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Amara Graham
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- HS:
- Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
Bio
Grand Canyon
2021-22 - Graduate Student*
2020-21 - Graduate Student
High School
2021-22 - Graduate Student*
- Named to the Preseason All-WAC first team by the coaches and media
- Selected to the All-WAC first teamÂ
- Earned Academic All-WAC honors
- Was the only Lope to start all 32 games
- Averaged. 13.3 points per game during WAC play
- Finished with a team leading 11.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 0.9 steals in 30.8 minutes per game
- Scored a season high 25 points (twice) against Chicago State and California Baptist
- Other season highs include 38 minutes at Seattle U, nine field goals made against California Baptist, six 3-pointers made at Chicago State, eight free throws made against California Baptist, six rebounds at Utah Valley, five assists against Liberty and three steals against UT Rio Grande Valley
- Had 20 double-digit scoring games
- Hit at least three 3-pointers in 12 games
2020-21 - Graduate Student
- Named to the All-WAC first team
- Received Academic All-WAC honors
- Finished as the WAC leader in scoring (16.5 points per game) and minutes (38.1 minutes per game)
- Recorded eight 20-point games during the 2021-22 season
- Started all 20 games
- Became the eighth player in program history to record 1,000 career points
- Led the Vaqueros in points (330) points per game (16.5) , field goals made (103), 3-point field goals made (37), free throws made (87), total rebounds (105), defensive rebounds (91), and minutes (762)
- Season highs include 26 points at UTSA on Nov. 30, 2020, 3-pointers made (5) against Grand Canyon at the WAC Tournament on Mar. 11, 2021, nine assists at Seattle U on Feb. 19, 2021, nine rebounds at Tarleton on Mar. 6, 2021 and four steals against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Dec. 2, 2020Â
- Named to the Preseaso All-WAC Coaches second team
- Earned a spot on the All-WAC second team
- Received Academic All-WAC honors
- Played in 28 games for the Vaqueros with 24 starts
- Led the Vaqueros in 3-point percentage (.427), free throw percentage (.818), free throws made (81), assists (88), assists per game (2.9) and minutes (846)
- Finished second on the team in points per game (10.8)
- Received Acadmeic All-WAC honors
- Led UTRGVÂ in total assists (108) and assists per game (3.3)
- Started in 32 of 33 games played
- Averaged 7.7 points per game, 3.3 assists, 0.8 steals, and 29.2 minutes
- Received Acadmeic All-WAC honors
- Scored in double-figures five times
- Played in 30 games with 11 starts
- Recorded a career high nine rebounds against Seattle on Feb. 15, 2018
- Averaged 4.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2 assistsÂ
- Did not play majority of the season due to injury
High School
- Ranked one of the top 50 players in Chicago
- Averaged 19.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.6 assits and 3.0 steals per game as a senior
- Earned a 19+ rating to a spot on the Collegiate Girls Basketball Reports list of the top 325 players for the 2016 graduating class
- Led her team to the No. 2 ranking in the city, including a regional championship
- Earned Fall League Tournament MVP
- Named to the Thanksgiving All-Tournament Team
- Selected to the Chicago Sun-Times All-Area Special Mention as a junior
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