Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS): Life Prep Academy announced signing of Ann Mary Zachariah and Siya Deodhar.

Zachariah, a 6-2 forward and Deodhar, a 5-7 point guard, will join this high school basketball program based in Wichita, Kansas. Both Zachariah and Deodhar have been part of all the three NBA Academy Women's Program (May 2018, January 2019, October 2019) organized in India and the Basketball Without Borders Asia Camp 2018 in Delhi NCR.

The two have also been a part of the Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA program. Zachariah, from Kochi, won the Most Improved Player Award (January 2019) and the Coaches Award (October 2019) at the NBA Academy Women's Program camps. She was a member of the Indian national team that won the U-18 Women's Asia Championship (B Division).

In April 2019, Zachariah was invited to participate in the NCAA Next Generation Showcase in Florida.Nagpur-based Deodhar won an award at every NBA Academy Women's Program camp in India: Most Improved Player Award (May 2018) and Best Teammate Award (January and October 2019).

Along with Zachariah, she too was invited to the NCAA Next Generation Showcase in Florida followed by participation in the Basketball Without Borders Asia Camp, Tokyo, Japan. Most recently, Deodhar was picked for the Basketball Without Borders Global Camp held during the 2020 All-Star Weekend in Chicago.