E • AGGRESSION • SPEED • RELENTLESS • TENACITY CLEMSON Lady Tigers Meet the Players Overview: Solid post presence who makes a difference at both ends of the floor. Improved in nearly every statistical category, and gave Tigers a good option to anchor the defense and as a high-post passing option with good range to 15 feet. Terrific student in nursing, completed clinicals during junior season while also playing basketball and attending class. In 2010-11 (junior): • Named to Academic All-ACC Team • Averaged 6.0 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks per game • Started 14 games averaging 23.2 minutes per contest, both career highs • Registered career bests in minutes, games played, games started, points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals • Her 45 blocks (1.5 per game) ranked in the top 5 of the ACC, and she finished the season with 91 career rejections, ranking ninth in school history • Led the Tigers with a .453 shooting percentage • Registered an impressive 34 assists from the center spot and grabbed 63 offensive boards on the season • Registered first career double-double with 13 points and 12 boards against Virginia Tech • Scored in double-figures five times and blocked two or more shots in 12 games • Flirted with a triple-double (8 pts, 9 reb, 7 blk) against NC State in a road win • Averaged 11.0 points 8.3 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in three consecutive ACC games from 2/14 to 2/27. In 2009-10 • Had a solid sophomore season averaging 4.7 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks per game • Ranked in the top five in the ACC in blocks per game • Had 38 blocks on the year, including a career-high four against Miami • Had career-best 19 points and seven rebounds against Ohio • Scored in double figures six times after entering the season with only 52 career points • Had a big game against Georgia Tech with 14 points and five rebounds in her return to the state of Georgia • Scored 11 points against North Carolina on 5-5 shooting • Recorded 14 points in 20 minutes against Wake Forest • Had five rebounds against Boston College • Scored 10 against NC State 2008-09 • Saw action in 27 games in her rookie season to average six minutes a game • Scored in 14 of those games to contribute 1.9 points per game • Had eight blocked shots and three steals for the year • Played eight minutes in her first career collegiate game; scored six points on 3-of-6 shooting with five rebounds and two blocked shots • Also scored against Winthrop and Northwestern in non-conference games • Saw her minutes and production increase in beginning of the conference season • Had four points in seven minutes of play against Florida State on Jan. 11 • Then earned 15 minutes of court time versus #12 Maryland on Jan. 15 and made a pair of field goals and had two rebounds and a steal • Scored seven points in 11 minutes against Charleston Southern on Jan. 20 to start a streak of eight straight games with at least one field goal • Made both of her field goal attempts for four points against 14th-ranked Virginia on Jan. 26 in just nine minutes • Had four points against Virginia Tech two days later and then hit her only field goal attempt in five minutes of play at Georgia Tech on Feb. 1; had a pair of rebounds in each game • Was 3-for-5 from the field for six points in eight minutes of action at Western Carolina on Feb. 4 • Received the team’s Academic Achievement Award for having the highest G.P.A. on the team Before Clemson • Four-year letterwinner in volleyball and basketball at Etowah (Ga.) High School • Holds the Etowah record for career shots blocked • Ranked second in Etowah history for points and rebounds • Scored over 1,000 points in her career • Named team MVP in 2007 and 2008 • Was a four-time all-county selection (2005-2008) • Led team to the Georgia state championship in 2005 and the Elite Eight in 2006 Personal • Father Mike played football at the University of Tennessee from 1978-1982. • Born Sept. 25, 1989 • Majoring in nursing.
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