2007-08 Women's Basketball Roster
Biography
As a Junior (2006-07)
Started 24 games and played in every contest for the Shockers... Averaged 26 minutes per game playing primarily the point... Started 16 of the 18 conference games at the point... Finished the season with career-best 6.6 points per game, which ranked fifth on the squad, along with 1.8 rebounds per contest... Team leader with 80 assists, a mark that ranked 12th among conference players... Shot 40 percent from the field and nearly 42 percent from three-point range, a clip that ranked fourth among Valley players and ranked second on the single-season list at WSU, just .002 short of the single-season record... Posted five double-digit scoring games... Led team in scoring once... Recorded four games with five or more assists, including six at Indiana St. (J13), which tied a season high set earlier in the season against Northern Colorado (D19)... Opened the season with two-straight double-digit scoring efforts... Scored a career-high 17 points in the first start of the season against UMKC... Connected on a career-high three three-pointers four times during the season, the last coming at Drake in the State Farm MVC Tournament (M8)... Tied another career high twice with six three-point attempts, the last of which came against Drake (F23)... Posted a season-best four steals twice... Connected on a season-high six free throws against New Mexico St., one shy of her career high... Scored 400th career point at Evansville (F28) and posted 200th career assist at Indiana St. (J13)... Recorded 100th career steal against Evansville (D30) and pulled down 100th career rebound in the season opener against Hofstra... Shot 52 percent from three-point range in last seven games of the season... Recipient of the Missouri Valley Conference Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and named a member of the MVC Honor Roll... Named to both the AD's Honor Roll and the Dean's Honor Roll following both the Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 semesters.
As a Sophomore (2005-06)
Started seven games and played in every contest for the Shockers... Averaged 21.3 minutes per game at point-guard... Averaged 4.6 points and 1.6 rebounds per game, while ranking second on the team with 59 assists... Broke the school’s single-season record for free-throw shooting, connecting on 86.7 percent (39-45) of her free throws, which would have placed second among Valley players had she met the statistical minimum of 2.0 free throws made per team game... Shot 35.6 percent from the field including a 30.4 percent clip from three-point range... Posted four double-figure scoring efforts, including a 12-point effort at Missouri State, which tied a career-high... Recorded a season-high five assists against Missouri State (M4) in the regular-season finale... Tied a team game high with 10 points at Indiana State (J20)... Four of her seven starts came in conference games... Named to the Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll for the 2005-06 academic year... Named to both the AD’s Honor Roll and the Dean’s Honor Roll in the Fall 2005 and Spring 2006 semesters... Recipient of the Foul Shooting Excellence Award at the annual postseason banquet.
As a Freshman (2004-05)
Started 20 games and played in every contest for the Shockers... Averaged the third most minutes (27.4) of any player on the team, all at point-guard... Finished the season ranked in the top 10 in the conference in assists (7th), steals (7th) and assist-to-turnover ratio (10th)... Was second on the team in free-throw shooting with a .719 percentage... Averaged 3.4 points and 2.1 rebounds per game... Team leader with 93 assists and 52 steals... Also posted five blocks on the season... Shot .303 from the field and .242 from three-point range... Posted team individual game and career-high 10 assists against Indiana State (F10)... Posted five steals in a game three times... Scored a season-high 12 points against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (D5)... Had six games with five or more assists... Led the team with seven rebounds against Missouri State (F27)... Started 14 games in Valley action and played in every conference contest... Was third on the team in minutes played in Valley games, and shot .320 from three-point range in conference play... Went 8-for-10 at the free throw line in conference action... Shared the Academic Excellence Award with Rochelle Busenitz at the annual postseason banquet... Named to the AD’s Honor Roll for both the Fall 2004 and Spring 2005 semesters and the Dean’s Honor Roll in Fall 2004... Named to the Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll for the 2004-05 academic year.
In High School
Attended Bishop Carroll High School in Wichita, Kan... Lettered four years in basketball and one year in volleyball under head coach Don Racine... McDonald’s High School All-America nominee... Led team in scoring as a senior with 12.6 points per game... Averaged four rebounds, five assists, three steals and five deflections per game... Posted career-high single-game performances of 24 points, eight rebounds, 13 assists and 13 steals... Helped lead team to 2004 Kansas Class 5A State Championship... Went 68-7 over final three seasons as a high school player... Twice selected to the KBCA all-state Class 5A first team... Two-time all-City League selection... Third team all-state selection in 2003, second team all-state selection in 2004... Named to the Miss Basketball all-tournament team in 2004... A 2004 selection to the KBCA All-Star Team... Four-year member of the honor roll... Member of the French Club... Graduated with a 3.8 GPA overall.
The Personal File
Daughter of Craig and Linda Steven... Born Taylor Marie Steven on July 22, 1985, in Wichita, Kan... Has four siblings, including an older brother Craig Jr., a younger brother Brett and older sisters Leigh and Michelle... Majoring in elementary education at WSU... Sister of former Wichita State men’s basketball player Craig Steven.
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