to rebound the basketball in traffic and score will really help us," Zeh said.

Canisius returns to the court on Saturday, when the Golden Griffins play at Eastern Michigan. Game time is set for 4:30 p.m.