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2016-17 Women's Basketball Roster

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30 Sydney Shelton

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Greenfield, Ind.
  • Highschool Mt. Vernon

Biography

2016-17 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team

2017-18 Sophomore Season:
Left the program after the first 11 games of the regular season… Scored 24 points, averaging 2.2 per contest… Shot 23.3 percent from the field (7-30) and 18.2 percent from 3-point range (4-22)… Hit six of her eight free throw attempts (75.0)… Pulled down 14 rebounds… Recorded three steals, two assists and one block.

2016-17 Freshman Season: Named to the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team… Earned BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors in February (2/13)… Averaged 8.8 points and 2.6 rebounds per game… Top 3-point shooting freshman in the conference, knocking down 49 shots from a distance… Third-highest scorer on the team… Led the team in 3-point field goals (49-170)… Averaged 27.9 minutes of playing time during her rookie season, making 24 starts over 27 games… Shot 28 percent from the field (79-276)… 70 percent free throw shooter (30-43)… Pulled down 70 total rebounds… Recorded 27 assists and 12 steals… Scored a career-high 23 points against DePaul, shooting 6-for-11 from 3-point range (2/12)... Followed that effort with 18 points at Georgetown (2/17)… Hit double digits in scoring in ten games… Pulled down a career-high eight rebounds vs. Villanova (1/20)... Posted 16 points and seven rebounds at home vs. Seton Hall (1/2)… Dished out four assists vs. Ball State (12/4)… Logged 38 minutes of playing time at St. John’s (1/27).

High School: Four-year starter at Mt. Vernon that earned four varsity letters in basketball... 2016 Indiana All-Star... Ended her career with 1,985 points... Hoosier Basketball Magazine First Team All-State selection... Mt. Vernon Marauder of the Year... All-Hancock County selection... Averaged 23.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.3 steals per game during her senior campaign... Named Greenfield Reporter Hancock County Player of the Year as a junior... Posted a triple double as a sophomore vs. Richmond with 29 points 10 rebounds and 10 assists... Averaged 20+ points per game during her final three years at Mt. Vernon... Scored a career-high 37 points vs. Lawrence Central... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Michael and DeAnne Shelton... Majoring in nutrition and dietetics.

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