2008: Appeared in all 34 games averaging 5.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2.3 steals in 22.0 minutes per game… Led the league in steals (79) and steals per game…Scored eight points, grabbed two rebounds and recorded seven steals in her first WNBA game vs. Houston (5/17)…The seven steals set a franchise record for steals in a game…Picked up her first career double-double when she scored 11 pts and grabbed 15 rebounds at Phoenix (6/14)…Her 15 rebounds, at Phoenix (6/14), set a franchise record for rebounds by a guard…Led the Shock in rebounds four times and assists three times. 2008 Playoffs: Appeared in all nine games en route to her first WNBA Championship with the Detroit Shock…Became the first player to win both the NCAA championship and WNBA championship in the same calendar year…Averaged 6.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.2 steals in 24.4 minutes per game…Led the team in rebounds three times and in assists five times…Scored her playoff high nine points three times in the postseason including in the championship clinching game (10/5)…ranked third in the league in steals in the postseason with 11.

COLLEGE: 2007-08: Started every game for the Lady Vols…Was the third leading scorer for the Lady Vols averaging 9.9 points per game…Led her team in assists (3.6 per game) and steals (2.8 per game)…Moved past Tamika Catchings (211) and into second place in the UT record books for career steals (207)… recorded at least 100 assists in four straight seasons… Played in her 21st NCAA Tournament game vs. Stanford moving her into a tie for fifth place in NCAA history…Her eight steals set a new UT record for thefts in an NCAA Tournament game and are the fourth-most in a first/second round NCAA Tournament game by any woman since 1988… Picked up her 500th career assist, and hit the game winning shot with 0.3 seconds left to beat LSU and advance to the Championship game in the 2008 NCAA tournament. 2006-07: Named to the All-SEC first team by a vote of the league’s coaches and by the Associated Press…One of 30 midseason finalists for the Naismith Award…At the conclusion of the season, joined Chamique Holdsclaw and Tamika Catchings as the only three Lady Vols to amass 900+ points, 500+ rebounds, 350+ assists, 250+ steals and 50+ blocks…Is second place in the UT single-season record books for thefts… Named to the SEC All-Tournament team after averaging 23 points and 7 rebounds in two games…Scored a career-high 29 points and grabbed nine rebounds and three steals against LSU in the SEC semis…Had a streak of 63 consecutive games with a steal …Against Florida, fell one rebound shy of the first triple-double in Lady Vol history with her 10-point, 10-assist, 9-rebound performanceOne of 50 preseason Naismith Award candidates…One of 30 preseason Wooden Award candidates...A preseason second-team All-SEC selection according to the league’s coaches and the media poll. 2005-06 : Named to the All-SEC second team by the league’s coaches…Finished her sophomore season ranked seventh in the UT record books for career assist average (3.48 apg)…Currently 24th in the record books for career steals, she is on pace to break Bridgette Gordon’s Lady Vol record of 338 career steals… One of 11 finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award, which goes annually to the nation’s top point guard… Fell one assist shy of becoming the first Lady Vol in school history to record a triple-double, with 10 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists against Connecticut…A preseason second-team All-SEC selection...A preseason candidate for the Naismith Award. 2004-05: Joined teammate Nicky Anosike as a unanimous selection to the SEC All-Freshman Team…The guard led the team in steals (64), assists (110) and at just 5’11”, ranked third in blocks (21)… Ranked seventh in the SEC in assist/turnover ratio (1.38)… Played in all 35 games...Awarded the diamond ring for best unifying the team…Averaged 9.7 ppg in SEC Tournament play… …Averaged 13.4 ppg and 5.8 rpg during her first five games as a starter…Posted career highs in points (17) and steals (five) en route to earning Philips Player of the Game honors in the triumph at Louisiana Tech…Earned her first career start in the win against DePaul.

Honors, Records & Awards:

WNBA Champion: 2008

Collegiate Honors & Awards:

NCAA National Champion (2007, 2008)

All-SEC First Team (2007, 2008)

All-SEC Defensive Team (2008)

SEC All-Tournament Team (2007)

All-SEC Freshman Team (2005)

Alexis Kay’ree Hornbuckle was born on Oct. 16, 1985, in Charleston, W.Va.…Her parents are Jerome and Quandora Hornbuckle… Has a brother Cedric, 22…Was enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences while at Tennessee…Was also an all-state and all-county soccer player during her days at South Charleston H.S., while lettering three times in soccer and twice in track, in addition to basketball…Was the 2002 state high jump champ…Lists former WNBA Houston Comets superstar Cynthia Cooper as the athlete after whom she has modeled her game…Lists playing in the WNBA and owning a physical therapy/sports medicine business as her career objectives…Names former NBA all-star Julius Erving (Dr. J) as the celebrity she most admires.

Drafted by the Detroit Shock in the first round (No. 4 overall) of the 2008 WNBA Draft.