The contrast in Emily Cady's role on her Seward high school girls basketball team compared to what's expected of her on the Bison/Cornhusker Shooting Stars' select team is as stark as winter and summer.

Cady's main duties on the Bluejays' undefeated Class B state championship team last March were defending the opponents' best scorer, rebounding, ballhandling and getting the ball evenly distributed inside to Alyssa Kamphaus and Seward's bevy of three-point shooting guards.

This summer on the Bison squad, the 6-2 Cady, a first-team all-stater and second-team Super-Stater, will have opportunities to score more than the nine points per game the junior-to-be averaged during the high school season. In fact, Coach Dan Lesoing is counting on it.

"We'll put Emily all over the court and let her make plays," said Lesoing, whose Lincoln-based team begins its summer tournament schedule this weekend in Wichita, Kan. "We need her to score 16 to 18 points for us to be successful."

Cady, who has a scholarship offer from Nebraska, has always had the luxury of playing her natural position of small forward with dominate post players like Kamphaus on her high school and select teams. But with Kamphaus playing with the Pinnacle Bank Senior All-Star team this summer, Cady is the tallest Bison/Shooting Star.

It didn't seem to matter in April when Cady led the Bison team to the 17s Elite title at the Windy City Classic in Chicago.

"I've always liked being on the perimeter, but I've got a chance this summer to prove to college coaches that I've gotten stronger and that I can hold my own inside with the bigger post players," Cady said.

Cady isn't the only Shooting Star hoping to attract more Division I college scholarship offers. A pair of 5-10 C-1 all-state guards - Bishop Neumann senior McKenzie Fujan and Milford junior Taylor Moore - are already on the coaches' radar screens.

Fujan, who lists Kansas, Kansas State, Creighton and Iowa State as her top four schools, has a scholarship offer from Creighton on the table. This summer, Lesoing will use her anywhere from a point guard to a power forward after playing point on Neumann's state title team last winter.

Reach Ron Powell at 473-7437 or rpowell@journalstar.com.