As a junior (2002-03): The longest tenured player on the squad, Gatson started 23-of-24 contests after sitting out the first three games of the season due to back problems...played both guard positions and forward during the year...averaged 8.6 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists...finished second on the squad with 38 steals and 66 assists...placed third on the team with 757 minutes played...also shot a career-best 14-for-45 (.311) from behind the three-point arc...tallied a career-high 22 points on 9-of-15 shooting from the floor against San Jose Christian...scored at least 10 points in 9-of-24 games...one of only three members on the squad (Sarah Craig, Danielle Iceman) to record 20 points in a game during the year...shot at least .500 from the floor in 9-of-24 games...collected a season-high five steals against Northern Arizona...ranked ninth in the Big Sky Conference with an average of 1.58 steals per game...only member of the squad to start all 14 Big Sky games...played a team-high 31.5 minutes per game during that span...tied for seventh in the conference with 1.71 steals per game...named Big Sky Conference Player of the Week after finishing with a team-high 17 points, on 7-of-10 shooting (2-of-4 from behind the three-point line), to go along with five rebounds and a game-high tying three steals at Montana State.
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 sur-gery.
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 softball
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 se-nior
year...a business major...parents are David and Ramona Gatson.
Gatson's Single-Game Career Highs
Points .............................. 22 vs. San Jose Christian (1-9-03)
Field Goals Made .............. 9 vs. San Jose Christian (1-9-03)
Field Goals Attempted .......... 18 vs. Montana State (2-23-02)
Three-Pointers ............................. 3 vs. Idaho State (2-22-03)
Three-Pointers Attempted .................................. 5, Two 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, 12 Times
Steals .............................................................. 6, Two Times
How She Stacks Up
Among Hornet Career Leaders
Assists .......................................... 188 (10th)
Within Reach (# needed to break Top-10)
Points ........................................... 557 (282)
Field Goals ................................... 193 (108)
Field Goals Attempted ................... 571 (173)
Steals ............................................... 98 (44)
Rebounds ..................................... 279 (145)
Assists ................................. 188 (26 for 8th)
Free Throws .................................... 149 (19)
Free Throws Attempted .................... 225 (18)
Three-pointers Made ......................... 22 (10)
Three-pointers Attempted ................... 92 (12)
**Information from the Sacramento State Media Guide.