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African American studies and communication studies double major ... Selected ninth overall in the WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever ... Is the first player in ACC history to record more than 1,000 career points, 1,000 career rebounds and 350 career assists ... Did not miss a game in her career, playing in all 134 and starting 118 ... Is the only player in school history ranked in the career top 10 in both rebounding (sixth) and assists (10th) ... Finished her career ranked 12th in ACC history in rebounding with 1,012 2005-06 Season Notes: Named to the 2006 ACC All-Defensive team and the 2006 ACC All-Tournament second team ... Honorable mention All-America by the Associated Press ... One of 17 Division I seniors selected to play in the WBCA All-Star Challenge in Boston during Final Four weekend, but did not participate since UNC was playing ... Served as one of the team captains, along with Ivory Latta and Erlana Larkins ... Started all 35 games ... Ranked fourth on the team in scoring with 9.1 points per game and second in rebounding with 6.6 per game ... Averaged 7.2 rebounds in ACC games ... Second on the team in assists with 3.1 per game ... Grabbed double-digit rebounds five times during season and 37 times in her career ... The only player in the ACC in 2005-06 who ranked in the top 10 in both rebounding (7th) and assists (10th) in conference games ... Had a then-season-high 10 rebounds and nine points against South Florida, but fouled out (at the 6:49 mark) before she reached a double-double ... Had an outstanding game against Connecticut on Dec. 5, shooting 8-for-9 from the field (including 2-for-2 from three-point range) for 18 points ... Also had eight rebounds, two assists and one turnover in 31 minutes against the Huskies ... Against Wofford, led UNC with 15 points ... Named ACC Player of the Week on Dec. 12 for her performances in the Connecticut and Wofford games ... Scored her 1,000th career point on Dec. 17 against Coastal Carolina, becoming the 25th UNC player to reach that milestone... Was perfect from the field against Coastal Carolina, hitting all six field goal attempts and one free throw to finish with 13 points, five rebounds and three assists in 16 minutes ... Tied her season high with six assists in just 11 minutes of play against College of Charleston ... Named the television broadcast's Player of the Game for the Clemson contest, in which she scored 14 points on 6-for-7 shooting, with her only miss a three-point attempt ... Had a career-high nine assists, along with five points and seven rebounds, at Miami ... Tied her career high with 15 rebounds in the Jan. 29 win at Duke, putting her past the 900-mark for her career ... Hit two free throws with four seconds to play to put UNC up by four for the final score, 74-70, in the road win over the Blue Devils ... Finished with a team-high 12 rebounds and 11 points against Maryland for her first double-double of the season ... Tied her career high with nine assists at Virginia Tech and also had 10 points and six rebounds ... In her final home game, on Feb. 25 against Duke at Carmichael Auditorium, turned in her second double-double of the season and the 20th of her career with 16 points, 11 rebounds ... Scored 15 points on 7-for-14 shooting against Virginia in the ACC quarterfinals ... Her 14 field goal attempts in that game were a season high ... Was 6-for-6 from the field and finished with 13 points in the ACC Tournament semifinal win over NC State ... Had nine points and eight rebounds in the first-round NCAA win over UC Riverside ... Had 10 points and 10 rebounds against Tennessee in the region final for her third double-double of the season ... Grabbed her 1,000th career rebound in the NCAA game against Tennessee 2004-05 Season Notes: Led the team in rebounding and ranked sixth in the ACC with 7.4 boards per game ... Averaged 8.3 points per game, fifth on the team ... Field goal percentage was .461, 11th in the ACC ... Also ranked 11th in the league in steals with 2.03 per game ... Had seven double-doubles on the year, tied for first on the team and fourth in the ACC ... Had 11 double-figure rebounding games during the season, including two in the ACC Tournament (10 vs. Miami, 12 vs. Duke) and three in a four-game span at midseason (12 vs. Coastal Carolina, 11 vs. Georgia State, and 11 vs. Old Dominion) ... Had back-to-back perfect shooting games from the field, going 7-for-7 against Wofford on Dec. 1 and 6-for-6 vs. Tennessee-Martin on Dec. 2 ... Her totals included three three-pointers against Wofford and one against UTM ... After going scoreless in UNC's first two games of the ACC Tournament (0-8 vs Miami, 0-5 vs. Virginia), turned in a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds against Duke in the ACC Championship game ... Season high for points was 19 against Wofford ... Scored 14 points on 6-for-12 shooting in UNC's Sweet 16 win over Arizona State 2003-04 Season Notes: Named to the 2003-04 All-Atlantic Coast Conference third team ... Was the top vote-getter on that team, one short of second team ... Finished the season as the ACC's leading rebounder, with 8.1 per game ... Ranked third on the team in scoring with 9.9 points per game and first in rebounding with 8.1 per game ... Third on the team and tied for eighth in the ACC in field goal percentage (50.0) ... Ranked 12th in the ACC in steals (1.48) and 13th in the ACC in assists (2.87) ... Registered three double-doubles: 17 points, 10 rebounds against Kentucky; 13 points, 15 rebounds against Tennessee-Martin; and 16 points, 15 rebounds against Penn State ... Set a career high with 15 rebounds against UT-Martin on Dec. 3 then tied the mark against Penn State on Dec. 30 ... Led UNC in scoring against South Carolina State with 17 points ... Grabbed 13 rebounds against Clemson on Jan. 4 ... Her basket on an in-bounds play with 3.9 seconds to play was the game winner at NC State on Jan. 8 ... Scored a career-high 22 points on 9-for-12 shooting in the win at Virginia on Jan. 29 ... In the ACC Tournament quarterfinal against Virginia, led UNC with 11 rebounds ... Reached double figures in rebounding nine times 2002-03 Season Notes: The 2003 ACC Rookie of the Year ... Named to the 2003 ACC All-Freshman team, garnering the highest number of votes ... All-ACC Tournament second team ... All-ACC honorable mention, one vote shy of the third team ... Named third-team Freshman All-America by WomensCollegeHoops.com ... Recipient of the team's Coach's Award ... Led Carolina in rebounding (8.3 per game) and ranked fourth on the team in scoring (9.7 points per game) ... Ranked second in the ACC in rebounding ... Named ACC Rookie of the Week six times times, on Dec. 2, Dec. 23, Jan. 13, Jan. 20, Jan. 27 and Feb. 3 ... Totaled eight double-doubles, the most on the team and tied for third in the ACC ... Voted preseason ACC Rookie of the Year at the league's media day in October ... At Western Michigan, grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds and scored 12 points ... Led UNC with 12 rebounds against Virginia on Jan. 30 and scored 14 points ... Against Georgia Tech on Feb. 2, scored 10 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for her seventh double-double of the season and her second in as many games ... At NC State on Feb. 7, tied for the team lead in scoring with 14 points, including five (two layups and a free throw) in 19 seconds late in the game. Her layup tied the game at 63-63 with 1:43 to play ... Against Florida State on Feb. 13, came off the bench to lead UNC with 13 rebounds, 11 of them in the second half ... Against Coastal Carolina on Feb. 24, tied for the team lead in scoring with 13 points and paced the team in rebounding with eight boards ... Against Maryland on Feb. 27, made her first start since the Wake Forest game on Feb. 9 and led the team with 12 rebounds, her 10th double-digit rebounding game of the season. Also scored seven points and handed out five assists in 27 minutes of play ... Against Virginia in the ACC Tournament semifinals, led the team in scoring with 18 points and in rebounding with 12 for her eighth double-double of the season. The 18 points marked her highest total of the season against an ACC team ... Against Duke in the ACC Championship, led UNC with eight rebounds ... Against Austin Peay in the NCAA Tournament first round, led UNC with 12 rebounds, her 12th double-digit rebounding game of the season At Lee Central High School in Bishopville, S.C.: Coached by Dorothy Fortune and James Dizzley ... All-America selection by McDonald's, Phoenix/WBCA and Parade magazine ... Had nine points and 15 rebounds in the WBCA All-America game in Hartford, Conn., on April 6 ... At the McDonald's All-America game in New York two days earlier, had two points, two rebounds and a steal ... South Carolina's Gatorade Player of the Year in her junior and senior years and the state's Miss Basketball as a senior ... Led the Stallions with a triple-double (29 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists) as the team won the 2002 state championship ... Lee County also won the title in 2001, finishing the season undefeated ... Atkinson played in the state championship game four times, the first two with Bishopville High, which merged with another school to become Lee County after her sophomore year ... A four-time all-state, all-region and all-conference selection ... Prior to her senior year, ranked third on the All-Star Girls Report list of prospects for the class of 2002 ... As a junior, ranked No. 1 in her class by the same publication ... Also played three years of softball and two of volleyball ... A pitcher and first baseman, she earned softball MVP honors ... Member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes |
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