Former basketball star cast for ‘Survivor’

A former high school and college basketball star from Maine is among the participants vying for a $1 million prize in the reality TV show “Survivor.’’ The CBS show announced Monday that Ashley Underwood, a 25-year-old nurse from Benton, is one of 18 competitors in the upcoming “Survivor: Redemption Island.’’ The show begins airing Feb. 16. According to the Morning Sentinel, Underwood was a basketball standout at Cony High School and at the University of Maine. She was crowned Miss Maine in 2009.