Shekinna Stricklen #40 Guard/Forward

Shekinna Stricklen
2012 Playoff Statistics
PPG6.7
RPG4.3
APG1.7
EFF +10.67

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Background

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Scored career-high 27 points at Stanford on Dec. 20, 2011 ... Named the SEC Player of the Year by the league's coaches and to the All-SEC First Team by the coaches and AP as a junior ... Captured State Farm All-America honors, becoming the 20th Lady Vol to earn the prestigious award all-time ... Named a USBWA All-American and a Third Team All-American by the Associated Press ... Nabbed SEC Tournament MVP honors after averaging 16.0 ppg and 5.0 rpg at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville ... Named Associated Press Second Team All-SEC as a sophomore ... Named Second Team All-SEC by the league coaches ... Named Honorable Mention All-American by Associated Press ... Named Freshman of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association...Selected to All-SEC Second Team and was a unanimous selection to the SEC All-Freshman Team by the league's coaches.

Personal

Majored in sociology and criminal justice ... A member of the Beta Club and Student Council in high school ... Lists former WNBA and Tennessee star Chamique Holdsclaw as the player after whom she models herself ... Wants to be a coach someday.

Career Transactions

Selected by the Seattle Storm in the first round (second overall) of the 2012 WNBA Draft