About Bond
A 5-foot-10 guard/forward … hails from Northeast High School where she lettered in both basketball and cross country for the Raiders … for her career, Bond not only broke three school records, but she also averaged a double-double as she posted an impressive 21 points and 10 rebounds in four years of play … Bond, the Raiders’ all-time leading scorer with 1,925 career points, also set school records for three-pointers made in a game (7) and most points scored as a freshman in a single game (27) …  averaged 22 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocks during her senior season en route to being named Player of the Year in her region, while also guiding the Raiders to the regional championship in both her sophomore and senior seasons … ranked 10th out of 153 students in her graduating class.

Personal
Born November 24, 1992 … daughter of Wenald Bond and Verna S. Green … plans to major in biology.

Kemp on Bond
"Maria comes from a very established program in Georgia, which also has a lot of tradition. I have known her coach (Alvin Copeland) for many years and he does a tremendous job teaching the fundamentals, so Maria will come in and be ready to play. She is a versatile player who can score from the inside and around the perimeter, so that's something we were really looking for. Like Destiny (Mitchell), she's not afraid to crash the boards and is such a competitor. Not only is she talented on the court, but she also excels in the classroom. The end result, Maria knows to focus both on academics and athletics."