| Sakellie Daniels |
 |
|
 | Class:
Senior
|
| Hometown:
Raeford, N.C.
|
| High School:
Hoke County
|
|
| Height:
5-7
|
| Position:
Guard
|
| Birthdate:
08/10/1984
|
|
|
|
|
Junior Year (2004-05): Named second team All-Conference USA...Named first-team NCCSIA All-State...Named team MVP...Became the program's 14th 1,000 point scorer when she connected on a layup with 18:36 left in the second half against Houston, March 4...Named C-USA Player of the Week (Dec. 6) for her double-doubles against South Carolina, Nov. 30 and Michigan, Dec. 3...Set career highs in points, rebounds and assists and led the team in all three categories...Only player in C-USA to rank in the top 11 in scoring, rebounding, assists and steals...Scored in double-figures in 26 of the team's 31 games...Three of the five games she did not score in double-figures she dished out a career-high 11 assists against Wichita State, Nov. 21 (which is tied for the eighth-highest single game total in school history) and grabbed 12 rebounds vs. Tulane, Jan. 28 and collected 10 rebounds at Houston, Feb. 20...Grabbed at least seven rebounds in 21 games including four double-figure rebounding games...Posted five double-doubles...Named All-Tournament at the San Juan Shootout...Is one of only three players in the program's history with 300 career assists and 200 career steals...Finished the season with three straight 20-point scoring games...Dished out a career-high 153 assists (this total ranked her fifth in C-USA in assists) which is the second highest single-season total in school history...Had four games with double-figure assists...Nearly recorded the program's second-ever triple-double four times (10 points, nine rebounds and nine assists against Western Kentucky; 20 points, nine assists and eight rebounds against Saint Louis; 14 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds against Southern Miss; 21 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists against Houston)...Played a team season-high and a personal career-high 45 minutes in the 49ers overtime game against Houston, March 4.
Sophomore Year (2003-04): Set school and C-USA Tournament records for free throws made (14) and attempted (18) against East Carolina, Mar. 4...Finished the season with a school-record 134 free throws made...Her 173 free throw attempts was tied for the fourth highest single-season total in the program's history...Scored a then career-high 26 points against East Carolina...Posted two other 20-plus points games...Tossed in 24 against Chicago State and 21 against Clemson...Led the team in scoring 11 times...Reached double-figure points 20 times...Recorded her first career double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds against Clemson...Had three games where she grabbed nine boards...Led the team in rebounding seven times...Had 12 games with at least five rebounds...Had three games with five steals...Her team-high 75 steals is tied for the seventh highest single season total in the program's history...Finished eighth in C-USA in steals...Set a then career-high with nine assists against UAB...Finished the season with a career-best 111 steals which is the tenth-highest in school history.
Freshman Year (2002-03): One of three Charlotte players to earn a spot on Conference USA's all-freshman team...Provided a spark defensively off the bench, breaking the school record for steals by a freshman with 67...Ranked sixth in C-USA with 2.31 steals per game...Owned a 2.62 steals per game average for conference games only, ranking fourth...Averaged 5.2 points in non-conference play, but stepped up with an 8.2 average in league games...Career-high 15 points at TCU...Scored what turned out to be the game-winning bucket against the Horned Frogs...Had eight steals at TCU, tied for fifth in the school's single-game record book... Also strong from the free throw line, ranking 12th in league games only with a .774 percentage...Topped double figures in scoring eight times...Had three or more steals in a game 12 times...Made her first career start at Davidson, Dec. 3.
High School: Tabbed the 20th-best point guard in the nation, and the 69th best player overall by the All Star Girls Report ...Earned preseason honorable mention All-America notice from Street and Smith as a senior... The No. 9 player in the state according to Hoops and Dreams...The Cape Fear Region Player of the Year in 2002...Earned all-region notice as a junior and senior...Twice named Hoke County High School's Female Athlete of the Year...Three-time team MVP...Also a standout in volleyball and track...Wendy's High School Heisman nominee.
Personal: Is the daughter of Joseph and Gina Daniels...Majoring in communications and African-American studies...Born Aug. 10, 1984.
