One of the most heralded recruits in the nation a year ago who burst onto the collegiate scene and claimed National Freshman of the Year honors (by U.S. Basketball Writers Association and ESPN.com) ... Preseason National Player of the Year candidate for both the Wooden Award and State Farm Wade Trophy ... preseason Wooden All-American ... versatile player who can run the floor and handle the ball with guard-like skills.

USA Basketball Experience
· starred on the South Team at the 2002 Women's Youth Development Festival where she set the Festival record for most tournament rebounds (44, 8.8 rpg) … also averaged 12.4 ppg

As a Freshman (in 2003-04)
· National Freshman of the Year (by ESPN.com, USBWA)
· Big 12 Freshman of the Year
· All-Big 12 Second Team - only freshman named among top 15 players in the league
· claimed Big 12 Rookie of the Week honors a league-record tying five times (Dec. 2, Dec. 22, Jan. 5, Feb. 2, Mar. 1)
· playing in all 35 games with 16 starts, led Texas in scoring (13.0 ppg), blocks (44, 1.3 bpg) and steals (66, 1.9 spg) while averaging 28.4 minutes/game
· second in rebounding (7.5 rpg)
· collected seven double-doubles (second most on club)
· led team with 28 double-figure scoring games, which included a career-best 22 points vs. Nebraska (Jan. 28)
· in three NCAA Tournament games, averaged 15.0 ppg and 6.3 rpg · UT’s only Big 12 All-Tournament Team selection; in three games, she averaged 14.3 ppg (43 points), 6.3 rpg (19), 2.0 bpg (6) and 2.3 spg (7) while shooting 11-fo-14 in free throws
· finished Big 12 regular season action first among all league rookies in scoring (13.2 in league games), rebounding (7.4 rpg) and steals (1.9) ... among all Big 12 players, was No. 7 in blocks (24, 1.5 bpg) and steals, 10th in rebounding
· entering the year, chosen by Sports Illustrated (SI on Campus) as one of “National Freshman 15” - one of the top 15 freshman male and females, across all sports

Prior to Texas
· ranked as either the No. 2 or No. 3 recruit in the nation by all the recruiting services
· 2002-03 WBCA/State Farm National Player of the Year, Chevrolet Player of the Year, and finalist for Naismith National Player of the Year
· USA Today First Team All-America (one of only five)
· tabbed First Team All-America by Parade Magazine, USA Today, WBCA, Gatorade, Street & Smith, Slam Magazine as a senior
· as a senior averaged 16.9 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 3.2 spg for 39-1 Duncanville and head coach Cathy Self-Morgan, a Texas-Ex
· named to elite 2003 McDonald’s All-America Team and WBCA/Nike All-America Team, playing in both the WBCA/Nike HS All-America Game and McDonald’s All-America Game in April 2003
· as a senior, First Team All-State and Texas Class 5A MVP after leading Duncanville to the Texas Class 5A title
· two-year All-American; three-year All-State, All-Region, All-District, three-year District MVP
· 2002-03 Dallas Morning News Girls Basketball Player of the Year and Dallas All-Sports Association (DASA) Texas HS Female Athlete of the Year
· attended Dallas Lincoln HS her first three years (freshman-junior years) and helped Dallas Lincoln to State tournament showings as a sophomore and junior, including a State tournament runnerup finish in 2002
· named tourney MVP and an All-American after leading her Texas AAU team to the 2002 Basketball Congress International (BCI) National Championship.