1993-94:
MIZZOU: Should provide much-needed strength to the Tigers' inside game.
HIGH SCHOOL: Averaged 10.3 points, 10.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists her senior season. Led her Joliet Township team to the regional championship the last three years. Was an all-area and all-conference honorable mention selection in 1992. Lettered in volleyball two years and in track four years. Was an all-conference, all-state and all-sectional selection in track. Was a National Achievement Scholar. Earned SICA West All-Conference Academic first-team honors. Tabbed a Kappa Alpha Psi Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 1993. Was a Dream Scholar recipient in 1993. Also named a Portrait of a Dream Scholar.
PERSONAL: Majoring in anthropology. Born Jan. 26, 1975.
RUTHERFORD SAYS: "We needed some size. We think she'll be a real asset to us with Vantrece Williams and Lynette Linneman being gone. We look for her to be a real force inside."