Sydney Gatson
As a sophomore (2001-02): Appeared in all but one game, including 25 starts...led the team with 33.8 minutes per game...played all 40 minutes of three games and played at least 35 minutes in 12 games...finished the season with per-game averages of 8.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists...averaged 10.5 points against Big Sky competition...recorded double figures in points in 11 of the final 15 games after doing so just once during the first 38 games of her career...missed a triple-double
by three assists at Montana (10 points, career-high nine rebounds and seven assists)...notched a career-high 17 points, including eight rebounds, vs. Gonzaga...among team leaders, she was first in assists (66), minutes played (880)
and steals (36), second in points (222) and free throws made (74), and fourth in rebounds (113)...her free throw percentage (.698) and steals per game (1.38) both ranked ninth in the Big Sky...did all of this despite missing the entire offseason (including fall practices) with a back injury.
2000-01 Season: Took a medical redshirt after
undergoing offseason back surgery.
As a freshman (1999-00): One of five players on the team to play in all 27 games...posted per game averages of 21.1 minutes, 4.8 points, 2.1
rebounds and 2.1 assists...only two starts of the season came against
Lamar and at Cal Poly...recorded a team season-high six steals vs. Azusa
Pacific...finished second on the team with 56 assists and sixth with 129
points...recorded a season-high 10 points in the season opener at Santa
Clara...had nine points, four rebounds and three assists at Montana State.
High School: A 1999 graduate of Clayton Valley High School in Concord,
Calif...attended Victor Valley High School in Victorville, Calif., as a freshman and sophomore...played four years of basketball and volleyball, one year of soft-ball
and ran track two seasons...played at both point and shooting guard...was both a four-time all-league and a four-time all-city selection in hoops...named Bay Area Athletic League MVP during her senior year when she averaged 19 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and four steals per game...was also named the Concord Transcript Player of the Year as a senior...led Clayton Valley to a pair of league championships and a North Coast Section championship in 1998...an all-Citrus Belt League selection as a freshman and a sophomore at Victor Valley...named Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore...recorded 22 points, 14 rebounds, nine assists and five steals
in a CIF Southern Section semifinal game her sophomore year...was a three-time all league selection and three-time team MVP in volleyball and an all-league softball selection as a sophomore...led Victor Valley to a basketball and softball league championship in 1996-97.
Personal: Born Jan. 2, 1981...made the honor roll all four years of high
school...named Clayton Valley High School�s Most Athletic Female during
her senior year...a business major...parents are David and Ramona
Gatson.
Needs 59 free throws to rank
10th on Sacramento State�s all-time
career list.
Needs 52 assists to rank 10th on Sacramento State�s all-time career list.
Gatson�s Single-Game Career Highs
Points ... 17 vs. Gonzaga (1-2-02)
Field Goals Made ... 6 vs. Gonzaga (1-2-02)
Field Goals Attempted ... 18 vs. Montana State (2-23-02)
Three-Pointers ... 2, Two Times
Three-Pointers Attempted ... 3, Three Times
Free Throws Made ... 8 at Montana State (1-24-02)
Free Throws Attempted ... 13 at Montana State (1-24-02)
Rebounds ... 9 at Montana (1-26-02)
Assists ... 7, Two Times
Blocked Shots ... 1, Eight Times
Steals ... 6, Two Times
**Information from the Sacramento State Media Guide.
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