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Blair Schaefer
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Guard | 5-7 | Freshman Starkville, Miss. | Starkville HS
HIGH SCHOOL
Standout guard for Starkville High School who rated as one of the state’s top players after coming to the Magnolia State from Texas following her sophomore season… Earned all-state honors her junior and senior seasons for Kristy Williams after moving to Starkville High School from A&M Consolidated High School in College Station… Three-star recruit from ESPN and a four-star selection by Premier Girls Basketball Report… Earned a spot in the prestigious Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Classic alongside teammate Victoria Vivians following her senior season… Named first team all-state and The Commercial Dispatch Large School All-Area Girls Co-Player of the Year following a senior campaign that saw her average 18.7 points and 5.4 assists per game in leading the Yellowjackets to the MHSAA Class 6A North State playoffs… Joined Vivians on the Clarion-Ledger Dandy Dozen team prior to her senior campaign after averaging 22.8 points, 4.6 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 1.9 steals in leading SHS to the north state tournament as a junior… Capped her first Mississippi prep campaign by being selected to the Mississippi Association of Coaches’ All-Star Game… Scored a team-high 17 points in the event after winning the free-throw contest and taking second in the 3-point shootout… Connected on 87.7% of her free-throw attempts during the 2012-13 season… Spent the 2013 summer circuit playing for the Huntsville, Ala.-based Southern Starz AAU squad… Helped guide Doug Bush’s squad to an 8-0 record and the AAU National Championship in Orlando, Fla… Teamed with another MSU rookie, Kayla Nevitt, on Joey Simmons’ Texas Elite Adidas squad prior to joining the Southern Starz… Made the move to Starkville High after playing at A&M Consolidated, where she rated as one of the Top 10 players in Texas and the 117th-best player nationally by Premier Basketball Report… Capped her sophomore season at A&M Consolidated by earning First Team All-District 12-5A honors and all-region accolades.
PERSONAL
Born Aug. 30, 1995... Daughter of MSU coach Vic Schaefer and his wife, Holly… Has a twin brother, Logan.
Victoria 35 Vivians Forward | 6-1 | Freshman Carthage, Miss. | Scott Central HS HIGH SCHOOL
Enjoyed an illustrious prep career at Scott Central High School, rating as the 24th player in the nation and No. 7 at her position by ESPN/HoopGurlz… Five-star prospect who was No. 6 in Full Court’s Fresh 50… Two-time first team All-American following a stellar career for Chad Harrison at Scott Central High School in Forest, Miss… Selected MaxPreps First Team All-American following her junior and senior seasons… Earned Parade All-America honors after a record-setting senior campaign… Named to the SchollyMe All-World Game in Irvine, Calif… Scored 5,745 points in her illustrious career, smashing former Bulldog Mary Kathryn Govero’s state record by 700 points… Ranks second in NFHS history with 5,172 points since the association does not recognize her eighth-grade point total… Led the nation with a 46.2 scoring average in her final high school season, a mark that bettered her own state record and ranked fifth in national high school records… Tallied 1,617 points as a senior, best in state history regardless of gender, and 1,470 as a junior, the third- and fifth-most in national high school records… Ranks second in NFHS history with 1,862 made field goals her freshman through senior seasons… Selected Mississippi’s Miss Basketball her final two seasons… Four-time all-state selection… Led Scott Central to the Mississippi Class 2A finals as a senior… Added 14.3 rebounds per game in addition to her nation’s-best scoring clip… Scored 68 points against Newton in the south state semifinals, tying the girls’ state record… Named to the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Classic to cap her career, joining teammates Blair Schaefer on the Magnolia State squad and Morgan William on the Alabama roster… Named the game’s MVP after scoring a record 36 points in leading Mississippi to a 95-89 win… Selected Mississippi’s Gatorade Player of the Year following her senior and sophomore campaigns… Earned the state’s Miss Basketball honor after a junior season that saw her rank second in the nation with 39.7 ppg and lead Scott Central to the state’s Class 2A crown... Named to the Mississippi Association of Coaches All-Star Game along with Schaefer prior to her senior year, scoring 23 points to earn MVP honors… Also won the state championship during a freshman season that saw her score at a 24.7 clip while grabbing 9.8 rebounds and 3.3 steals… Named state tournament MVP after leading Scott Central to the two crowns… Also led the nation in scoring as a sophomore, averaging 37.0 ppg.
PERSONAL
Born Nov. 17, 1994... Daughter of John and Angela Vivians and Deborah Peatry... Has three brothers: Darrell Miller, Johnathan Vivians and Jabrelyn Bufkin... Also has a sister, Kelcia Bufkin.
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