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FORWARD
CAREER HONORS
MEDIA INFO
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RECORDS
• Full name is Bashaara Keyana Graves • Born on March 17, 1994, in Clarksville, Tenn. • Mother is Keinya Graves. • Siblings include brothers Donovan Young and Giovanni Marshall and sisters Ke’Undrea Ogburn and Semajia Ogburn. • An exploratory student in the College of Arts & Sciences. • Recipient of the Tom & Peg Haynes Olympic Development Endowment. • Bashaara’s Twitter handle is @BASH931.
SEC
PERSONAL
NCAA
• Four time gold medalist with USA Basketball. • Played on the USA U19 squad that captured gold at the 2013 U19 Championships in Lithuania, starting all nine contests as the Americans went undefeated. • She averaged 8.4 points and 6.2 rebounds, and led the
• During her four-year career, she started all 135 games and amassed 2,397 points, 1,591 rebounds, 493 assists, 297 steals and 348 blocked shots. • Averaged 21.3 points, 11.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 2.5 steals and 2.3 blocks as a senior while shooting 63.9 percent from the field and 73.7 percent from the free throw line. • Had points/rebounds averages of 17.9/13.9 as junior, 14.0/12.0 as a sophomore and 15.3/10.1 as a freshman. • Ranked No. 5 on HoopGurlz Class of 2012 ESPNU 100 Rankings. • ESPN, McDonald’s, Parade Magazine and WBCA AllAmerican (2012). • All-USA First Team by USA Today and MaxPreps AllAmerica Third Team (2012). • Parade Magazine All-America Fourth Team (2010). • ESPN Rise Underclass All-American (2010). • Tallied 12 rebounds and seven points in 2012 McDonald’s All-American Game, hitting a free throw with 0.3 seconds remaining to give the East a 79-78 victory. • Played in 2012 WBCA All-American Game, joining UT teammate Jasmine Jones on the victorious White squad. • Gatorade Tennessee Girls Basketball Player of the Year (2012). • Tennessee Sports Writers Association Class 3A All-State Team (2010, 2011, 2012). • The Leaf-Chronicle All-Area Girls Basketball Player of the Year (2011, 2012). • District 10AAA and Region 9AAA MVP (2011, 2012) and four-time All-District 10AAA. • Led her team to a 37-1 record as a senior, with the lone loss coming in the Class 3A state semifinals. • Had 28 points and 22 rebounds in Clarksville’s 2012 TSSAA AAA state quarterfinal game.
FACILITIES
USA/AAU BASKETBALL
HIGH SCHOOL
HISTORY
• Was the Lady Vols’ No. 1 rebounder (8.0) and No. 2 scorer (13.2) as a rookie, ranking seventh and 11th overall (No. 1 in both among freshmen), respectively, in the SEC in those categories. • Graves’ rebounding and scoring averages ranked No. 4 and No. 10, respectively, among all-time freshmen at Tennessee. • Led Tennessee and was fourth in the SEC in double-doubles as a freshman, posting 10 such performances. • In UT history, only Chamique Holdsclaw (16) and Sheila Frost (11) had more double-doubles as freshmen than Graves, who tied Candace Parker with 10 and was one ahead of Tamika Catchings (9). • Among those were double-double efforts vs. Stanford (15 pts., 12 rebs.), Notre Dame (19/13) and Louisville (11/10). • Posted a double-double in her second career game, tallying 18 points and 12 rebounds, to go along with four steals, in a key early win at No. 22/20 Georgia Tech. • Scored in double figures 29 times in 35 games, including the first eight contests of the season. • Notched a career-high 23 points (8-11 FG/7-7 FT) and added eight rebounds in the SEC home-opener vs. No. 10/11 Georgia. • While surrounded by three defensive players, she scored UT’s game-winning basket with .8 seconds remaining in the Lady Vols’ 64-62 victory at LSU and finished with 17 points. • Corralled at least 10 rebounds on 11 occasions as a freshman, tying for fifth-most in the conference. • Had a career-best 14 rebounds vs. Rutgers and also contributed 11 points in a 66-47 home victory.
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2012-13 - FRESHMAN
team with a .592 field goal percentage. • Played on the gold-medal-winning USA Basketball U18 National Team at the 2012 FIBA Americas Championship for Women in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, on Aug. 15-19. • Averaged 7.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 19.4 minutes over five contests. • Previously was a member of the gold medal-winning Team USA U16 team at FIBA Americas and U17 squad at FIBA World Championships. • Played AAU ball with the Clarksville Lady Shox.
PLAYERS
• Wooden Award Preseason Top 30 -- 2014 • “Wade Watch” List -- 2014 • Media Preseason All-SEC -- 2014 • Full Court National Freshman of the Year -- 2013 • Full Court First-Team Freshman All-American -- 2013 • WBCA Honorable Mention All-American -- 2013 • WBCA All-Region 3 Nominee -- 2013 • Coaches SEC Freshman of the Year -- 2013 • Associated Press SEC Newcomer of the Year -- 2013 • Coaches All-SEC First Team -- 2013 • Associated Press All-SEC Second Team -- 2013 • Coaches SEC All-Freshman Team -- 2013 • SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll -- 2013 • SEC Freshman of the Week -- 2012-13 (Nov. 12, Dec. 3, Dec. 31, Jan. 14) • Volscars Women’s Co-Rookie of the Year -- 2013
STAFF
SOPHOMORE• 1L • 6-2 CLARKSVILLE, TENN. • CLARKSVILLE H.S.
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