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Sue Bird

 

AT CONNECTICUT: Drafted No. 1 in the 2002 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm... UConn’s first No. 1 draft pick... 2002 Wade Trophy recipient and Associated Press and Naismith Player of the Year...Winner of the 2002 Honda Award for Women’s Basketball...Recipient of the first annual Senior CLASS Award presented to the national’s most outstanding senior basketball player... Three-time Conseco/Nancy Lieberman-Cline National Point Guard of the Year Award winner... Two-Time All-American... Ranks 18th on UConn All-Time scoring list with 1,378 career points... Ranks tied for second in three-point field goals made (207)... Tops UConn All-Time lists in three-point field goal percentage (45.9) and free throw percentage (89.2)... Ranks No. 2 in assists (585) and No. 7 in steals (243)... One of only two players at UConn to amass over 1,000 points, 500 assists and 200 steals in a career (Jennifer Rizzotti)... Posts a career scoring average of 11.7 ppg and 5.0 career assists.

2001-02: 2002 Wade Trophy recipient... 2001-02 Naismith, Associated Press and USBWA Player of the Year... 2002 Honda Award for Women’s Basketball recipient... 2001-02 Kodak All-American... 2001-02 Associated Press First Team All-American... 2002 NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team selection... 2002 NCAA Tournament Mideast Region Most Outstanding Player...2001-02 BIG EAST Player of the Year... 2001-02 First Team All-BIG EAST... 2002 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team... 2001-02 Nancy Lieberman-Cline Point Guard of the Year... Recipient of the first annual Senior CLASS Award presented to the national’s most outstanding senior basketball player... Consensus 2001-02 preseason All-America... Starting point guard in all 39 games... Leading vote-getter for 2001-02 Preseason Naismith Player of the Year award and finalist... Preseason 2001-02 BIG EAST Player of the Year and All-BIG EAST First Team member... Registered UConn record for most assists in a season with 231...Led nation in free throw shooting with 94.2 percentage... Posted a career-best 26 points against Old Dominion in the NCAA Mideast Regional Final...Added 11 assists to that effort for her second career double-double...Notched a career-high 12 assists versus Fairfield... Led the team in scoring 12 times, assists 25 times, and steals 19 times... Ranked nationally in the top 30 in assists (5.9)... Scored 20 or more points in 10 games this season... Had first double-double of career with 21 points and 12 assists versus Fairfield... Reached 1,000 career points versus Old Dominion (12/29)... BIG EAST Player of the Week (1/28)... Dean’s list student.

2000-01: Named ESPN The Magazine and the Conseco/Nancy Lieberman-Cline National Point Guard of the Year (two-time Nancy Lieberman Cline winner)... Selected as one of the 15 finalists for the 2000-2001 Naismith Player of the Year Award… Named Associated Press Third Team All-American... Named to the All-East Regional Team... Named to the All-BIG EAST First Team... Third at UConn for most assists in a season with 169... Started and played in 34 games, sitting out one contest with back spasms… Led team in minutes played with 27.7 minutes per game… Finished tied for fourth on the team in scoring with 10.9 ppg... Led team in assists (169) and steals (63)… Shot 35-45 (.778) from the free-throw line… Hit a shot at the buzzer vs. Notre Dame (March 6) to give the Huskies their eighth consecutive BIG EAST Championship... Recorded a career-high in three-pointers at Virginia Tech (Feb. 7) with five… Led team in scoring six times (13 pts. vs. LIU (March 17), 15 pts. vs Notre Dame (Mar. 6), 15 pts. vs. Tennessee (Dec. 30), 17 at Virginia Tech (Feb. 7), 20 at Seton Hall (Feb. 27) and 18 pts. vs. Notre Dame (Mar. 3)… Matched her career-high with 10 assists at Illinois (Dec. 10)… Named to the Big East Preseason First Team.

1999-00: Named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team... Selected to NCAA East Region All-Regional Team... Earned Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention honors... Earned Nancy Lieberman-Cline Point Guard of the Year Award... Named to 1999-2000 All-BIG EAST Second Team... Returned to the line-up to start all 37 games at point guard after recovering from knee surgery... Ranked No. 2 in the nation in three-point shooting with 49.7 percent... Led the team in free throw shooting (89.8%)... Third-leading scorer on the team with 10.9 points per game... Scored a career-high 25 points against Tennessee (Jan. 8)... Second in assists on the squad (4.3 apg)... Dished a then-career-high 10 versus Old Dominion (Nov. 26)... Earned BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week honors (Jan. 10).

1998-99: Started the first eight games of the season at the point guard position...Tore the ACL in her left knee and had surgery on Dec. 30, missing the rest of the season... Averaged 20 minutes and 5.1 points a game prior to the injury... Posted a career-high 13 points and six assists vs. Holy Cross (Nov. 30)... Was 6-of-19 from beyond the arc, including 2-for-2 vs. then-No. 6 Notre Dame.

HIGH SCHOOL: Named Parade First Team All-America... Averaged 16.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 8.5 steals a game her senior year at Christ the King High School... 1997-98 MVP of the New York State Tournament... 1997-98 New York City and New York State Player of the Year... 1997 AAU All-America... Named the New York Daily News Player of the Year after leading team to 27-0 mark and national championship... Also named All-State and All-City... USA Today Second Team and Street & Smith Third Team All-America... Invited to the 1998 WBCA All-America Game... Also lettered two years in soccer and one in track... National Honor Society and honor roll student.

PERSONAL: Communication science major... Dean’s List student... Born Suzanne Brigit Bird on October 16, 1980.