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Butler University Athletics

2008-09 Women's Basketball

55 Lade Akande

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Robinson, Ill.
  • Highschool Robinson

Biography

Career: Finished in the top-10 in Butler'scareer record book in 12 categories...boasted 1,705 points in hercareer, the second most in school history...also tallied 757rebounds and 140 blocks, becoming just the second player in schoolhistory to record over 1,500 points, 700 rebounds and 100blocks...posted double-figure scoring totals in 88 of her 120 gamesplayed...notched 17 career double-doubles...started in 110 of her120 games played.

2008-09 - Senior Season: Pre-Season All-HorizonLeague First Team...named Horizon League Player of the Week on Dec.8...ranked second on the team and 16th in the HorizonLeague in scoring, netting 10.8 points per game...also finishedninth in the league with a .485 field goal percentage and 4.0defensive rebounds per contest...ranked fourth in league-play with1.1 blocked shots per game...second on the team with 5.8 reboundsper game...started in 31 of the 32 contests...tallied threedouble-doubles...boasted 16 double-digit scoring games, includingthree with 20 or more points...also notched four double-digitrebounding games...led the team in scoring in nine games andrebounding in eight contests...scored a season-high 26 points on11-for-16 shooting from the field and 4-for-7 from the free throwline and added 12 rebounds at Duquesne on March 19.

2007-08 - Junior Season: Became the 19th playerin Butler history to eclipse 1,000 career points...scored themilestone points against Evansville on Dec. 6...named to theAll-Horizon League First Team...led the Bulldogs and ranked fourthin the conference with 16.1 point per game...her 204 field goalsmade are the fourth-highest single-season total in school history,while her 482 points are a career single-season best and are thefifth-most in the Butler records...ranked third in the league and17th in the NCAA with a .559 field goal percentage...her 1.27blocks per game were the third-most in the league...finished sixthin the conference with 6.4 rebounds...named the University of MiamiThanksgiving Tournament MVP after totaling 34 points and 17rebounds in two games...three-time Horizon League Player of theWeek (Nov. 14, Nov. 26 and Dec. 3)...finished as the team's leadingscorer in 17 contests...recorded 20 or more points in eightgames...posted four double-doubles on the season...had nine or morerebounds in 10 games...started in all but two of the team'scontests...scored a season-high 27 points on 12-for-18 shooting atDetroit on Jan. 24...pulled down a season-best 13 boards atCleveland State on March 1...voted Team MVP.

2006-07 - Sophomore Season: All-Horizon LeagueSecond Team member...led the team and ranked fourth in the HorizonLeague with 32 blocked shots...also posted a team-best a .500percentage from the field, tied for the sixth-best rate in theconference...ranked second on the squad with 14.1 points and 5.1rebounds per game, the seventh and eighth-best marks in the league,respectively...averaged a team-best 16.2 points per game in HorizonLeague contests and notched a team-high 19 blocks...pulled down 6.1rebounds per game, the second-best total on the team...boasted apair of double-doubles, scoring a season-high 28 points and 10boards at Cleveland State on Dec. 28 before notching 14 points and10 rebounds against UIC on Jan. 11...scored in double figures on 21occasions, including seven games with 20 or more points...startedin 24 of her 29 games played...attempted a team-high 182 free throwattempts, the third most for a season in school history...netted 12free throws at CSU, tied for the season-high and the sixth-mostever...averaged 24.1 minutes per game.

2005-06 - Freshman Season: All-Horizon LeagueSecond Team and Newcomer Team member...led the team and finishedthird in the league with 16.2 points per game...her scoring averageis the highest since the 1997-98 season and places ninth-best alltime...her 470 points rank as the fifth-highest season total inschool history and the most ever for a freshman...also paced thesquad and finished second in the conference with 8.0 rebounds pergame...posted eight double-doubles...scored in double digits in allbut five games and tallied 20 or more points in 13contests...converted a team-best 47.8 percent (191-of-400) from thefield...averaged a league second-best 18.1 points per game inconference play, netting a team-high 53.2 percent from thefield...blocked a team-high 41 shots, the third-highest leaguetotal...her 38 steals led the team and ranked 10th in schoolhistory...named to the five-member Horizon League All-TournamentTeam after tallying 47 points and 16 rebounds in twogames...started in all but two of her 29 games played...presentedwith the team's Offensive Player Award.

High School: Robinson's career scoring andrebounding leader with 1,949 points and 1,125 rebounds...averaged23.7 points and 13.3 rebounds per game as a senior...led team inscoring three straight seasons and in rebounding in four straightcampaigns...two-time Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA)Class A "All-State" second team selection...All-Apollo Conferenceplayer...MVP of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association 2005Class A Girls All-Star Game, leading the South Team with 20 pointsand 14 rebounds...scored 30+ points seven times as a senior and 11times during her prep career...led the Maroons with 21.9 points,11.8 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game as a junior, shooting betterthan 50 percent from the field...added 17.9 ppg and 9.2 rpg as asophomore...also a volleyball and track and field standout atRobinson, the same high school that produced Nick Brooks, a formerguard on the Butler men's basketball team...2005 Herald &Review Area Girls Track Athlete of the Year...placed in the topeight in the state meet in the shot put, discus and the 100-meterhurdles...honor roll student...coach: Kelly Brookman.

Personal: Omolade "Lade" Grayce Akande...bornMarch 29, 1987...daughter of Lorraine and Tunji Akande...has twoyounger brothers, Bide and Michael, and a younger sister,Morayo...marketing major.

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