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AT CONNECTICUT: Drafted No. 2 overall by the Detroit Shock in the 2002 WNBA Draft... 2002 Kodak All-American and NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player... 2001-02 Naismith Player of the Year Finalist... Connecticut’s 20th player to record 1,000 career points doing so at the 2001 Final Four... Ranks seventh all-time in scoring at UConn with 1,583 career points... Ranks 6th at UConn in rebounds (910), field goal percentage (55.1%) and blocks (130)... Second player in BIG EAST history to lead the league at the completion of the regular season (2001-02) in scoring (15.9) and rebounding (9.1)... Posts a career scoring average of 11.9 ppg and 6.8 rebounds per game. 2001-02: 2002 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player... 2001-02 Kodak All-American and AP Second Team All-American... 2001-02 First Team All-BIG EAST and All-Tournament Team member... 2001-02 Athlon Sports, Women’s Basketball News and Lindy’s Magazine Preseason Second Team All-American... 2001-02 Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team... Preseason WNIT MVP... 2001 WBCA November Player of the Month... Starting forward in all 39 games... Lead the team in scoring (14.9) and rebounding (8.6)... Upon completion of the regular season, she led the league in overall scoring and rebounding along with field goal percentage (54.9)... Lead the team and the league in double-doubles with 15 on the season... Was named the BIG EAST Player of the Week a conference-leading four times (11/19, 12/31, 1/14, 2/11)... Reached double-figure scoring in 37 of 39 contests... Scored a career-high 29 points versus Old Dominion (12/29), dished a career-high seven assists versus third-ranked Oklahoma (12/22) and had a career-high six blocks versus Wright State (12/31)... Twice scored 19 points in half versus ODU (12/29) and Vanderbilt (11/18)...Dean’s List student. 2000-01: Started in 33 of the 35 games she appeared in... Honorable mention Associated Press All-American... Named to the All-East Regional Team... Named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team... Ranked second on the team in scoring with a 12.2 average and was first in rebounding, grabbing 7.5 per game... Against West Virginia, Cash became the 13th player in school history to record 20-or-more rebounds in a game and the first to do it in five years... Eclipsed 1,000 career points with 10 points versus Notre Dame in the 2001 Final Four (1,003 career points)... Tied a then-career-high of 20 points vs. Rutgers (Mar. 5), West Virginia (Feb. 20) and Miami (Dec. 5)... Grabbed a career-high 20 rebounds vs. WVU (Feb. 20)... Grabbed a career-high 13 defensive rebounds vs. LIU (Mar. 17)... Led team in scoring on eight different occasions... Recorded seven double-doubles... Earned BIG EAST Conference Co-Player of the Week honors (Feb. 26). 1999-00: Earned 1999-2000 All-BIG EAST Third Team honors... Named to 2000 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team... Played all 37 games, starting 34... Fourth on the squad in scoring (9.9 ppg) and second in rebounding (5.3 rpg)... Led the team in scoring six times, reaching double figures on 20 occasions... Led the team in rebounding 11 times and blocks 10 times... Earned BIG EAST Conference Co-Player of the Week honors (Dec. 20)... Wore No. 32 after wearing No. 23 her freshman year. 1998-99: Played in 22 games, starting 14... Missed 12 games due to a stress fracture... Averaged 15.1 minutes, 9.5 points and 5.2 rebounds a contest... Scored in double figures in 10 games, including a then-career-best 20 points vs. then-No. 16 Arkansas... Led the Huskies with 19 points in 19 minutes vs. Tennessee... Garnered first collegiate double-double against St. John’s (Dec. 13) with 15 points and 11 rebounds... Two-time BIG EAST Rookie of the Week (Nov. 16 & Dec. 14)... Named to the Four In The Fall All-Tournament Team. HIGH SCHOOL: Named Parade, USA Today and Street & Smith First Team All-America... Averaged 30.4 points, 16.9 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 4.2 steals and 5.8 blocks a game at McKeesport High School... Ranked No. 3 by Blue Star Index... In her career, scored 2,678 points and grabbed 1,782 boards, 566 blocks and 399 steals... Recorded school-record 21 blocks in one game as a junior... Named Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year... Invited to the 1998 WBCA All-America Game... Also lettered in track... President of the McKeesport Student Council. PERSONAL: Communication science major... Born Swintayla Marie Cash on September 22, 1979.
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