BRONX, N.Y.- Less than one week after the men's basketball squad made a huge splash by landing heralded recruit Eric Paschall, Women's Basketball Head Coach Stephanie Gaitley announced the signing of another local star to the Fordham family.

Aaliyah Jones (Brooklyn, N.Y./Murray Bergtraum), the reigning New York Daily News Player of the Year, has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Rams beginning next season.

In addition to signing a local phenom, the Rams have also earned a commitment from one of the top players in Philadelphia. G'Mrice Davis (Philadelphia, Pa./Girard College) will enroll at Rose Hill beginning in the fall.

"We are very excited to have signed two premier players in Aaliyah Jones and G'mrice Davis," said Gaitley. "They will come in and have an immediate impact on our program next season. Both of these young ladies were heavily recruited and we are excited that they will join us in our vision to be one of the premier programs in the Atlantic 10."

"It is a great sign of the future for Fordham women's basketball to add the reigning New York City Player of the Year because we want to keep our best players at home," said Gaitley. "Aaliyah is our second Top 100 player in the country and is an extremely talented point guard who will step in and have an immediate impact."

Fordham's only other Top 100 recruit, Samantha Clark, was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team last season and won Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week honors a school-record five times.

Jones will come to Fordham following her senior year at Murray Bergtraum, a New York City girls' basketball powerhouse that won its 15th consecutive PSAL City Championship last spring. Jones' senior season at Murray Bergtraum will also be her first, having spent the previous three years at Bishop Ford in Brooklyn.

While at Bishop Ford, Jones led a Falcons team that not only beat Murray Bergtraum in the "AA" Federation Tournament, but also went on to take the Federation crown. Jones was named the MVP of the Federation Championship Game, leading Bishop Ford over Ossining with 25 points, eight steals, and seven assists. In that game, Jones also did a tremendous job of limiting UConn-bound Saniya Chong, holding the Gatorade Player of the Year and New York State's Miss Basketball to just 10-31 shooting from the floor.

A four-star recruit and the 24th ranked point guard in the country by ESPN.com, Jones averaged 16 points, four rebounds, three steals, and two assists per outing as a junior. Following that campaign, she was also named MSG Varsity's New York City Girls Basketball Player of the Year and the New York Post's All-Brooklyn Player of the Year.

A member of the New Heights AAU program, Jones has enjoyed plenty of success on that front. She was named to the NYC Nike West 4th Street Summer League All-Tournament team this past summer and earned MVP honors at the Rose Classic Summer Jam in 2012.

An aspiring pre-law student, Jones was a member of Bishop Ford's mock trial squad and a member of the school's campus ministry.