Brittney Griner Class: Sophomore Hometown: Houston, Texas High School: Nimitz HS Height: 6-8 Position: P Experience: 1L

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INTANGIBLES...
Can dunk the ball with ease .... Possesses an 88" (7'4") wing span.

2009-10 [FRESHMAN]...
Earned the team's Most Valuable Player and Rebounding Award ... Earned second-team 2010 All-America honors from Associated Press, as well as USBWA Freshman of the Year and Memphis Regional Most Outstanding Player honors ... 2010 Naismith & Wooden Award Watch List member ... 223 season blocks rank No. 1 on NCAA (all divisions), Big 12 and Baylor season lists; No. 2 on BU and No. 6 on career Big 12 charts ... 223 rejections stand No. 1 on NCAA's single-season list, 28 ahead of St. Mary's Louella Tomlinson, who had 195 blocks in 2009-10 ... Registered an NCAA Tournament record 40 blocks in five 2010 tourney games; includes tournament single-game record 14 snuffs vs. No. 13 Georgetown ... Recorded the program's first-ever triple-double with a career-high 34 points, 13 rebounds and a Big 12- and a then-school-record 11 blocks vs. ORU ... Became seventh female to dunk in a regular-season college game with slam against Jacksonville State; then registered two dunks vs. Texas State and one at K-State ... Altered 114 shots (223 blocks not included in total) ... Led Big 12 in blocks (6.4 bspg), was No. 2 in double-doubles (16, includes Big 12 season-record tying three triple-doubles), No. 3 in scoring (18.4 ppg), No. 4 in rebounding (8.5 rpg) and No. 9 in field goal shooting (.503) ... Point total ((644) was most-ever by a BU rookie ... The WBCA/State Farm All-Region 5 selection earned first-team 2010 coaches All-Big 12 honors and was named league freshman and co-defensive player of the year while also landing on the All-Big 12 defensive and freshman honor squads ... Led nation in triple-doubles (3) and blocks per game (6.4), No. 20 in double-doubles, was No. 28 in scoring, No. 45 in field goal percentage and No. 77 in rebounding ... Averaged 18.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 6.8 blocks over last 17 starts, with back-to-back (CU, at OU) triple-doubles for first time in program history ... 15 outings of 20+ points (BU was 14-1 in those games) and 12 double-digit rebounding efforts; double-digit scoring in 33 starts ... Blocked three or more shots in 29 of 35 starts with a school-, Big 12- and NCAA Championship record 14 vs. No. 13 Georgetown, 11, four times (ORU, OU, CU, at OU); 10, three times; nine, once and eight, eight times ... Swept Big 12 Player and Freshman of the Week (Feb. 8) ... Seven-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week (March 1, Feb. 8, Jan. 18, Jan. 4, Dec. 21, Dec. 14 and Nov. 30) ... Tallied 13 points, six rebounds and five blocks vs. Connecticut in NCAA semifinal contest ... Recorded 16th double-double of season with 15 points, 11 rebounds and nine blocks in 40 minutes vs. No. 6 Duke ... Had 27 points, seven rebounds and 10 blocks in 40 minutes vs. No. 3 Tennessee in Sweet 16 ... Seven points, 14 blocks and six rebounds in 27 minutes vs. No. 13 Georgetown; had 18 points and eight rebounds in 39 minutes vs. Fresno State ... Returned from two-game suspension to collect 13 points and 10 blocks vs. No. 12 OU in Big 12 Championship quarterfinal game ... Had 21 points and five rebounds in 31 minutes at Texas Tech before being ejected for flagrant foul ... 20 points and 10 blocks in 33 minutes vs. Kansas ... Totaled 22 points, including game-winning lay-up with 16 seconds left, a career-high 21 rebounds (fifth-best single-game total in BU history), four blocks and a career-high four assists in 40 minutes at No. 12 Texas A&M ... Recorded BU's first-ever back-to-back triple-double with 17 points, 12 rebounds and 11 blocks in career-high 42 minutes at No. 12 Oklahoma and 24 points, 11 blocks and 10 rebounds in 34 minutes vs. Colorado ... Had 26 points, seven rebounds and eight blocks in 40 minutes at Kansas State; also registered fourth career dunk .. Named 2009 Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic MVP and World Vision Classic All-Star.

HIGH SCHOOL...
Arguably Baylor's most decorated recruit in any sport ever... Ranked as the nation's top player by all of the recruiting services ... Dunked the ball 52 times in 32 games as a senior ... Averaged 33.0 points (1,290), 15.5 rebounds (608), 11.7 blocks (459), 3.4 steals (136) and 3.1 assists (122) as a senior at Houston's Nimitz High School ... Career totals include 3,114 points, 1,586 rebounds, 939 blocks, 268 steals and 198 assists ... Set a National Federation of State High School record when she rejected 25 shots against Aleif Hastings (Nov. 11, 2008), former record 23, was held by (Myeisha Jones, Oakland Castlemont, Calif., Feb 2, 1997) ... Set a record for dunks in a game with seven versus Aldine (Jan. 23, 2009) ... Produced a quadruple-double against second-ranked College Park (Dec. 2, 2008) with 36 points, 15 rebounds, 15 blocks and 10 assists ... Recorded 19 triple-doubles and 21 double-digit block efforts as a senior ... Helped the Nimitz Lady Cougars capture the Class 5A Region III championship and the school's first-ever state tournament berth ... Scored 44 points, hauled down 18 rebounds and blocked eight shots against Plugerville in the Class 5A state semifinals, setting a Class 5A state tournament single-game scoring record ... Nimitz lost to Mansfield Summitt in the Class 5A state championship game (52-43), but Griner recorded 22 points, 12 rebounds and nine blocks in the effort ... High school jersey is one of 25 displayed in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame's Ring of Honor ... Parade Player of the Year ... Parade All-American ... Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Player of the Year ... USA Today Player of the Year ... USA Today All-American ... Gatorade's Texas Girls' Player of the Year ... Miss Basketball by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) ... Houston Chronicle Player of the Year and All-Greater Houston first team ... WBCA All-Star Game MVP (20 points, 10 rebounds, eight blocks) ... McDonald's All-American ... Selected to play in the McDonald's All-America game and TABC All-Star game ... Honored by the city of Houston when Mayor Bill White proclaimed May 7, 2009, as Brittney Griner Day ... Featured on cover of RISE magazine (December 2008) and Slam magazine (February 2009) ... All-state and all-region by TABC ... Received MVP and first-team All-District 19-5A honors.

2007-08 - Parade All-America second team ... TABC all-state ... Co-MVP District 19-5A ... Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston first team.

PERSONAL...
Full name is Brittney Yevette Griner ... Daughter of Raymond and Sandra Griner of Houston ... Born Oct. 18, 1990, in Houston ... Has three older siblings: D, Shkera and Pier ... Verbally committed to Baylor prior to her junior year of high school, selected the school over Tennessee, Texas and LSU among others ... Chose Baylor because of its family atmosphere and she wanted to stay in Texas ... Aspires to play professional basketball ... Enjoys working on cars and watching football in her spare time ... Volunteers with former Houston Rocket guard Steve Francis' Holiday Bowling and Christmas Party for underprivileged children ... Undecided on a major.