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2009 Fever Player Bio Pages (pdf)

January is a rookie point guard with court savvy, maturity, strong defensive skills and a good shooting touch.

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The 2008 and 2009 Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year, she was a First Team All-Pac 10 selection in 2009 and an honorable mention All-America pick as a junior and senior...she ended her career as Arizona State's all-time leader in assists (538) and free throw percentage (.830)...she was also among the Sun Devils' all-time leaders in steals (second, 272), free throws (second, 401), 3-point field goal percentage (fourth, .399), 3-point field goals (fifth, 132) and scoring (seventh, 1,317 points)...in 2008-09, she set the school's single-season record for 3-pt field goals (65)...she is the only player in school history to lead the team in steals and assists four straight years. 2008-09: Ranked second in the nation in 3-point FG pct. (.469) and 12th in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.1-to-1), January led the Pac-10 in assists (4.7), 3-point FG percentage (.469) and assist-to-turnover ratio…she was second in steals (2.3) and fourth in FT pct. (.840)...she averaged 13.8 points, 5.8 assists and 1.5 steals in ASU's four NCAA Tournament games...she scored a career-best 25 points and tied a school record with seven 3-pointers in ASU's 73-59 win at UC Davis, 12/3...she nearly posted a double-double with 10 points, nine assists and two steals in ASU's NCAA first-round win over Georgia...she matched her scoring high in an NCAA Tournament game with 22 points to go along with five assists, two steals and a block in ASU's 84-69 win over Texas A&M in the Trenton Regional semifinal, 3/29. 2007-08: She was selected an All-Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention...she finished the season ranked first in the Pac-10 in free throw percentage (.864) and steals (2.18) while ranking third in assists (4.39), fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio and 15th in scoring (11.3)...she scored in double figures 23 times, including a 22-point performance against Texas, 12/22... she averaged 13.8 points while connecting on 55.2 percent of her shots (16-29), including 54.5 percent from beyond the arc (6-of-11), and 85 percent of her free throws (17-of-20) in ASU's four Pac-10 and NCAA Tournament contests. 2006-07: An honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection, she finished third in the league in steals (2.1), fourth in assists (4.0), fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.67-to-1) and sixth in free throw percentage (81.7)...she also earned Pac-10 Honorable Mention Academic honors...a starter in 34 games, she led ASU in assists and steals and was second in scoring (10.2) and free throw percentage...in the postseason, she averaged 14.0 ppg while connecting on 26-of-28 FGs (.929) and 10-of-19 3-pt FGs (.526) in the Pac-10 and NCAA Tournaments...she posted season-best numbers in points (22) and steals (6) in ASU's 80-69 win over UCLA, 2/18. 2005-06: She was named to the Pac-10's All-Freshman Team after a season in which she led ASU in assists (86) and steals (46)…her 86 assists represented the second-highest total ever for a Sun Devil freshman...she had one or zero turnovers 13 times...she turned in an outstanding effort in ASU's 62-59 upset of No. 11 Stanford, 2/16, leading the team with a season-best 13 points to go with six assists and four steals.

Full name is Briann Jolie January...she majored in Education and Society at ASU...her father Barry is a karate instructor and her mother, Sally, is a teacher...she has a younger sister, Kiara (18)...Briann holds a black belt in karate…a 2005 graduate of Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane, Wash., she earned first-team all-state honors from both the AP and the Seattle Times as a senior...she earned WBCA High School All-America honors in 2005, in addition to being a four-time, first-team All-Greater Spokane League honoree...she led Lewis and Clark to a 25-3 record and an appearance in the state semifinals as a senior, averaging 13 points a game in her final season…she was named the team MVP in each of her four seasons...she earned second-team all-state honors as a junior in 2004 and was a 2002 BCI All-American as a freshman...a four-year letterwinner in both basketball and track and field, she captained the basketball team all four seasons and served as a team captain in track and field as a senior…she won the state high jump title in 2004, with her personal best in the high jump being 5'8"...she played club basketball for the Spokane Stars.