Janie Mitchell Class: Senior Hometown: Jackson, Miss. High School: Callaway Height: 6-0 Position: Forward Birthdate: 01/11/1986

General: Versatile player that can play four of the five positions on the court ... Not afraid to step outside and take a shot from three-point range if bottled up in the paint ... Talented athlete that made a strong impression on the coaches during her rookie campaign and has developed into one of the strongest and most valuable players on the team ... Has the ability to make the players around her better ... Finished seventh in her graduating class in high school ... Named the Most Improved Player and earned the Rebound Award at the team's end-of-year celebration in 2006 ... Earned MVP honors at the 2005 Georgia Tech/Atlanta Marriott NW Holiday Invitational ... Selected as Co-Captain by her teammates prior to the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons ... 2007-08 recipient of the Bell Family Athletic Scholarship Endowment.

2007-08: Named third-team All-ACC ... Was named to the Dean's List in the fall ... Team's leading scorer (16.4) and rebounder (6.3) ... Set career-highs in minutes played, field goals made, field goals attempted, rebounds, assists, steals and points scored ... Only the 22nd player in Tech history to reach 1,000 points in a career ... Just the ninth Yellow Jacket to reach 700 rebounds in a career ... She is also the 15th player in Tech history to score 1,000 points and grab 500 rebounds in a career ... Named the ACC Player of the Week on Dec. 10 and Dec. 17, 2007 ... She is the first Jacket to ever win the ACC honor in back-to-back weeks and is just one of six to garner the award more than once ... Recorded 15th career double-double with 14 points and 10 boards vs. Savannah State (2/12) ... Finished with game-high 22 points and went a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line in Feb. 10 game against North Carolina ... Hit game-tying 3-pointer with 10 seconds remaining in regulation to send game into overtime at Maryland. (1/20) ... Named to Georgia Tech Hotel & Convention Center All-Tournament Team after scoring 24 points in win over Kennesaw State (12/30) ... Returned home to Mississippi to score 23 points and grab eight boards against Mississippi State (12/16) ... Continued strong road trip with 25 points and eight rebounds in Dec. 18 win at Mississippi Valley State ... Scored in double-figures 25 times this season ... Ranks seventh all-time in the Georgia Tech record books with 1,422 points and is ninth in rebounding 704 ... Team Co-Captain.

2006-07: Earned All-ACC Honorable Mention ... Selected to Dean's List during the fall semester ... Led Jackets to program's first-ever NCAA Tournament win with team-best 14 points, 11 rebounds in first-round aginst DePaul ... Notched another double-double with 22 points, 10 rebounds in ACC Tournament win over Miami ... Scored 17 points and had 12 rebounds in ACC regular-season finale vs. Virginia ... Registered 20 points and nine rebounds in win over NC State followed by 22 points in the next game at Miami ... Scored 26 points with eight rebounds in 10-point loss to No. 8 Georgia ... Recorded double-figures in scoring in 23 games ... Registered 10 or more rebounds on five occasions, giving her five double-doubles on the season ... Scored at least 20 points in seven games this season and had done so twice in back-to-back games ... Led team in rebounding averaging with 6.9 per game and was second in scoring with 14.5 points per game ... Started all but six games this season and missed four due to a Medial Collateral Ligament sprain.

2005-06: Named the MVP of the 2005 Georgia Tech/Atlanta Marriott NW Holiday Invitational by averaging 15 points and 11 rebounds in the two tournament games ... Also connected on 12-of-26 (.462) from the field in the event ... Led the team with 191 rebounds (6.6 per game) and finished third on the team in scoring, averaging 10.1 points per game ... Started 27 of 29 games during the season and was one of just four players to participate in every contest in 2006 ... Had six double-doubles on the season ... Scored in double figures on 17 games while being held scoreless in just one contest ... Pulled down at least 10 rebounds in seven contests during the season ... Had a season-high 21 points at Virginia, shooting 61.5 percent from the field and 80 percent from the free-throw line ... Shot over 50 percent from the field in seven games during the season, including connecting on 7-of-9 (.778) field goal attempts against Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the second game of the season ... The Jackets' top free-throw shooter, as she shot 83.6 percent from the charity stripe during the season ... Was fourth on the team with seven three pointers on the year.

2004-05: Showed steady improvement during her rookie campaign, with her top performance coming in the season finale against Miami in the ACC Tournament, when she scored 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting while pulling down seven rebounds ... Started seven of the last eight games of the season and was one of six players to participate in every contest during the year ... Averaged over 11 points per game in her last six games after contributing 4.4 points per contest in the first 17 games of the season ... Shot over 78 percent from the charity stripe against ACC opponents ... A post player that hit eight three-pointers during the season ... Recorded the first double-double of her career with 17 points and 10 rebounds at Maryland.

Prep: The 2004 State of Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year recipient ... Two-year letterwinner for Coach Maxine Johnson at Callaway High School ... Lettered two years for Coach Anna Jackson in her first two prep seasons at Murrah High School ... Helped Murrah to the 5A State Championship in 2002 ... Was a four-time MVP of her high school team ... Earned adidas and Nike All-America honors following her senior year ... Fifth-team All-America selection, according to the All Star Girls Report ... Street & Smith Honorable Mention All-American following her junior season in which she averaged 22.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, three blocks and 2.5 steals per game ... Selected as the No. 4 power forward in the class of 2004 by the All Star Girls Report ... Averaged 20.6 points, 10.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists and two blocks per game her sophomore year, which earned her Street & Smith Honorable Mention All-America Honors in 2002 ... Tabbed first-team all-state in 2004 and second team all-state in 2002 and '03 ... Named first-team all-metro from 2002-04 ... Participated in the Alabama/Mississippi All-Star game following her senior year ... Two-time participant in the Nike All-America camp ... National Junior Olympic All-American in 2003 ... Graduated seventh in her class and was a member of the National Honor Society and National Honor Roll ... Treasurer of her senior class.

Personal: Janie Latrice Mitchell was born January 11, 1986 ... Parents are James and Deborah Smith ... Comes from an athletic family ... Mother was a freshman all-America at Georgia while cousin Jamie Mitchell is a member of the Ole Miss football team ... Lists ranking seventh in her class and being honored as part of the Top Ten by the mayor as her most memorable non-athletic accomplishment ... Management major at Georgia Tech scheduled to graduate in May, 2008.