LADY HORNETS MAKE HOME DEBUT AGAINST NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA

Women's Basketball | 11/13/2019 2:13:00 PM

Game #3
Emporia State Lady Hornets (1-1, 0-0 MIAA)
vs. Northwestern Oklahoma Rangers (1-1, 0-0 GAC)
Tuesday, Nov. 12 • 5:30 pm • Emporia, Kan. • WL White Auditorium (5,000)
Series Record: Tied at 4-4 Last Meeting: ESU 93, at NWOSU 47 (11/15/2018)
Radio: KFFX 104.9FM (5:10 pm) Internet Audio: kvoe.com
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Up Next: at Northern State • Sunday, Nov. 17 • 2:00 pm
Aberdeen, SD • Wachs Arena (8,000)

LET'S GET THINGS STARTED AT HOME     
The Lady Hornets make their White Auditorium debut against Northwestern Oklahoma. Emporia State has won 23 straight home openers and 37 of their last 40 home openers.

LAST TIMEOUT
The Lady Hornets overcame a 10 point deficit on the way to a 62-59 victory over Henderson State. Emporia State trailed 33-23 with 2:45 left in the first half but ended the period on a 4-1 run to pull within 34-27 at the break. ESU extended the run to 9-1 and made it 34-32 on an old fashioned three-point play by Morgan Laudan with 7:29 left in the third.  Jessica Wayne scored six points during an 8-0 run as the Lady Hornets took a 42-38 lead with 3:31 left in the third. ESU scored the final six points of the period to take a 48-41 lead into the fourth. Jalyn Harris scored inside 13 seconds into the fourth quarter to give the Lady Hornets their largest lead at 50-41. The Reddies closed to within 55-54 with 2:59 left before Emporia State scored five straight on a layup by Laudan and old fashioned three-point play from Wayne to take a 60-54 lead with 1:27 left.  Wayne led Emporia State with 18 points and four steals.  Laudan had 13 points and six rebounds while Harris scored ten points with 13 rebounds.

THE COACHES
Toby Wynn is 23-10 in his second year as the head coach of the Lady Hornets. He is the second coach to win at least 20 games and go to the NCAA Tournament in his first year at Emporia State. He went 349-84 in 13 years as the head coach at Seward CC with four Jayhawk Conference regular season championships and two Region VI Tournament titles. He is 1-0 against Northwestern Oklahoma.
Tasha Diesselhorst is 34-54 in her fourth year at Northwestern Oklahoma. She is 0-1 against Emporia State.

ABOUT THE LADY HORNETS
Emporia State is 1-1 after splitting two games in Searcy,Ark. to start the year. They are leading the league in steals and turnover margin. Jessica Wayne is third in the MIAA in steals and ranks 11th in the league in scoring.

ABOUT THE RANGERS
Northwestern Oklahoma is 1-1 after splitting two home games with MIAA opponents over the weekend. Kalea King is their leading scorer at 21.0 points per game while Bailey Brown adds 16.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game.

SERIES HISTORY
Emporia State has won three straight to even the series at 4-4. This is the first meeting in White Auditorium since November 23, 2004.

LAST TIME AGAINST NWOSU
The Lady Hornets connected on 16 of 31 shots from behind the three-point line on the way to a 93-47 win at Northwestern Oklahoma. Emporia State jumped out to 10-2 lead and put the game away with a 15-0 run to start the third quarter. Five different Lady Hornets scored during the Emporia State led 68-41 going to the fourth. Jessica Wayne had a double-double with 21 points and ten rebounds while adding three steals.  She was joined in double figures by Emily Miller with 19 points, Addie Lackey with 15, Tyra Jones with 12 and Morgan Laudan with ten points.

UP NEXT
The Lady Hornets travel to South Dakota for a pair of regional contests. Emporia State will take on Northern State on Sunday, November 17 at 2:00 pm in Aberdeen, SD before heading to Sioux Falls on Tuesday, November 19 to play the Cougars.  Tip-off at USF is set for 5:30 p.m.

HOME COOKIN'
The Lady Hornets have won 289 of the last 319 (.906) games in White Auditorium. They are undefeated in postseason games in White Auditorium with a 14-0 record in MIAA Tournament play and a 6-0 record in the NCAA Tournament. The Lady Hornets have not lost a non-conference home game since a 58-51 defeat by Harris-Stowe on Dec, 8, 2007.  Emporia State has only lost 14 games to unranked NCAA teams in White Auditorium since 1997. The Lady Hornets are 436-98 (.816) overall since 1979 at home and hold the MIAA record for consecutive home wins with 62 set from 1997-2001. Emporia State is 12-7 against top ten teams in White Auditorium since 1995.

MARCH MADNESS RECAP
The Lady Hornets took part in their 20th NCAA Tournament since first becoming eligible for it in 1992. They rank eighth all-time in NCAA Division II tournament appearances and their 17 trips in the 21st century are second to Bentley's 18 berths.  Emporia State has won 40 NCAA Tournament games to rank fifth all-time and fourth among active Division II schools. Since their first win in 1997 they have won more NCAA Tournament games than any school in the country.

MARCH MEANS SOMETHING
The Lady Hornets are 40-12 (.769) in their last 52 March post season games. Emporia State has made it to the championship game in 15 of the last 19 post season tournaments they have played in, appearing in seven MIAA Tournament, seven NCAA Regional Tournament Championship games and the 2010 National Championship game, while making the semifinals at the Elite Eight in 2015. Emporia State is 84-34 (.712) all-time in MIAA and NCAA Tournament games with a 40-19 (.678) record in the NCAA Tourney.
 
NOT SUCH A HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
The host team for the NCAA Regional the Lady Hornets compete in has won the tournament only three times in the last 15 years. The first eight years of the streak were in the South Central Region. Last year was just the seventh time the host team has advanced to the regional final in the last 14 years with Washburn falling to Emporia State in 2006 in Lee Arena, West Texas A&M defeating Central Oklahoma in 2009 in Canyon, Texas, Ft. Hays State falling to Emporia State in 2014 in Hays, Pittsburg State defeating Emporia State in 2017 in Pittsburg, Central Missouri defeating Augustana in 2018 in Sioux Falls, S.D., and Ft. Hays State losing to Southwestern Oklahoma in Hays last season.

ROAD WARRIORS
Emporia State is 279-110 (.717) away from home, 100-30 (.769) in neutral site games and 60-15 (.800) against non-MIAA teams at neutral sites since 1997-98 with five of the losses in the Elite Eight. The Lady Hornets have gone on the road to defeat the #1 ranked team in the nation twice in regional tournaments and have eliminated the host team in six regionals. Emporia State is 52-41 (.559) away from White Auditorium against Top 25 teams. The Lady Hornets are 143-60 (.704) on the road in MIAA league play since 1997-98. Emporia State is 37-16 (.698) in NCAA Tournament games away from White Auditorium.

TOUGH ENOUGH    
The MIAA had the best record in the nation at 107-54 (.665) in non-conference games last year with a 77-49 (.611) record against D-II schools, this includes non-conference games with conference opponents. Within the Central Region the NSIC was 78-49 (.614) and the GAC went 49-42 (.538) in non-conference action.

TAKING ON THE BEST
With the win over Central Missouri last season, the Lady Hornets have won three contests against teams that were defending national champions at the time.  Emporia State defeated the 2018 national champion Jennies 65-62 on Feb. 9, 2019; they defeated the 2016 national champions Lubbock Christian 60-50 on Dec. 3, 2016 in the first ever regular season matchup between a #1 ranked team and a defending national champion in White Auditorium history; and they ended then #1 ranked and 2005 national champion Washburn's 51 game winning streak with a 61-59 win in overtime of the regional championship game on March 13, 2006 in Topeka.

TRANSITION
Toby Wynn was formally introduced as the seventh head coach in Lady Hornet history on April 9, 2018 and has become just the second Emporia State coach to reach the NCAA Tournament in his first season. The Booker, Texas native went 349-84 in 13 seasons at Seward CC and is 370-92 in his 14th season as a head coach. He is 22-9 with a 4-2 record against nationally ranked teams as the head coach at Emporia State. His 22 regular season wins are the second most by a first year coach in Lady Hornet history. He has won at least 20 games in each of his 14 seasons as a head coach, including four 30 win seasons and at least 25 wins in each of his last five years in Liberal.  

GAME OF RUNS
The Lady Hornets had 27 runs of 10-0 or better last year after having only nine such runs during the 2017-18 season.

LOCK DOWN
The Lady Hornets have not allowed a team to score 100 points against them since a 106-75 loss to West Texas A&M on Nov. 29, 1991 a streak of 864 games.

BY THE NUMBERS
The Lady Hornets have topped the 100-point barrier 72 times and have eclipsed the 110 point mark 29 times in their history. Since 1997-98, the Lady Hornets are 294-4 (.987) when scoring at least 80 points. The first loss was to North Dakota, 87-81 in the 1999 Final Four, the second came at West Texas A&M, 86-83 in the 2009 NCAA South Central Regional Semifinals the third was at Central Oklahoma 87-86 in the final regular season game of 2017-18 and the most recent was 96-88 in double overtime to Washburn on January 5, 2019. Emporia State was 167-22 (.884) in the previous 23 seasons when scoring at least 80 points. Conversely Emporia State is 160-2 (.988) all-time when holding opponents to 50 points or less.

BRING IT ON    
The Lady Hornets are 86-53 (.619) against WBCA Top 25 teams since 1997-98 with a 4-2 record last season.  Emporia State is 35-16 (.686) in neutral site games with top 25 foes since 1997. The Lady Hornets are 30-12 (.714) in White Auditorium against Top 25 teams since 1997. Emporia State has 35 wins against Top 10 teams, including four victories against #1 ranked teams in the last seven seasons.

RANKINGS
Emporia State is receiving votes in the preseason WBCA Division II Coaches Poll. Last year was the 22nd consecutive season the Lady Hornets have been in ranked in the Top 25 of the Coaches Poll at least twice during a season. The Lady Hornets have been in the Coaches Top 25 a total of 279 weeks since first appearing in the 1997-98 preseason poll and have been in the top ten for a Division II record 190 weeks.

SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE
Emporia State first earned a #1 national ranking by the WBCA in 2004-05, next in 2006-07, again after winning the 2009-10 national championship, they opened 2015-16 and held onto the spot through their first seven games and they were in the top spot for four games last season. The Lady Hornets are 20-6 all-time when playing as the #1 team in the nation. The Lady Hornets have won 20 games in 21 of the last 23 seasons and their current streak of 23 straight winning seasons is the longest active streak in the MIAA. Emporia State has made the NCAA Tournament 20 times in the last 23 years and their 40-19 record in the tourney is ranked fourth among active Division II schools in total tournament wins. Emporia State has made six Elite Eight trips, the most of any team since 1997. The Lady Hornets won their first national championship in 2010, 12 years after making their first appearance in the national title game and they have advanced to four Final Fours since 1998.
The Lady Hornets have won seven MIAA regular season championships and nine MIAA Tournament titles. Emporia State has appeared in 14 of the last 22 MIAA Tournament Championship games and have made it to the semifinals in 20 of the last 23 seasons.

LADY HORNETS NCAA HISTORY
The Lady Hornets have made the NCAA Tournament 20 times in the last 23 years and their 40-19 record in the tourney is ranked fourth all-time among active Division II schools in total tourney wins. Emporia State won the 2010 National Championship, were national runners-up in 1998, advanced to the Final Four in 1999 and 2015, and were also in the Elite Eight in 2000 and 2006. They have been to the regional final 14 times.

HERE THEY COME
Emporia State has played in front of at least 1,000 fans in White Auditorium in every home game since January 2, 1999 - a span of 291 games. The Lady Hornets drew an average of 1,492 fans to their 13 home games on Slaymaker Court in White Auditorium during the 2018-19 season to rank sixth nationally. Emporia State averaged more than 20 teams that made the NCAA Division I Tournament. They outdrew 210 NCAA Division I schools, including eight from the "Power 5" conferences - five from the ACC, two from the Pac 12, and one from the Big 10.  The last time Emporia State failed to draw 1,000 fans was a 103-38 victory over Tabor on Nov. 24, 1997 in front of 947. The Lady Hornets national championship game drew a standing room only crowd of 3,405 to the St. Joseph Civic Arena in 2010. The Lady Hornets averaged a school record 2,684 fans over 13 home dates in 2005-06 to finish third in the nation and led the nation with an average attendance of 2,348 fans for their 15 home dates in 2004-05. Emporia State has been in the top six of the nation in attendance in each of the last 22 years.

ON THE AIR
The Lady Hornets have been on national television five times in the last 20 years. They are 3-2 after their loss in the Final Four to eventual national champion California (PA) on the CBS Sports Network last year. They defeated Ft. Lewis 65-53 in the national championship game on ESPN2 in 2010. Emporia State's 97-94 overtime victory over then #1 Gannon was shown on ESPNU. The Lady Hornets 74-67 victory over Washburn in 2007 was televised nation wide on CSTV. It was the first time a basketball game was televised nationally from White Auditorium and the first time an MIAA regular season basketball game, men or women, had been telecast nationwide. The Lady Hornets national championship game against North Dakota in 1998 was seen on ESPN. The Turnpike Tussle game against Washburn in White Auditorium on Jan. 15, 2011 was available across Mid-America on the MIAA Broadcasting Network while the Lady Hornets have made seven straight appearances on the MIAA Network as part of the conference championship game.

LET'S HANG SOME MORE
Aneta Kausaite, Jurgita Kausaite, Tara Holloway-Churchill, Emily Bloss-Carpenter, Michelle Stueve-Corpening, Cassondra Boston and Alli Volkens have had their jerseys retired in White Auditorium for earning first or second team All-American honors at Emporia State, graduating and playing at least two years for the Lady Hornets.

TRIFECTA
Emporia State is the first program in NCAA Division II history to lead the nation in attendance (2005), win a national championship (2010), and be honored with the top GPA in the nation (2017) in the WBCA Academic Top 25 list.

LADY HORNET SUCCESS ON THE COURT...
The Lady Hornets have the best record in MIAA play in the 21st century. Emporia State is 287-90 (.761) in MIAA play since the 2000 season and 499-137 (.785) overall in that time. The Lady Hornets are even better if you add two more years to the equation. Since the 1997-98 season, Emporia State is 320-91 (.779) in MIAA play and 562-141 (.800) overall. The Lady Hornets have been ranked in the top ten of the ESPN/USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll 190 times, the most of any NCAA Division II school.  Emporia State has been to 20 NCAA Tournaments, made the Regional Championship or "Sweet 16" 14 times, has made six trips to the Elite Eight, four to the Final Four, two national title game appearances and won the 2010 NCAA Division II National Championship. The Lady Hornets have won seven MIAA Regular season and nine Tournament Championships and are the only team to win four straight undisputed (untied regular season and tournament) MIAA Championships pulling the trick from 1998-2001. They went to seven straight MIAA Tournament Championships games from 2011-17, have been in 14 of the last 21 MIAA Tournament championship games, made it to the semifinals in 20 of the last 22 MIAA Tournaments and won nine tourney titles.

...AND IN THE CLASSROOM
Emporia State sat atop the 2016-17 Women's Basketball Coaches Association NCAA Division II Academic Top 25 list. The Lady Hornets had a school record 3.744 team GPA during the 2016-17 academic year. Emily Miller and Addie Lackey were named CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District VII last year. Lady Hornets have been honored as Academic All-Americans four times since joining the NCAA. Michelle Stueve was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America second-team in 2007-08 and was a three-time Academic All-District VII performer. Emily Bloss was a three-time Academic All-American and was named the Academic All-American of the Year in 2001.

MIAA TOURNEY EXCELLENCE
Emporia State won an unprecedented five straight MIAA Tournament Championships and an MIAA record 16 straight games in tournament play from 2013-2018. They are the first team to have two different streaks of at least four straight tournament championships. The Lady Hornets won four straight championships from 1998-2001 and were in seven straight title games between 2011 and 2017 with championships in the final five tournaments of that run. They are the first team to be in seven straight championship games since Missouri Western appeared in seven straight from 1997-2003. Emporia State is 44-15 all-time in MIAA Tournament play with a 14-0 record in White Auditorium.


NEWBIES
Kelly Moten became just the fourth freshman to earn All-Tournament honors at the 2014 MIAA Tournament.  All four freshmen were Lady Hornets and Moten is the first to earn the honors coming off the bench.  She joins Merissa Quick as the only two sophomores to earn Most Outstanding Player honors at the MIAA Tournament. A total of six different Lady Hornets have been named MIAA Freshman of the Year.

ALL-TIME ALL-MIAA TOURNAMENT TEAM
Lady Hornets Emily Bloss, Tara Holloway and Jurgita Kausaite were named to the ten person All-Time All-MIAA Tournament Team by a panel of past and current sports information directors and media members prior to the 2007 Tournament. Bloss averaged 17 points in her twelve tournament games, including a tournament record 76 points as a senior. Holloway scored 151 points in her career. Kausaite scored 120 points in six tournament games.

TIP-INS
• The Lady Hornets have won 20 games 21 times in the last 23 years and 26 times in the program's 42 year history.
• The Lady Hornets have won 25 games 13 times in school history.
• The Lady Hornets have won 30 games four times in school history.
• The Lady Hornets are 924-402 (.697) overall in their 46th year of action and were the eighth NCAA Division II program to reach 900 wins.
• The Lady Hornets are the only team to appear in the NCAA top twenty season records for scoring offense (17th - 90.0 in 1998; 8th - 91.3 in 1999; 18th - 89.9 in 2000) and scoring defense (20th - 50.6 in 2001).
• The Lady Hornets have had ten of the last 21 MIAA MVPs, six of the last 17 Freshmen of the Year and have won three MIAA Defensive Player of the Year awards since 2011-12.

STREAKS AND SUCH
• The Lady Hornets have held their last 864 opponents to under 100 points dating back to a 106-75 loss to West Texas A&M in Hays, Kan. on Nov. 29, 1991.
• The Lady Hornets have won 40 straight non-conference games in White Auditorium dating back to a 58-51 loss to Harris-Stowe on December 8, 2007.
• The Lady Hornets have won at least ten home games in 23 straight seasons.
• The Lady Hornets 62 game winning streak from Feb. 27, 1997 through Jan. 13, 2001 is an MIAA record and the fifth longest in NCAA Division II history.
• The Lady Hornets ended the longest winning streak (at the time) in NCAA Division II history (51 games) with their 61-59 overtime victory over Washburn on March 13, 2006 in the South Central Regional final and the longest single season winning streak (37 games) with their 97-94 overtime victory over Gannon on March 24, 2010 in the national semifinals.
• The Lady Hornets have defeated the host team in their regional six times in the last 14 years (at Ft. Hays State 66-61 in 2015; at Washburn 65-58 in 2013; at Washburn 71-65 in 2012; at West Texas A&M 76-69 in 2010; at Washburn in 2006; and at Drury in 2005).
• The Lady Hornets have two six game winning streaks against nationally ranked teams in the last five seasons. They are the longest streaks since winning seven straight over the 1999-2000 through 2000-01 seasons and the longest single season streak since winning seven straight on the way to the 1998 national championship game.
• Emporia State is 2-1 against teams on a 30 game winning streak in the NCAA Tournament. They snapped Gannon's 37 game winning streak in the 2010 national semifinals and Washburn's 32 game in-season streak in the 2006 South Central Regional finals. ESU lost to eventual national runner-up Southwestern Oklahoma 71-65 in the first round of the 2019 Central Regional

END GAME
The Lady Hornets are 365-10 (.973) when leading at the 5:00 mark since the start of the 2004-05 season and are 531-16 (.971) since 1997 with a lead at the 5:00 mark.  

#3 TRE'ZURE JOBE
5-7 • Freshman • Guard • Wichita, Kan. • Wichita South HS
As a Red-Shirt Freshman in 2019-20
She had a career high 23 points against Harding. She scored 13 points with five assists and three steals against Kansas. She had 13 points, three assists and two steals in the exhibition game against Oklahoma State.
As a Freshman in 2018-19
She scored six points in three quarters against Southwestern Oklahoma before injuring her knee and redshirting.
High School
Jobe was a First-Team KBCA All-State Class 6A performer for Wichita South HS and a top 20 pick in all classes. She averaged 12.3 points per game as the Titans were ranked as high at #25 in the nation during her senior season.

#10 KALI MARTIN
5-8 • Sophomore • Guard • El Dorado, Kan. • Circle HS
As a Junior in 2019-20
She pulled four rebounds against Henderson State. She had four points and three rebounds with two steals at Oklahoma State in exhibition play.
As a Sophomore in 2018-19
She scored 17 points with a career high five three-pointers at Central Oklahoma. She was perfect from the field and scored ten points against Pittsburg State. She scored 12 points and was three of four from the field against Central Oklahoma. She scored five points with four assists against Lincoln. She had six points against Lindenwood. She scored five points with a key three-pointer at Pitt State. She hit a three-pointer in the first overtime against Washburn. She scored eight points against both Baker and UPR-Bayamon. She tied her career high with five rebounds against Newman. She had 13 points on five of six shooting against Northern State. She had a career high 18 points against Ark.-Ft. Smith. She scored ten points with seven assists in a start against Okla. Baptist.  
As A Freshmen in 2017-18
She scored seven points against Northeastern State in the first round of the MIAA Tournament. She had six points with two assists, two blocks and a steal at Central Oklahoma. She scored nine points against Southwest Baptist. She had six points on two made three-pointers at Pittsburg State. She scored a then career high 13 points going eight of ten from the free throw line with three steals at Lindenwood. She had a career high five rebounds against Ft. Hays State. She scored nine points with three rebounds and two steals at Newman. She scored seven points and did not miss a shot against Okla. Baptist. She had two assists at Kansas State.
High School
Martin averaged 14.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game for Circle HS and earned second-team All-State honors as a senior.

#12 MORGAN LAUDAN
5-10 • Junior • Forward • Paola, Kan. • Paola HS
As a Senior in 2019-20
She had 13 points and six rebounds against Henderson State. She scored 11 points with three made three-pointers at both Kansas and Oklahoma State in exhibition play.
As a Junior in 2018-19
She had nine points and eight rebounds at Central Oklahoma. She scored 11 points and pulled five rebounds against Missouri Southern. She had eight points with four rebounds and four assists against Pittsburg State. She scored nine points with four steals against Northeastern State. She had four steals at Central Missouri. She scored seven points, all in a 2:14 span of the fourth quarter, at Pittsburg State. She scored ten points at Missouri Western. She had 11 rebounds and eight points at Northwest Missouri. She scored nine points on four of five shooting against Washburn. She scored 14 points against Baker. She had ten points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals at Northwestern Oklahoma. She pulled eight rebounds against Southwestern Oklahoma.
As a Sophomore in 2017-18  
She scored nine points and made two three-pointers at Central Okla. She had 11 points and six rebounds against Mo. Western. She had 13 points and 11 rebounds at Neb.-Kearney. She scored ten points with six rebounds at Ft. Hays State. She had eight points, five rebounds and five assists against Southwest Baptist. She scored 12 points with nine rebounds at Pittsburg State. She had 12 points and seven rebounds against Central Oklahoma. She scored 13 points with six rebounds and three assists at Washburn. She grabbed 12 rebounds against Pittsburg State. She had 11 points at Lindenwood. She had career highs of 20 points and 14 rebounds while tying her career high with seven assists against Oklahoma Christian. She scored 11 points with five rebounds and four assists at Ark.-Ft. Smith. She scored five points with six rebounds at Kansas State.
As a Freshman in 2016-17
She scored six points with six rebounds against Central Oklahoma in the MIAA Title game. She had seven rebounds against Central Missouri in the MIAA semifinals. She scored ten points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished five assists against Northeastern State. She had nine points and seven boards at Northwest Missouri. She scored 11 points on four of six shooting at Southwest Baptist. She had nine points and six rebounds against Ark.-Ft. Smith. She had a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds while dishing seven assists against Kansas Christian. She had ten points and four steals against Tabor. She scored seven points with eight rebounds and two assists against Southwestern Oklahoma. She scored four points with two rebounds at Baylor.
High School
She was a third-team All-Kansas pick for Paola HS  and a first-team All-Class 4A-I selection as a senior.  She averaged 12.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game as she was named the Tri-County Spotlight Player of the Year and second-team All-Class 4A as a junior. She led the Panthers to the state tournament all four years scoring 23 points in the state championships game as a senior.

#13 FREDRICKA SHEATS
5-9 • Junior • Wing • Athens, Ga. • Clark Central HS/Central Ga. Tech
As a Junior in 2019-20
She had five rebounds at Harding. She scored four points at Kansas and had five points off the bench at Oklahoma State
At Central Georgia Tech in 2017-2019
Sheats was named the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year, First-Team All-Region and earned Second-Team NJCAA Division I All-American honors after averaging 17.4 points, 8.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.2 steals on the season. In 2017-18 she averaged 15.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game and was named the GCAA Freshman of the Year, First-Team All-Region, a NJCAA/WBCA All-Star and an NJCAA Honorable Mention All-American.

#20 LAURA GARCIA LAFFITTE
6-4 • Freshman • Center • Madrid, Spain • TorrelodonesA
At ESU
In her first season with the Lady Hornets. She did not play the first two games with a back injury.
High School
Garcia-Laffitte averaged eight points, eight rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game for Torrelodones A playing in both the Spanish junior and senior leagues.

#21 JESSICA WAYNE
5-9 • Senior • Guard • Kansas City, Kan. • Piper HS
As a Senior in 2019-20
She scored 18 points with four steals against Henderson State. She scored 15 points at Harding. She had 16 points and seven rebounds at Oklahoma State.
As a Junior in 2018-19
She was named the MIAA Defensive Player of the Year and second-team All-MIAA. She led the MIAA and ranked fourth in the nation in steals. She had 12 points, ten rebounds and three steals against Washburn in the MIAA tournament. She had 12 points and seven rebounds against Missouri Southern. She scored 19 points with nine rebounds and six steals against Pittsburg State. She had 12 points, seven rebounds, seven steals, five assists and two blocks against Central Okla. She was named MIAA Player of the Week after scoring 17 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals at Central Missouri and 20 points at Southwest Baptist. She had a career high nine steals against Lincoln. She scored a career high 23 points with eight steals against Lindenwood. She had 16 points, eight rebounds, and five assists at Mo. Southern. She scored 12 points with eight steals at Pitt State. She had ten boards and four steals against Ft. Hays State. She scored 19 points with eight boards at Mo. Western. She had 13 points and 12 boards at Northwest Mo. She scored 17 points against Washburn. She had a career high 14 rebounds against Baker. She had 20 points, ten boards and five steals at Ft. Hays State. She had 12 points, 11 rebounds, and six assists against UA-Ft. Smith. She had 21 points and ten rebounds at Northwestern Okla. She had 19 points against Southwestern Okla.
As a Sophomore in 2017-18
She was named to the MIAA All-Defensive team. She was ranked fifth in the MIAA in steals and tenth in blocks. She had 12 rebounds and added 11 points against Ft. Hays State in the MIAA Quarterfinals. She had 17 points, seven rebounds and three steals at Northeastern State. She had 23 points with seven rebounds, five assists and four steals against Southwest Baptist. She scored 16 points with six steals against Central Okla. She had four steals to go with seven points and four rebounds at K-State.
As a Freshman in 2016-17
She had a then career high five steals, at the time the second most by a Lady Hornet in NCAA Tourney play, in the regional quarterfinals against Northern State. She had a career high nine assists against Kansas Christian. She had six points on two of two shooting from behind the arc at Baylor.
At ESU
She is the school single season record holder with 112 steals. She is seventh in career steals with 202 in her 92 games as a Lady Hornet.
High School
She earned first-team All-Class 4A-I honors after averaging 24.2 points, 6.7 rebounds, 6.9 steals and 3.2 assists for the Pirates as a senior.

#22 MOLLIE MOUNSEY
5-10 • Senior • Wing • Follett, Texas • Follett HS/Seward CC/Colorado St
As a Senior in 2019-20
She scored 11 points at Harding. She had a double-double with 12 points on four made three-pointers and ten rebounds at Kansas after being held without a field goal against Oklahoma State.
At Colorado State in 2018-19
She was the second leading scorer and rebounder for Colorado State in 2018-19 at 10.7 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. She made 67 three-pointers in 30 games to rank third in the Mountain West in three-point field goals per game. She started all 30 games for the Rams and averaged 38.1 minutes per game to rank sixth in NCAA Division I.
At Seward County from 2016-18
Mounsey was a two-time NJCAA First-Team All-American for Coach Wynn at Seward CC. She averaged 18.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game as a sophomore with 113 made three-pointers in 2017-18. Her 143 three-point field goals made as a freshman were the most of any women's basketball player in the nation - NCAA, NAIA or NJCAA - that year. She averaged averaged 19.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game for the 2016-17 season.
High School
She was a four-time district MVP and an all-state athlete in basketball at Follett HS. She was also a top athlete in track & field and softball. She was a two-time state champion in throwing events and was a four-time all-district athlete in softball.

#25 KARSEN SCHULTZ
5-10 • Sophomore • Guard • Alma, Kan. • Alma-Wabaunsee HS
As a Sophomore in 2019-20
She had three rebounds against Henderson State. She scored five points at Kansas. She had a three-pointer, three rebounds and two steals at Oklahoma State.
As a Freshman in 2018-19
She made two free throws at Central Oklahoma. She hit her only shot against Missouri Southern. She scored five points against Lincoln. She had three rebounds against Baker. She had two assists at Cameron. She scored two points and pulled two rebounds at Northwestern Oklahoma.
High School
Schultz was a First-Team Kansas Basketball Coaches Association All-State Class 2A performer for former Lady Hornet Shanna (Spann) Perine at Wabaunsee HS and a top 30 pick in all classes by Sports in Kansas. She scored 1,384 points in her career for the Chargers.

#30 DALEY HANDY
6-0 • Junior • Forward • Wichita, Kan. • Wyoming/Maize HS
As a Junior in 2019-20
She had three steals at Kansas. She scored five points with three rebounds and three steals at Oklahoma State.
As a Sophomore in 2018-19
She pulled five rebounds against Lincoln. She had seven points, all in the first half, at Northwest Missouri. She scored six points with four rebounds against UPR-Bayamon. She scored five points with three rebounds in ten minutes against UA-Ft. Smith. She pulled five rebounds at Northwestern Oklahoma. She hit five of six free throws at Oklahoma Baptist. She had seven points against Southwestern Oklahoma. She scored six points against Bethel.
She sat out her first season at Emporia State with a knee injury suffered during practice prior to the Kansas exhibition game.
At Wyoming in 2016-17
She played in ten games for Wyoming in 2016-17 after sitting out her freshman season with a knee injury.
High School
She was a three-time All-League selection, while being named First Team All-State and Honorable Mention All-State during her career at Maize HS. She was named All-Metro, Co-League MVP and played in the KBCA All-Star Game. She helped her team to a 24-1 overall record and a State Runner-Up finish as a senior. She helped her team to four league and Sub-State championships while the team finished second in the state in 2014, third in 2012 and fourth in 2013. She was an All-League and All-State selection in track and field for Maize and was named an All-American by USA Track and Field in the heptathlon.

#31 JALYN HARRIS
6-3 • Freshman • Center • Downers Grove, Ill. • Downers Grove North HS
As a Freshman in 2019-20
She had 10 points and 13 rebounds in her first start against Henderson State. She had six points and six rebounds off the bench against both Kansas and Oklahoma State.
High School
She averaged seven points, seven rebounds and two blocks a game as a senior and was selected as an All Conference performer in both her junior and senior seasons. Also as a senior she was selected to the All Area Tournament team. She averaged 8.6 points, 7.7 boards and 2.1 blocks as a junior.

#33 GRACE GORDON
5-6 • Freshman • Guard • Melbourne, Australia • Box Hill Senior Secondary
As a Freshman in 2019-20
She is in her first full season with the Lady Hornets after enrolling at Emporia State in the spring of 2019. She hit two free throws at Oklahoma State.
High School
As a senior she averaged 13 points per game, 6 assists and 4 rebounds for Box Hill Senior Secondary School. Gordon was a part of 3 Victorian School Basketball Championship teams and one Runner-up team.

#44 SIDNEY TINNER
6-0 • Sophomore • Wing • Amarillo, Texas • Amarillo HS/Seward CC
At ESU
She is in her first season with the Lady Hornets and will likely redshirt while rehabilitating from last year's injury.
At Seward County in 2017-19
She started 32 of 42 games at Seward CC before a season ending injury early last season. She shot .375 from the three-point line with 27 makes in 35 games as a freshman. She also averaged 1.3 steals per game as the Saints went 31-4 in 2017-18. She averaged 7.9 points and 2.7 rebounds per game in seven games before getting injured as a sophomore. She had a season high 15 points against South Plains College as a sophomore. She recorded career highs of 16 points against Cowley CC and ten rebounds against Colby as a freshman.
High School
She was the District MVP for Amarillo HS as a senior and earned All-State honors. She led the Lady Sandies to the2017 Bi-Regional and District Championship.