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 | Class:
Graduated
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| Hometown:
Overland Park, Kan.
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| High School:
St. Thomas Aquinas
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| Height:
5-11
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| Position:
G
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Photo Gallery
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SEASON
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GP-S
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FG
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%
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3FG
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%
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FT
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%
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REB
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RPG
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AST
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TO
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BLK
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STL
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PTS
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PPG
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2007-08
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7-0
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0-2
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.000
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0-1
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.000
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0-0
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.000
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1
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0.1
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0.0
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2008-09
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15-0
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4-14
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.286
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2-10
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.200
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0-0
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.000
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2
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0.1
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1
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7
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0
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3
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10
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0.7
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2009-10
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28-0
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13-47
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.277
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11-39
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.282
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6-7
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.857
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25
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0.9
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8
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13
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1
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4
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43
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1.5
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2010-11 |
24-1 |
18-39 |
.462 |
16-37 |
.432 |
10-13 |
.769 |
25 |
1.0 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
7 |
62 |
2.6 |
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TOTAL
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74-1
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35-102
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.343
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29-87
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.333
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16-20
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.800
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53
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0.7
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19
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31
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1
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14
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115
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1.6
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2010-11 - SENIOR: Played in 24 games as a reserve guard ... Helped senior class to OU record 55 wins in 63 home games (54 of 62 at Lloyd Noble Center) ... Averaged 2.6 points and 1.0 rebounds ... Shot 46.2 percent from the field and 43.2 percent (16 of 37) from 3-point range ... Scored season-high 11 points with a perfect shooting performance (4-for-4 from field, 3-for-3 from beyond the arc) versus Fresno State (Nov. 22) ... Totaled 10 points and five rebounds with another perfect shooting game against Sam Houston State (Dec. 1) ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team member.
2009-10 - JUNIOR: Averaged 8.4 minutes over 28 games, totaling 43 points and 25 rebounds ... Made six of seven free throws (85.7 percent) and had four steals ... Opened the season with a six-point performance against Mercer (Nov. 13) ... Played career-high 21 points against Creighton (Dec. 20) ... Saw action in all but one of the Sooners' NCAA Championship games.
2008-09 - SOPHOMORE: Played in 15 games as a reserve guard ... Averaged 4.3 minutes, 0.7 points and 0.1 rebounds ... Shot 28.6 percent from the field, including 20.0 percent (2-of-10) from 3-point range ... Played season-high 15 minutes versus Creighton (Dec. 3), scoring five points ... Was awarded scholarship at mid-semester; surprised with financial grant-in-aid contract at team's Christmas party.
2007-08 - FRESHMAN: Walk-on who played in seven games ... Averaged 1.7 minutes ... Attempted one field goal against Texas Tech (Jan. 23) and Texas (Feb. 3) ... Grabbed first rebound at Texas A&M (March 6).
HIGH SCHOOL ACCOLADES:
• 2008 SMS Tournament All-Tournament Team
• 2007 McDonald's All-America Nominee
• 2007 Class 5A All-State First Team (Kansas Basketball Coaches Association)
• 2007 Class 5A All-State First Team (Topeka Capital-Journal)
• 2007 Class 5A All-State First Team (Wichita Eagle)
• 2007 Class 5A All-State First Team (Kansas-Sports.com)
• 2007 Greater Kansas City Coaches Association All-Star Game
• 2007 Kansas Coaches Association All-Star Game nominee
• 2007 Saints Classic Tournament MVP
• 2007 Team MVP
• 2007 East Kansas League First Team
• 2006 East Kansas League First Team
• 2006 Shawnee Mission South Tournament First Team
• 2006 St. Thomas Aquinas Defensive Player of the Year
AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL: Averaged 12.5 points as a senior at St. Thomas Aquinas ... Four-year letterwinner who played varsity as a freshman on 2004 Class 6A state champions and 2007 runner-up ... Placed third in 2005 state tournament and second in 2006 ... Shot 59 percent from the field as a junior ... Shot 48 percent from 3-point range and was 80 percent at the free throw line as a senior ... Also ran track for the 2006 state champions ... Coached in basketball by Rick Hetzel ... Played on 2004 AAU Junior Olympics third-place team and National Championship fifth-place team.
PERSONAL: Born in Overland Park, Kan. ... Daughter of Steve and Lois Willis ... Has a younger sister, Abby, who plays basketball at Saint Louis University, and younger brother, Ryan ... Father was the placekicker for Kansas State's first football bowl team (1982 Indpendence) ... Mother, the former Lois Groen, was an NCAA Track and Field All-American (4x400-meter relay) and the 1984 Big Eight Conference Champion in the outdoor triple jump ... Played on the same AAU basketball team (Kansas Belles) as former OU star Caton Hill ... Languagearts educationmajor.
