Biography
Sport, Wellness and Recreation Management major … Transfer from solid juco program at Butler (Kan.) who emerged as a star in her first season at OC … Has a huge clutch gene, twice making a pair of free throws in the final seconds to help lift her team to a win in 2015-16 season and hitting a game-winning 3-pointer to give OC a big road win at Newman (Kan.) in 2016-17 … Strong, physical post player who helps with interior defense and rebounding … Good perimeter and 3-point shooter who can stretch opponents’ defense … Particularly skilled at taking charges … Off the court, active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes … 2016-17: Played in all 29 games (29 starts), averaging 14.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game … Shot 86.4 percent from the free-throw line (108 of 125) … Set OC’s career record for free-throw shooting at 85.7 percent (257 of 300) … Posted six double-doubles and was just a rebound shy of four more … In Heartland Conference, finished fifth in scoring, seventh in rebounding, first in free-throw percentage and fourth in made 3-pointers (57) … Named to the Academic All-District team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) … Named to the All-Heartland Conference second-team list for the second straight year … Named to the All-OklahomaSports.net Oklahoma Division II second-team list … Two-time Heartland player of the week … Named once as the All-OklahomaSports.net Oklahoma Division II player of the week … Opened the season with a bang, going 7-of-9 from 3-point range and scoring a career-high 29 points in loss to Regis (Colo.) on Nov. 11 … First double-double of season was a 21-point, 11-rebound outing in win over Cameron on Nov. 19, a game in which she went 12-of-12 from the free-throw line, including 8-of-8 in the fourth quarter … Posted consecutive double-doubles in wins over USAO on Nov. 28 (11 points, 15 rebounds) and NAIA No. 3-ranked Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) on Dec. 3 (17 points, career-high 18 rebounds) … Was named as the Heartland Conference player of the week and the OklahomaSports.net Oklahoma Division II player of the week after the latter performance … Hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 4.1 seconds left to cap a 24-point, 10-rebound outing in win at Newman (Kan.) on Dec. 19 … She scored 14 points vs. Newman in the first quarter alone … Received a second Heartland player-of-the-week honor after her heroics at Newman … Recorded another double-double (11 points, 11 rebounds) in loss to St. Edward’s (Texas) on Dec. 31 … Went 7-of-13 from the field en route to a 20-point, 10-rebound performance in win at Texas A&M International on Feb. 11 … Ended career with a 21-point, eight-rebound outing in loss to Arkansas-Fort Smith in the Heartland Conference Championship tournament quarterfinals on March 3 … 2015-16: Played in 29 games (28 starts), averaging a team-high 16.1 points and 5.9 rebounds per game … Named to All-Heartland Conference second-team list … Named as the Heartland Conference newcomer of the year … Named to the All-OklahomaSports.net first-team list for Oklahoma Division II schools … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (fall and spring semesters) … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … In Heartland Conference stats, ranked third in scoring and third in free-throw percentage (84.8) … Started in her first game for OC, at Colorado-Colorado Springs, and had 16 points on 5-of-6 shooting (3-of-4 from 3-point range) in OC’s loss … Just missed double-doubles in next three games, a loss at Regis (Colo.) on Nov. 14 (14 points, eight rebounds), a loss to Central Oklahoma on Nov. 17 (19 points, nine rebounds) and a win over Southwestern Christian on Nov. 19 (16 points, eight rebounds) … In next game, got the elusive double-double with 17 points and a career-high 11 rebounds in loss at Cameron on Nov. 21 … Poured in a career-high 29 points to go with eight rebounds on Nov. 24, but OC still fell at Southwestern Oklahoma State … Had 18 points and went 6-of-6 from the free-throw line on Dec. 31 in win over Texas A&M International, helping team make all 26 of its free-throw attempts … Scored 23 points in loss to St. Mary’s (Texas) on Jan. 2 … Had 16 points and eight rebounds in win over Oklahoma Panhandle State on Jan. 7 … Scored 24 points, added a career-best four assists and hit two free throws with two-tenths of a second left in regulation to tie the game as OC won at Texas-Permian Basin on Jan. 11 … Scored 17 points and grabbed six rebounds in win over Rogers State on Jan. 23 … Began stretch of eight straight double-digit scoring games to end the season with an 18-point outing in loss to eventual national champion Lubbock Christian (Texas) on Feb. 4 … Scored 19 points in over Oklahoma Panhandle State on Feb. 6 … As part of a 23-point performance in 65-62 win over Newman (Kan.) on Feb. 11, hit two free throws with 5.7 seconds left to give OC the lead, then blocked the Jets’ potential game-winning shot at the other end … Followed that with 24 points in loss at Rogers State on Feb. 18, 16 in loss at Arkansas-Fort Smith on Feb. 20, 18 in a win over St. Edward’s (Texas) on Feb. 25 and 13 (in only 15 minutes of playing time) in win over Texas-Permian Basin on Feb. 27… Finished season with 18 points and eight rebounds in loss to St. Mary’s (Texas) in the first round of the Heartland Conference tournament on March 3 … Previous school: Played sophomore season at Butler (Kan.) Community College, where she averaged 8.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game in 18.5 minutes per game while shooting 47.5 percent from the field, 38.2 percent from 3-point range and 70.5 percent from the free-throw line … Helped the Grizzlies to a 24-7 record … Began college career at Northwestern Oklahoma State in 2013-14 … Appeared in nine games (four starts) for Northwestern, averaging 8.2 points and 3.8 rebounds per game … Led Rangers in scoring in three of her first four career games, against Colorado Mesa, Fort Hays State (Kan.) and Cameron (against which she scored season-high 13 points) … Before college, attended Piedmont High School, where she averaged 17.1 points and 7.1 rebounds per game as a senior … Received All-State honors from the Oklahoma Coaches Association and the Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association and received honorable mention on The Oklahoman's Class 5A All-State team … The newspaper also named her to its All-Big City first-team list … In July 2012, was the recipient of the Kurt Budke Miranda Serna Award from the WNBA’s Tulsa Shock … The award, named for the Oklahoma State women's basketball coaches who died in a November 2011 plane crash, was presented to honorees who exhibited a positive attitude while exemplifying Budke's and Serna's passion for family, team and basketball.
Career highs: 29 points vs. Southwestern Oklahoma State (11/24/15), Regis (Colo.) (11/11/16); 18 rebounds vs. Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) (12/3/16); 4 assists vs. 2 opponents; 3 blocks vs. St. Mary’s (Texas) (1/7/17); 5 steals vs. Texas Woman's (11/26/16).
