Youngstown State Highlights

Career Notes

Played in 99 games with 93 career starts... Has appeared and started in 59 consecutive games... Ranks tied for fourth all-time with 493 career assists... Ranks fifth all-time with a 4.99 assists per game average... Her 93 games started is the fifth-highest in school history... Scored 411 points and grabbed 260 rebounds during her career.

2007-08 Senior Season

2006-07 Junior Season

Was the only player to appear and start all 28 games... Averaged 4.3 assists per game, which ranked second in the Horizon League... Her 1.92 assist-to-turnover ratio was the third best in the circuit... Led the team and ranked fourth in the Horizon League with 1.61 steals per game... Averaged 3.2 points and 2.6 rebounds per game... Shot 85.7 percent from the free-throw line... Distributed a season-high nine assists in a 77-60 loss to Butler in the Horizon League Quarterfinals (3/7)... Handed out seven assists with just one turnover against UW-Milwaukee (2/17)... Dished out seven assists against No. 25 UW-Green Bay (2/15)... Grabbed six boards and dished out five assists with zero turnovers in a 58-52 win over Detroit (2/8)... Posted a season-high 11 points while dishing out six assists against Loyola (2/3)... Scored nine points with six boards and six assists in a 55-39 win over Detroit (1/13)... Dished out five assists in a win over UIC (1/6)... Handed out six assists against Robert Morris (12/18)... Dished out four assists and scored four points against Miami (Ohio) (11/30)... Credited with seven assists in just 21 minutes against Buffalo (11/21)... Dished out eight assists with five points and four steals in an 85-78 loss to Cincinnati (11/10).

2005-06 Sophomore Season
Started the first 12 games before knee surgery for a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered against Butler (12/29)... Scored 10 points in a loss to Oakland (12/5)... Tallied seven assists against Saint Louis (11/30)... Dished out a season-high eight assists against IUPUI (11/26)... Tied a career high with 12 points on 4-of-8 shooting in a 69-59 victory over Ohio (11/22/)... Dished out three assists with two steals against the Bobcats... Poured in nine points with three rebounds and three assists in a season-opening loss to Robert Morris, 68-60... Sank 5-of-6 free throws and did not commit a turnover from her point guard position... Averaged 5.5 points and 3.8 assists per game... Shot 80 percent from the free throw line... Owned a 1.9 assist-to-turnover ratio before her injury.

2004-05 Freshman Season
Named to the 2005 Horizon League All-Newcomer Team... Led the Horizon League with 159 assists and 5.7 assists per game... Her assist total set the Youngstown State freshman assist record and ranks as the fifth-highest single-season total in school history... Ranked second in the Horizon League with a 1.75 assist-to-turnover ratio... Appeared in all 28 games with 22 starts... Twice scored in double figures and tallied at least 10 assists three times... Posted 11 points and six assists against Akron (12/5)... Dished out 10 assists against Eastern Michigan (12/11) and 11 assists against Buffalo (12/14)... It marked the first time since the 1987-88 season a YSU player recorded at least 10 assists in back-to-back games... Scored a career-high 12 points with five assists against Xavier (12/31)... Tallied a career-best 13 assists against IPFW (1/18)... Grabbed a career-high seven rebounds against Detroit (2/24)... Shot 82 percent from the free throw line... Averaged 3.6 points and 2.6 rebounds per game.

High School Highlights

Was a four-year letterwinner at Archbishop McNicholas High School... Helped her prep squad to the 2001 Ohio state championship... Set the school record for most assists in a career and in a single-season... Named the district player of the year... Earned Special Mention All-Ohio as a senior... Helped McNicholas to three district and three regional titles... Earned first-team all-conference accolades as a senior.

Personal

Major is special education... Daughter of Rich and Patty Branson... Born 7/8/85... Recipient of the 2005-06 Herbert O. Zimmer Scholarship.