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"Damitria has improved each year through her competition. She is ready to step up and be a key player for us." - Texas A&M Head Coach Gary Blair
HONORS AND AWARDS
• 2009-10 Team Captain
• 2009 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Ranks 11th all-time in career blocks (55)
JUNIOR (2008-09)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection...Played in all 35 games of the season with one start...Averaged 1.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.3 blocks per game off the bench...Saw a career-high 23 minutes of action at No. 15 Kansas State...Scored a season-high eight points on a career-best four field goals made against Nebraska...Made a career-high four steals in 20 minutes of play at No. 3 Oklahoma...Knocked down her first career three-pointer at Florida State...Reset career-highs in assists (3) and free throws made (5) at Stephen F. Austin...Made her seventh career start at Pepperdine...Tied a career-best with three blocked shots versus the Waves.
SOPHOMORE (2007-08)
Played in 37 games of the season with six starts...One of only three Aggies to see action in every game...Averaged 2.3 points and 2.4 rebounds per game...Ranked second on the team in blocked shots (32) for the season...Made her first career start against Prairie View A&M...Tied a career-high with two steals versus the Lady Panthers...Swatted a career-best three blocked shots against Wichita State at the 2007 Paradise Jam...Recorded six points and a career-high tying seven rebounds versus the Shockers...Saw 20 minutes of action versus Wake Forest and contributed six points...Also made the starting lineup against Indiana...Started for the third time of her career playing a career-high tying 20 minutes versus Michigan...Made a career-high tying three blocks at TCU and a career-high tying two steals versus Florida State...Scored a season-high eight points on a career-best 4-of-9 shooting performance from the charity stripe against New Orleans...Also tied a career-best with three blocked shots in 16 minutes of work inside versus UNO...Brought down six rebounds in a career-high 22 minutes of play at No. 22 George Washington...Made her sixth career start against Stephen F. Austin...Recorded a career-and season-high three steals versus No. 10 Oklahoma...Had a breakout game with a career-high nine rebounds and six points off the bench against Oklahoma State in the Big 12 championship game.
FRESHMAN (2006-07)
Played in 28 games of the season averaging 4.9 minutes per game...Led all freshmen on the team in rebounding (47)...Recorded a near double-double performance with a game-high seven rebounds and nine points in her collegiate debut versus Mercer...Played only six minutes of the game and shot 75 percent from both the floor (3-4) and the charity stripe (3-4)...Made a career-high two steals at Rice...Swatted a career-high two blocked shots against Sam Houston State and Texas-Arlington in the NCAA First Round...Made her Big 12 Conference debut in the team's league opener at Kansas State...Brought down a career-and team-high seven rebounds against George Washington in the NCAA Second Round...Made back-to-back layins with under 10 minutes remaining in the first half of play to record four points versus the Colonials.
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
An Adidas Top 10 All-Star at Houston's Jones High School...Ranked No. 63 nationally by the All-Star Girls Basketball Report...Rated the No. 12 player in the state of Texas by the Texas Girls Basketball Report...McDonald's High School All-American nominee...Lettered all four years in basketball...Averaged 18 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks as a senior...Honored as District 21-4A Most Valuable Player in 2005...Two-time first team all-district selection...Named to the Preseason All-Greater Houston Team as a senior...First team all-state and first team all-region pick by the TABC in 2006...Team went undefeated in district play three years in a row from 2004-06...Three-time district champions...Averaged 15 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks as a junior...Played for the Houston Elite, the same AAU squad which produced four of her current teammates including A'Quonesia Franklin, La Toya Micheaux, Morenike Atunrase and Patrice Reado...Graduated second in her senior class with an impressive 4.4 grade-point average...Class salutatorian...Member of the Student Council.
PERSONAL
Damitria Genea Buchanan...Born July 9, 1988 in Houston, Texas...Daughter of Beverly Buchanan...Has one older brother, Damien (34)...Pursuing a master's degree in psychology at Texas A&M...Graduated in an impressive three years with a bachelor's degree in psychology...Has career aspirations to become a child psychologist or a school counselor...Featured in the 2009 NCAA Women's Final Four program...Started playing basketball in the seventh grade at Johnston Middle School...Chose A&M over Oklahoma State, Colorado and North Texas...Off the court, she is a classically trained pianist with 11 years of experience.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 9 vs. Mercer (11/16/06)
Field Goals Made: 4 vs. Nebraska (2/8/09)
Field Goals Attempted: 7 vs. Oklahoma (3/14/09), vs. Wichita State (11/22/07)
3-Point Field Goals Made: 1 at Florida State (1/5/09)
3-Point Field Goals Attempted: 1 (three times)
Free Throws Made: 5 at Stephen F. Austin (12/2/08)
Free Throws Attempted: 9 vs. New Orleans (12/9/07)
Rebounds: 9 vs. Oklahoma State (3/15/08)
Assists: 3 at Stephen F. Austin (12/2/08))
Blocks: 3 (four times)
Steals: 4 at Oklahoma (1/18/09)
Minutes: 23 at Kansas State (3/1/09)
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