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2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

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31 Emily Saunders

31 Emily Saunders

  • Height:
    6-5
  • Year:
    Fifth Year
  • Hometown:
    Mullens, W. Va.
  • High School:
    Wyoming East
  • Prev School:
    Tennessee
  • Major:
    Special Education (Master's)
  • Position:
    Forward

Summary

Biography

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2022-23 (Senior): Played in all 30 games… Scored 129 points, grabbed 57 rebounds and blocked 28 shots in 216 minutes for averages of 4.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.9 blocks per game... Ranked ninth in the Horizon League with 0.9 blocks per game... Shot 57% from the field, making 57 of her 100 field-goal attempts… Scored in 10 straight games from Nov. 26-Jan. 7... Scored a career-high 18 points at Detroit Mercy (1/5)... Reached double figures three other times, which were all in YSU victories... Blocked a season-high three shots in both games against Green Bay.

Tennessee: Played in 46 games over three seasons at Tennessee… Played in a career-high 20 games as a junior in 2021-22... Shot 54.5 percent from the field and 60 percent from the free-throw line while posting career averages of 1.5 points and 1.2 rebounds... Her best statistical season came her freshman year when she averaged 3.7 points and 2.2 rebounds while shooting 70.8 percent from the field... Was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22.

High School: Was one of the most highly-touted posts in the country coming out of Wyoming East High School… Ranked as the 88th-ranked overall player, the 18th-ranked post player and as a four-star recruit by ProspectsNation.com, and she was the No. 187 overall player in Dan Olson College Girls' Basketball Report… Was the Gatorade West Virginia Player of the Year as a senior in 2019, she was tabbed an all-state selection every season by multiple outlets... Helped lead Wyoming East to three Class AA state championship game appearances and a state title in 2016... Her point guard in that championship season was former Penguin guard Gabby Lupardus… Scored 1,243 points and had 892 rebounds and 559 blocks during her high school career… Member of honor roll and FCA, and volunteered with Students Against Destructive Decisions… Also played volleyball… Played for the same team in the WV Thunder AAU program as current teammates Dena Jarrells, Shay-Lee Kirby and Paige Shy.

Personal: Parents are Chris and Andrea… Has a younger sister (Sarah)… Earned her bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation from Tennessee in just three years in May 2022.... Is currently working toward her master's in special education with a focus on autism and related disabilities... Is the 2023-24 recipient of the Dr. James and Mary Ann Tavolario Scholarship

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2022-23Senior

    Forward
    6'5"
    31
  • 31

    2023-24Fifth Year

    Forward
    6'5"
    31