Stephanie Higgs Class: Senior Hometown: Lawrenceville, Ga. High School: Central Gwinnett Height: 5-9 Position: Guard Birthdate: 02/08/1985

General: A talented and aggressive guard that can play both the point and shooting guard positions ... One of the most confident players on the team ... Possesses great court awareness with the inane ability to get the ball into the post ... When playing the point guard position, will push the tempo and isn't afraid to drive the lane if and when she finds an opening ... Named honorable mention all-ACC in 2005 and earned 2006 second-team all-ACC Tournament honors ... Earned Co-Offensive Player of the Year honors at the team banquet concluding the 2006 season.

2006-07: Earned Third Team All-ACC honors after averaging 15.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game ... Led all scorers in final game of her college career with 27 points in NCAA Tournament second-round loss to Purdue ... Recorded eight 20-point scoring outings ... Tallied 25 double-digit scoring outings ... Led Jackets in scoring 13 times ... Earned first double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds in ACC Tournament win over Miami ... Finished with 17 points, eight rebounds and nine assists in regular-season finale against Longwood ... Had 25 points, eight rebounds and three steals in ACC finale vs. Virginia ... Garnered ACC Player of the Week honors after scoring a game-high 26 points in the Jackets upset win over No. 4 Maryland ... Led Jackets to first ACC road victory in two years with team-high 24 points in Jan. 7 win at Clemson going 11-for-11 from free-throw line ... Scored a career-best and tied the fourth-highest tally in school history with 36 points in win at Northwestern ... Finished her college career with 1,315 total points and became the 20th Yellow Jacket to score 1,000 career points ... Eighth in school history in career points (1,315).

2005-06: Earned second-team all-ACC Tournament accolades after averaging 22 points, nine rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.5 steals in two games in the postseason ... Helped the Jackets to their first ACC Tournament victory in three years with a 22-point, 10-rebound performance against Miami in the first-round matchup ... Shot .429 from the field and converted on 10-of-11 from the free-throw line in that contest ... Also scored 22 points in the second-round matchup against eventual national champion Maryland ... Scored 20 or more points in five games during the season, including her first 22-point performance of the year against San Diego on December 9th ... Averaged 16.2 points per game in the last five contests of the season ... Was held scoreless in just two of 29 games all year ... Recorded four double-doubles during the year, with her final one coming against Miami in the ACC Tournament ... Played a career-high 46 minutes at Miami in the regular-season finale ... Shot 44.8 percent from the field in the ACC Tournament after posting a .317 field goal percentage during the regular season ... Finished second on the team in scoring, averaging 12.1 points per game.

2004-05: Named honorable mention all-ACC ... Also earned all-tournament honors in the Georgia Tech/Atlanta Marriott NW Holiday Invitational ... Played in every game during the year, including earning a starting role in the last 20 games of the season ... One of just three Yellow Jackets to score in every game during the season ... Had a career-high 30 points while recording four assists, four rebounds and three steals against Samford in her first career start ... Also shot over 60 percent from the field in that contest ... Led the team with 13.3 points per game while also averaging 4.6 rebounds per contest ... Had 13.1 points per game against ACC opponents ... Scored 16 points while recording eight rebounds and three steals in Tech's win over sixth-ranked Georgia ... Had two 20+-point games against ACC opponents during the season ... Led the Jackets to the annual holiday tournament title with 19 points against Alcorn State in the championship game.

2003-04: One of the first guards off the bench and the most accurate three-point shooter on the team ... Shot over 41 percent from beyond the arc in 25 games ... Was in double-figures in scoring in five games, three of which came against conference foes ... Scored her first collegiate point against UCF at home, when she hit 3-of-5 from three-point range, scoring 13 while pulling down two rebounds and blocking a shot in 16 minutes of play ... Scored a season-high 15 points against Wake Forest in the season finale.

Prep: An outstanding scorer that averaged over 19 points per game in each of her last three years at Central Gwinnett ... Capped her career by being named the Metro Player of the Year for 2003 by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, along with earning 5A first-team all-state accolades in 2002 and `03 ... Earned a spot in the L'adidas Roundball Classic along with teammate Kentrina Wilson ... Scored 14 points to help lead the North to a 110-89 victory over the South in the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association annual all-star high school game ... Tabbed a preseason All-America by Street & Smith in 2003 ... Selected to the all-star team at the Top-Ten adidas camp in 2002 ... Led her AAU team to a third-place finish at the 2002 National Championships ... Averaged 21.9 points and four steals as a junior, leading Central Gwinnett to a 25-5 record and a Round of 16 appearance in the State Championships ... Helped lead Central Gwinnett to a 29-2 record and the Georgia 4A State title in 2001 by averaging 19.4 points, six steals and four assists per game ... Joined the 1,000-point club that same season by scoring a school-record 657 points ... An all-around student-athlete, she carried a 3.8 grade point average at Central Gwinnett ... Active participant in the Feed the Hungry Campaign.

Personal: Stephanie Denise Higgs was born February 8, 1985 ... Daughter of Roy D. and Betty J. Higgs ... Majoring in management at Georgia Tech.