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"The McDonald's All-American has come of age. This will be a breakout season for Tyra, because she has matured and is healthy, happy and ready to be a force." - Texas A&M Head Coach Gary Blair
HONORS AND AWARDS
• Big 12 Freshman of the Week selection (Nov. 17, 2008)
• 2008-09 Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year
• 2007-08 Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2008-09)
Played in 34 games of the season with one start...Team's fifth-leading scorer averaging 5.3 points and 2.3 rebounds per game as a reserve...Scored a career-high 15 points and brought down a career- high eight rebounds versus Texas State...Honored as Big 12 Freshman of the Week on Nov. 17, 2008, leading the Aggies to a 2-0 week with a team-leading 13 points versus Mercer and No. 23 Pittsburgh...Tabbed as preseason Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year for the second year in a row by the league's head coaches...Made one of the best starts by any freshman in the Gary Blair Era by reaching double figures in the first three games of the season...Earned her first career start at Michigan with a career-high 30 minutes of play against the Wolverines.
FRESHMAN (2007-08)
Selected as preseason Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year...Had surgery in December of 2007 to heal a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee...Suffered season-ending injury in four minutes of play in team's season opener at SMU on Nov. 9...Wrote a weekly "From The White Pages" blog for TV Facts and www.AggieAthletics.com.
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
One of the nation's top 20 recruits out of Hickman Mills High School...McDonald's High School All-American...Scored 10 points and grabbed three rebounds in the McDonald's High School All-American Game held in Louisville, Ky...Tabbed as the Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior...Rated as the No. 17 overall prospect in the nation by HoopGurlz.com and fourth-best shooting guard by the All-Star Girls Basketball Report...Averaged 18.5 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, three steals and three blocks per game during her senior campaign...Honored as Metro Player of the Year as a junior averaging 20 points, eight rebounds, five assists and four steals per game...Four-time all-state and all-conference selection...Twice named MVP for small suburban schools...Played AAU Basketball for national powerhouse Kansas City Select under coach Earnest Jones...Named a 17-and-under AAU All-American...Received the 2007 Missouri DST Systems Challenge Award presented annually to women who have demonstrated their ability to break through barriers while participating in athletics...Honor Roll student.
PERSONAL
Tyra Marie White...Born March 23, 1989 in Kansas City, Mo...Daughter of Betty White...Has three older brothers, Antonio (25), Jessie Jr. (24) and Reginald (23)...The highest-rated women's basketball player and second McDonald's High School All-American to ever sign with Texas A&M...Chose A&M over Texas Tech, Kansas, Cal and Middle Tennessee...Leadership studies major at Texas A&M...Would like to write for a major publication and play professional basketball in the future.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 15 vs. Texas State (12/13/08)
Field Goals Made: 5 (four times)
Field Goals Attempted: 14 at Michigan (11/20/08)
3-Point Field Goals Made: 3 vs. Pitt (11/16/08)
3-Point Field Goals Attempted: 8 at Michigan (11/20/08)
Free Throws Made: 3 vs. Texas State (12/13/08)
Free Throws Attempted: 5 vs. Oklahoma (3/14/09)
Rebounds: 8 vs. Texas State (12/13/08)
Assists: 2 vs. Colorado (2/14/09), vs. SMU (12/7/08)
Blocks: 2 vs. Mercer (11/14/08)
Steals: 3 vs. Mercer (11/14/08)
Minutes: 30 at Michigan (11/20/08)
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