Wichita State Athletics

Career:

Played in all 65 games, starting 19... Scored 461 career points and is the team’s active career rebounding leader with 331... Has blocked 66 shots and forced 41 steals.

As a Junior in 2011-12:

Played in all 33 games, starting 29... Averaged career-highs in points (8.6), rebounds (5.4) and minutes (26.6) while shooting .488 from the field and a career-best .724 from the free throw line... Led team with 38 blocked shots while committing 26 fewer fouls in 132 more minutes of playing time than in 2010-11... Scored career-high 18 points on 9-of-17 shooting in Nov. 23 win vs. Winthrop... Registered 16-point, 12-rebound double-double in double-overtime victory at Long Beach St. on Dec. 19 to win their holiday tournament... Scored double figures in six-straight games from Jan. 27-Feb. 16, averaging 13.2 ppg on .545 shooting... Shot .527 (57-for-108) from the field over the season’s final 15 games... Led team with 10 points in WNIT game at Oklahoma State (March 18). 

As a Sophomore in 2010-11:

Played in all 32 games, starting 18... Averaged 7.3 points and 4.8 rebounds while playing 23.3 minutes per game... Recorded 6th-highest single season blocked shots total in WSU history with 44 rejections, doubling the total from her freshman season... For the second straight year pulled down 14 rebounds on New Year’s Eve... Also blocked a career-high six shots and added nine points on 3-of-6 shooting... Produced a 12-point, 10-rebound double-double at Illinois State (Feb. 10)... Scored a career-high 17 points on six field goals and five free throws in a victory vs. Creighton (Feb. 26)...  Came away with nine rebounds in 27 minutes in a WNIT game at Kansas (March 16)... Scored in double figures seven times and led the team in rebounding seven times. 

As a Freshman in 2009-10:

Played in all 33 games, starting one... Averaged 6.8 points and 5.3 rebounds per game... Upped averages to 7.3 points and 5.7 rebounds during MVC competition... Led team in rebounds (176) and blocked shots (22) despite averaging just 21.4 minutes per game... Second on the team in field goal percentage (.521) and sixth in scoring... Recorded three double-doubles to lead the team... Hauled in five offensive rebounds four times... Put up 14 points and brought down 14 rebounds in MVC opener vs. UNI (Dec. 31)... Those 14 boards were the most by any Shocker in a game during the 2009-10 season... Registered 14-pt, 10-reb double-double near her hometown at Memphis in the Women’s Basketball Invitational... Hit game-winning jumper in the lane to lift WSU to a 53-52 win over UMKC at the Bahamas Sunsplash Shootout (Dec. 20)... Put in season-high 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting while grabbing nine rebounds (five offensive) at Evansville (Jan. 28)... Scored in double figures eight times... Tallied double figures in rebounding four times.

In High School:

Attended West Memphis High School in West Memphis, Ark. ... Earned three letters in volleyball, one in track and two in basketball under head coach Sheila Burns ... A two-time all-state Class 6A selection by the Arkansas High School Athletics Association ... Helped guide the Lady Blue Devils to back-to-back appearances in the Arkansas State Class 6A state championship game ... A two-time all-conference selection and named all-county as a senior ... Averaged eight points and seven rebounds per game, and helped lead the school to a 92-18 (.836) record during her playing career there ... A McDonald’s High School All-America nominee ... Named to the Honor Roll at WMHS after graduating with a 3.6 GPA.

Gordon’s Personal File:

Daughter of Peter and Eddie Mae Rothschild ... Born on Nov. 9, 1989 in Selma, Ala. ... Has three siblings, an older brother Akeem and a younger brother Peter, along with an older sister Romesha ... Her uncle Robert Givens also played college basketball ... Played summer traveling ball for the New Life Hawks coached by Dion Cross ... Is majoring in Exercise Science at WSU.