4 Simone Egwu

Class: Senior Hometown: Odenton, Md. High School: Arundel Height: 6-3 Position: Center

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• Recipient of the ACC's Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship, just the second Virginia women's basketball player to earn the honor
• Also earned the Life Skills Scholarship which is a scholarship to be used for graduate school that is awarded to a student-athlete, manager, athletics trainer, or cheerleader who has exemplified leadership through their contributions to the University, SAM program, community service, team and/or athletics department
• ACC Top VI Award winner, which is presented to the six UVa student-athletes who have given the most in terms of service to the University and Charlottesville communities
• 2012-13 SAAC President
• The Politics (Government) major spent her fourth academic year finishing her Bachelor's degree while simultaneously working on her Master's at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
• Suffered a leg injury in preseason camp that caused her to miss the first three weeks of the season (5 games)
• Returned to action at Minnesota, scoring five points in eight minutes
• First start of the season came at Maryland
• Had a double double with 11 points and 10 rebounds against Coppin State
• Converted 10 consecutive field goal attempts spanning three games including back-to-back 4-for-4 performances (12/18-28)
• Went 8-for-8 from the free throw line as part of a 16-point performance against Norfolk State
• Scored 12 points, going 6-of-8, at Boston College
• Had her second double-double of the season, scoring 17 points with 11 rebounds, on senior day against No. 24 Florida State

• Named to the All-ACC Women's Basketball Academic Team for the second-consecutive season
• Also earned the team's Academic Award
• Started 34 games and appeared in 36, averaging 4.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game
• Had two of the team's seven double-doubles: 10 points and 10 rebounds vs. Wagner (Dec. 28) and 11 points and 10 rebounds at Clemson (Jan. 8)

• Named to the 2010-11 All-ACC Academic Women's Basketball Team and the 2010-11 ACC Honor Roll
• One of two Cavaliers to start all 35 contests in 2010-11
• Averaged 6.0 points per game
• Ranked first on the team by averaging 5.2 rebounds per game
• Scored at least 10 points on six occasions, including a season-high 16 points against UMBC (Dec. 18)
• Posted the second double-double of her career in the season-opener at Hofstra (Nov. 12) with 14 points and 14 rebounds

• The only freshman to see action in all 31 of the Cavaliers' game, starting 29
• Recipient of the Bob Williams Award, given to the student-athlete that best exemplifies the spirit of Bob Williams and the partnership of academics and athletics
• Shared the team's Rookie of the Year and Most Improved Player Awards with classmate Telia McCall
• Averaged 4.5 points and 4.3 rebounds per game
• Scored in double digits five times and had double-digit rebounds twice
• Named the ACC Rookie of the Week on Nov. 23 after averaging 14.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in a 1-1 week for UVa against USC Upstate (Nov. 18) and No. 6 Tennessee (Nov. 22)
• Set a career-high with 19 points against USC Upstate, while hauling down seven rebounds
• Pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds vs. Longwood (Feb. 16)
• Added 18 points against the Lancers for her first career double-double

• The 15th-ranked center in the class according to the Collegiate Girls Basketball Report
• Captained Arundel and led the Wildcats to the Class 4A state championship game as a junior
• Averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds
• A first team All-Metro selection by the Baltimore Sun
• Played AAU basketball for Boo Williams Elite

• Daughter of Brigitte Bivens-Egwu and Chukwuemeka Egwu

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