Saint Joseph's University

FEATURE: Raised in a Basketball Family (The Hawk, December 2019)
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2022-23 Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference
2021-22 All-Big 5 Second Team
2020-21 Philadelphia Big 5 Second Team
2020-21 Philly 6 Second Team
2020-21 SJU Ellen Ryan Most Valuable Player Award
2020-21 SJU Best Defensive Player Award
2019-20 Philadelphia Big 5 Second Team
2019-20 PhillyCollegeSports.com Third Team
2019-20 SJU Ellen Ryan Most Valuable Player Award
2018-19 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team

26th player in program history to reach 1,000 points

Saint Joseph's Career Records
1,115 points | 19th in program history
446 assists | 8th in program history

 
2022-23:

• Started in all 28 appearances she made on the season
• Averaged 6.5 points and 3.5 rebounds, leading the team with 134 assists to just 58 turnovers
• Posted seven games with double-digit scoring
• Added 18 games with at least five assists
• Tallied a season-high 17 points and dished five assists in the win over Vanderbilt
• Nearly posted a double-double with nine points and 11 assists in the conference opener at La Salle
• Scored her 1,000^th career point in the win over Boston University

2021-22:

• Started in all 24 games she appeared in on the season
• Played a team-high 32.1 minutes per game, averaging 9.6 points per contest along with 4.8 dimes (third in A-10)
• Led the team in assists (116) and steals (39)
• Fourth in the A-10 in assist-turnover ratio at 1.9
• Had 12 games of scoring in double-digits
• Scored five points and assisted 10 baskets against Richmond, surpassing her effort in the next game against La Salle with six points and a season-high 12 assists
• Had 18 games with at least four assists.

2020-21:

• Led the team with 70 assists for 4.1 assists per game to go with a team-high 31 three-pointers and a team-high 20 steals in a team-high 32.6 minutes per game
• Also ranked second on the squad in scoring with 9.6 points per game and 62 field goals made
• Only Hawk to start all 17 games
• Led the team in assists in 12 different games, dishing out five or more assists nine times
• Poured in a season-high 21 points at Davidson
• Also added 13 points and five assists in the Lincoln win
• Registered six dimes in back-to-back wins over Monmouth and La Salle, dropped 14 points on four three-pointers in the George Washington win
• Came up big in the final 2-0 weekend of the regular season, averaging 14.5 points per game and 5.0 assists per game in our wins over St. Bonaventure and Duquesne
• Hit the electrifying three-pointer from the A-10 logo to force overtime in the A-10 Tournament vs. UMass
• Finished the season with a team-high 20 steals, which included four games with two steals as well as three steals apiece against Saint Louis and Rhode Island
• Pulled down 44 total rebounds - 39 of them defensive - with a season-high six of them coming at Dayton, and took seven charges on the year, including five in conference play
• Team captain alongside Mary Sheehan
• Member of the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2019-20:

• Only Hawk to start all 29 games
• Led team in scoring (10.6 ppg), field goals made (110), three-point field goals made (44), minutes played (31.2 mpg), and total steals (39)
• Totaled 17 double-digit games and led squad in scoring 10 times
• Dropped three or more three-pointers in a game six times
• Scored team- and season-high 20 points, including four three-pointers, and grabbed career-high 11 rebounds to record first career double-double in home win over Sacred Heart
• Poured in team-high 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field in road win over Davidson
• Scored team-high 16 points on 6-of-14 shooting, including four three-pointers, in home win over American
• Recorded team-high 16 points, including three three-pointers, and dished out career-high seven assists vs. UMass
• Scored 15 points in wins over Temple at home and Harvard down at the FAU Holiday Classic
• Scored team-high 15 points, including three three-pointers, and dished out six assists in home win over Richmond
• Went for eight points and seven rebounds at Fordham in A-10 Championship First Round

2018-19:

• One of just two Hawks to play in all 31 games, with 25 starts
• Averaged 7.5 points per game and 3.3 rebounds per game in 27.3 minutes per game
• Dished out 1.7 assists per game
• Drained 42 three-pointers on the year and shot 81.6 percent (31-for-38) from the stripe
• Led squad in total steals (36)
• Dropped nine double-digit games, including a career-high 24 points at Dayton on 7-of-15 shooting from the field and 4-of-8 shooting from beyond the arc
• Poured in 18 points at La Salle, 16 points in collegiate debut vs. Temple in the season opener, 15 points vs. VCU, 13 points against Columbia and at George Mason, 11 points at Richmond and vs. Davidson, and 10 points vs. Rider
• Pulled down season-high eight rebounds vs. Villanova
• Dished out season-high five assists at Penn and Sacred Heart and vs. UMass
• In first seven games of the season (and career), recorded four steals in three different games, vs. Temple, Niagara, and Columbia.

 
2017-18:

• Missed the season due to injury.

 
High School/Personal: Four-year letter winner... PIAA First Team All-State honoree... Guided Cumberland Valley to three straight PIAA-AAAA State titles... Three-time Patriot News First Team All-Conference selection... Named a finalist for Miss Pennsylvania Basketball as a junior and senior... Averaged 14.5 points per game as a senior after averaging 10.5 points per game as a junior... Served as team captain as a junior and senior... Reached the 1,000-point plateau for her career as a senior and finished with 1,233 points... Father, John, played basketball at Lock Haven University... Mother, Jennifer, was a member of Lock Haven's national champion field hockey team... Older sister, Kelly, played basketball for Villanova University '20 and played her final season at Penn State in 2020-21...Younger sister, Julie, played at La Salle.