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GENERAL INFORMATION Name of School ....................................... Georgia State University Location .................................................................................Atlanta, Ga. Founded ............................................................................................ 1913Enrollment ................................................................................... 28,000Nickname .................................................................................. PanthersColors .................................................................................Blue & WhiteArena/Capacity ...............Georgia State Sports Arena/3,400Affiliation ........................................................................NCAA Division IConference ........................................ Colonial Athletic AssociationPresident .................................................................. Dr. Carl V. PattonAthletics Director .........................................................Mary McElroySenior Woman Administrator ...............................Gail BarksdaleAthletic Department Phone ..............................(404) 413-4000Ticket Office Phone ............................................... (404) 413-4021Website ..................................................... GeorgiaStateSports.com

TEAM INFORMATION2007-08 Overall Record ................................................................. 8-22 Home: 5-10, Away: 2-10, Neutral: 1-22007-08 CAA Record/Finish ......................................... 5-13/10th2008 CAA Tourn. Record ...................................... 0-1/First Round

HISTORYFirst Year of Basketball ...........................................................1975-76Overall All-Time Record ............................................. 467-445 (.512)Years in NCAA Tournament/Last ......................................3/2003Years in WNIT/Last ..................................................................1/2000Last Postseason Opponent ............................................................Duke Result: ................................ Lost, 66-48, 2003 NCAA 1st Round

SPORTS COMMUNICATIONSAssoc. AD for Communications ............................... Allison George Office Phone ............................................................. (404) 413-4032 E-mail .......................................................................... [email protected]. AD-Communications-(WBK contact) ............Charlie Taylor Office Phone ............................................................. (404) 413-4031 Cell Phone ................................................................. (404) 556-2295 E-mail ..............................................................................ctaylor@gsu.eduAsst. Sports Information Director ..............................Mike Holmes Office Phone ............................................................. (404) 413-4033Graduate Assistants ...................................................... Cavan Fosnes, ...................................................Deandra Duggans and Lauren Lamb Office Phone ............................................................. (404) 413-4034 FAX ............................................................................... (404) 413-4035Press Row Phone ...................................................... (404) 413-4099Mailing/Overnight Address ............Georgia State Sports Arena ............................................................. 125 Decatur Street, Suite 130 ......................................................................................Atlanta, GA 30303MEDIA INFORMATIONRadio Station ................................................................. WRAS 88.5 FM ............................................................................................ (100,000 watts) Broadcast Coordinator ...................................................... Dave Cohen Email ............................................................................... [email protected] Office Phone .............................................................. (404) 413-1434Play-by-Play Announcer .........................................................................tba

COACHING STAFFHead Coach ............................................. Lea Henry (Tennessee ’83) Record at State/Years ................................218-189 (.536)/14 Career Record/Years .............................. 276-247 (.528)/18+ Office Phone .............................................................. (404) 413-4058Assistant Coaches ......................................................................................... ..........................Bridgette Gordon (Tennessee ’89, 2nd season) ............................ Lisa Pace (Eastern Kentucky, ‘99, 1st season) ..........Dee Dee Merriweather (Georgia State, ‘05, 1st season)Dir. of WBK Operations ................................................. Kristie CowanAdministrative Asst. .......................................................Glenise MooreGraduate Manager ............................................................. Evita Rogers Manager ......................................................................................Tavia Clark Athletic Trainer ............................................................... Kristen Wilkey

Starters Returning/Lost ...............................................................5/0(In 2007-08: Guard Brittany Hollins 30 games, Forward Danyiell McKeller 29 games, F Shay Rawls 29 games, G Traci Haltiwanger 17 games, G Monica Mann 15 games - Stats on next page)

Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...................................................9/4(Lost C Vatai Smith, F Brittany Hudson, G Eboni Fields, and G Courtney Chasten)

Newcomers ...................................................................................................5(JUCO G Brittany Graham and F Dana Olsen, High School recruits F Kyla Bennett, G Crystal Johnson, G Jylisa Williams)

Notes: Top seven scorers return, top five rebounders return; Hollins was third-team All-CAA and All-Defensive team; Recruiting Class that ranked No. 52 in nation includes a first-team JUCO All-American and former MVC All-Freshman (Olsen) and the Metro Atlanta Player of the Year (Williams)

GeorGia State UniverSityPanther Women’S BaSketBall ‘08-09 QUick FactS

COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MEMBERSDelaware, Drexel, George Mason, Georgia State, Hofstra, James Madison, Northeastern, North Carolina-Wilmington, Old Dominion, Towson, Virginia Commonwealth, William and Mary

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NumericalNo. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/High School/Previous School4 Jylisa Williams G Fr. 5-8 Atlanta, Ga./Stephenson HS5 Brittany Hollins G Sr. 5-9 Columbia, S.C./Columbia HS10 Brittany Graham G Jr. 5-9 Boulder, Col./ Kansas City CC /Boulder HS12 Chandra Harris F So. 6-2 Macon, Ga./Northeast HS14 Kyla Bennett F/C Fr. 6-2 Houston, Tex./Jesse Jones HS21 Chandrica Smith F/G Sr. 6-1 Decatur, Ga./Oak Hill [Va.] Academy/Notre Dame22 Traci Haltiwanger G So. 5-9 Summerville, S.C./Summerville HS23 Crystal Johnson G Fr. 5-8 Gainesville, Fla./P.K. Yonge HS25 Shay Rawls F/C Jr. 6-2 Augusta, Ga./Cross Creek HS31 Monica Mann G Jr. 5-5 Smyrna, Ga./Campbell HS32 Stacie Young F Sr. 6-0 Miami, Fla./Miami Killian HS/Miami-Dade College40 Dana Olsen F Jr. 6-1 Overland Park, Kan./Labette JC/Shawnee Mission South HS42 Danyiell McKeller F Jr. 5-11 Fayetteville, N.C./Westover HS44 Danielle Anderson F So. 6-0 Smiths Station, Ala./Smiths Station HSAlphabeticalNo. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/High School/Previous School44 Danielle Anderson F So. 6-0 Smiths Station, Ala./Smiths Station HS14 Kyla Bennett F/C Fr. 6-2 Houston, Tex./Jesse Jones HS10 Brittany Graham G Jr. 5-9 Boulder, Col./ Kansas City CC /Boulder HS22 Traci Haltiwanger G So. 5-9 Summerville, S.C./Summerville HS12 Chandra Harris F So. 6-2 Macon, Ga./Northeast HS5 Brittany Hollins G Sr. 5-9 Columbia, S.C./Columbia HS23 Crystal Johnson G Fr. 5-8 Gainesville, Fla./P.K. Yonge HS31 Monica Mann G Jr. 5-5 Smyrna, Ga./Campbell HS42 Danyiell McKeller F Jr. 5-11 Fayetteville, N.C./Westover HS40 Dana Olsen F Jr. 6-1 Overland Park, Kan./Labette JC/Shawnee Mission South HS25 Shay Rawls F/C Jr. 6-2 Augusta, Ga./Cross Creek HS21 Chandrica Smith F/G Sr. 6-1 Decatur, Ga./Oak Hill [Va.] Academy/Notre Dame4 Jylisa Williams G Fr. 5-8 Atlanta, Ga./Stephenson HS32 Stacie Young F Sr. 6-0 Miami, Fla./Miami Killian HS/Miami-Dade College

Staff:Head Coach: Lea Henry, (Tennessee ’83,) 15th season at Georgia State/19th-plus overallAssistant Coaches: Bridgette Gordon, (Tennessee ‘89), 2nd season Lisa Pace (Eastern Kentucky, ‘99), 2nd season Dee Dee Merriweather (Georgia State ‘05, 1st)Dir. of Operations: Kristie Cowan (Duke, ‘91, 12th season)Admin. Assistant: Glenise Moore (Georgia State, ‘06)Athletic Trainer: Kristen Wilkey (Southeast Missouri State, ‘03))Graduate Manager: Evita Rogers (Georgia State, ’03)Manager: Tavia ClarkAsst. AD for Communications (WBK contact): Charlie Taylor

Pronunciation Guide:

4 Jylisa Williams juh-LEE-suh

14 Kyla Bennett KY-la

21 Chandrica Smith shan-DREE-kah

12 Chandra Harris CHAN-dra

Lea Henry LEE


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The EXPECTATIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED by Coach Lea Henry

for her Panthers 2008-09 team. With a SEASONED ROSTER of

nine returning letterwinners, led by senior all-conference guard

Brittany Hollins, combined with a HIGHLY-REGARDED RECRUIT-

ING CLASS, Georgia State should be ready to return to its

WINNING WAYS of the past.

“We are excited and extremely optimistic about this 2008-09 season” said veteran head coach Lea Henry. “We have a well-rounded group of experienced players who have grown and matured a great deal since last season at this time.”

“We are aware that it is time to raise our expectations and find ways to accomplish our goals,” she stated. “We will not have as much patience with mistakes this year as we had last year.”

With nine returning letterwinners and a five-player recruiting class that was ranked as high as No. 52 by one poll, Georgia State’s roster appears as solid as it has been since joining the CAA in 2005.

Georgia State’s all-time leader in wins, Henry has 218 victories in 14 previous seasons in Atlanta and 276 overall in an 18-year career. She has taken three Panthers’ teams to the NCAA Tournament and one to the WNIT postseason and has experience at the the top levels of competition. A former All-SEC play-er at Tennessee and Olympic gold-medal winner, Henry feels optimistic that this year’s team has the potential to challenge the upper-level of the CAA.

Last year, eight of the 13 players on the roster were freshmen and sopho-mores and that group played 64 percent of the minutes. Add this valuable experience on the court to a summer of hard work, and an outstanding recruiting class and the expectations are high for this season.

“We will utilize the players who prove they can make a difference in winning games,” Henry said of the 14-member roster. “With the talent that we have added this year, I believe that we will have a deep rotation.”

Nine Veterans Return and All Starters

Who comes back from last season: the seven top scorers, the five top rebounders and the six top assist makers return. Eight of the nine returners played more than 300 minutes, so the front-line battle experi-ence should prove beneficial.

“We know we are going to have a deeper and stronger roster and they will challenge one another daily to make the team better,” Henry noted.

Headlining the returning players is third-team All-CAA guard Brittany Hollins, a three-time member of the CAA all-de-

BRITTANY HOLLINS won four awardsat the CAA Banquet and ranked in the top 10 in four categories.

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fensive team. The 5-foot-9 guard from Columbia, S.C. was in the top 10 in the CAA in scoring, assists and steals. Junior 6-foot-2 forward Shay Rawls (Augusta, Ga.) was third in the CAA in rebounding last year (8.3 per game) and third on the team in scoring (8.1). Junior 5-foot-10 forward Danyiell McKeller (Fayetteville, N.C.) was second in the CAA in field goal percentage (.527) and second on the Panthers in both scoring (10.9) and rebounding (5.2). Junior point guard Monica Mann (Smyrna, Ga.) was ninth in the CAA in assists (3.66) and fifth in assist/turnover ratio (1.43). Sophomore guard Traci Haltiwanger (Sum-merville, S.C.) became a starter during the season and led the team in three-point baskets (31) in building her aver-age to 7.0 points per game. Sophomores Chandra Har-ris (6-2, Macon, Ga.) and Danielle Anderson (6-0, Smiths Station, Ala.) had double-figure games as freshmen and flashed their long-term potential. Transfers Chandrica Smith (6-0, Decatur, Ga.) and Stacie Young (6-0, Miami, Fla.) should blossom more in their second years with the program.

RECRUITING CLASS APPEARS STRONG

Adding to that existing firepower is a recruiting class that does not appear to be coming to sit and watch. Head-ing the list is junior college first-team all-America forward, Dana Olsen (6-1, Overland Park, Kan.). She was No. 2 in the nation last year at 24.3 points a game to go with 7.1 rebounds. Her NCAA experience as a freshman at Southern Illinois saw her earn All-Missouri Valley fresh-man team honors. More offensive firepower should come from freshman guard Jylisa Williams, the Metro Atlanta Player of the Year from state champion Stephenson High School. Williams put up 18 points a game to go with four steals a game on defense. Freshman point guard Crystal Johnson (Gainesville, Fla.) was first-team all-state three years in Florida and put up 22 points and four assists a game for Yonge High School’s Final Four team. Wing Brittany Graham (Boulder, Colo.) comes from Kansas City Kansas Community College where she led that team with 48 three-point baskets. She was second on her team in scoring (12.0) and scored in double figures in 18 of her 25 games played. Freshman 6-foot-2 post player Kyla Bennett (Houston, Texas) put up 14.3 points and pulled down 11.7 rebounds last year for 20-win Jones High.

“The depth of this roster should enable us to play at a more up-tempo style and challenge hard for all 40 min-utes,” Henry explained. “The talent is better. The basket-ball maturity is higher. The attitude is excellent. We won’t have a true 5-position player, so we will use our long and

athletic players to utilize their mixture of skills. We will use multiple traps on defense to dictate tempo. We will ask our players to contribute in several ways and in varied combinations on the court.”

“I know that we practiced

hard and c o m p e t e d hard last year, but we couldn’t finish on of-fense and simply didn’t score enough points to win big games. With the work the re-turners have put in on offense, combined with the scoring punch of the recruiting class, we believe we have the ability to make an impact in the CAA,” Henry commented.

A FIRST LOOK AT THE GUARDS

“First, it will be productive for our team to put Brittany Hollins back at her two-guard spot,” Henry said. “Brittany can create, score and use her natural abilities at this po-sition. She did so much for the team last year playing at multiple positions, but I know, as a senior, she can achieve even greater success. Focusing on one position gives her freedom to play her game and to excel at the skills that make her such a tremendous player. She is a returning all-conference player who has gotten better every year she has been at Georgia State and I know she wants to make her final year even more special.”

Hollins has played 89 straight games at State and scored 960 career points with 59 double-figure games. She is already the school career leader in steals (260) and sixth all-time in assists (367). The 5-foot-9 guard was in the top 10 in the CAA in points (13.2), assists (4.57), steals (2.73) and minutes (37.6) and didn’t let up on the defen-sive end in earning All-CAA defensive honors for a third straight year.


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“Brittany has increased her range and shooting. But, she is probably a scorer more than a shooter,” Henry noted. “Surrounded by quality players, she should be one of the best players in our league.”

“Monica Mann played a lot of valuable minutes as a soph-omore and is an improving floor leader,” Henry said of last year’s starter for 15 games at the point. “You can’t win with just one point guard, so Monica has dedicated her offseason to improve her offensive production.” Mann had 106 assists last year (3.66) and 74 turnovers to give her a +32 and rank fifth in the CAA in the assist/turnover ra-tio statistic (1.43). Her four double-figure games and 17 three-point baskets were part of her 4.3 scoring average. She was also second on the team in steals (38) adding to her value on the court.

“Traci Haltiwanger turned into a scorer for us and proved to be an outside threat,” Henry commented about the 5-foot-9 guard who overcame several months absence with a foot injury at the start of the season to become a starter for 17 of the final 19 games. “I am excited to see how one year of experience has impacted her abilities, but she has gotten game-time experience and now has the benefit of knowing how we do things. Her defensive tenac-ity should be better than it was as a freshman.” Haltiwan-ger added 10 double-figure scoring games with 31 treys and 51 assists.

“In addition to Brittany, Monica and Traci, we have added three guards who showed the ability to score for their previous programs,” Henry said. “I am looking forward to seeing these skills showcased at the Division I level and to seeing how well they compete on defense.”

Jylisa Williams turned heads and won games in being named the Georgia 5A Player of the Year and the Metro Atlanta Player of the Year for a state championship team. “Jylisa had an outstanding high school career in which she displayed quickness, effort and an ability to get to the basket and score. She is an impact player and provides energy on both ends of the court,” Henry added. Williams, a scorer with top games of 34 and 33 points, also saved top efforts for postseason games. She was a blue chip recruit sought by SEC schools and other top programs.

Crystal Johnson, a 5-foot-8 point guard, led her team to three consecutive final four berths in Florida. “Crystal is a true point guard who has strong leaderhsip skills,” Henry stated. “Add these abilities to the fact that she was her team’s leading scorer in high school and she has the tal-

ents necessary to be a force in our program.”She was recruit-ed by ACC, Big East and A-10 schools and has potential to make a positive impact as a freshman.

Brittany Graham, a bas-ketball coach’s daughter, was an outside shooter who scored 15 points a game in high school and 12 last year i n j u n i o r col-lege while playing solid defense. “Brit-tany Graham’s basketball IQ has the potential to make a team better. She is a solid out-side shooter and a good p a s s e r who under-stands the team concept,” Henry commented.

The Panthers could use any of these in two-guard or three-guard sets and also have wing help from taller players like Chandrica Smith and Danielle Anderson.

Smith, a 6-foot veteran, joined the team in mid-season after sitting out a year in transfer from Notre Dame. She has three career double-figure scoring games and un-derstands the college game. “Chandrica’s size and ath-leticism allow her to be a versatile player. We are excited about her potential to help our program in her first full year of competition,” Henry added. Smith was a scorer

Junior DANYIELL Mc-KELLER averaged 10.9 points per game and was second in the CAA in field goal pct. (.527).

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(17.5) coming out of Oak Hill Academy and a nationally-sought recruit.

Anderson, a 6-foot sophomore, played 27 games as a freshman at State and had seven starts, topped by a double-figure scoring game at North Carolina. “Dan-ielle has the size and skills to help us. Her strength and size along with her ability to score inside and out should be a valuable asset to our team,” Henry said.

A FIRST LOOK AT POST PLAYERS

Junior Shay Rawls has proved her rebounding skils and leader-ship in playing all 60 games her first two years with 39 starts. “Shay brings energy and lead-ership to our team and has had a tremendous impact on our pro-gram during her first two s e a s o n s , ” Henry said. “She is an outstanding r e b o u n d e r and defen-sive player and we are looking forward to seeing her become a more consistent scorer.”

Rawls has 16 career double-figure rebound-ing games (12 last year) and was third in the CAA (8.3) in 2006-07. She has 14 double-figure scoring games and eight double-doubles, while averaging 8.1 points last season.

Junior Danyiell McKeller has started 56 games her first two years and was second on the team in scoring (10.9) and second in the CAA in field goal per-centage (.527). “Danyiell had an outstanding 2007-08 campaign,” Henry noted. “She is a scorer, rebounder and true competitor on both ends of the floor for our team. I am looking forward to her having another out-standing year.” She has put up 23 double-figure scoring games and nine double-figure rebounding games.

Sophomore Chandra Harris played all 30 games as a freshman with three double-figure scoring games and a pair of double-double games. “Chan has the potential

to have an outstanding 2008-09 season,” Henry thinks. “She has always had the ability to score, rebound and defend, but as she has gotten stronger, we will see her have more of a dominant presence in the post.”

Senior Stacie Young excelled for two years in ju-nior college before joining State last year. She got four starts in her first year at State af-ter 28 double-double games as a sophomore at Miami-Dade. “Stacie has a tremendous

work ethic and outstanding athleticism on the court,” Henry explained. “She is physical, a good rebounder and has the ability to score.”

All-America transfer Dana Olsen has Coach Henry excited. “We are aware that Dana is a dif-ference maker,” said Henry. “She is a fierce com-petitor, a complete all-around player and has the ability to put up big numbers for our team throughout the season,” Henry explained.

Olsen was rated No. 28 on a list of recruits this past year after her banner year at Labette

(Kan.) Community College. She was No. 2 in the nation in scoring (24.3) and did it in a variety

of ways by shooting 57 percent. She drove to the basket and got to the free throw line 244 times, knocking down 83.6 percent when she got there. She even scored 100 points in one week with 35, 38 and 27-point games. On the boards, she pulled down 7.1 rebounds a game. Olsen first played at Southern Illinois, where she earned all-freshmen

honors in the tough Missouri Valley Conference. She started 24 games as a freshman with 10 double-figure games and an 8.4 average.

Freshman Kyla Bennett developed a rough-and-tumble game in high

school. “Kyla is a physical and ag-gressive low-block player who was a double-double producer in high

school,” noted Henry. “She is a hard worker and with experi-ence, should be a big asset to our program.”

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Junior SHAY RAWLS was third in the CAA in rebounding (8.3 per game) with 12 games of double-fig-ure boards.


As a prep post player, Bennett had a 28-point, 18-rebound game as a senior and had a 20-rebound game as a junior. She has played both center or power forward positions and showed a physical presence.

DECISION-MAKING AND CHEMISTRY WILL BE KEY

“We began to make better decisions in our offense as last year went on and the team chemistry developed and improved,” Henry reflected. “I think having the nine-player nucleus back and the level of talent in the recruiting class, we should be cohesive and productive. One key is for us to take better care of the basketball.”

“Having the players work together year-round has been a big plus and we appreciate the athletic department enabling us to do that,”

Henry admitted. “The team seems focused, ener-

gized and excited about the upcom-

ing season. We anticipate get-

ting to prac-tice and to preparing to face the chal-l e n g e s ahead.”

“I think the differ-ence of where we are

at this time this year and where we were last year is

that we expect everyone to be able to produce or we’ll turn to

someone else because of the depth,” Henry added. “Our talent level has improved along with our experience,

p r o v i d -ing us addition-al depth w i t h i n

our roster,” explained Henry. “Add a burning desire to compete and win to our experience and talent and we have positioned ourselves to contend at the top of the CAA.”

Sophomore TRACI HALTIWANGER led the team with 31 three-point baskets

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TOUGH SLATE OF OPPONENTS AWAITS

“The CAA will be a chal-lenge as always, but we feel better prepared to accept t h o s e challeng-es,” Henry said of the 12-team league that has been among the top 12 leagues in the nation the past three years. Over the past five seasons, six different CAA teams have earned at least one postseason bid.

Georgia State’s 2008-09 schedule will again include 11 non-conference games and 18 league games heading into the CAA Championships in March at James Madi-son in Harrisonburg, Va.

The 11-game non-league slate includes road games at a pair of ACC foes in Clemson and Geor-gia Tech, as well as a road game at SoCon opponent College of Charleston. The Panthers will have eight home non-league games, including the annual Geor-gia State Invitational during the holiday break that will include Rhode Island of the A-10, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi of the Southland and Mississippi Val-ley of the SWAC. State will host a pair of Big South opponents in Winthrop and UNC Asheville.

The 18-game CAA slate includes two games with Sweet Sixteen squad Old Dominion, whose 25 NCAA Tournament bids are third most in history. State plays two games with CAA foes Delaware, Drexel, Northeastern, Towson, UNC Wilmington and VCU. The Panthers host Hofstra and James Madison and travel to George Mason and William and Mary.

Junior MONICA MANN was ninth in the CAA with 106 assists.

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This recruiting class was ranked No. 52 in the nation with two transfers and three freshmen. Kneeling is junior college transfer Brittany Graham. Standing are freshman Crystal Johnson, freshman Kyla Bennett, junior college transfer Dana Olsen and freshman Jylisa Williams. The recruits came from five different states with Graham from Colorado, Olsen from Kansas, Bennett from Texas, Johnson from Florida and Williams from Georgia.

Lea Henry completed her 14th season in 2007-08 as the head coach of the Georgia State University wom-en’s basketball program and 18th year overall at the helm of an NCAA Division I team.

This year’s recruiting class, ranked No. 52 in one poll, adds to the growth and excitement for the 2008-09 year. A fourth NCAA bid and fifth postsea-son tournament bid are among her goals for this team.

Under Henry, the Panthers have en-joyed over a decade of excellence as they have won at least 15 games in nine of the past 11 years, making postseason tournament appearances four times.

BUILDING THE PROGRAM

Henry already holds the record for most career wins at State with 218 and has won 20 or more games in a season four times.

What Henry has accomplished in At-lanta has been no small feat as she led Georgia State to a school-record eight straight winning seasons from 1997-

98 to 2004-05. During that eight-year span, the Panthers put together an overall record of 155-83 (.651), including 102-42 (.703) within Atlantic Sun conference regular season play.

Henry’s overall collegiate coaching record over the past 17-plus cam-paigns stands at 276-247 (.528), including a 218-189 (.541) mark over her 14 seasons at Georgia State.

In May 2004, Henry was chosen as an assistant coach, along with for-mer University of Florida head coach Carolyn Peck, for the United States Junior World Championship Qualify-ing Team, helping former University of Colorado head coach Ceal Barry with some of the top 18-and-under players in the country.

Henry worked for USA Basket-ball much of the summer of

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Georgia State’s ALL-TIME WIN LEADER, Lea Henry knows how to produce. An ALL-

AMERICA PLAYER, OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNER and HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE,

Henry will be looking to take a fourth Panther team to the NCAA Tournament.

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2004, preparing the U. S. Junior National Team for the 2005 Junior World Champion-ship, held in July in Tunisia. While assisting the 2004 summer squad, she traveled to Colora-do Springs, Colo., Denver and Miami for train-ing, and then to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, for the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Athletics Junior World Championship Qualify-ing Tournament. The U.S. won the gold medal at the tournament, winning all five of its games by an average margin of 81 points.

THE MOVE TO THE CAA

Georgia State is making significant strides af-ter three seasons in the Colonial Athletic As-sociation under Henry. The 2006-07 squad recorded an even 15-15 overall mark after the inaugural 2005-06 campaign, improving by six victories from the previous year and posting four more league wins. During that year State posted seven CAA wins, including a pair by 46 points and 25 points, and lost two overtime games and a one-point game in battling the conference’s top teams.

In 2005-06, the Panthers battled through CAA competition for the first time, giving some in-dication of what the future holds with a solid showing at the CAA Tournament. State upset fifth-seeded William & Mary - a team that de-feated the Panthers in two previous meetings - in the first round and battled well against No. 4 seed Hofstra in the quarterfinals. Henry re-corded her 250th career victory following the Panthers 89-65 triumph at Towson on Jan. 15, 2006. She collected her 200th win as Georgia State’s head coach against Florida A&M on Dec. 18, 2006.

EIGHT STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS

Henry ran her winning-season streak to eight straight in 2004-05. In the 2002-03 season, Henry recorded career win 200 overall and win number 150 at Georgia State as the team went 20-11, while capturing the A-Sun North Division and the Tournament Championship.

In 2001-02, the Panthers had a 21-10 overall record and 14-6 Atlantic Sun mark, claiming the outright conference regular season crown. After a second straight conference tourna-ment championship, State made a second con-secutive trip to the NCAA Tournament. Follow-

Lea Henry Coaching Career

Head Coach

Georgia State (1994-present) 218-189Mercer (1990-94) 55-55Florida (Interim 1989-90) 3-318-plus Years 276-247

Assistant Coach

Florida (1986-90)Stetson (1985-86)Tennessee (Graduate Assistant, 1983-85)

U.S.A. Basketball CoachU. S. A. Junior National Team, 2004-06, asst. coachU.S.A. Basketball Selection Committee, 4-year term, 1992-96, that picked ‘96 Olympic Team

ing the campaign, Henry was selected as the 2002 Georgia College Division I Coach of the Year by the Atlanta Tipoff Club (also won it in 1998 and 2000).

Georgia State made it back-to-back 24-7 overall records in 2000-01 with three of the losses coming against nationally-ranked,non-conference opponents (Villanova, Georgia and Louisiana Tech). The Panthers finished 15-3 for the second consecutive year during the conference reg-ular season, but had to settle for second place. State got re-venge, however, by going 3-0 at the con-ference tournament, defeating regular season champion Campbell in the final game and earning the program’s first-ever NCAA Tourna-ment bid.

In 1999-2000, Hen-ry guided Georgia State to its first-ever conference regular season title en route to being named the conference Coach of the Year. Although the Panthers ended

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as the conference tournament runner-up—missing out on the NCAA Tournament—State did make it into the postseason, taking part in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament for the first time.

Henry’s success has come by recruiting top-flight players and turning them into some of the nation’s finest talent. Most recently, Pat-echia Hartman became Henry’s seventh con-ference Player-of-the-Year selection (2004 & 2005), including her fifth at Georgia State. By coaching 1997 conference Player-of-the-Year Etolia Mitchell, who pulled down 13.2 rebounds per game in 1996-97, Henry is one of the few coaches to have developed both an NCAA na-tional scoring leader (Andrea Congreaves in 1991 and 1992 while at Mercer) and rebound-ing champion (Mitchell).

She has coached 29 all-conference and all-rook-ie honorees in 13 seasons at State and 61 of her athletes have been named to their respec-tive conference all-academic teams.

COACHING BEFORE GEORGIA STATE

A 1984 Olympic gold medalist, Henry came to Atlanta from former conference-rival Mercer, just down the road in Ma-con, Ga., where she was the head coach for four seasons.

During her four years with Mercer, Henry led the Bears to conference regular season championships (1991 and 1992) in her first two full campaigns as a collegiate head coach and was chosen as the conference Coach of the Year both times. During those seasons, Henry coached Congreaves, a Kodak All-American, two-time Division I national scoring leader and three-time conference Player of the Year who spent time in the WNBA and also played overseas. Those two years at Mercer featured 18-9 and 20-8 overall records.

Prior to taking over in Macon, Henry was an assis-tant coach at Florida from 1986-90. She served as the interim head coach with the Lady Gators at the end of the 1989-90 season, posting a 3-3 record. As the interim coach of that 15-13 team, Henry coached a win over SEC rival Kentucky in the SEC tournament opener. Two of her three losses at Florida were to her former coach, Pat Summitt, at the end of regular season and in the second round of the SEC Tournament.

Before Florida, Henry was an assistant coach at then-conference member Stetson for one season.


Coaching Accomplishments

• Three-time Conference Coach of the Year

* Three-time Georgia Division I Coach of the Year

* Five Conference Regular Season Championships

• One Conference Divisional Championship

• Three Conference Tournament Championships

• Three NCAA Tournament Appearances

• One WNIT Appearance

• Assistant Coach, 2004-05 U. S. Junior National Team

• Seven Conference Players of the Year

• Coached both an NCAA National Scoring Leader

and National Rebounding Leader

• Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Inductee (2006)

• Tennessee Lady Vols Hall of Fame Inductee (2005)

• Georgia State’s All-Time Winner (218 games)



LEA HENRY AS A PLAYERHouston Shamrocks (1984) of

Women’s American Basketball Assn. (pro)U.S. Olympic Team (summer 1984)

Gold Medal winner, starting point guardU.S. National Team (1980-84)

1981 & 1983 World University TeamsWon silver and gold medals

U.S. Olympic Festival (1978-79)U. S. Junior National Team (1978-79)

University of Tennessee (1979-83)All-SEC point guard (1983)Four-Year starter for Vols

Three teams went to Final FourTwo-time Academic All-America pick

Owns 3 of top 10 assist seasons in UT historyScored 1,128 points, made 593 assistsSouthwest Georgia Academy (1975-79)

Kodak High School All-American

Prior to Stetson, she was a graduate assistant coach at her alma mater, Tennessee, under National Basketball Hall-of-Famer and all-time collegiate coaching wins leader Pat Summitt from 1983-85 while working on her mas-ter’s degree.

Henry earned a bachelor’s degree in 1983 and master’s in 1985, both from UT in physical education.

HENRY: THE BASKETBALL PLAYER

As a prep at Southwest Georgia Academy in Damascus, Henry was a Kodak All-American in 1979. From there, she became a four-year starter at Tennessee and a true coach on the floor at point guard. As a Lady Vol, she cap-tained three teams that went to the Final Four and was twice recognized as an Academic All-American.

For three consecutive seasons, Henry led UT in assists (1980-83), averaging 4.4 for her career (593 total). She finished her brilliant collegiate career with averages of 8.4 points and 1.7 steals per contest while shooting 46.6 percent from the field. Henry played in 134 games during her time in Knoxville, starting 123. In 1983, she was an All-Southeastern Conference selection and later received an NCAA post-graduate scholarship.

Milestone Coaching Wins1. Florida 84, Stetson 64 2-14-9050. Mercer 73, USF 72 (OT Coliseum) 2-15-9375. Georgia State 85, Jacksonville State 84 1-27-96100. Georgia State 79, Stetson 75 2-14-98125. Georgia State 64, Stetson 51 12-4-00150. Georgia State 105, Morris Brown 45 12-14-01175. Georgia State 67, Campbell 58 1-9-02200. Georgia State 79, at UCF 50 2-6-03225. Georgia State 79, Jacksonville 55 2-14-04250. Georgia State 89, Towson 65 1-15-05275. Georgia State 64, George Mason 49 2-14-08

Notable Wins

Florida 70, Kentucky 54, SEC Tournament 3-2-90(won after having lost to Kentucky at home during season)Georgia State 83, Troy 78 (TAAC Tournament) 3-5-98(first tournament win as Georgia State head coach)Georgia State 66, Georgia Tech 56 12-19-99(win over cross town ACC rival on the road)Georgia State 64, Campbell 62 (TAAC Tournament) 3-10-01 (tournament title and first NCAA bid)Georgia State 64, FAU 63 (TAAC Touranment) 3-9-02(tournament title and second NCAA bid) Georgia State 80, UCF 63 (A-Sun Tournament) 3 -15-03(tourament title for third consecutive NCAA bid)Georgia State 89, Towson 65 1-15-06(first win over CAA opponent)Georgia State 81, William & Mary 66 (CAA Tourney) 3-8-06(first CAA tournament win, over higher seed)

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The biggesst highlight of Henry’s playing career occurred when she was chosen as the starting point guard for the 1984 United States Olympic Team that was coached by Summitt. In six contests, she averaged 4.2 points and 3.0 assists a game, playing with some of the best women’s basketball talent ever assembled, including Teresa Ed-wards, Lynette Woodard, Anne Donovan and Cheryl Miller. Henry’s squad, which earned the U.S. its first gold medal in Olympic women’s basketball, played in front of raucous and enthusiastic crowds at The Forum in Los Angeles [Ingle-wood], which hosted the 1984 Games.

Henry has previously served on the USA Basketball Player Selection Committee, playing a role in picking the members of the1996 Olympic championship team in Atlanta, and the NCAA Mid-East Regional Committee. She was also on the 1997-98 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Division I Coach of the Year Selection Committee and has been a member of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Rules Committee and Kodak All-America Selection Committee. She currently serves on the screening committee for the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and is on the Advisory Board

for the Atlanta Dream team of the WNBA.

An instructor at numerous coaching clinics and camps throughout her career, including the Pat Summitt Basket-ball Camp, Kay Yow Basketball Camp, Georgia Basketball Camp, B.C. All-Star Camp, and Norman Carter Basketball School, Henry has also directed her own Lea Henry Camp of Champs for the past 22 years.

HALLS OF FAME

Because of her outstanding collegiate, national, interna-tional and coaching career, Lea Henry was inducted into the Tennessee Lady Volunteer Hall of Fame in September 2005 and was enshrined into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in May 2006. She was on the Advisory Board for the Atlanta Dream WNBA franchise that started in 2007-08.

Henry, who is originally from the Damascus/Colquitt area of Georgia, married Greg Manning in 2005. The couple re-sides in the Druid Hills community of Atlanta.

Lea Henry’s Season-By-Season Head Coaching Records

Season School Record (Pct.) Conference Reg. Season Conference Postseason1989-90 Florida (Interim) 3-3 (.500) (2-2, .500)1990-91 Mercer 18-9 (.667) Champion (10-2, .833) TAAC Semis1991-92 Mercer 20-8 (.714) Co-Champion (10-2, .833) TAAC Semis1992-93 Mercer 11-18 (.231) 6th (4-8, .333) TAAC Final1993-94 Mercer 6-20 (.379) 7th (1-11, .083) TAAC Quarters1994-95 Georgia State 9-18 (.333) T-5th (7-9, .438) TAAC Quarters1995-96 Georgia State 11-15 (.423) 8th (6-9, .400) TAAC Quarters1996-97 Georgia State 11-16 (.407) 8th (6-10, .375) TAAC Quarters1997-98 Georgia State 17-11 (.607) T-3rd (10-6, .625) TAAC Final1998-99 Georgia State 15-12 (.556) T-3rd (10-6, .625) TAAC Semis1999-00 Georgia State 24-7 (.774) Champion (15-3, .833) WNIT, TAAC Final2000-01 Georgia State 24-7 (.774) 2nd (15-3, .833) NCAA, TAAC Champs2001-02 Georgia State 21-10 (.677) Champion (14-6, .700) NCAA, A-Sun Champs2002-03 Georgia State 20-11 (.645) Div. Champion (12-4, .750) NCAA, A-Sun Champs2003-04 Georgia State 18-11 (.621) Co-Champion (14-6, .700) A-Sun Semis2004-05 Georgia State 16-14 (.533) T-3rd (12-8, .600) A-Sun Final2005-06 Georgia State 9-20 (.310) T-11th (3-15, .167) CAA Quarters2006-07 Georgia State 15-15 (.500) 8th (7-11, .389) CAA First Round2007-08 Georgia State 8-22 (.267) 10th (5-13, .278) CAA First Round Six Games at Florida 3-3 (.500) 2-2 (.500) in ConferenceFour Seasons at Mercer 55-55 (.500) 25-23 (.521) in Conference14 Seasons at Georgia State 218-189 (.541) 136-109 (.555) in Conference 121-70 (.634 in TAAC/A-Sun, 15-39 in CAA)Overall (18-plus Seasons) 276-247 (.528) 163-134 (.549) in Conference



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OVERVIEW:

Returning three-year starter at guard... Third-team All-CAA in 2007-08 and on CAA All-Defensive Team for three straight years...A 2006-07 and 2007-08 team captain... Has played in 89 games in three years with 78 starts... Has played 89 consecutive games, never missing one, and has started 78 of the last 79 since becoming a starter on 1-8-06, her 11th game as a freshman...Owns school career record for steals (260) and has three of top four steals seasons in school history (98, 82 and 80)...Needs 12 steals to crack CAA Top 10 All-time...Has scored 960 points (10.8 career) and will become 18th player to reach 1,000 in State history...Has 367 career assists to

rank 6th all-time in school history...Has scored in dou-ble-figures in 58 games with two double-doubles...Also has 367 career rebounds (two games with 10), 52 career blocked shots and 41 career three-point bas-kets...Extremely versatile, she has started games at three different positions in her career at State...

P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S E N I O R

A three-year starter, Hollins was THIRD TEAM ALL-CAA and has been a THREE-TIME ALL-CAA DEFENSIVE TEAM honoree. She is already the school record holder for steals in a season and career and will score her 1,000th point early in the season.

Signed with the program during the 2004 early signing period as part of the largest November recruiting class in program history... Contributed right away as a freshman in 2005-06, leading all rookies in scoring average (9.0 ppg) and was named to All-CAA Rookie team...Has excel-lent speed and quickness... Anticipates well... Very athletic player... Loves to compete... Possesses outstanding leap-ing ability... Plays both the point and wing positions.

2007-08:

Was honored four times at CAA Banquet in being named Third-team All-CAA, as CAA All-Defensive team mem-ber, CAA All-Academic second team and as Dean Ehlers Leadership Award recipient for Georgia State...Led the team in four key categories and ranked in the CAA top 10 in all those as well...Led the CAA in minutes played (37.57, 1,127 minutes, No. 8 NCAA) as she started all 30 games...Third in the CAA in assists (4.57, 137, No. 57 NCAA)....Third in the CAA in steals (2.73, 82, No. 38 NCAA)....The 82 steals were third most in a season in school history...10th in the CAA in scoring (13.2, 395)....Started all 30 games and had 26 double-figure scoring games...Played 40 or more minutes in 10 games, includ-ing all 45 in the overtime game vs. Towson...Broke the school career record for steals with her 248th vs. VCU on Feb. 17...Had a streak of 18 consecutive games in double-figure scoring (games 7 through 23)...Had double-double game of 11 points and 10 rebounds at North-eastern (2/24)...Scored career-best 25 points vs. Old Dominion (1/6) with six steals...Also had two games of 20 points (2/14 vs. George Mason and 1-27 vs. North


eastern)...Scored last eight points of game, including a three-point basket with 4.8 seconds, to lead team to upset win over Towson (2/3)...Had season-high nine as-sists at North Carolina (11/19) to go with 14 points...Shot .717 from the free throw line to lead the team...Her 145 rebounds (4.8) were third-most on the team...Her 15 blocked shots tied for second-most on the team...Her 28 three-point baskets were second-most on the team as she had two games with three three-point baskets (1/17 vs. W&M and 3/2 at Towson)...Her season-best FG percentage was 7-of-11 (.636) in the win over Gardner-Webb...Started season by making 14 of 15 free throws over first eight games....Named to Carolina First Classic and Georgia State Invitational all-tournament teams...Started 15 games at point guard, 10 games at two-guard and five games at three-guard.

2006-07:

Member of the CAA All-Defensive team for the second consecutive season... Played in all 30 games, earning 29 starts... Finished third on the team in scoring with 10.1 points per game... Finished second in total assists with 157 (5.2 apg) and led the team in steals (98) for a 3.3 spg aver-age... Set the school single-season record for steals (98)... Totaled 3.6 rebounds per contest... Logged 36.9 minutes per outing... Connected from the floor at a 40.5 percent (125-of-309) clip... Made six 3-pointers... Shot 70.6 per-cent (48-of-68) from the free throw line... Had 18 blocked shots... Ranked third in the CAA and 28th nationally in as-sists per game (5.2)... Led the CAA and finished fifth in the

B r i t t a n y H O L L I N S

MOST STEALS, CAREER

Name ..........................................Years ......................................Total

Brittany Hollins ............... 2005-present................................ 260Brownie Caldwell .................... 1985-89 ........................................247Terese Allen ............................. 1977-81 ........................................244Patechia Hartman...................2001-05 ......................................... 227Sheryl Martin ........................... 1979-83 ........................................206Evita Rogers ..........................1999-2003 .....................................197Traci Cheek............................... 1984-88 ........................................187Marica Maddox ...................1998-2002 .....................................182Leslie McElrath ....................1997-2001 .....................................176K. Roegiers-Jensen .................. 2003-07 ........................................166Lorna Jefferson ... 1982-85, 1986-87 ................................156Nerissa Mattox ....................... 1990-94 ........................................156

MOST STEALS, SEASON

Name ...........................................Year .......................................Total

Brittany Hollins ................... 2006-07 ....................................... 98Denise Lloyd ............................. 1980-81 ...........................................86Brittany Hollins ................... 2007-08 ....................................... 82Brittany Hollins ................... 2005-06 ....................................... 80Brownie Caldwell .................... 1988-89 ...........................................77Sheryl Martin ........................... 1980-81 ...........................................73Sheryl Martin ........................... 1982-83 ...........................................71Traci Cheek............................... 1987-88 ...........................................71Terese Allen ............................. 1980-81 ...........................................69Marica Maddox ...................... 1999-00 ...........................................68Marica Maddox ...................... 2000-01 ...........................................68Patechia Hartman................. 2002-03 ...........................................66Lorna Jefferson ...................... 1983-84 ...........................................65

n a t i o n in steals per contest (3.3)... Was sixth in the conference in assist/turnover ratio (1.29)... Appeared in 18 league games with 17 starts... Was third on the team in scoring average at 9.9 ppg and totaled 3.3 boards per outing against conference opponents... Aver-aged 5.2 assists and 3.2 steals per game ver-sus league foes... Led or tied for the team lead in

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scoring twice, as-sists 11 times and steals 19 times... Re-corded two doubles-doubles in points and assists... Scored in double figures 18 times, including a ca-reer-high 22 points against Savannah State (12/9/06), making 11-of-19 fields goals (57.9 percent)... Made at least one field goal in every game... Reg-istered a career-high 11 assists and added 10 points and five steals versus North Florida (12/19/06)... Had eight points and 10 assists against Towson (2/11/07)... Dropped 13 points, seven steals, seven assists and six rebounds at Jacksonville State (11/25/06)... Tallied 16 points, five assists and two steals versus Northeastern (1/4/07)...Dished out eight assists and collected 10 points at George Mason (1/14/07)... Posted 15 points, five rebounds, six steals and seven as-sists at Towson (2/1/07)... Earned 13 points and nine as-sists at Norfolk State (11/21/06) and 11 points and nine assists against Mississippi Valley State (12/29/06)... To-taled four or more assists 22 times and three or more steals 18 times... Selected to the Georgia State University all-tournament team.

2005-06:

Named to the CAA All-Rookie team... Member of the CAA All-Defensive team... Started final 19 straight games and appeared in all 29... Ranked second on the squad in min-utes per game (28.3)... Third leading scorer at 9.0 points

per contest... Averaged 4.3 rebounds per game... Fin-ished the season with a team-leading 80 steals, which was the second highest total in school history... 2.76 steals per game average ranked second in the CAA

and 28th nationally... Finished second on the squad in assists (73) and had 19 blocked shots, tying for 15th in the CAA in blocked shots per game (0.66)... Shot 34.8 percent from the floor, 19.4 percent from 3-point range and 50.0 percent from the free throw line... Averaged 10.7 points, 5.0 re-bounds, 3.2 steals and 2.2 assists against the 18 CAA opponents... Totaled a league best 3.22 steals per conference contest... Led or tied for the team lead in scoring three times and four times in rebounding... Scored in double figures 14 times, including a season-best 18 points, and added a season-high 10 assists and


Hollins Career Bests

Pts: 25 vs. Old Dominion, 1/8/08 22 vs. Savannah State, 12/9/06 20 vs. George Mason, 2/14/08 20 vs. Northeastern, 1/27/08 18 vs. William and Mary, 3/8/06 18 vs. Gardner-Webb, 11/16/07 17 at VCU, 1/13/08 and W&M, 3/13/08

(58 career double-figure games)

Rebs: 10 vs. UNC Wilmington, 1/8/06 10 at Northeastern, 2/24/08 9 at William and Mary, 2/17/06 8 Five times, last vs. W&M, 3/13/08

Assists: 11 vs. North Florida, 12/19/06 10 vs. William and Mary, 3/8/06 9 three times, last at UNC, 11/19/07

Steals: 9 at VCU, 1/13/06 7 at Jacksonville State, 11/25/06 7 vs. VCU, 1/21/07 6 Four times, last vs. ODU, 1/6/08 5 Eight times

3FGs: 3 vs. William and Mary, 1/17/08 3 at Towson, 3/2/08

Blks: 3 vs. William and Mary, 3/8/06

Mins: 45 at Towson, 3/2/08 (OT) 43 three times, (all OT) 41 at UNCW, 1/18/06 (OT) 40 16 times


HOLLINS’ GEORGIA STATE STATISTICS

Season G/GS Min./Avg. FG-A/FG% 3FG-A/3FG% FT-A/FT% O-D TRb/Avg. Asts. Blks. Stls. Pts./Avg.2005-06 29/19 822/28.3 117-336/.348 7-36/.194 20-40/.500 59-65 124/4.3 73 19 80 261/9.0

2006-07 30/29 1107/36.9 125-309/.405 6-28/.214 48-68/.706 39-68 107/3.6 157 18 98 304/10.1

2007-08 30/30 1127/37.6 162-442/.367 28-131/.214 43-60/.717 42-103 145/4.8 137 15 82 395/13.2

Career 89/78 3056/34.3 404-1087/.372 41-195/.210 111-168/.661 140-236 376/4.2 367 52 260 960/10.8

eight rebounds in a season-best 40 min-utes against William & Mary (3/8/06) in the first round of the CAA Tournament... Earned first career double-double in first collegiate start versus UNC Wilmington (1/8/06), posting 10 points and a sea-son-best 10 rebounds... Had first double-digit scoring game (10 pts) at Middle Tennessee (12/8/05)... Registered 16 points and eight rebounds against Hofstra (1/22/06)... Totaled 11 points and nine rebounds at William & Mary (2/17/06)... Dropped nine points, six rebounds, three assists and a school-record nine steals at Virginia Commonwealth (1/13/06)... Re-ceived the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award... Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters for outstanding work in the classroom.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Accomplished two-sport star for the Lady Capitals, earn-ing varsity letters in basketball and volleyball... Selected the Class 2A 2005 basketball Player of the Year for the state of South Carolina... Earned all-state, all-region and all-area honors for four consecutive seasons... Averaged 21.3 points, 11.0 rebounds, 5.1 steals and 4.8 assists as a se-nior... Chipped in 10 points in the second half and finished with 16 for the North team in the annual South Carolina North-South Senior All-Star game...Led the Lady Capitals to Class 2A state championship appearances in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and the state semifinals in 2005... Columbia won region titles in each of her four seasons... Scored 12 points in the second half and finished with 16 points, five steals, six assists and eight rebounds in helping the Lady Capitals to the 2004 Class 2A state championship and a 25-2 season... Averaged 18.8 points and 9.1 steals for Columbia which finished 25-3 in 2002-03... Also excelled in volleyball, garnering Class 2A state volleyball Player of the Year honors as a senior and recognized as All-State in

2002 and again in 2004... Received all-area honors in vol-leyball for three seasons and all-region accolades for four... Selected all-state in track and field as a freshman... Earned team Most Valuable Player awards in basketball and vol-leyball.

PERSONAL:

Full name is Brittany Nicole Hollins... Born May 31, 1987... Parents are Deborah and Robert Hollins... Has an older sis-ter, Domonique, and a younger sister, Shenekqua... Father, Robert, and cousin, Shon, played basketball and ran track... Has an aunt, Missy, who played basketball... Member of her high school honor roll... Selected a Columbia High School scholar-athlete... Fan of Michael Jordan and the WNBA’s Tamika Catchings... Chose Georgia State over Jacksonville, Radford, Texas Christian, Fordham, South Carolina, Geor-gia Southern, Winthrop and N.C. State... Favorite teams are the Detroit Pistons, Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets... Aspires to play in the WNBA and then work in sports medi-cine... Enjoys reading and listening to music... Majoring in kinesiology and health.


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SOPHOMORE SEASON

2006-07 Opponent FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO BLK S MINNOVEMBER10 #at Miami 1-4 0-2 0-0 3-2=5 5 2 4 3 0 2 3416 #at Georgia Tech 2-15 0-3 1-2 4-2=6 3 5 3 5 0 1 3219 #at Hampton 4-14 0-2 0-0 2-1=3 5 8 0 4 0 4 3321 #at Norfolk State 6-10 0-0 1-2 1-2=3 5 13 9 6 1 1 3725 #at Jacksonville State 6-15 1-2 0-0 4-2=6 3 13 7 4 0 7 4028 #SAMFORD 2-5 0-0 4-4 0-3=3 3 8 2 6 0 3 28DECEMBER 3 #at Hofstra * 1-10 1-2 0-0 0-2=2 1 3 6 4 1 3 40 9 #SAVANNAH STATE 11-19 0-0 0-0 6-2=8 1 22 3 2 2 4 3018 #vs. Florida A&M 4-11 0-0 4-4 1-1=2 3 12 5 5 2 5 4019 #vs. North Florida 5-10 0-1 0-2 0-4=4 2 10 11 3 2 5 3729 #MISS. VALLEY STATE 4-7 0-0 3-4 1-2=3 2 11 9 5 1 6 3330 #UT-MARTIN 3-18 0-1 6-7 1-1=2 2 12 6 3 1 3 43JANUARY 4 #NORTHEASTERN * 6-11 0-1 4-4 1-1=2 2 16 5 5 2 2 37 7 #JAMES MADISON * 2-11 1-4 0-2 2-2=4 1 5 3 2 0 2 3411 #at Old Dominion * 6-10 2-2 0-1 1-0=1 3 14 4 6 1 4 3614 #at George Mason * 3-8 0-2 4-6 1-3=4 1 10 8 3 0 3 4018 #at UNC Wilmington * 5-11 0-0 2-3 1-4=5 3 12 3 8 2 3 4121 #VCU * 1-6 0-1 0-0 0-3=3 4 2 6 6 1 7 4325 #WILLIAM & MARY * 4-6 1-1 2-2 2-2=4 4 11 3 1 0 2 3428 #DREXEL * 7-12 0-1 1-3 2-0=2 1 15 4 1 0 1 33FEBRUARY 1 #at Towson * 5-8 0-0 5-6 0-5=5 3 15 7 6 0 6 38 4 #at Delaware * 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-4=4 4 6 4 5 0 2 36 8 #UNC WILMINGTON * 4-11 0-0 3-3 2-5=7 2 11 6 4 0 2 4011 #TOWSON * 4-8 0-0 0-0 0-6=6 1 8 10 4 0 4 3515 #at Northeastern * 5-17 0-1 0-2 2-2=4 2 10 7 6 1 2 3718 #HOFSTRA *% 6-11 0-1 3-4 0-2=2 2 15 2 3 0 1 4022 #at William & Mary * 4-9 0-0 0-0 1-0=1 3 8 6 3 1 3 4325 #at Va. Commonwealth * 3-10 0-0 3-5 0-0=0 3 9 5 5 0 6 37MARCH 1 #OLD DOMINION * 3-9 0-1 2-2 1-2=3 4 8 4 3 0 4 34 8 #vs. No. 9 Drexel # 5-8 0-0 0-0 0-3=3 3 10 5 1 0 0 39

Hollins’ Rankings (CAA and NCAA)

2007-08: Minutes: 1st CAA, 8th NCAA Steals: 3rd CAA, 38th NCAA Assists: 3rd CAA, 57th NCAA Scoring: 10th CAA Asst/TO Ratio: 11th CAA

2006-07: Steals: 1st CAA, 5th NCAA Assists: 3rd CAA, 28th NCAA Minutes: 3rd CAA Asst./TO Ratio: 6th CAA

2005-06: Steals: 2nd CAA, 28th NCAA Blocks: 15th CAA

Hollins’ CAA Recognition

2007-08: 3rd Team All-CAA All-Defensive Team 2nd Team All-Academic Dean Ehlers Nominee2006-07: All-Defensive Team2005-06: All-Defensive Team All-Rookie Team

CAREER DOUBLE FIGURES:

58 Games

CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES:

3 Games

JUNIOR SEASON

2007-08 Opponent FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO BLK S MIN

NOVEMBER9 #-FLORIDA A&M 3-10 0-3 2-2 1-6=7 1 8 7 5 0 2 4016 # vs. Gardner-Webb 7-11 2-3 2-2 1-3=4 3 18 7 6 1 5 3917 # vs. Davidson 5-15 1-4 2-2 3-3=6 2 13 2 2 0 0 3819 #at North Carolina 6-14 0-2 2-2 1-4=5 4 14 9 8 0 5 3924 #JACKSONVILLE STATE 5-11 0-1 2-3 0-4=4 4 12 5 6 1 5 3127 #JACKSON STATE 3-12 1-3 0-0 2-1=3 4 8 7 6 1 4 39DECEMBER 7 #at Alabama State 7-14 0-1 2-2 1-6=7 4 16 2 4 1 2 3717 #at Winthrop 5-20 1-7 2-2 3-3=6 3 13 3 1 1 1 4022 #GEORGIA TECH 7-14 1-3 0-1 0-4=4 3 15 8 7 0 4 3728 #MISS. VALLEY STATE 7-17 1-2 1-1 1-5=6 3 16 4 5 0 2 3329 #ALCORN STATE 5-13 0-4 0-0 1-4=5 3 10 3 3 0 1 40JANUARY 6 #OLD DOMINION * 9-27 2-8 5-5 2-1=3 4 25 2 7 0 6 3510 #at James Madison * 5-18 1-7 2-2 1-1=2 3 13 5 5 0 1 4013 #at VCU * 8-21 1-8 0-0 2-1=3 3 17 3 2 0 2 4017 #WILLIAM & MARY* 6-15 3-9 0-0 3-3=6 1 15 6 7 0 5 3820 #at Hofstra * 3-8 0-2 4-6 0-7=7 4 10 6 11 1 4 4024 #DELAWARE * 5-14 0-4 0-0 2-2=4 4 10 6 7 0 5 3227 NORTHEASTERN * 8-17 1-5 3-4 1-0=1 3 20 4 4 0 4 2731 #at Old Dominion* 4-11 0-4 2-2 0-3=3 2 10 4 4 1 0 33FEBRUARY 3 #TOWSON * 7-14 1-4 1-2 0-2=2 2 16 5 6 1 3 40 7 #at Drexel * 5-15 2-5 0-0 1-5=6 2 12 4 2 0 2 3810 #at UNC Wilmington * 5-17 0-5 3-3 1-0=1 2 13 4 7 0 3 3914 #GEORGE MASON * 7-21 2-6 4-4 4-4=8 2 20 4 4 1 1 4017 #VCU * 5-11 1-3 0-0 2-4=6 2 11 2 10 0 5 3621 #UNC WILMINGTON* 1-10 0-5 0-3 0-2=2 2 2 4 5 1 2 4024 #at Northeastern* 4-8 2-3 1-2 1-9=10 3 11 3 2 2 1 3928 #at Delaware * 6-14 1-3 0-3 1-2=3 3 13 7 3 1 1 35MARCH 2 #at Towson * 5-14 3-9 0-0 0-6=6 2 13 5 7 1 2 45 6 #DREXEL* 2-16 0-5 1-2 4-3=7 1 5 3 2 1 2 3813 #vs. No. 5 Wm. & Mary% 7-20 1-3 2-5 3-5=8 2 17 3 3 0 2 39# started - % tournament game


CAREER ASSISTSName Years TotalJuly Mehaffey ..............1995-99 .......................... 532Marica Maddox .........1998-20 .......................... 518K. Roegiers-Jensen .......2003-06 ................................ 478Brownie Caldwell .......1985-89 .......................... 477Patechia Hartman.....2001-05 ........................... 444Brittany Hollins ..2005-present .....................367Leslie McElrath ..........1997-01 .......................... 313Terese Allen ................1977-81 .......................... 301Sharon Nesbitt ..........1989-92 .......................... 293Renee Patton..............1989-93 .......................... 291Helen Myers ................1988-93 .......................... 284

CAREER POINTS SCOREDName Years TotalTerese Allen .................1977-81 ....................... 2,074Leslie McElrath ...........1997-2001 ................. 2,017San Kegler ....................1988-93 ....................... 1,904Evita Rogers .................1999-2003 ................. 1,728Patechia Hartman......2001-05 ........................ 1,514Sheryl Martin ...............1980-83 ....................... 1,435Angela Gresham...1984-85, 1986-89 ......... 1,434Traci Cheek...................1984-88 ....................... 1,398K. Roegiers-Jensen ...2003-07 ....................... 1,360Joyce Harrell ...............1976-80 ....................... 1,210Pam Miller.....................1987-91 ....................... 1,152Brownie Caldwell ........1985-89 ....................... 1,148Sherry Stinchcomb ....1978-82 ........................ 1,134Angelina Miller ............1999-2003 ................. 1,123Monica Thomas .........2002-06 ....................... 1,106Rhian Jones .................1992-96 ....................... 1,048Maxine Farmer ...........1982-84 ....................... 1,009Brittany Hollins enters with 960 scored

GAMES PLAYEDName Years TotalEvita Rogers ................1999-03 .......................... 121Yvette Tisdale .............1999-04 .......................... 119Monica Thomas ........2002-06 .......................... 119K. Roegiers-Jensen .....2003-07 .......................... 118Patechia Hartman....2001-05 .......................... 116San Kegler ...................1988-93 .......................... 115Leslie McElrath ..........1997-01 .......................... 114Nerissa Mattox ..........1990-94 .......................... 111Brownie Caldwell .......1985-89 .......................... 110Alicia Doherty .............1997-01 .......................... 109Angelina Miller ...........1999-03 .......................... 109Dee Dee Merriweather ..... 2001-05 .......................... 109Sherry Stinchcomb ...1978-82 ........................... 108Pam Miller....................1987-91 .......................... 108Brittany Hollins enters ‘08-09 with 89

GAMES STARTEDName Years TotalLeslie McElrath ..........1997-01 .......................... 113Evita Rogers ................1999-03 .......................... 108San Kegler ...................1988-92 .......................... 105Brownie Caldwell .......1985-89 .......................... 100Terese Allen ................1977-81 ........................... 99K. Roegiers-Jensen .....2003-07 ............................. 93July Mehaffey ..............1995-99 ............................. 91Rhian Jones ................1992-96 ........................... 88Marica Maddox .........1998-02 ............................. 85Renee Patton..............1989-93 ........................... 84Nerissa Mattox ..........1990-94 ........................... 83Brittany Hollins enters ‘08-09 with 78

FRESHMAN SEASON


NOVEMBER 25 vs. Birmingham-Southern 1-5 0-0 0-0 1-0=1 1 2 0 3 0 2 1626 at Samford 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 3 0 0 1 1 0 430 GEORGIA TECH 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 4 0 1 1 0 0 19DECEMBER 8 at Middle Tennessee State 5-9 0-1 0-2 3-4=7 2 10 1 3 2 1 2413 NORFOLK STATE 4-7 0-1 0-0 2-1=3 3 8 4 2 1 2 2117 at Savannah State 3-8 0-0 0-0 1-2=3 2 6 3 4 0 0 2119 HAMPTON 3-13 0-0 0-0 0-1=1 3 6 3 3 0 6 2029 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. 4-6 0-0 0-0 2-2=4 1 8 2 5 0 3 2330 DAVIDSON 1-5 0-0 0-2 1-1=2 0 2 6 2 0 2 21JANUARY 6 WILLIAM & MARY * 7-13 0-1 0-1 1-0=1 4 14 1 5 0 3 30 8 #UNC WILMINGTON * 5-16 0-2 0-2 7-3=10 3 10 3 4 0 2 3613 #at VCU * 4-15 0-2 1-2 3-3=6 4 9 3 3 0 9 3115 #at Towson * 5-11 0-1 0-2 2-3=5 4 10 1 3 0 2 2220 #NORTHEASTERN * 3-9 0-1 0-0 2-2=4 2 6 3 6 1 4 2722 #HOFSTRA * 6-17 1-3 3-3 4-4=8 0 16 0 1 1 3 3627 #at Drexel * 5-12 2-4 0-0 3-4=7 2 12 1 3 2 4 3429 #at Northeastern * 4-20 0-0 0-0 3-4=7 5 8 1 2 0 4 37FEBRUARY 3 #DELAWARE * 2-9 0-2 0-0 2-2=4 5 4 2 4 2 1 29 5 #TOWSON * 7-17 0-0 0-0 1-3=4 0 14 1 2 0 1 3710 #at Hofstra * 6-15 0-0 3-5 3-3=6 1 15 2 4 1 1 3512 #at Old Dominion * 4-12 0-3 0-0 1-2=3 3 8 4 7 1 3 3117 #at William & Mary * 5-20 0-1 1-3 7-2=9 4 11 2 2 0 4 3319 #at UNC Wilmington * 3-10 0-0 5-8 0-2=2 3 11 2 2 0 4 2824 #GEORGE MASON * 5-15 1-4 0-0 3-2=5 3 11 7 5 0 4 3226 #at James Madison * 5-17 1-3 1-2 0-2=2 4 12 2 5 0 4 33MARCH 2 #VCCU * 7-15 2-3 0-2 0-4=4 5 16 2 2 2 4 39 4 #OLD DOMINION * 3-13 0-2 0-0 1-2=3 2 6 2 4 1 1 27 8 #vs. No. 5 Wm & Mary% 6-14 0-1 6-6 3-5=8 2 18 10 4 3 3 40 9 #vs. No. 4 Hofstra% 4-12 0-1 0-0 3-2=5 1 8 4 6 1 3 36


MOST STEALS, CAA, CAREER TOP 10Name .................................................Years ............................................TotalTicha Penicheiro, ODU ................1995-98 ...............................................591Kyle DeHaven, Del. ........................2003-07 ...............................................431Rochelle Luckett, VCU .................1999-02 ...............................................423Mery Andrade, ODU ......................1996-99 ................................................382Tyresa Smith, Del. .........................2004-07 ...............................................342Celeste Hill, ODU ............................1990-94 ...............................................327Toina Coley, EDU ............................1988-93 ...............................................292Sharron Francis, ODU .................1999-02 ...............................................277Tamera Young, JMU ....................2004-08 ...............................................275Donna Budd, JMU ............................1985-89 ...............................................272Brittany Hollins, GSU .......... 2004-present ..................................... 260

1,000 POINT SCORERS, SCHOOL HISTORYName .................................................Years ............................................TotalTerese Allen .....................................1977-81 .......................................... 2,074Leslie McElrath ...............................1997-01 .......................................... 2,017Sam Kegler .......................................1988-93 .......................................... 1,904Evita Rogers ......................................1999-03 ........................................... 1,728Patechia Hartman.........................2001-05 .......................................... 1,514Sheryl Martin ...................................1980-83 .......................................... 1,435Angela Gresham ....................1984-85, 86-89 .................................. 1,434Traci Cheek.......................................1984-88 .......................................... 1,398Kelcey Roegiers-Jensen .............2003-07 .......................................... 1,360Joyce Harrell .....................................1976-80 .......................................... 1,210Pam Miller.........................................1987-91 .......................................... 1,152Brownie Caldwell ............................1985-89 .......................................... 1,148Sherry Stinchomb .........................1978-82 .......................................... 1,134Angelina Miller ................................1999-03 .......................................... 1,123Monica Thomas .............................2002-06 .......................................... 1,106Rhian Jones .....................................1992-96 .......................................... 1,048Maxine Farmer ...............................1982-84 .......................................... 1,009Brittany Hollins, GSU .......... 2004-present ..................................... 960

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Smith was a TOP 100 RECRUIT coming out of Oak Hill Academy. She played at Notre Dame before an injury sidelined her in her sophomore season. Smith JOINED THE PANTHERS at the SEMESTER BREAK and gained her first 19 games experience at State.

OVERVIEW:

Veteran of 44 collegiate games (19 Georgia State, 25 Notre Dame)...Became eligible after finishing year of residency after first semester

and started on Dec. 22 vs. Georgia Tech with 8 points, 4 rebounds and 4 steals... In 44 game-career, has scored 144 points with 92 career re-bounds...Has three career double-fig-ure scoring games (two at State, one

at ND)...Has one double-digit rebound game (ND).

Transfer from the Uni-versity of Notre Dame...Appeared in 25 games for the Fighting Irish, aver-aging 2.1 points and 1.7 rebounds per contest... Signed scholarship agree-ment with Georgia State during the summer of 2007.

Long, quick and athletic wing player who can be an important contributor on defense as a rebounder and shot blocker... Active on the glass at both ends of the court and has more career offensive rebounds than defensive rebounds... Possesses reliable outside jumper that allows her to extend the defense.

2007-08 (Georgia State):

Played final 19 games after gaining el-igibility after first semester and start-ed nine games, logging 331 minutes playing time...Scored 91 points (4.8 per game) to go with 49 rebounds (2.6), 26 assists and 14 steals....Fin-ished with more offensive rebounds (27), than defensive (22).

Had two double-figure scoring games with 12 points vs. Drexel on 3/6/08 and 10 points (5-9 FG) vs. William and Mary on 1/17/08...Her debut vs. Ga. Tech on 12/22 (game nine for team) was 4-of-8 FG for 8 points, 4 rebounds, a personal-best four steals and two assists in her 29 min-utes...Had season-high 33 minutes vs. MVSU on 12/28 with 8 points, 5 re-bounds and 3 assists...Had 9 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists vs. Alcorn on 12/29...Had 9 points, 4 rebounds at JMU on 1/10...Hit 7-of-8 free throws for her seven points in win at Hofstra on 1/20...Grabbed 8 rebounds, scored 7 points vs. Delaware...Made first three-point basket of career vs. Drexel in her 12-point game on 3/6.


C h a n d r i c a S M I T H

2006-07 (at Notre Dame):

Saw action in five games and averaged 3.4 points and 1.2 rebounds per contest before suffering an injury...Logged 8.0 minutes per game... Was 31.6 percent (6-of-19) from the floor and 83.3 (5-of-6) from the charity stripe... Had two assists, one blocked shot and three steals...Scored career-high 11 points (4-for-10) and added four boards, two steals and a blocked shot in nine minutes in season open-er versus Central Michigan (11/10/06)... Had career-best two assists at Penn State (11/16/06)... Posted four points in 13 minutes against Western Mich-igan (11/19/06).

2005-06 (at Notre Dame):

Appeared in 20 games as a rookie, averaging 1.8 points and 1.9 rebounds per game... Made collegiate debut at Indiana, playing three minutes (0-1 FG)... Scored first collegiate basket vs. Iona, finishing with three points, two rebounds and a steal... Made only field goal attempt (two points) in three minutes at No. 24/23 Purdue... Totaled four points (2-4 FG) and four rebounds in 18 minutes against Arkansas State... Collected four points (2-3 FG) and add-ed three rebounds in victory over Valparaiso and added four points (1-2, 2-2 FT) at St. John’s in Big East opener... Scored two points and grabbed four rebounds and two steals in 19 minutes at Louisville... Had breakout game at No. 10/9 Rutgers, finishing just shy of a double-double with season bests of nine points (3-7 FG) and 10 rebounds in 24 minutes... Turned in second consecutive solid outing, tallying six points, three rebounds and two steals in only 11 minutes (foul trouble) against South Florida... Played eight minutes vs. Boston College in NCAA Tournament contest, scoring two points and collecting three rebounds (all offensive).

HIGH SCHOOL

Averaged 11.1 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.4 steals and 1.7

blocks per game with a .565 field goal percent-age during high school career... Rated No. 71 in the nation in the Blue Star Report following her 2004-05 senior season... Teams had a

combined 117-13 (.900) record dur-ing her four-year prep tenure... Two-

time Street & Smith’s Honorable Mention All-American (2003,

2004)... Student Sports All-American (2004)... Three-

time adidas Top Ten Camp All-Star (Underclass - 2002, 2003; Upper-class - 2004)... Nike All-America Camp (2003)..

National Association of Christian Athletes (NACA) Division I All-Tournament Team (2005)...Honorable mention Georgia Class 5A All-State (2004)... First-team All-DeKalb County (2004)...

First-team All-Area (2004)...Played her final prep season

(2004-05) at Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va., collecting

17.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, 4.5 as-sists, 2.3 steals and 1.5 blocks per

game with a .540 field goal percent-age (.611 on three-pointers)... Named

team’s offensive MVP after helping Oak Hill to a 20-6 record and third-place fin-

ish at NACA Division I National Tournament... Spent two seasons (2002-03 and 2003-04) at

Stephenson High School in Stone Mountain, Ga., av-eraging 12.5 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 2.4 blocks per game with a .620 field goal percentage... Helped Lady Jaguars make consecutive trips to Georgia Class 5A championship game, including winning state title her junior year (2004)... Stephenson posted a 69-3 (.958) record during Smith’s two-year tenure at school... Began prep career at Wesleyan High School in Norcross, Ga., averaging 6.5 points and 3.8 rebounds per game with a .531 field goal percentage as a freshman (mark remains third-best single-season figure in school history)... Assisted Lady Wolves to 28-4 record and their first-ever GHSA Class A state title... Earned bronze medal at 2004 USA Basketball Youth Development Festival with South Team after averaging 5.4 points and 2.6 rebounds per game.. Rated as high as No. 29 in nation by All-Star Girls Report.

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JUNIOR SEASON


NOVEMBER9 FLORIDA A&M Transfer period16 vs. Gardner-Webb Transfer period17 vs. Davidson Transfer period19 at North Carolina Transfer period24 JACKSONVILLE STATE Transfer period27 JACKSON STATE Transfer periodDECEMBER 7 at Alabama State Transfer period17 at Winthrop Transfer period22 #- GEORGIA TECH 4-8 0-0 0-2 1-3=4 4 8 2 7 0 4 2928 #- MISS. VALLEY STATE 2-11 0-1 4-5 4-1=5 3 8 3 7 0 0 3329 #- ALCORN STATE 4-9 0-0 1-3 4-2=6 3 9 3 1 1 1 25JANUARY 6 #- OLD DOMINION * 1-7 0-0 0-0 4-1=5 3 2 2 5 0 1 2410 #- at James Madison * 4-11 0-0 1-5 2-2=4 1 9 1 2 0 0 2513 #- at VCU * 0-3 0-0 0-1 0-1=1 2 0 3 5 0 1 1417 #- WILLIAM & MARY* 5-9 0-0 0-3 0-0=0 3 10 1 3 0 0 2020 #- at Hofstra * 0-7 0-1 7-8 2-1=3 1 7 2 5 0 0 2824 #- DELAWARE * 2-5 0-0 3-6 4-4=8 1 7 2 1 1 0 2527 NORTHEASTERN * 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1=1 0 0 0 2 0 1 331 at Old Dominion* 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 0 2 1 0 0 0 12FEBRUARY 3 TOWSON * did not play 7 at Drexel * 2-7 0-1 0-0 2-1=3 1 4 1 2 0 0 1410 at UNC Wilmington * 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 0 2 0 1 0 1 614 GEORGE MASON * did not play17 VCU * 2-4 0-0 1-1 1-2=3 0 5 0 1 0 2 1621 UNC WILMINGTON* 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1=2 1 0 0 3 1 1 524 at Northeastern* did not play28 at Delaware * 1-1 0-0 0-2 0-0=0 1 2 0 0 0 1 7MARCH 2 at Towson * 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1=1 1 0 2 1 0 1 15 6 DREXEL* 5-11 1-1 1-2 2-0=2 3 12 1 1 0 0 2113 vs. No. 5 Wm. & Mary% 2-7 0-0 0-1 0-1=1 1 4 2 1 0 0 9

#- Started game % Tournament Game

SMITH’S CAREER STATISTICS

Season G/GS Min./Avg. FG-A/FG% 3FG-A/3FG% FT-A/FT% O-D TRb/Avg. Asts. Blks. Stls. Pts./Avg.

2005-06 ND 20/0 145/7.3 14-34/.412 0-0/.000 8-17/.471 16-21 37/1.9 1 2 7 36/1.8

2006-07 ND 5/0 40/8.0 6-19/.316 0-0/.000 5-6/.833 4-2 6/1.2 2 1 3 17/3.4

2007-08 GS 19/9 331/17.4 36-108/.333 1-5/.200 18-39/.462 27-22 49/2.6 26 3 14 91/4.8

Career 44/9 516/11.7 56-161/.348 1-5/.200 31-62/.500 47-45 92/2.1 29 6 24 144/3.3

SMITH’S CAREER BESTS

Pts: 12 vs. Drexel, 3/6/08 11 vs. Central Michigan, 11/10/06* 10 vs. William and Mary, 1/17/08

Rebs: 10 at Rutgers, 1/24/06* 8 vs. Delaware, 1/24/08 6 vs. Alcorn State, 12/7/07 5 Two times

Steals: 4 vs. Georgia Tech, 12/22/07 2 Four times

Assts: 3 Three times, all at State 2 Seven times

Blocks: 1 Six times

Mins.: 33 vs. MVSU, 12/28/07 29 vs. Ga. Tech, 12/22/07

* At Notre Dame

PERSONAL:

Full name is Chandrica Miquel Smith... Born Feb. 25, 1987, in Atlanta, Ga... Daughter of Danza and Michael Smith... Has one brother, Josiah, and two sisters, Serenity and Destiny... Father played collegiate basketball at Clark Atlanta... Talented musician who plays piano and saxophone... Favorite ath-lete is Michael Jordan and favorite teams are the Chicago Bulls of 1993-96... Person who inspires her most in sports is her dad... Person she would most like to meet is her grandfather... Enjoys playing basketball, talking on the phone, hanging out with friends and sleeping...Recruited out of high school by Louisiana State, Florida State, Connecticut, Georgia, Purdue and Notre Dame... Also considered Florida and Oklahoma State... Chose Georgia State because it would be an honor to be able to play at home in front of her family and in the respected CAA... Majoring in sociology.



Young earned HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICA honors at Miami-Dade College after averaging 15.8 points and 11.5 rebounds in 2006-07 with 28 double-double games. The Miami native PLAYED 22 GAMES in her first season at Georgia State.

OVERVIEW:

Played 22 games as junior with Georgia State and two seasons with Miami-Dade College, earning JUCO All-America honorable mention honors...Was MVP of JUCO Conference Tournament...Had 28 double-double games as sophomore at Miami-Dade...Went from five points and five rebounds as a freshman to 15.8 points and 11.5 re-bounds as a sophomore... Signed with the program in April during the 2007 Spring signing period... Can score inside and out... Outstanding rebounder... Has strong work ethic and a great attitude... Knows how to win games with 41 victories and back-to-back league championships in two years at Mami-Dade... Can create, get to the rim, defend and play multiple positions on the court.

2007-08:

Played in 22 games in first season at Georgia State with four starts...Scored 33 points (1.5) with 30 rebounds (1.4)...Had 11 points (4-of-5 field goals) vs. Georgia Tech (12/22) to go with four rebounds and two steals in her 25 minutes...Started first game of season (vs. Florida A&M, 11/9) and had five points, five rebounds and two assists in her 20 minutes...Played 10 or more minutes in seven games...Grabbed three rebounds, made two assists in five minutes in win over Jacksonville State (11/24)...Had three rebounds (all offensive) with two points in nine minutes at James Madison (1/10)...Scored four points vs. Jackson State (11/27) with a perfect 1-1 field goals and 2-2 free throws in nine minutes...Had at least one rebound in 16 of the 22 games played.

2006-07 & 2005-06: (At Miami-Dade College):

Averaged 15.8 points, 11.5 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game as a sophomore for head coach Susan Summons and the Miami-Dade College Lady Sharks... Rated as one of the top JUCO power forwards in the country by Col-legiate Girls Basketball Report at the conclusion of her sophomore season... Earned NJCAA 2006-07 All-Amer

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S T A C I E Y O U N G

ica Honorable Mention honors from Kodak/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association ... Led Miami-Dade to a 20-12 overall record, plac-ing ninth in the state of Florida following the 2006-07 campaign... The Lady Sharks posted a 9-3 regular season re-cord and 2nd place finish in the Florida Community College Athletic Association (FCCAA) Southern Conference (So-Con) in 2006-07..

Averaged 15.5 points, 16.0 rebounds, 3.0 as-sists and 5.0 steals to lead Miami-Dade to the 2007 SoCon Tournament cham-pionship and a berth in the FCCAA Tour-nament- its historic 17th trip to the Elite 8 FCCAA State Championships... To-taled 17 points and 20 rebounds in the 2007 So-Con Tournament champi-onship game and was named MVP... FCCAA first-team all-Conference and all-State selec-tion as a sophomore.

Was 2006-07 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJ-CAA) first-team all-Region VIII honoree... Recorded a record 28 double-doubles in Miami-Dade’s school record 32-game 2006-07 season... Was a three-time FCCAA Player of the Week as a sophomore... Had three 30-point games in 2006-07... Concluded the 2006-07 season ranked fifth and third in the state in scoring and rebound-ing, respectively, and ninth in steals.

Rated 14th in the nation in rebounding average (11.5 rpg) among 2006-07 NJCAA statistics... Won back-to-back SoCon championships (2005-06, 2006-07) with Miami-Dade... Averaged 5.0 points and 5.0 rebounds as a freshman for the 21-5 Lady Sharks, which was the only men’s or women’s team in the state of Florida to go unde-feated (12-0) in conference play.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Four-year varsity letterwinner for head coach Crys-tal Jenkins and the Cougars... Averaged 15 points and 12 rebounds per game as a senior... Named

first-team All-Dade County in 2004-05... Voted the top female athlete at Killian High at the end of her

sophomore season.. Averaged 18 points and 15 rebounds as a junior and 15 points and 10 re-bounds as a sophomore.

Selected Most Valuable Player in basketball for three consecutive seasons (2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05)...Earned a varsity letter

in 2001-02 and was awarded the honor for highest GPA as a member of the

school’s track and field team.

PERSONAL

Full name is Stacie Nicole Young... Born Jan. 23, 1987 in

Miami, Fla... Daughter of Beverly Young...Has an older brother, Da-

vid, and a younger sister, Kayshia...Uncle James (1968-69) and uncle Ronald (1967-70) Sutton played basketball at Tennessee Tech...Cousin James (1968-69) played football at the University of Miami... Fan of Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers... Had reconstructive knee sur-gery in 2003-04 after tearing her ACL, MCL and cartilage... Plans on

attending graduate school.

Aspires to become a paramedic firefighter or work in the health

field... Chose Georgia State because it had an out-standing academic repu-tation and she feels she

can impact the basketball program. She loves the Atlanta lifestyle and opportunities... Also received interest from Hofstra, Albany, Maryland-Eastern Shore and Fordham... Majoring in psychology.


S T A C I E Y O U N GJUNIOR SEASON


NOVEMBER9 #-FLORIDA A&M 2-6 0-0 1-2 0-5=5 5 5 2 5 0 1 2016 #-vs. Gardner-Webb 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-1=1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1317 #-vs. Davidson 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-1=1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10

19 at North Carolina 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 0 0 0 1 0 0 224 JACKSONVILLE STATE 1-3 0-0 1-1 1-2=3 0 3 2 1 0 1 527 JACKSON STATE 1-1 0-0 2-2 0-1=1 1 4 1 3 0 0 9DECEMBER 7 at Alabama State 0-4 0-0 0-0 2-0=2 3 0 0 0 1 0 917 at Winthrop 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0=0 2 0 0 0 0 1 222 GEORGIA TECH 4-5 0-0 3-5 0-4=4 2 11 1 1 0 2 2528 MISS. VALLEY STATE 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-1=1 0 2 0 0 0 1 829 ALCORN STATE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1JANUARY 6 OLD DOMINION * 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0=0 1 0 0 1 0 0 310 at James Madison * 0-3 0-0 2-2 3-0=3 1 2 0 3 0 0 913 at VCU * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 WILLIAM & MARY* Did not play20 at Hofstra * Did not play24 DELAWARE * 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-0=1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1027 NORTHEASTERN * Did not play31 at Old Dominion* 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2FEBRUARY 3 TOWSON * Did not play 7 at Drexel * 0-0 0-0 2-4 1-1=2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1010 at UNC Wilmington * Did not play14 GEORGE MASON * Did not play17 VCU * 0-1 0-0 2-2 1-0=1 1 2 0 1 0 0 721 #-UNC WILMINGTON* 0-6 0-0 1-2 2-0=2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1924 at Northeastern* Did not play28 at Delaware * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1MARCH 2 at Towson * Did not play 6 DREXEL* 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-0=2 1 0 0 1 0 0 413 vs. No. 5 William & Mary% 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1=1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

#- Started Game % Tournament Game

YOUNG’S CAREER STATISTICS

Season G/GS Min./Avg. FG-A/FG% 3FG-A/3FG% FT-A/FT% O-D TRb/Avg. Asts. Blks. Stls. Pts./Avg.2005-06 30-22 151/5.0 150/5.0

2006-07 32-32 374/11.7 89 506/15.8

2007-08 22-4 172/7.8 8-41/.195 0-0/.000 17-26/.654 13-17 30/1.4 8 2 9 33/1.5

Career 22-4 172/7.8 8-41/.195 0-0/.000 17-26/.654 13-17 30/1.4 8 2 9 33/1.5

YOUNG’S CAREER BESTS

Pts: 11 vs. Georgia Tech, 12/22/07 5 vs. Florida A&M, 11/09/07 4 vs. Jackson St.,11/27/07

Rebs: 5 vs. Florida A&M, 11/09/07 4 vs. Georgia Tech, 12/22/07 3 vs. Jacksonville St., 11/24/07

Assts: 2 vs. Florida A&M, 11/09/07

2 vs. Jacksonville St, 11/24 /07

Stls: 2 vs. Georgia Tech, 12/22/07

Min: 25 vs. Ga. Tech, 12/22/07 20 vs. Florida A&M, 11/9/07

Had 28 double-double games in JUCO, including a 20-rebound game

IT AIN’T OVER UNTIL IT’S OVER

Georgia State played eight last-possession games in 2007-08. The Panthers won four of those eight by margins of one, two, three and four points. The Panthers lost four of those eight by margins of one, two, there and five (in OT).

The Panthers have played six overtime games in the past two seasons and split, with three wins and three losses.

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P L A Y E R P R O F I L E J U N I O R

OVERVIEW:

Signed with the program in April during the 2008 Spring signing period... Has experience at a Division I program and a JUCO program.

Solid three-point shooter...Fundamentally-sound player who understands the game of basketball...Has ability to adapt and learn quickly as the daughter of a basketball coach.

JUNIOR COLLEGE:

Was All-Jayhawk conference (second team) guard for Kansas City Kansas Community College and was the Blue Devils’ outside scoring threat with 48 three-point baskets made, fifth most in school history.

Averaged 12 points (second on team), 4.7 rebounds and 2.2 assists for KCKCC...Third on team with 48 steals (1.92).

Scored in double figures in 18 of the 25 games she played...Top offensive game of 21 points on 10-19 field goals to go with eight steals on defense..Started season with 4-for-4 three-point game and 16 points...Had six games with three three-point baskets and 11 more with two three-point baskets.

Graham led her JUCO team last year WITH 48 3-POINT BASKETS MADE, including a perfect 4-for-4 game outside the arc. She started her career at Division I UMKC before her season of JUCO ball and played her high school ball in two different states.



Made a three-point basket in 22 of the 25 games she played...Just missed a double-double with a 13-point, nine-rebound game...Had 15 games with five or more rebounds...Had a mid-season streak of 13 consecutive games in double figures...Played against new Georgia State teammate Dana Olsen (Labette CC) in Jayhawk Conference...Underwent ligament surgery on her right ankle in April of 2008 in Kansas City.

COLLEGE:

Recruited out of high school in May, 2005 by the Uni-versity of Missouri-Kansas City Kangaroos...Was a red-shirt in 2005-06 and played in eight games in 2006-07 for UMKC, scoring seven points, before a coaching change was made in mid-season...UMKC is a Division I member of the 10-team Summitt League.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Began prep career at Pullman (Wash.) High and fin-ished final two years at Boulder (Colo.) High...As sopho-more on a 20-6 team, Graham was second-team all-tournament in the State tournament and All-Palouse Region in Washington.

As senior at Boulder on a 18-7 team, she earned all-state honorable mention and first-team All-Centennial League...Was first-team All-Boulder County and earned MVP honors at the Boulder County Invitational tourna-ment.

Averaged 15 points, six rebounds and four steals a game as senior...Had a rare triple-double game in se-nior year with 18 points, 15 rebounds and 10 steals...Top scoring game was 27 points...Also lettered one year in track.

She played AAU basketball with the Mile-Hi Magic team in Denver.

Graham received recruiting interest from Kent State, Indiana State, Akron, Florida Gulf Coast and Kennesaw State.

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PERSONAL:

Full name is Brittany Nicole Graham... Born Nov. 13, 1986 in Dal-las, Texas...Parents are Paul and Vanessa Graham... Has an older brother, Nick...Grew up in basketball family as father Paul was the head coach at Washington State (1999-2003) and an assistant coach at Colorado, Oklahoma State, New Mexico and SMU as the family moved around. Coach Graham is now in his second year as an assistant at Georgia State.

Atlanta will be Brittany’s eighth city she has lived in....Brother Nick played point guard for his father at Washington State. Brittany wears number 10 because Nick did...Nick traveled this summer with Athletes in Action to China and will coach at Missouri Baptist in St. Louis...Absorbed in basketball by hanging out at dad’s practices and shootarounds, working with brother and shooting or rebound-ing with him...Basketball fan of Diana Taurasi, Chris Paul and Lebron James... Favorite teams are the Denver Nuggets and Georgia State Panthers.

Brittany enjoys writing, photography and helping coach at her former high school... Keeps a basketball diary and may write for Georgia-StateSports.com...Plans to major in English with a minor in communi-cations in hopes of becoming an ESPN reporter.

B R I T T A N Y G R A H A M

GRAHAM’S CAREER BESTS (from 2007-08 season)

Pts: 21 vs. Mid-America Nazarene 19 vs. Benedictine 18 at Hesston 17 vs. Allen County 16 Four times

3-Pt: 4 vs. Mid-America Nazarene 3, Six times in 2007-08

Rebs: 9 vs. NE Oklahoma A&M 8 vs. Fort Scott 7 Two times

Assts: 5 vs. Mid-America Nazarene 5 at Meramac

Stls: 5 vs. Mid-America Nazarene 3 Three times Min: 33 vs. NE Oklahoma A&M

Had 18 double-figure scoring games in 25 played as sophomore in JUCO

YOUNGSTERS ARE MATURING

Georgia State was one of the youngest teams in terms of ac-tual playing time in the nation last year.

The freshmen and sophomore players combined for 3,850 minutes or 64 percent of the playing time.

They netted 1,070 points, or 62 percent of the team’s total.

The group pulled down 686 rebounds, or 60.3 percent of the team’s total.

The Panthers hope to capitalize on that playing time and expe-rience gained for the next few years.

STRENGTH IN NUMBERS

Last year, Georgia State had 12 dif-ferent players who started.

Last year, Georgia State used 12 dif-ferent starting lineups.

Last year, Georgia State had 11 dif-ferent players score in double fig-ures.

This year, the Panthers have nine returning letterwinners and eight re-turn who played more than 300 min-utes last years.



Mann was the TEAM LEADER WITH 106 ASSISTS, including eight games with six or more assists. Her assist-turnover ratio WAS FIFTH BEST IN THE CAA last year. Her 38 STEALS WERE SECOND MOST on the team last year.

OVERVIEW:

Played in 35 games with 15 starts in first two years...Scored in double figures in four games...Made 18 three-point baskets...Had 106 as-sists as a sophomore and 112 in career...Has 11 games with 5 or more assists...Had 38 steals as sophomore and has 42 steals in first two years...

Signed with the program in November during the 2005 early signing period...Skilled point guard... Talented and ath-letic player... Can score in the open floor... Excellent play-maker.

2007-08:

Played in 29 of 30 games with 15 starts...Second on team and ninth in CAA with 106 assists (3.66)...Fifth in CAA in assist-turnover ratio (1.43, +32 on 106 assists, 74 turnovers).

Second on team in steals (38, 1.31)...Fifth on team in scor-ing (124 points, 4.3)...Third on team in three-point baskets (17)...Scored in double figures in four games.

Had first career double-figure effort in game four at North Carolina (11/19)

with 11 points (2-of-4 three-point bas-kets) and seven assists in 31min-utes... Followed UNC game with 10 points in win over Jacksonville State (11/24) with 2-of-4 three-point-ers...Produced 12-point game at Alabama State (12/7) with a pair of treys to give her double figures in three of four games.

Scored career-high 18 points at Northeastern (2/24) with 70 percent

from field (7-of-10 FG) and personal-best 4-of-6 three-point baskets. Also had eight assists at Northeastern...Produced personal-best nine assists at Towson (3/2)...Had seven assists and six points at VCU (1/13).

Had personal-best seven steals to go with five assists in win over George Ma-

son (2/14) as she played all 40 min-utes...Scored eight points with six as-sists in win at Delaware and made 5-of-6 free throws to help seal the win...Had three games with five re-bounds (Gardner-Webb, Alabama

State and at Towson).

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2006-07:

Saw action in six games, playing 15 minutes... Totaled seven points, three assists and two rebounds... Shot 33.3 percent from the floor and 100 per-cent from the free throw line.

Was 50 percent from three-point range... Recorded two steals and one blocked shot... Appeared in two CAA games, collecting four points, one steal and one assist in five minutes... Registered season-highs in points (3), steals (1), blocked shots (1), assists (2) and minutes (4) against Savan-nah State (12/9/06)... Collected two points each versus Northeastern (1/4/07) and Towson (2/11/07).

HIGH SCHOOL:

Three-year varsity letterwinner for head coach Randy McClure and the

Campbell Spartans... Ranked by Roundball Journal as the sixth best point guard in the Southeast head-ing into the 2005-06 season..

Averaged 13 points and eight assists per game as a junior... Selected the Mari-etta Daily Journal Player of the Week... Garnered several team awards for as-sists and defense.

Career averages of 16.8 points, 3.2 re-bounds, 5.4 assists and 4.6 steals...Se-lected second-team All-Cobb County in 2004-05.. Also

e a r n e d two varsity letters in softball.

She played at Campbell while current Georgia State men’s All_CAA guard Leonard Mendez was lead-ing the Spartan’s men’s team.

PERSONAL:

Full name is Monica La-Trice Mann... Born Oct. 5, 1987... Daughter of Tow-anna Hall... Has one older brother, Gary, and two old-er sisters, Catherine and Tenea.

Several family members have played or are playing sports, including cousin

Sherrill Baker who is a member of the WNBA’s New York Liberty...

Enjoys drawing and art....Favorite teams are the NBA Atlanta Hawks, NFL Atlanta Falcons and MLB Atlanta Braves... NBA’s Rashad McCants is the person who inspires her the most in sports... Aspires to play basketball on the highest level.

Chose Georgia State because of its academic reputation, basketball tra-dition and because i is near her home and her biggest fans (her family)... Major is psychology.

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M O N I C A M A N N

MANN’S CAREER BESTS

Pts: 18 at Northeastern, 2/24/08 12 at Alabama State, 12/7/07 11 at North Carolina, 11/19/07 10 vs. Jacksonville St.,11/24/07

Rebs: 5 vs. Gardner-Webb, 11/16/06 5 at Alabama State, 12/7/07 5 at Towson, 3/2/08 5 vs. Drexel, 3/6/08 5 vs. W & M, 3/13/08

3FGs: 4 at Northeastern, 2/24/08 2 at North Carolina, 11/19/07 2 vs. Jacksonville St., 11/24/07

Assts: 9 at Towson, 3/2/08 8 at Northeastern, 2/24/08 7 at North Carolina, 11/19/07 7 at VCU, 1/13/08 6 vs. Jacksonville St.,11/14/07 6 vs. Northeastern, 1/27/08 6 at Delaware, 2/28/08 6 vs. W & M, 3/13/08

Stls: 7 vs. George Mason, 2/14/08 6 vs. Davidson, 11/17/07

Min: 40 vs. George Mason, 2/14/08 39 vs. Jacksonville St., 11/24/07 39 at Towson, 3/2/08 (OT)

MANN’S CAREER STATISTICS

Season G/GS Min./Avg. FG-A/FG% 3FG-A/3FG% FT-A/FT% O-D TRb/Avg. Asts. Blks. Stls. Pts./Avg.2006-07 6/0 15/2.5 2-6/.333 1-2/.500 2-2/1.000 1-6 7/0.4 6 0 4 27/1.4

2007-08 29/15 679/23.4 41-124/.331 17-59/.288 25-58/.431 8-48 56/1.9 106 2 38 124/4.3

Career 35/15 694/19.8 43-130/.331 18-61/.295 27-60/.450 9-54 63/1.8 112 2 42 151/4.3

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M O N I C A M A N NSOPHOMORE SEASON

2007-08 Opponent FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO BLK S MINNOVEMBER9 FLORIDA A&M 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 2 2 0 2 0 1 816 vs. Gardner-Webb 2-5 0-0 1-6 1-4=5 2 5 5 2 0 1 1617 vs. Davidson 2-7 1-4 2-2 1-0=1 3 7 5 4 0 6 2919 #-at North Carolina 4-11 2-4 1-2 0-1=1 4 11 7 6 0 1 3124 #-JACKSONVILLE STATE 4-8 2-4 0-0 0-4=4 1 10 6 4 0 1 3927 #-JACKSON STATE 1-7 1-4 2-2 0-2=2 4 5 2 7 0 3 34DECEMBER 7 #-at Alabama State 3-8 2-5 4-8 0-5=5 5 12 1 1 0 0 2917 #-at Winthrop 1-6 0-4 0-0 0-2=2 4 2 3 3 0 1 3822 #-GEORGIA TECH 2-3 0-1 0-4 0-0=0 3 4 3 3 0 2 1728 #-MISS. VALLEY STATE 2-3 0-1 0-2 0-0=0 1 4 3 3 0 1 1829 #-ALCORN STATE 2-5 0-0 0-3 1-0=1 4 4 4 3 0 1 27JANUARY 6 OLD DOMINION * 0-4 0-1 0-0 0-1=1 4 0 1 1 0 1 1810 at James Madison * 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-1=1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1613 at VCU * 2-3 2-3 0-0 0-0=0 0 6 7 3 0 3 2717 WILLIAM & MARY* 0-1 0-1 0-0 2-0=2 2 0 2 2 0 0 2220 at Hofstra * 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-0=0 2 3 0 2 0 1 724 DELAWARE * 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0=0 0 0 1 2 0 0 827 NORTHEASTERN * 1-2 0-0 3-5 1-1=2 3 5 6 3 1 0 2731 at Old Dominion* 0-2 0-1 3-5 1-1=2 1 3 1 3 0 1 14FEBRUARY 3 TOWSON * 1-5 1-2 1-2 0-1=1 2 4 3 2 1 2 17 7 at Drexel * 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-2=2 2 2 3 1 0 0 1410 at UNC Wilmington * 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 4 2 1 1 0 0 814 #-GEORGE MASON * 0-3 0-2 2-5 0-3=3 3 2 5 1 0 7 4017 #-VCU * 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1=1 3 0 1 1 0 1 1221 UNC WILMINGTON* did not play24 #-at Northeastern* 7-10 4-6 0-1 1-2=3 4 18 8 2 0 2 3228 #-at Delaware * 1-1 1-1 5-6 0-2=2 4 8 6 5 0 0 33MARCH 2 #-at Towson * 1-8 0-6 0-0 0-5=5 4 2 9 3 0 0 39 6 #-DREXEL* 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-5=5 1 0 4 2 0 1 2613 #-vs. No. 5 Wm. & Mary% 0-8 0-3 1-4 0-5=5 1 1 6 1 0 1 33

FRESHMAN SEASON

2006-07Opponent FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO BLK S MINNOVEMBER10 at Miami (Fla.) did not play16 at Georgia Tech 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1=1 1 0 0 0 0 0 219 at Hampton 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 0 0 0 3 0 0 121 at Norfolk State did not play25 at Jacksonville State did not play28 SAMFORD did not playDECEMBER 3 at Hofstra * did not play 9 SAVANNAH STATE 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0=0 1 3 2 0 1 1 418 vs. Florida A&M did not play19 vs. North Florida 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1=1 1 0 0 0 0 0 329 MISS. VALLEY STATE did not play30 UT-MARTIN did not playJANUARY 4 NORTHEASTERN * 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-0=0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 7 JAMES MADISON * did not play11 at Old Dominion * did not play14 at George Mason * did not play18 at UNC Wilmington * did not play21 VCU * did not play25 WILLIAM & MARY * did not play28 DREXEL * did not playFEBRUARY 1 at Towson * did not play 4 at Delaware * did not play 8 UNC WILMINGTON * did not play11 TOWSON * 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 0 2 1 1 0 0 215 at Northeastern * did not play18 HOFSTRA *% did not play22 at William & Mary * did not play25 at Va. Commonwealth * did not playMARCH 1 OLD DOMINION * did not play 8 vs. No. 9 Drexel % did not play

#- Started Game %- Tournament Game



McKeller was SECOND IN THE CAA in Field Goal Percentage and has a career percentage over 50 percent. She has 23 career double-figure games and was second on the team and 20th IN THE CAA in scoring (10.9) last year.

OVERVIEW:

Played in 58 games and started 56 in first two years...Scored 553 career points (9.5) with 334 career rebounds (5.8)...Has 23 career double-figure scoring games and nine double-figure rebounding games...Has six career double-double games...Career .510 shooting percentage (235-of-461).

Signed with the program in April dur-ing the 2006 Spring signing period... Strongest player on the team... Proven rebounder... Has good size... Great hands under the bas-ket and good footwork... Athletic post player.

2007-08:

Finished second on the team and 20th in the CAA with 10.9 scor-ing average (327 points).

Led team and was 2nd in CAA in field goal percentage (.527, 137-of-260)...Second on team with 157 rebounds (5.2)...Had 13 double-figure scoring games, 4 double-figure rebounding games and 3 double-double games...Fourth on team in steals (30).

Played all 30 games and started 29 (did not start, Alcorn, 12/29)...Scored career-best 25 points in win over George Mason (2/14) with 9-of-11 field goal shooting and 7-of-9 free throws...Netted 24 points on road at Alabama State (12/7) on 10-of-19 field goals to go with eight rebounds...

Started season with 15 points on 7-of-9 field goals vs. Florida A&M (11/9).

Produced first double-double of season vs. Jackson State (11/27) with 14 points, 10 rebounds....Second double-double came vs. CAA foe Northeastern (1/27) with 16 points (7-of-10) and 10 rebounds...Delivered third double-double against Delaware (2/28) with 19 points and 12 rebounds (six offensive)...Scored 15 points (5-of-7) in win over Jacksonville State

(11/24) and made 5-of-6 free throws...Made 5-of-6 field goals for 11 points vs.

William and Mary (1/17)...Had big second-half in win

at Hofstra (1/20), scoring 13 of her game-high 19 points...Scored 14 points at Old Do

P A N T H E R S B A S K E T B A L L

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D A N Y I E L L M c K E L L E R

minion (1/31)...Was sharp 7-of-8 in 16-point effort in win over Towson (2/3)....Led team with 14 points at Drexel (2/7) with 7-of-9 field goals...Led team with 17 points in OT game at Towson (3/2).

2006-07:

Appeared in 28 games, starting the first 27 along the frontcourt... Received first collegiate start at Miami (Fla.) [11/10/06], collecting 17 points and four re-bounds... One of two fresh-men this season to start the first game of the regu-lar season since 1997... Logged 27.9 minutes per con-test...State’s fifth leading scorer, averaging 8.1 points per game, and the team’s second leading rebounder at 6.3 boards per outing.

Ranked 18th in the league in re-bounding...Shot 48.8 percent (98-of-201) from the floor and 51.7 percent from the free throw line... Totaled 29 assists and seven blocked shots... Fin-ished third on the team with 34 steals (1.2 per game)... Led or tied for the team lead in scor-ing twice and nine times in re-bounding... Made 16 starts in 17 appearances against CAA teams... Averaged 5.1 points and 5.6 rebounds against confer-ence opponents... Recorded 10 or more points per game 11 times and double figures in rebounds five times... Registered three double-doubles... Had 16 points and team-high 11 rebounds at Hampton (11/19/06)... Collected 14 points and team-best 10 boards vs. North Florida (12/19/06)... Grabbed 13 points and 11 caroms against Northeastern (1/4/07)... Finished with 11 points and nine rebounds at Towson (2/1/07).

Posted season-highs of 13 rebounds and 49 minutes at UNC Wilmington (1/18/07)... Fin-ished with a season- and team-high 21 points on 10-of-15 shooting and had nine rebounds at Jacksonville State (11/25/06)... Scored

six points and five rebounds along with season bests of four assists and four steals versus Drexel (1/28/07)... Grabbed six or more rebounds 16 times... Selected C A A Jan. 8 Rookie of the Week. W a s ranked among the top three strongest Georgia State f e m a l e student-athletes by the strength and conditioning staff.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Four-year varsity letterwinner for head coach Gene Arrington and the Wolver-

ines... Was the team captain in both 2004 and 2005...Graduated Westover as the

school’s all-time leader in points (1,585), field goals made (636) and free throws made (295).

Played 110 career games for the Wolverines... Career averages include 14.4 points, 6.6 re-

bounds and 2.6 steals...Led Westover to the 2005-06 Mid-Southeastern Conference regular season

and tournament championship titles... Wolverines were sectional and conference champions as well as sectional and conference runner-ups in her four years... Four-time All-Conference selection.

Led the league in scoring in 2004-05 (16.7 ppg) and 2005-06 (17.5 ppg)... Averaged 7.5 rebounds as a se-nior and 6.6 boards in 2004-05... Selected the Confer-ence Most Valuable Player as a junior... Awarded the Wol-verines’ MVP honor as a sophomore... Mid-Southeastern Conference Rookie of the Year in 2003... Garnered hon-orable mention all-State honors in 2005 and first-team

all-State accolades in 2006 among 4A schools from the Fayetteville Observer and NCPreps.com... Selected first-team all-Cape Fear Re-gion as a junior and a senior... Member of the

2005-06 SunCom Holiday all-Classic team... Guided the 2004-05 Wolverines to a 24-6 over-

all record and seventh-place state ranking among 4A schools... Westover ranked third in the state in

2005-06 with a 27-3 mark... Member of the A/B Honor Roll at Westover.

PERSONAL:

Full name is Danyiell McKeller... Born July 30, 1987... Daughter of James McKeller and the late Betty McK-

eller... Wears jersey No. 42 in honor of her mother,



Betty, who was 42 when Danyiell was born and passed away when she was 13-years-old.

Has three older brothers, Ira, Richard and Michael and a twin brother, Dan-iel...Has two older sisters, Renee and Lashell...Brother, Ira, played football at Wake Forest in 1983... Fan of WNBA’s Cynthia Cooper and her favorite team is the WNBA’s Houston Comets... Enjoys listening to music and watching televi-sion... Her mother and twin brother, Daniel, inspired her to play sports...Chose Georgia State over Wake For-est, Charlotte, Virginia Commonwealth, UNC Wilmington and North Carolina A&T... Major is psychology.

SOPHOMORE SEASON

2007-08 Opponent FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO BLK S MINNOVEMBER9 #-FLORIDA A&M 7-9 0-0 1-2 4-4=8 1 15 0 1 0 0 3116 #-vs. Gardner-Webb 4-6 0-0 0-2 1-1=2 3 8 0 3 0 2 2417 #-vs. Davidson 2-7 0-0 0-0 3-0=3 1 4 1 1 0 2 2219 #-at North Carolina 4-10 0-0 0-0 4-1=5 3 8 1 2 1 0 2124 #-JACKSONVILLE STATE 5-7 0-0 5-6 2-1=3 0 15 1 1 0 0 3227 #-JACKSON STATE 5-10 0-0 4-5 4-6=10 3 14 3 3 0 0 33DECEMBER 7 #-at Alabama State 10-19 0-0 4-7 5-3=8 3 24 0 3 1 1 3517 #-at Winthrop 3-7 0-0 3-4 4-5=9 4 9 0 4 1 0 3522 #-GEORGIA TECH 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 2 0 0 1 0 0 628 #-MISS. VALLEY STATE 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 1 2 0 0 0 0 829 ALCORN STATE 4-6 0-0 0-0 2-4=6 4 8 0 0 1 0 22JANUARY 6 #-OLD DOMINION * 4-10 0-0 0-0 2-2=4 2 8 0 0 0 3 3410 #-at James Madison * 2-10 0-0 0-1 1-3=4 4 4 0 2 0 1 2613 #-at VCU * 4-9 0-0 1-2 1-3=4 4 9 1 1 0 0 2917 #-WILLIAM & MARY* 5-6 0-0 1-2 1-5=6 2 11 0 1 0 1 3120 #-at Hofstra * 7-13 0-0 5-8 2-4=6 2 19 1 1 0 2 3524 #-DELAWARE * 3-9 0-0 3-4 4-2=6 1 9 1 2 1 2 3027 #-NORTHEASTERN * 7-10 0-0 2-3 4-6=10 0 16 1 1 0 1 3631 #-at Old Dominion* 5-10 0-0 4-7 1-1=2 3 14 0 0 0 1 27FEBRUARY 3 #-TOWSON * 7-8 0-0 2-2 4-3=7 4 16 2 5 0 1 36 7 #-at Drexel * 7-9 0-0 0-2 0-1=1 0 14 0 1 0 1 2710 #-at UNC Wilmington * 3-9 0-0 0-0 1-4=5 4 6 1 2 0 4 2814 #-GEORGE MASON * 9-11 0-0 7-9 2-1=3 3 25 1 5 0 1 3817 #-VCU * 2-8 0-0 0-0 1-6=7 3 4 0 0 0 3 2421 #-UNC WILMINGTON* 3-7 0-0 2-5 4-6=10 2 8 0 1 1 0 2224 #-at Northeastern* 3-6 0-0 2-2 3-2=5 2 8 2 0 0 1 2628 #-at Delaware * 7-10 0-0 5-9 6-6=12 2 19 0 4 0 1 30MARCH 2 #-at Towson * 8-15 0-0 1-2 1-3=4 5 17 1 2 0 1 30 6 #-DREXEL* 3-6 0-0 1-2 1-4=5 0 7 0 3 0 1 2313 #-vs. No. 5 Wm. & Mary% 3-11 0-0 0-1 2-0=2 4 6 0 2 0 1 24# Started Game % Tournament Game

FRESHMAN SEASON

2006-07Opponent FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO BLK S MINNOVEMBER10 #-at Miami (Fla.) 8-13 0-0 1-3 3-1=4 1 17 1 3 0 0 3316 #-at Georgia Tech 7-15 0-0 2-4 3-4=7 4 16 1 1 1 1 3219 #-at Hampton 7-11 0-0 2-4 2-9=11 3 16 0 3 1 2 2921 #-at Norfolk State 5-13 0-0 5-10 3-3=6 3 15 1 4 0 2 3925 #-at Jacksonville State 10-15 0-0 1-3 1-8=9 3 21 2 3 0 1 3528 #-SAMFORD 5-9 0-0 2-2 1-2=3 3 12 0 5 1 1 40DECEMBER 3 #-at Hofstra * 1-4 0-0 2-4 0-3=3 3 4 0 4 0 1 29 9 #-SAVANNAH STATE 2-6 0-0 1-2 4-3=7 4 5 2 4 0 2 2818 #-vs. Florida A&M 4-12 0-0 0-0 4-5=9 3 8 1 2 0 1 2619 #-vs. North Florida 5-8 0-0 4-5 3-7=10 1 14 2 3 0 3 3529 #-MISS. VALLEY STATE 5-8 0-0 3-4 2-6=8 3 13 2 1 1 0 3230 #-UT-MARTIN 1-2 0-0 0-0 3-5=8 4 2 1 3 0 1 33JANUARY 4 #-NORTHEASTERN * 6-10 0-0 1-2 5-6=11 1 13 1 1 0 3 34 7 #-JAMES MADISON * 3-7 0-0 1-2 4-5=9 4 7 0 1 0 1 3411 #-at Old Dominion * 3-5 0-0 1-1 1-1=2 2 7 1 3 0 0 3114 #-at George Mason * 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0=1 3 2 0 1 0 2 1218 #-at UNC Wilmington * 4-7 0-0 0-0 2-11=13 4 8 3 2 0 3 4921 #-VCU* 3-7 0-0 0-1 4-7=11 2 6 0 2 0 1 3725 #-WILLIAM & MARY * 5-9 0-0 0-0 1-2=3 4 10 0 0 1 1 2228 #-DREXEL * 3-6 0-0 0-0 0-5=5 1 6 4 3 0 4 37FEBRUARY 1 #-at Towson * 4-7 0-0 3-5 2-7=9 4 11 1 3 0 2 20 4 #-at Delaware * 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1=2 3 2 1 1 0 0 15 8 #-UNC WILMINGTON * 2-7 0-0 1-3 3-2=5 4 5 0 3 0 0 2111 #-TOWSON * 0-0 0-0 0-3 2-4=6 1 0 1 2 1 0 1515 #-at Northeastern * 1-7 0-0 0-0 4-3=7 0 2 1 1 0 0 1918 #-HOFSTRA *% 1-5 0-0 0-0 1-2=3 5 2 0 1 1 1 1822 #-at William & Mary * 1-5 0-0 0-0 2-3=5 3 2 2 3 0 0 1525 at Va. Commonwealth * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 0 0 1 2 0 1 11MARCH 1 OLD DOMINION * Did not play 8 vs. No. 9 Drexel % Did not play

Danyiell is a twin with her brother Dan-iel. These two are the babies of the McKeller family of six siblings.

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McKELLER’S CAREER BESTS

Pts: 25 vs. George Mason, 2/14/08 24 at Alabama State, 12/7/07 21 at Jacksonville St.,11/25/06 19 at Delaware, 2/28/08 19 at Hofstra, 1/20/08 17 at Miami (Fla.), 11/10/06 17 at Towson, 3/2/08 16 at Georgia Tech, 11/16/06 16 vs. Northeastern, 1/27/08 16 at Hampton, 11/19/06 16 vs. Towson, 2/3/08

(23 career double figures)

Rebs: 13 at UNC Wilmington, 1/18/07 12 at Delaware, 2/28/08 11 at Hampton, 111/19/06 11 vs. Northeastern, 1/4/07 11 vs. VCU, 1/21/07 10 vs. Northeastern, 1/27/08 10 vs. North Florida, 12/19/06 10 vs. Jackson State, 11/27/07 10 vs. UNCW, 2/21/08

(9 career double figures)

Steals: 4 vs. Drexel, 1/28/07 4 at UNC Wilmington, 2/10/08 3 Five times

Assts: 4 vs. Drexel, 1/28/07 3 at UNC Wilmington, 1/18/07 3 vs. Jackson State, 11/27/07

Blocks: 1 13 times

Mins: 49 at UNCW, 1/18/07 (OT) 40 vs. Samford, 12/28/06 39 at Norfolk State, 11/21/06 38 vs. George Mason, 2/14/08

McKELLER’S CAREER STATISTICS

Season G/GS Min./Avg. FG-A/FG% 3FG-A/3FG% FT-A/FT% O-D TRb/Avg. Asts. Blks. Stls. Pts./Avg..2006-07 28/27 781/27.9 98-201/.488 0-0/.000 30-58/.517 62-115 177/6.3 29 7 34 226/8.1

2007-08 30/29 825/27.5 137-260/.527 0-0/.000 53-87/.609 70-87 157/5.2 17 6 30 327/10.9

Career 58/56 1606/27.7 235-461/.510 0-0/.000 83-145/.572 132-202 334/5.8 46 13 64 553/9.5


CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLE GAMES

16 points, 11 rebounds vs. Hampton, 11/19/0614 points, 10 rebounds vs. North Florida, 12/19/0613 points, 11 rebounds vs. Northeastern, 1/4/0714 points, 10 rebounds vs. Jackson State, 11/27/0716 points, 10 rebounds vs. Northeastern, 1/27/0819 points, 12 rebounds at Delaware, 2/28/08

McKeller has started 56 of the 58 games she has played at Georgia State and netted 553 points her first two seasons as she heads for the 1,000-point club.



Olsen was No. 2 IN THE NATION IN SCORING (24.2) in earning first-team All-America honors last season. She was conference and region PLAYER OF THE YEAR. Her freshman college season saw her earn All-Missouri Valley Conference all-freshman recognition.

OVERVIEW:

Signed with the program in April during the 2008 Spring signing period as one of the most highly-sought recruits to sign with Georgia State.

Was first-team junior college All-America pick as a sopho-more at Labette (Kan.) CC after having been an All-Mis-souri Valley Conference Freshman Team pick at Southern Illinois.

Tremendous scorer and complete player, who is a skilled rebounder, passer and defender...A competitor who bat-tles on every possession with a warrior-type mentality.

JUNIOR COLLEGE:

First-team All-America pick who was No. 2 in the nation in scoring with 24.3 points per game for 25-7 team...Shot 57.1 percent from the field and 83.6 percent from the free throw line for Labette CC...Also contributed 7.1 re-bounds per game to go with 56 assists and 47 steals.

Was the Conference (Jayhawk) Player of the Year and the Region VI Player of the Year...Was also picked as the National JUCO Player of the Week and the Jayhawk Con-ference Player of the Week after scoring 100 points in three-game span (35, 38 and 27), while shooting 77 per-cent (37-of-48) from the floor and 93 percent from the free throw line (26-of-28).

Aggressiveness got her to the free throw line 244 times in 2007-08 and she capitalized with 204 made...Her 778-point season included a game with 32 points and three games with 30 points, in addition to her 100-point week

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listed earlier...In one of those 30-point games (KCKCC), she made 18-of-20 free throws...In 38-point game vs. Fort Scott, Dana was 13-of-17 from the field and 12-of-12 from the free throw line...Had 10-rebound game vs. Clarendon.

Played through stress fractures in her feet for eight weeks in 2007-08 to earn All-America status. Spent spring and summer healing and doing rehabilitation work to be ready for 2008-09.

Coming out of JUCO, Olsen was recruited by SEC, Big 12 and C-USA schools.

COLLEGE:

Heavily recruited out of high school and signed on first day of Fall 2005 with Southern Illinois of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Named to All-Freshman team in the MVC...Became a starter as a freshman on a 21-11WNIT-bound Saluki postseason team...Played 32 games with 24 starts and 721 minutes (22.5).

Top scoring games were 24 points vs. Murray State and 21 points vs. Indiana State...Averaged 8.4 points and shot 51.8 percent from the field.

Had 10 double-figure games as freshman with one dou-ble-double game (13 points, 10 rebounds vs. Indiana of the Big 10)...Just missed second double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds vs. Northern Iowa.

Shot .518 from the field (101-195) and .725 from the charity stripe (66-91)...Had 117 rebounds (3.7) with 34 assists, 18 steals and nine blocked shots...Led team in scoring four times...Scored in double figures in first col-legiate game (Missouri of the Big XII on 5-of-6 field goals for 11 points)...Was one of four players who voluntarily left team in July of 2007.

HIGH SCHOOL

Olsen was recognized as a first-team all-state pick in Kan-sas after a stellar senior season that saw her average 18.8 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.2 steals per game for Shawnee Mission South... Her honor list also in-cluded All-Sunflower League and All-Johnson County first

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OLSEN’S CAREER BESTS

Pts: 24 vs. Murray State, 11/17/06 21 vs. Indiana State, 1/6/07 16 at Northern Iowa, 1/13/07

(10 double-figure games at SIU)

Rebs: 10 at Indiana Univ., 12/16/06 9 vs. Northern Iowa, 1/13/07 6 two times (Indiana State, Bradley) 5 three times (Murray St., San Fran.cisco and Indiana St.)

Asst: 3 two times (Murray State, Missouri State)

Junior College Bests

Pts: 38 vs. Fort Scott 35 vs. Cowley County 32 vs. Kansas City Kansas College 32 vs. Allen County 30 Three Times

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OLSEN’S CAREER STATISTICS

Season G/GS Min./Avg. FG-A/FG% 3FG-A/3FG% FT-A/FT% O-D TRb/Avg. Asts. Blks. Stls. Pts./Avg..2006-07 SIU 32/24 721/22.5 101-195/.518 2-11/.182 66-91/.725 27-90 117/3.7 34 9 18 270/8.4

2007-08 JC 32/32 n/a 283-476/.595 8-36/.222 204-244/.836 83-144 227/7.1 56 14 47 778/24.3

NCAA Only 32/24 721/22.5 101-195/.518 2-11/.182 66-91/.725 27-90 117/3.7 34 9 18 270/8.4

team recognition under Coach Ron Millard.

During junior year, she excelled with 17.0 points and 8.3 rebounds a game in being named second-team all-state and first-team All-Sunflower League...Selected for the KBCA All-Star game.

As senior, team was fourth in Class 6A playoffs, losing to the eventual state champs...Came within two points of school single-season scoring record that is held by one of her first AAU coaches, Kate Benson, and Dana wears number 40 in her honor...Was a member of the Shawnee Mission South Lady Raiders, a school nickname chosen when the school opened for the then-popular rock band Paul Revere and the Raiders.

First excelled in soccer and trained with the Kansas Olym-pic Development team, but made the move over to bas-ketball in junior high.

Started a “Wear Pink” night at her school after her coach’s wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. The theme, “Will It Be Me?” was for education and fund-raising. That pro-gram still continues at Mission South and has spread to 10 additional schools in her league.

Played AAU basketball with Team Exel in 2005 for Coach Todd Baugh and won the Illinois Super Regionals in fin-ishing in the top 20 in nationals...Considers Coach Baugh one of the major influences on her game and her life that developed dramatically under his tutelage...Coach Baugh passed away on June 25, 2008, after a battle with pan-creatic cancer and Dana will dedicate her 2008 season in his memory by puttng No. 33 on her shoes.

Olsen received recruiting interest out of high school from Southern Illinois, Kansas and Missouri State.

PERSONAL:

Full name is Dana Elizabeth Olsen... Born Feb. 5, 1988 in Overland Park, Kansas... Parents are Lorin and Cindy Olsen... The second of four children, Dana has an older sister, Meredith, a younger sister, Bailey, and a younger brother, Adam...Goes nowhere without her iPod and cell phone...Enjoys scary movies, cats, amusement parks and road trips...Her Aunt Tracy, a former field hockey player and coach, is now a professional softball umpire...Dana will major in special education with a long-term goal of teaching and coaching in high school. Specifically, she’d like to return to coach at her alma mater...Aspires to play pro ball overseas or in the WNBA.

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Rawls finished No. 3 IN THE CAA IN REBOUNDS (8.3) and had 12 games in double-figure rebounds last year. She has PLAYED ALL 60 GAMES her first two seasons at State and has 14 career double-figure scoring games.

OVERVIEW:

Played all 60 games first two seasons, with 39 starts...Has 16 career double-figure rebounding games and 14 career double-figure scoring games...Has 8 ca-reer double-double games...Scored 382 points (6.4 career), pulled down 422 re-bounds (7.0), with 47 career steals and 26 career blocked shots...A team-captain in 2007-08...Signed with the program in November 2005 during the early signing period... Aggressive rebound-er and physical athlete in the post...Has good hands and good instincts... Great team player... Hard worker and ath-letic... Runs the floor well... Vo-cal leader.

2007-08:

Full-time starter, who started every game but Senior Day....Led team and finished No. 3 in CAA in rebounds (249, 8.3) and No. 4 in offensive rebounds (110, 3.67)...Had 12 dou-ble-figure rebounding games, 11 double-figure scoring games

and 7 double-double games...Was third on team in scoring (8.1), third in minutes played (794) and tied for second on team in blocked shots (15).

Set personal-bests with 15-rebound games vs. Jacksonville State (11/24) and Towson (2/3)...Set personal-bests with 16 points three times, vs. Jackson State (11/27),

Mississippi Valley State (12/28) and Winthrop (12/17)...Had first dou-

ble-double of season in game two win over Gardner-Webb (14-10 on 11/16 in Asheville)...Sec-ond double-double was game six vs. Jackson State (16-11, 11/27)...Had back-to-back double-doubles in Georgia State Invitational to earn All-Tournament honors... Had 16 points-12 rebounds in win over Mississippi Valley (12/28) and fol-lowed that with 15-10 vs. Alcorn (12/29)...

First double-double in CAA game was at VCU (1/13, 12

rebounds, 10 points)...At Hofstra (1/20), scored 10 of her 12 points in second half for double-double (11 rebounds) to go with personal-best 5 steals... Had personal-best eight


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offensive rebounds in that game...Seventh double-double of year was in win over Towson (2/3) with 15 rebounds, 12 points and personal-best 3 blocked shots in 39 min-utes...Had 10-rebound games vs. William and Mary (1/17), George Mason (2/14) and at Towson (3/2)...Had three other games with n i n e rebounds (Florida A&M, at Win-throp and William and Mary in CAA Tournament).

Had one of best free throw streaks in school history when she made 18 consecutive from Dec. 17 at Winthrop (last miss) to Dec. 29 vs. Alcorn....Was a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line in the win over Missis-sippi Valley State (12/29).

2006-07:

Saw action in all 30 games, earn-ing 10 starts along the front court... Started the first seven games and the last three games of the season... Received first collegiate start at Miami (Fla.) (11/10/06), collecting four points and eight rebounds... One of two fresh-men this season to start the first game of the regular season since 1997.

Ranked third on the team and 20th in the CAA in rebounding after averaging 6.1 boards per game... Scored 4.6 points per con-test... Played 19.8 minutes per outing... Was 45.9 percent (51-of-111) from the floor and 58.1 percent from the free throw line... Totaled 25

steals, 11 blocked shots and 10 assists... Led or tied for the team lead in rebounds six times and once in scoring... Started three of 18 CAA games... Averaged 5.1 points,

6.8 rebounds and 21.4 minutes per contest against conference opponents... Posted double figures in scoring three times and 10 or more rebounds four times.

Recorded first career double-double game at Vir-ginia Commonwealth (2/25/07) with 10 points

and 10 rebounds and season-best four steals, playing a season-high full-game 40 minutes... Grabbed sea-son-high 12 boards at William & Mary (2/22/07)... Had 11 points against Hofstra (2/18/07)... Tal-lied 10 points at Northeastern (2/15/07)... Reg-istered a season-high 12 points at George Mason (1/14/07), going 5-of-6 from the floor and 2-of-3 from the free throw line... Had 11 rebounds at Georgia Tech (11/16/06)... Grabbed six or more rebounds 16 times... Selected CAA Rookie of the Week on Jan. 15.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Four-year varsity letterwinner for head coach Kim Schlein and the Lady Razorbacks... Named a Mc-Donald’s All-American basketball nominee enter-ing the 2005-06 season... Averaged 15 points and 12 rebounds as a junior... Led Cross Creek to an 18-7 overall record in 2004-05 and a berth in the state playoffs... Was the Lady Ra-zorbacks’ top rebounder for three straight

seasons (2002-05).

Suffered a torn ACL and MCL injury prior to the 2005-06 season... Also lettered

in volleyball and track and field... Selected Most Valuable Player on her 2005-06 vol-

leyball team... Twice named best female field athlete as a member of the track and field squad.

PERSONAL:

Full name is RaShay Danielle Rawls... Preferred name is Shay...Born Jan. 16, 1988... Parents are Rick Safford and Patricia Rawls Safford... Has one older brother, Domonik Rawls, and

one younger brother, Dontez

RAWLS’ CAA RANKINGS

2007-08:Rebound Average .......................................No. 3 (8.3)Off. Reb. Average .........................................No. 4 (3.67)Double-Doubles ............................................No. 4 (7)

2006-07:Rebound Average .......................................No. 20 (6.1)

CAA Rookie-of-the-Week ......................... (Jan. 15, 2007)

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SOPHOMORE SEASON

2007-08 Opponent FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO BLK S MINNOVEMBER 9 #-FLORIDA A&M 2-6 0-0 5-6 4-5=9 2 9 0 1 2 0 2416 #-vs. Gardner-Webb 5-7 0-0 4-6 5-5=10 4 14 0 4 0 1 3017 #-vs. Davidson 1-7 0-0 1-2 5-3=8 4 3 2 1 0 1 3219 #-at North Carolina 3-4 0-0 0-2 1-5=6 5 6 0 1 0 0 2424 #-JACKSONVILLE STATE 2-5 0-0 0-0 4-11=15 2 4 0 4 0 1 3127 #-JACKSON STATE 7-11 0-0 2-2 6-5=11 3 16 1 0 1 0 29DECEMBER 7 #-at Alabama State 2-5 0-0 2-2 3-4=7 4 6 2 2 0 0 2517 #-at Winthrop 6-9 0-1 4-7 4-5=9 4 16 1 1 0 0 2522 #-GEORGIA TECH 2-3 0-0 1-1 1-1=2 4 5 0 1 2 0 1628 #-MISS. VALLEY STATE 3-6 0-0 10-10 3-9=12 4 16 0 6 0 3 3429 #-ALCORN STATE 5-11 0-0 5-8 5-5=10 1 15 0 2 1 0 31JANUARY 6 #-OLD DOMINION * 5-7 0-0 3-3 4-3=7 4 13 0 3 0 3 2110 #-at James Madison * 2-4 0-0 0-1 5-1=6 4 4 0 2 0 1 2413 #-at VCU * 4-8 0-0 2-2 6-6=12 4 10 0 6 0 1 3217 #-WILLIAM & MARY* 0-5 0-0 0-0 4-6=10 2 0 1 1 1 0 2620 #-at Hofstra * 6-11 0-0 0-2 8-3=11 3 12 2 2 0 5 3624 #-DELAWARE * 4-8 0-0 0-1 3-2=5 4 8 0 2 0 0 1827 #-NORTHEASTERN * 3-7 0-0 0-1 4-2=6 3 6 0 2 1 0 2131 #-at Old Dominion* 3-8 0-0 0-0 2-5=7 3 6 1 3 0 1 29FEBRUARY 3 #-TOWSON * 5-7 0-0 2-3 4-11=15 3 12 0 4 3 1 39 7 #-at Drexel * 2-6 0-0 0-0 4-1=5 4 4 1 3 0 0 3010 #-at UNC Wilmington * 4-7 0-0 7-9 2-2=4 5 15 0 1 0 0 2414 #-GEORGE MASON * 1-4 0-0 3-5 1-9=10 2 5 0 3 0 0 2817 #-VCU * 0-2 0-0 0-0 2-2=4 4 0 2 2 1 0 2121 #-UNC WILMINGTON* 3-4 0-0 4-4 2-4=6 4 10 0 2 0 1 2124 #-at Northeastern* 1-5 0-0 0-0 2-4=6 3 2 0 1 0 0 2328 #-at Delaware * 4-5 0-0 0-4 2-8=10 3 8 0 2 0 1 26MARCH 2 #-at Towson * 3-7 0-0 3-3 5-5=10 4 9 1 2 1 0 36 6 DREXEL* 2-7 0-0 0-0 3-4=7 1 4 1 0 0 2 1913 #-vs. No. 5 Wm. & Mary% 2-5 0-0 2-3 6-3=9 3 6 0 1 2 1 19

FRESHMAN SEASON

2006-07 Opponent FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO BLK S MINNOVEMBER10 #-at Miami (Fla.) 1-7 0-0 2-2 5-3=8 3 4 0 0 0 0 1816 #-at Georgia Tech 2-5 0-0 4-6 6-5=11 3 8 0 1 0 2 3219 #-at Hampton 2-3 0-0 1-2 3-6=9 3 5 1 2 1 2 3521 #-at Norfolk State 1-3 0-0 1-2 0-4=4 4 3 0 2 1 0 1425 #-at Jacksonville State 2-2 0-0 3-4 3-2=5 2 7 0 0 0 2 1828 #-SAMFORD 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1=1 3 0 0 1 0 0 5DECEMBER 3 #-at Hofstra * 0-0 0-0 0-2 2-1=3 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 9 SAVANNAH STATE 1-4 0-0 4-5 3-4=7 1 6 1 1 1 1 1518 vs. Florida A&M 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 3 0 0 0 0 0 819 vs. North Florida 4-7 0-0 1-3 1-0=1 2 9 0 1 2 2 1229 MISS. VALLEY STATE 0-2 0-0 0-2 1-3=4 4 0 1 2 0 1 1230 UT-MARTIN 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-2=5 3 0 0 0 0 0 12JANUARY 4 NORTHEASTERN * 0-3 0-0 1-2 3-0=3 1 1 0 2 1 0 8 7 JAMES MADISON * 0-2 0-0 2-2 1-1=2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1111 at Old Dominion * 3-4 0-0 0-0 3-2=5 3 6 1 0 0 0 1914 at George Mason * 5-6 0-0 2-3 3-4=7 4 12 0 2 0 1 2018 at UNC Wilmington * 2-3 0-0 0-0 2-4=6 5 4 0 2 0 0 2721 VCU * 0-2 0-0 1-2 3-5=8 3 1 0 3 0 1 1825 WILLIAM & MARY * 0-6 0-0 1-2 6-3=9 2 1 0 2 0 0 1228 DREXEL * 3-4 0-0 0-0 1-1=2 1 6 0 1 0 1 17FEBRUARY 1 at Towson * 1-5 0-0 0-0 1-3=4 2 2 3 2 0 2 30 4 at Delaware * 3-5 0-0 2-3 5-2=7 1 8 0 2 0 2 23 8 UNC WILMINGTON * 2-4 0-0 1-2 4-4=8 3 5 1 2 1 0 2811 TOWSON * 2-2 0-0 2-2 3-5=8 0 6 0 2 1 1 2315 at Northeastern * 5-7 0-0 0-0 1-7=8 2 10 0 3 0 1 2418 HOFSTRA *% 1-1 0-0 2-6 6-5=11 4 4 1 3 0 0 2422 at William & Mary * 4-11 0-0 1-2 9-3=13 3 9 0 3 1 2 3425 #-at VCU * 5-7 0-0 0-2 5-5=10 4 10 0 5 2 4 40MARCH 1 #-OLD DOMINION * 1-4 0-0 2-2 5-4=9 5 4 1 2 0 0 20 8 #-vs. No. 9 Drexel % 1-1 0-0 3-4 0-5=5 1 5 0 1 0 0 27

Rawls, and two younger sisters, Taylor Ayers and Dontaisja Rawls.

2007-08 Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) team representa-tive... Fan of the WNBA’s Lisa Leslie and NBA’s Michael Jordan... Favorite team is the NBA’s Miami Heat... Loves to rebound... Aspires to graduate and play professional basketball overseas... Enjoys basketball and listening to the radio... Ken Griffin and Kelvin Powell in-spire her the most in sports... Chose Georgia State over Auburn, Charlotte, Florida and South Carolina... Major is psychology.

A SHOOTING STREAK

Rawls made 18 consecutive free throws from Dec. 17-Dec. 29 (over four games).

This streak was highlighted by a perfect 10-for-10 in a one-point win over Mississippi Valley State in the Georgia State Invitational.


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RAWLS’ CAREER STATISTICS


2007-08 30/29 794/26.5 92-191/.482 0-1/.000 60-87/.690 110-136 240/8.3 15 15 22 244/8.1

Career 60/39 1388/23.1 143-302/.473 0-1/.000 96-149/.644 192-230 422/7.0 25 26 47 382/6.4

RAWL’S CAREER BESTS

Pts: 16 at Winthrop, 12/17/07 16 vs. Jackson State, 11/27/07 16 vs. MVSU, 12/28/07 15 at UNCW, 2/10/07 15 vs. Alcorn, 12/29/07 14 vs. Gardner-Webb, 11/16/07

(14 career double-figure games)

Rebs: 15 vs. Jacksonville St.,11/24/07 15 vs. Towson, 2/3/08 12 at William & Mary, 2/22/07 12 vs. MVSU, 12/28/07 12 at VCU, 1/13/08 11 at Georgia Tech, 11/16/06 11 vs. Hofstra, 2/18/07 11 vs. Jackson State, 11/27/07 11 at Hofstra, 1/20/08 10 five Times (three times, 07-08) (16 career double-figure games)

Blks: 3 vs. Towson, 2/3/08 2 Five times

Stls: 5 at Hofstra, 1/20/08 4 vs. VCU, 2/25/07 3 vs. MVSU, 12/28/07 3 vs. Old Dominion, 1/6/08

Asst: 3 at Towson, 2/1/07 2 Four times

Min: 40 at VCU,2/25/07 39 vs. Towson, 2/2/08 36 at Hofstra, 1/20/08 36 at Towson, 3/2/08 (OT)

CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLE GAMES

10 points, 10 rebounds at VCU, 2/25/0714 points, 10 rebounds vs. Gardner-Webb, 11/16/0716 points, 11 rebounds vs. Jackson State, 11/27/0716 points, 12 rebounds vs. MVSU, 12/28/0715 points, 10 rebounds vs. Alcorn State, 12/29/0710 points, 12 rebounds at VCU, 1/13/0812 points, 11 rebounds at Hofstra, 1/20/0812 points, 15 rebounds vs. Towson, 2/3/08

Put Me In Coach

Rawls heads into 2008-09 having played in 60 con-secutive games for Georgia State. She had a 31-game start streak end in the 2007-08 regular season finale when senior Vatai Smith started on the Senior Night in a Lea Henry tradition.

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P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S O P H O M O R E

Anderson PLAYED IN 27 OF 30 GAMES as a freshman for the Panthers with seven starts. She averaged a double-double 21 points and 15 rebounds as a high school senior in Alabama. An HONOR STUDENT in high school, she is majoring in chemistry at Georgia State.

OVERVIEW:

Played in 27 of 30 games as a freshman, with seven starts in her 318 minutes played...Had one double-figure game...Signed with the program in November during the 2006 early signing pe-riod... Is a very physical and aggressive player who uses her strength to advantage on the boards... Can contribute at both forward posi-tions...Is an excellent student.

2007-08:

Scored 51 points (1.9) with 59 rebounds (2.2) and 10 blocked shots in her freshman campaign...Played in 27 of the 30 games and drew seven starting assignments.

Had first double-figure game against top-10 ranked North Carolina with 13 points, four rebounds and two blocked shots in her 28 minutes against the Tar Heels. Was 5-of-9 from field and 3-of-4 from the line in that game.

Had personal-best 8 rebounds vs. Dela-ware (1/24) with six of those on the offensive end...Played season-high 37 minutes vs. Towson (2/3) and had eight points (4-of-7 field

goals), four rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal...Also had eight points vs. Jacksonville State

(11/24) on 4-of-7 shooting with three re-bounds in 20 minutes...Had five rebounds

in 18 minutes at VCU (1/13)...Grabbed five rebounds at Drexel (2/7) in 21

minutes...Grabbed 3 rebounds in her four minutes in the CAA Tourna-

ment game vs. W & M (3/13).

HIGH SCHOOL:

Three-year varsity letterwin-ner for head coach Roger Grantham and the Pan-thers... Averaged 21 points, 15 rebounds, five assists

and five blocked shots as a senior... Totaled 32 points, 19

rebounds, eight assists and six blocked shots in her first

game of the 2006-07 sea-son... Selected Bi-City All-Region as a sophomore and a junior... Received the

Wendy’s Heisman Award in 2006-07... Was a 2007

M c D o n a l d ’ s All-American nominee... Aver-aged 20 points, 15 rebounds, five blocked shots and three assists per game as a junior... Selected to the Bi-City All-Star game... As a junior, was named to the


team by the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) for the North-South All-Star game... Garnered “Page 1” nomi-nee honors in 2006-07... Averaged 19 points, 12 rebounds, five blocked shots and two assists per game as a sophomore and 15 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots per game as a freshman.

Voted team most valuable player for four consecutive sea-sons... Selected a 2005-06 Class 6A second team All-Star by the Alabama Independent Schools Association... Member of a squad that ended a 20-year losing streak to Smiths Sta-tions’ rival high school... Also played on the first Smiths Station team to make the state playoffs...Team finished 21-5 that sea-son.

Earned one varsity letter in track and field... Selected Bi-City all-Region in track and field as a senior... Finished third in the state in the javelin at the 2007 AHSAA Track and Field Champion-ships... Made the honor roll every year... Attended the Scholars Banquet for Bi-City.

PERSONAL:

Full name is Danielle Beaulah Anderson... Born Sept. 8, 1988, in Columbus, Ga.... Parents are Connie and Thomas Anderson... Has a younger sister, Ashley... Mother, Connie, was a star player in basketball at Chattahoochee Valley Community College.

Enjoys reading novels, writing, watching movies and spending time with friends... Fan of Dwayne Wade, Candace Parker and the Miami Heat... Plans on attending graduate school... Her mother, Connie, inspires her the most in sports... Current goal is to consistently become starter and post double-doubles... Chose Georgia State because she felt like a part of the team, loved the atmosphere and felt honored to play for Coach Henry... Also re-ceived interest (academically and athletically) from Troy, Florida A&M, South Alabama, South Carolina, Old Dominion, Vanderbilt, Middle Tennessee and Southern Mississippi.

Majoring in chemistry and intending to minor in pharmacy.

D A N I E L L E A N D E R S O N

A Panther For Life

Anderson’s playing career has always been as a Panther since her high school team carried that nickname before she be-came a Georgia State Panther.

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FRESHMAN SEASON


NOVEMBER 9 FLORIDA A&M 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 1 0 0 1 0 0 416 vs. Gardner-Webb did not play17 vs. Davidson did not play19 at North Carolina 5-9 0-1 3-4 1-3=4 1 13 0 1 2 0 2824 JACKSONVILLE STATE 4-7 0-0 0-0 1-2=3 0 8 1 3 1 0 2027 #-JACKSON STATE 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2=2 0 0 2 3 1 0 10 DECEMBER 7 #-at Alabama State 1-5 0-0 0-0 2-1=3 5 2 0 3 0 0 2917 at Winthrop 2-6 0-0 1-1 0-2=2 3 5 1 3 0 0 1822 GEORGIA TECH did not play28 MISS. VALLEY STATE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 0 0 1 0 0 0 229 ALCORN STATE 0-4 0-0 0-0 1-0=1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2JANUARY 6 OLD DOMINION * 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-1=3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1410 at James Madison * 1-6 0-0 0-0 1-3=4 1 2 0 1 0 1 1813 at VCU * 0-3 0-0 0-0 2-3=5 4 0 0 1 1 1 1817 WILLIAM & MARY* 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2=2 1 0 0 2 1 0 820 at Hofstra * 0-2 0-0 0-1 0-1=1 1 0 0 0 1 0 924 DELAWARE * 2-8 0-0 2-3 6-2=8 0 6 0 0 1 2 1727 #-NORTHEASTERN * 1-2 0-0 1-2 2-1=3 2 3 2 0 0 0 1431 #-at Old Dominion* 0-3 0-0 0-0 1-1=2 3 0 1 2 0 0 14FEBRUARY 3 #-TOWSON * 4-7 0-0 0-0 2-2=4 2 8 3 5 1 1 37 7 #-at Drexel * 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-5=5 1 0 3 2 1 0 2110 #-at UNC Wilmington * 1-4 0-0 0-0 3-1=4 1 2 0 1 0 1 1414 GEORGE MASON * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 1 0 1 0 0 0 517 VCU * 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 1 0 0 2 1 1 421 UNC WILMINGTON* 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 0 0 0 0 0 0 124 at Northeastern* 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 at Delaware * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+MARCH 2 at Towson * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 DREXEL* 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 0 0 0 0 0 0 213 vs. No. 5 William & Mary% 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-1=3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4#- Started Game % - Tournament Game

ANDERSON’S CAREER STATISTICS


Career 27/7 318/11.8 22-83/.265 0-1/.000 7-11/.636 26-33 59/2.2 15 10 8 51/1.9

ANDERSON’S CAREER BESTS

Pts: 13 at North Carolina, 11/19/07 8 vs. Jacksonville St.,11/24/07 8 vs. Towson, 2/3/08 6 vs. Delaware, 1/24/08

Rebs: 8 vs. Delaware, 1/24/08 5 at VCU, 1/13/08 5 at Drexel, 2/7/08 4 at North Carolina, 11/19/07 4 at James Madison, 1/10/08 4 vs. Towson, 2/3/08 4 at UNCW, 2/10/08

Blks: 2 at North Carolina, 11/19/07 1 Nine times

Assts: 3 vs. Towson, 2/3/08 3 at Drexel, 2/7/08

Stls: 2 vs. Delaware, 1/24/08

Mins: 37 vs. Towson, 2/3/08 29 at Alabama State, 12/7/07 28 at North Carolina, 11/19/07

D A N I E L L E A N D E R S O N



Haltiwanger had 10 double-figure scoring games as a freshman and led the team with 31 three-point baskets. She STARTED 17 OF THE FINAL 19 games last season. She over-came a foot injury that sidelined her the first three months of school.

OVERALL:

Played all 30 games as a freshman and started 17 of final 19 games at two-guard...Led the team with 31 three-point baskets and had 10 games of scoring in double figures...Was third on team with 51 assists...Was third on team with 35 steals...Understands both guard positions... Athletic and skilled player.

2007-08:

As a freshman, she injured her foot badly and missed more than three months of gaining experi-ence and conditioning time...But, she responded and battled back to join team just a week before the exhibi-tion game and then went on to assume starter’s role in her freshman campaign...Played 660 minutes, fifth most on the team, and scored 209 points, fourth most on the team.

Her 10 double-figure games started when she came off the bench in game nine to score 15 points (6-of-12 FG) against Georgia Tech (12/22) with a pair of three-point baskets...Made first collegiate start in game 12 (1/6) in the CAA home opener with nationally-ranked Old Dominion (5 points, 5 assists)...Against William and Mary (1/17), had then personal-best six assists and 10 points... In game 17 (1/24) against Delaware, hit four three-

point baskets en route to a 13-point day...Versus Northeastern (1/27) she earned a

personal-best seven assists to go with sev-en points and a personal-best four steals

in her season-high 37 minutes...At UNC Wilmington (2/21), she tied her best of four steals, scored 11 points and had four assists...Made three treys in a 13-point game at Northeastern (2/24) and had a personal-best six re-

bounds in that game.

Had memorable finish at Towson (3/2) when she scored five points in the final 25 seconds to send the game into overtime. She hit a

trey, stole the inbounds pass, and banked home a second basket in a matter of a few seconds...Had 57 rebounds to rank sixth on team.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Four-year varsity letterwinner and four-year starter for head coach

Nena Causey and the Green Wave...

A v e r a g e d 17.6 points, 8.3 rebounds

and 6.3 steals per game as senior... Led the Green Wave to the 2007

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playoffs... Tabbed to the Region 8-AAAA All-State team by the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association (SCBCA)... Garnered all-Lowcountry honors from the Post and Courier as a senior... Made the High School Sports Report All-Star team in 2006-07... Named a SCBCA all-Region pick in 2007, 2006 and 2005... Selected to participate in the 2007 Carolinas Clas-sic All-Star basketball game as a member of the South Carolina squad.

Concluded her four-year career with 1,196 points... Guided Summerville to a 19-8 record and second place finish in Region 8-AAAA in 2005-06... Played for the Lowcountry Ballers AAU team for three seasons... Received Rick Hendrick Player of the Month honors... Averaged 15.8 points, five rebounds and six as-sists per game as a junior.

Selected one of the top five seniors in South Carolina by the SCBCA entering the 2006-07 season... Named to the 2006 Hil-ton Head Invitational all-tournament team... Earned Post and Courier Player of the Week honors as a junior... Once totaled 40 points, 10 assists and eight steals in a game... Selected one of the top 5 seniors in South Carolina... Also earned three letters in track and field.

PERSONAL:

Full name is Traci Nicole Haltiwanger... Born Nov. 9, 1989 in Columbia, S.C... Nickname is “T-Mac”... Parents are Pamular Greene and Gerald Haltiwanger... Stepfather is Joey Greene... Has three brothers, Alsaliene, Az-

raaiyl and Bernard, and two sisters, Tearra and Aasima... Fan of Sheryl

Swoopes, Rebecca Lobo, Steve Nash and Lebron James... Fa-

vorite teams are the Phoe-nix Suns and Georgia

State Panthers.

Enjoys bowling, lis-tening to music and dancing... Her coach, the late

Louis Mulkey, in-spired her the most to play sports... As-

pires to play in the WNBA and then be a coach and

high school teacher... Plans on attend-ing graduate school... Chose Georgia

State because she loves the city and the family atmosphere within the Georgia State

basketball family... Also received interest from Kansas State, Old Dominion, Florida,

Charleston Southern and South Carolina State... Majoring in psychology.

T R A C I H A L T I W A N G E R

At Summerville High, Traci was the leading scorer on the women’s Green Wave team and good friends with the lead-ing scorer and shooting guard (20.2 ppg) on the men’s team, A. J. Green. Now, they’re both in Georgia as Green signed on with the University of Georgia football team. The 6-4 Green was one of the10 highest-ranked recruits in the nation and, by some, as the best receiver in the nation after his 279 catches for 5,373 yards that are fourth most in national high school history. Summerville has had at least six players go on to NFL careers (Stanford Jennings, Ben-gals; Keith Jennings, Bears; Kevin Long, Titans; Jamar Nes-bit, Saints; Ian Rafferty, Jets; Dustin Fry, Rams).

Four of a Kind

Haltiwanger made four three-point baskets in a game on Jan. 24 vs. Delaware in the Sports Arena.

She had a pair of four-steal games on defense last year with four thefts against Northeastern and at UNCW.

She had four double-figure scoring games in January, the month she became a starter. That was in four of her first six games as a starter.


T R A C I H A L T I W A N G E R

FRESHMAN SEASON


NOVEMBER 9 FLORIDA A&M 3-4 2-3 0-0 1-0=1 3 8 0 0 0 1 1116 vs. Gardner-Webb 3-9 0-2 0-0 0-1=1 2 6 1 1 0 0 1117 vs. Davidson 1-6 1-4 0-0 0-1=1 0 3 2 0 0 1 1519 at North Carolina 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-2=2 0 0 0 3 1 1 824 JACKSONVILLE STATE 2-6 1-3 0-0 0-0=0 0 5 0 1 0 1 1127 JACKSON STATE 1-2 1-1 2-2 2-1=3 1 5 0 4 0 0 13DECEMBER 7 at Alabama State 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1=1 1 0 0 0 0 0 217 at Winthrop 0-3 0-1 1-2 0-1=1 1 1 1 0 0 0 922 GEORGIA TECH 6-12 2-3 1-2 3-0=3 1 15 4 4 0 3 3128 MISS. VALLEY STATE 3-8 0-4 0-0 2-2=4 4 6 0 5 0 1 2829 ALCORN STATE 0-6 0-4 1-2 1-3=4 3 1 2 2 0 1 30JANUARY 6 #-OLD DOMINION * 1-7 1-3 2-2 1-1=2 1 5 5 5 0 0 2610 #-at James Madison * 5-9 0-4 0-0 0-0=0 2 10 1 4 0 0 2413 #-at VCU * 2-7 2-5 0-0 1-1=2 0 6 1 3 0 0 2117 #-WILLIAM & MARY* 4-13 2-8 0-0 0-0=0 3 10 6 4 0 2 3220 #-at Hofstra * 4-7 2-3 0-0 2-2=4 3 10 2 5 0 3 2124 #-DELAWARE * 4-11 4-10 1-4 0-1=1 2 13 2 5 0 1 2827 #-NORTHEASTERN * 2-10 1-7 2-3 2-2=4 1 7 7 2 1 4 3731 #-at Old Dominion* 3-9 1-3 0-0 0-1=1 1 7 1 1 0 0 26FEBRUARY 3 #-TOWSON * 3-10 1-5 2-2 0-2=2 3 9 2 4 0 3 24 7 #-at Drexel * 2-8 1-5 1-1 1-0=1 0 6 2 2 1 0 2610 #-at UNC Wilmington * 5-12 1-8 0-0 1-0=1 2 11 4 6 0 4 3214 GEORGE MASON * 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-0=0 3 2 0 1 0 0 617 VCU * 5-14 0-7 0-1 0-0=0 4 10 1 2 0 1 2621 #-UNC WILMINGTON* 3-9 2-7 0-0 0-3=3 1 8 1 5 1 3 2824 #-at Northeastern* 5-10 3-6 0-1 2-4=6 0 13 1 5 1 0 3428 #-at Delaware * 1-5 1-4 0-0 0-1=1 5 3 2 1 0 1 18MARCH 2 #-at Towson * 4-8 1-5 3-4 2-3=5 0 12 2 3 0 3 33 6 #-DREXEL* 4-14 0-5 4-4 1-0=1 4 12 1 0 0 1 2513 #-vs. No. 5 Wm. & Mary% 1-2 1-2 2-2 0-2=2 0 5 0 3 0 0 24

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HALTIWANGER’S CAREER BESTS

Pts: 15 vs. Georgia Tech, 12/22/07 13 vs. Delaware, 1/24/08 13 at Northeastern, 2/24/08 12 at Towson, 3/2/08 12 vs. Drexel, 3/6/08 11 at UNCW, 2/10/08 10 four times

Rebs: 6 at Northeastern, 2/24/08 5 at Towson, 3/2/08 4 Four Times

3 FGs: 4 vs. Delaware, 1/24/08 3 at Northeastern, 2/24/08 2 Four time

Asst: 7 vs. Northeastern, 1/27/08 6 vs. William and Mary, 1/17/08 5 vs. Old Dominion, 1/6/08

Stls: 4 vs. Northeastern, 1/27/08 4 at UNCW, 2/10/08

Min: 34 at Northeastern, 2/24/08 33 at Towson, 3/2/08 (OT) 32 William & Mary, 1/17/08

HALTIWANGER’S CAREER STATISTICS


Career 30/17 660/22.0 78-228/.342 31-127/.244 22-32/.688 22-35 57/1.9 51 5 35 209/7.0

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Harris played all 30 games and was fourth on the team in rebounds. She enjoyed her first three double-figure scoring games and had a pair of double-double games for State. Second member of family to play Division I basketball as father played in the Big 12 Conference.

Overview:

Played in all 30 games as a freshman and gained 430 minutes college experience...Scored 97 points, grabbed 95 rebounds during first season...Had two double-double games and three double-figure scoring games for Georgia State...Signed with the program in November during the 2006 early signing period...An athletic post player ...Can score from the post and runs the floor extremely well...She is a good rebounder and made an im-mediate impact in the low post...A strong student in the classroom.

2007-08:

Harris was fourth on the team with 95 rebounds (3.2 per game), sixth in scoring with 97 points...She blocked 11 shots to rank fourth of the team...Season-best for scoring was her 13-point game (5-of-8 FG) vs. Northeastern (1/27), to go with her 10 rebounds and two blocks in 19 minutes off the bench.

Her first double-figure game was a 10-point effort vs. Mississippi Valley on 12/28 , to go with her 10 rebounds. Seven of those 10 rebounds

were on the offensive end...In the CAA Tournament vs. William and Mary, Harris had her third double-

figure game with 11 points on 5-of-7 FG in 16 minutes...Harris logged her most minutes

with 30 vs. Georgia Tech on 12/22 and had six points, three rebounds,

two assists and two steals...Had eight games with five or more rebounds, including a seven-board day vs. Drexel on 3/6 and six-rebound effort vs. Delaware on 1/24...High for blocked shots was two

each vs. Gardner-Webb on 11/16 and Northeastern on 1/27.

High School:

Four-year varsity letterwinner for head coach Alvin Copeland and the Raid-

ers... Averaged 18 points, 11 rebounds, four assists and five blocked shots as a senior.

Selected Most Valuable Player of North-South All-Star game, as well as MVP of the Middle Georgia Classic and her high

school team... Named Bibb County Player of the Year in 2006-07...Cho-sen Female Athlete of the Year at


Northeast High... Team was Region 4-AAA champions in 2006-07 and advanced to the Elite Eight in the GHSA state play-offs... In second round playoff game, led team with 17 of its 48 points and sev-en assists in the win to advance to elite eight... Team finished with 24-7 record... Averaged 15 points, 10 rebounds, four blocked shots and three steals per game as a junior... Averaged 10 points, 10 re-bounds per game as a sophomore and 15 points per game as a freshman.

Lettered for the Northeast Raiders’ cross country squad for four years and the track team for three years... Fin-ished tied for third in the state in the high jump with a 5-foot-2-inch leap... Earned honor roll certificate all four years in high school.

Personal:

Full name is Chandra Toleah Har-ris... Born July 12, 1989 in Macon, Ga... Parents are Linda and Charles Harris... Has an older sister, Charlyn, and younger twin brothers, Charles and Gregory.

Father, Charles, played basketball at Iowa State from 1977-81. Her dad, a 6-2 guard, scored 538 points, made 249 assists and had 184 rebounds for the Cyclones at Iowa State... Dad was all-state at Mt. DeSales and averaged

30 points a game...Enjoys shop-ping, spending time with family

and friends and laughing... Fan of Dwayne Wade and the Mi-

ami Heat... Also fan of actress Sanaa Lathan... Plans on at-tending graduate school... Her mother, Linda, and her uncle, Tommy, inspire her the most in sports.

Goal is to get her col-lege degree in sports medicine... Chose Georgia State because of its cultur-

al diversity and its proxim-ity to her hometown... Also

received interest from Geor-gia Tech, Miami (Fla.) and

Eastern Kentucky... Beginning studies towards a degree in ki-

nesiology and health.

C H A N D R A H A R R I S

A Best of the Best

In high school in Macon, she won multiple awards.

Harris was named the Most Valuable Player of the Georgia North-South All-Star game, the Middle Georgia Classic and the Female Athlete of the Year at Northside High.

She was named the Bibb County Player of the Year.

In the spring, she was third in the state championship meet in the high jump.

A Harris COURT Case

Chandra’s father, Charles, played four years at Iowa State as a 6-foot-2 guard. Now, 6-foot-2 Chandra is try-ing to make a better court statistical case than her fa-ther.Dad had 184 career re-bounds, but Chandra had 95 as a freshman.Dad scored 538 points, while Chandra started with 97 as a freshman.Dad had 41 steals his final two years; Chandra made her first 24 thefts.Dad had 249 assists, daugh-ter has 13.Dad blocked 5 shots, Chandra already has 11 blocks.

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HARRIS’ CAREER STATISTICS


Career 30/1 430/14.3 38-94/.404 0-0/.000 21-38/.553 39-56 95/3.2 13 11 24 97/3.2

C H A N D R A H A R R I S

FRESHMAN SEASON


NOVEMBER 9 FLORIDA A&M 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1516 vs. Gardner-Webb 1-6 0-0 0-0 1-3=4 1 2 2 2 2 3 2117 vs. Davidson 2-6 0-0 0-0 3-2=5 4 4 0 2 0 1 2419 at North Carolina 3-8 0-0 0-0 0-3=3 4 6 0 4 0 2 2224 JACKSONVILLE STATE 1-2 0-0 2-2 0-1=1 2 4 1 1 0 1 1027 JACKSON STATE 2-4 0-0 2-2 0-1=1 1 6 0 0 0 2 15DECEMBER 7 at Alabama State 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0=0 2 0 1 0 0 0 617 at Winthrop 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-2=3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1022 GEORGIA TECH 3-6 0-0 0-0 0-3=3 5 6 2 0 1 2 3028 MISS. VALLEY STATE 4-10 0-0 2-6 7-3=10 2 10 2 1 0 3 2829 #-ALCORN STATE 1-5 0-0 0-0 1-3=4 0 2 0 2 0 0 11JANUARY 6 OLD DOMINION * 0-1 0-0 2-2 1-4=5 0 2 1 0 1 1 1510 at James Madison * 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-2=2 2 1 0 2 0 0 1013 at VCU * 0-2 0-0 0-0 2-2=4 2 0 0 4 0 0 1617 WILLIAM & MARY* 3-4 0-0 3-4 2-1=3 1 9 0 2 0 0 1820 at Hofstra * 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1=2 0 0 0 0 0 0 924 DELAWARE * 0-1 0-0 1-2 4-2=6 3 1 1 2 0 2 2027 NORTHEASTERN * 5-8 0-0 3-5 4-6=10 2 13 1 1 2 0 1931 at Old Dominion* 0-1 0-0 1-2 2-3=5 2 1 0 3 1 2 17FEBRUARY 3 TOWSON * 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-3=3 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 7 at Drexel * 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2=3 0 0 0 1 0 0 810 at UNC Wilmington * 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 1 2 0 2 0 1 814 GEORGE MASON * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 0 0 0 2 0 0 217 VCU * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1=1 1 0 0 0 0 0 621 UNC WILMINGTON* 1-2 0-0 2-2 1-0=1 3 4 0 1 0 2 1824 at Northeastern* 3-7 0-0 0-0 1-4=5 2 6 0 3 0 1 2128 at Delaware * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0=0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7MARCH 2 at Towson * 1-2 0-0 0-2 0-1=1 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 6 DREXEL* 2-6 0-0 0-0 4-3=7 1 4 0 0 1 1 1813 vs. No. 5 Wm. & Mary% 5-7 0-0 1-2 3-0=3 4 11 0 1 1 0 16

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HARRIS” CAREER BESTS

Pts: 13 vs. Northeastern, 1/27/08 11 vs. W & M, 3/13/08 (CAA) 10 vs. MVSU, 12/28/07 9 vs. William & Mary, 1/17/08 6 Four Times (UNC, Ga. Tech, Jackson State, NU)

Rebs: 10 vs. Northeastern, 1/27/08 10 vs. MVSU, 12/28/07 7 vs. Drexel, 3/6/08 6 vs. Delaware, 1/24/08 5 vs. Davidson, 11/17/07 5 vs. Old Dominion, 1/6/08 5 at Old Dominion, 1/31/08 5 at Northeastern, 2/24/08

Assists: 2 vs. Georgia Tech, 12/22/07 2 vs. Gardner-Webb, 11/16/07, 2 vs. MVSU, 12/28/07

Blocks: 2 vs. Gardner-Webb, 11/16/07 2 vs. Northeastern, 1/27/08

Steals: 3 vs. Gardner-Webb, 11/16/07, 3 vs. MVSU, 12/28

Min: 30 vs. Georgia Tech, 12/22/07


P L A Y E R P R O F I L E F R E S H M A N

Bennett led two different high schools to State District Championships in Texas. She aver-aged DOUBLE-DOUBLE SEASONS IN SCORING AND REBOUNDING. She has always worn a uniform with her favorite number 4 on it in some way.

OVERVIEW:

Signed with the program in April during the 2008 Spring signing period... Post player with career double-double season averages.

Physical post player with scoring, rebounding and defen-sive skills that can grow into college game... Has aggres-sive attitude combined with solid work ethic...Was commit-ted in classroom and may pursue a career in medicine.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Impressive athlete who was named first-team all-district for Jesse H. Jones High in Houston after spending most of first three years at Dulles High in Sugar Land in the Fort Bend District...Helped lead Falcons of Jones High and Coach Quincy Shelton to 20-4 record in 2007-08.

Led Dulles Vikings of Coach Doug Letchenberg to District title...She was on three teams that won the District Tour-nament...Was also a National Honor Society honor stu-dent in the classroom.

As senior, averaged 14.3 points, 11.7 rebounds, plus 3.3 blocks and 2.5 steals...Produced a 28-point, 18-rebound game in 2007-08.

At Dulles as a junior, had top game of 20 rebounds with 14 points and three blocked shots.

Played both center and power forward during career and has worn a uniform with her lucky number 4 in it her ca

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reer, and will continue with No. 14 at Georgia State.

Played two years AAU ball with the Houston Cobras, ranked No. 15 nationally and one year with the Houston Insiders, ranked No. 25 nationally.

Houston’s Jones High has produced nationally-known alumnae like this year’s NFL Hall of Fame DB Darrell Green, Denver Broncos DE Alfred Williams, NBC-TV re-porter/White House correspondent Rosiland Jordan and actress Jobeth Williams (Kramer v. Kramer, Poltergeist, The Big Chill). Dulles High is where pitcher Roger Clem-ens first started before transferring, and is alma mater of Grammy winner Billy Stritch.

Being recruited, Bennett also received interest from the University of Tulsa and Blinn (Texas) College.

PERSONAL:

Full name is Kyla Anty’nese Bennett... Born Dec. 12, 1989 in Houston, Texas... Nickname was K.K..

Parents are James Simmons and Rose Bennett...Has a son, Kaleb...Father played basketball at Wiley College and then in Chicago Bulls camp.

Has older sister, Wyntress Bennett, 20, and younger brother, Justin Bennett, 15. Sister, who was a year ahead of her in school, played basketball and got her started play-ing in seventh grade ...Grew up a basketball fan of Michael Jordan, Paul Pierce and Allen Iverson... Favorite teams are the Celtics, Pistons and Georgia State Panthers..

Her hobbies include drawing, etching designs of clothing, and reading. Likes to draw cartoons, people and places she visits.

Chose Georgia State because of respect for coaching staff and chance to contribute immediately, as well as all the opportunities the city of Atlanta has to offer...Plans to start with classes and a major in biology leading toward a career in medicine.



Johnson led her teams to THREE STRAIGHT FINAL FOURS and earned FIRST-TEAM ALL-STATE ALL THREE YEARS. She was Most Valuable Player of a Holiday Tournament when she scored 75 points in the three Blue Wave wins.

OVERVIEW:

Signed with the program in November during the 2007 Fall signing period... Three-time first-team all-state pick in Florida.

Excellent point guard and team leader on squad that ad-vanced to final four in each of last three years... Skilled athlete who can contribute in multiple ways, whether as a passer, a scorer or a defender...Potential to make an im-mediate impact on team.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Versatile athlete who was named first-team 3A all-state for three consecutive years as well as three-time all-area honoree for north Florida.

Led the Blue Wave of Yonge High and Coach Willie Pow-ers to 26-4 record in 2007-08 and three straight 20-plus win seasons during career...Team advanced to Final Four her final three years.

Heading into senior campaign was listed as the No. 16 best overall player in Florida in all classifications by HoopGurlz... Was a nominee for the McDonald’s All-Amer-ica squad.

As senior, averaged 22 points, seven rebounds, four as-sists and three steals per game for a team ranked num-ber three in the state... During the 16-team Perry and Mark McGriff State Farm December Holiday Tournament,

Johnson was Most Valuable Player after games of 27, 25 and 23 points. In the 25-point game, she stepped up with 23 in the second half and in the 23-point game, she pro-duced 17 in the second half.

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Her final high school game was in the state semi-finals where she scored a team-best 16 points, eight re-bounds in a 57-50 game.

Johnson led her team with a 21-point game when they beat Lake Highland Prep for the Region title and led the team with 23 points in the district title win over Wil-liston...Scored a career-best 34 points in a 61-47 win over Lake Butler. That was 56 percent of her team’s points.

Played AAU ball with Essence International team out of Tallahassee that won the Nike Nationals in the fall of 2007.

Her high school coach noted “She is capable of scoring 30 points a game, but is unselfish and gives up per-sonal numbers for team victories.”

A highly-sought prospect, Johnson also received in-terest from Florida State, University of South Florida, Saint Joseph’s and Central Michigan.

PERSONAL:

Full name is Crystal Maranda Danielle Johnson... Born Dec. 23, 1989 in Gainesville, Fla... Parents are Lopez (step-father, a correctional officer) and Janice Nelson.

Has one older brother, James Hobdy, who played guard at Yonge High and helped teach Crystal basketball...Mom works in a library and helped stress the impor-tance of education as Crystal won a Scholar-Athlete of the Week award.

Enjoys the challenge of playing XBox 360...Grew up a basketball fan of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant... Fa-vorite teams are the Los Angeles Lakers and Georgia State Panthers.

Chose Georgia State because of respect for the coach-ing staff and a chance to contribute immediately to the program...Major is undecided.



Williams was the LEADING SCORER on a STATE CHAMPIONSHIP team. Her overall game skills enabled her to be chosen the METRO ATLANTA PLAYER OF THE YEAR for all divisions. She is one of the most-sought after recruits signed in Georgia State history.

OVERVIEW:

Signed with the program in April during the 2008 Spring signing period... Metro Atlanta Player of the Year... Out-standing all-around player who comes from state champi-onship program.

Superior athlete who can contribute in multiple ways, whether as a scorer, a playmaker or a defender...Poten-tial to become a true outstanding guard at Georgia State with her energy and determination on both ends of the court.

HIGH SCHOOL:

The Atlanta Tipoff Club chose Williams as the Metro At-lanta Player of the Year for all divisions and the Atlanta Journal Constitution selected her as the Georgia 5A Play-er of the Year.

Played for head coach Dennis Watkins and the Jaguars of Stephenson High as the leading scorer on the 2007-08 state champion 29-3 team.

Averaged 18 points a game in 2007-08 for a team-ori-ented program that had never had a player average 15 points or more a game before she did...Had top scoring games of 34 and 33 points with a nine-steal game and four games with seven or more assists.

As a senior, averaged 4.0 steals per game, 3.6 assists and shot 76 percent from the free throw line...Once made 16-of-18 free throws in a game...Stepped up in the biggest games of the year (the state semifinal win over the No. 1 seed and the state championship game) by leading her team in scoring with 20 and 15 points, respectively, while

holding the other team’s leading scorer to nine points...In that tournament win over the top seed, Williams fueld a defenisve full-court press and scored 17 of her 20 points in the fourth quarter.

Finished as the all-time leading scorer in Stephenson his

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tory ...Her teams won the Region 2 championship and advanced to the final four round all four years...Averaged 15.2 per game as a junior with 6.1 rebounds, 3.7 steals for the 31-1 Jaguars.

Among her other honors was being named Most Valuable Player at the Beach Ball Classic in Myrtle Beach, S.C., the MVP of the Gregg Street All-Star Classic and the two-time MVP of the DeKalb County Thanksgiving Classic.

Jylisa competed in volleyball for two years at Stephenson, ran track for two years (400 meters and 4x400 relay) and played one year of softball as a catcher.

She began athletic competition as a youth playing AAU soccer for three years, winning a championship, before taking up basketball in sixth grade...She was her track team’s MVP at Stephenson Middle School. She played AAU basketball with the Georgia Peaches, the Georgia Metros and the Dream Team.

A highly-sought prospect, Williams also received interest from Alabama, LSU, Jacksonville State, VCU, UNC Wilm-ington and Alabama State. She made a campus visit to CAA rival VCU.

PERSONAL:

Full name is Jylisa Richelle Williams... Born Dec. 12, 1989 in Atlanta... Nickname is “Jeezy”... Parents are Joe Wil-liams and Felecia Williams... Has two older brothers, Joe and Keith, and one older sister, Karmen.

Oldest brother Keith, 25, played college football at Florida A&M and professional football in the Canadian Football League. He was in the Montreal Alouettes camp in 2007 and signed with the Edmonton Eskimos in 2008.

Jylisa played the saxophone at Stephenson Middle School and was first chair...Fan of Lebron James, Paul Pierce and Kobe Bryant... Favorite teams are the Boston Celtics and Georgia State Panthers... Enjoys listening to music (favor-ite performer is Atlanta-based Grammy nominee Keyshia Cole) and watching or participating in most sports... Chose Georgia State because she loves her hometown city and wanted to represent the city and state...Aspires to become a basketball coach...Has worked as a volunteer assistant coach with an 11 & under team at Browns Mill Recreation Center...Plans to major in kinesiology and health.

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