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  • Alexis Hornbuckle
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  • Guard - Detroit Shock
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2008 Statistics

PPG
6.3
RPG
4.90
APG
2.1
EFF
+ 10.78
Born: Oct 16, 1985
Height: 5-11 /  1,80
Weight:  lbs. /   kg.
College: Tennessee
Years Pro: R








Background

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.

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)

  • Personal

    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…Has a brother Cedric, 22…Alexis Kay’ree Hornbuckle was born on Oct. 16, 1985, in Charleston, W.Va.…Her parents are Jerome and Quandora Hornbuckle.

    Career Transactions

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

    created:12/5/2008 6:25:04 AM
    Saturday
    Dec. 6
    Jr. WNBA Championship Series
    With Chantelle Anderson
    Atlanta, Ga.
    Saturday
    Dec. 6
    Storm Coaches Clinic
    With Sheryl Swoopes
    Seattle, Wash.
    Monday
    Dec. 8
    Houston Comets Dispersal Draft
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