Education is Anna Cameron's major goal, but she's making an impression on the basketball court at the same time.

Cameron heads off from her Cambridge home this weekend for a second year at College of the Siskiyous in California. Should she repeat the success she had in her first year overseas, a scholarship appears likely.

The small forward led her side in rebounding and was second in scoring as the Eagles reached the last 16 in their conference tournament.

"We lost just before the quarterfinals to a very good team that went on to make the top four," Cameron said. "But to make the top 16 in the state, out of 120 teams, was really good."

Cameron averaged 12.9 points per game throughout the season. She had four games of 20 points or more while shooting 54.6 per cent from the field.

Those efforts earned her the title of Conference Freshman of the Year and she also made the All-Conference team fully justifying her decision last year to take the self-funded jump into the unknown.

"I really didn't know what to expect I just took a punt and it's been so great."

Cameron said the standard of play was higher than what she has played in New Zealand "maybe comparable to, say, under-21 representative basketball".

Not surprisingly, her form has drawn interest from other colleges and she pondered making a switch, but decided to play her sophomore (second) year at Siskiyous first.

"I want to go to the other [East] coast so I'm looking for a good school to attend there, maybe a lower division one or a division two basketball school."

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