Meet the Bonnies
#24 Chelsea Bowker Year: Junior
Position: Forward
Hometown: Salem, Ohio
Height: 5-11
High School: Crestview
As A Sophomore (2010-11) Improved from her freshman campaign to move into a starting role for most of the season, starting 25 of 26 games before coming off the bench for the final seven contests ... averaged 22.1 minutes per game … went 39.3 percent from 3-point range, good for third on the team ... averaged eight points per game ... scored 265 points after scoring 145 as a freshman ... tallied in double figures 13 times, including scoring a career-high 21 points on two separate occasions ... the first was at Buffalo (Dec. 10), and the second was at home off the bench against Charlotte (Feb. 26) to close out the regular-season conference schedule … grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds twice ... recorded her first career double-double when she netted 11 and corralled 10 boards against La Salle (Jan. 12) ... drained a career-high five 3-pointers in a game on four occasions … once she started coming off the bench, averaged 13.1 points per game the final seven contests, including a 16-point performance in the WNIT loss at Syracuse. As A Freshman (2009-10) Provided a strong threat both in the post and from behind the 3-point line off the bench … played in all but one game, averaging 14.8 minutes per contest … finished the season averaging 4.5 points per game with a .427 field-goal percentage and a .432 mark from behind the arc to top the Atlantic 10 … was perfect from the line seven times to amass a .893 (25-28) free-throw percentage, good for second on the team … eclipsed the 20-minute mark six times, including a season-best 24 minutes at nationally ranked Virginia (Jan. 4) … finished second on the team in 3-pointers made with 32 … threw in three 3-pointers on two occasions and scored in double figures three times … showed flashes of strong rebounding ability, posting a mark of 1.7 boards per game … opened her collegiate career at Binghamton (Nov. 13), grabbing four rebounds and adding two points … was perfect against Akron (Nov. 15) in her first appearance at the Reilly Center, going 2-for-2 from beyond the arc and 2-for-2 from the charity stripe … hit a season-high 14 points against Bowling Green (Dec. 12) at home … had a season-high seven-rebound performance at Quinnipiac (Dec. 2) … shot 3-for-5 from 3-point land against IUPUI (Dec. 29) … played 21 minutes in her Atlantic 10 debut against Saint Louis (Jan. 9) … chipped in six points while going 4-for-5 from the line against the Billikens … had 10 points in the loss at Dayton (Jan. 16) going 3-for-5 from the field and 3-for-3 from the line … went 3-for-3 from long range against George Washington (Feb. 14) … helped guide the Bonnies to a second consecutive appearance in the WNIT where she was 1-4 from deep against Robert Morris (Mar. 18) and Northwestern (Mar. 22). High School Finished her high school career with 2,012 points, a Crestview record for boys and girls basketball as well as Columbiana County ... pulled down 1,148 career rebounds ... a three-time Tri-County and Columbiana County first team member ... was named Division 3 District 1 Player of the Year ... MVP of All-Beach Classic ... AllHigh School Basketball Coaches Association Player of the Year ... notched 33 student athlete of the week honors ... named Columbiana County Player of the Year ... was on the Northeastern Inland District 3 first team for her junior and sophomore years ... earned All-Area first team and All-Area Player of the Year ... notched an All-Ohio District 1 Division 3 second team spot ... guided her team to the Inter-Tri County League regional semifinals her sophomore year ... earned All-Ohio special mention and Northeastern Ohio District first team. 30
2011-12 St. Bonaventure Women’s Basketball Fact Book