1 - University of Kentucky Athletics
1 - University of Kentucky Athletics
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Cat Scratches<br />
Date <strong>of</strong> birth: Aug. 2, 1985/Richmond, Ky.<br />
Parent(s): Mike and Janet Elliott<br />
Siblings: Patrick (20)<br />
Major: Physical therapy<br />
Shooting Hand: Right<br />
High School and Coach: Jackson Co.<br />
HS/Greg Parrett<br />
Contemplated Pr<strong>of</strong>ession: Coach<br />
Questions & Answers<br />
What is your nickname? Big E or E<br />
Person that has most influenced you in life,<br />
why? My parents because they’ve always<br />
believed in me<br />
Favorite quote? “You have three names in<br />
life. One you inherit, one your parents give<br />
you and one you make for yourself.”<br />
Craziest thing you did this summer? Went<br />
white-water rafting in Colorado<br />
What has impressed you most about Coach<br />
Mitchell? His energy<br />
If you could trade places with Coach<br />
Mitchell for one day what would you do?<br />
Give everyone the day <strong>of</strong>f<br />
If you could give Coach Mitchell a<br />
nickname, what would it be? M&M<br />
If you could win a gold medal in the<br />
Olympics in any sport, besides<br />
basketball, what would it be? Diving<br />
Your favorite memory <strong>of</strong> a UK fan? My<br />
aunts, Julia and Jolene, always find a way to<br />
make sure that I know they are my games<br />
You’d be surprised to know that I? Sleep<br />
with a stuffed animal that I have had since<br />
high school<br />
I chose to play basketball at UK because? I<br />
bleed Blue<br />
blocked shots with 1.29 swats per game ... Her<br />
blocks-per-game mark ranks seventh all-time for a<br />
single season at UK ... Came up big in postseason<br />
action, averaging a team-high 15.0 ppg and 8.5<br />
rpg in two NCAA Tournament games … Scored<br />
20 or more points in three <strong>of</strong> UK’s last five contests,<br />
including a season-high 22 points vs. Chattanooga<br />
in the first round <strong>of</strong> the NCAAs<br />
(3/18/06) ... Also posted a team-high 20 points vs.<br />
No. 23 Florida in the quarterfinals <strong>of</strong> the SEC<br />
Tourney (3/3/06) and vs. Alabama on Senior Day<br />
(2/26/06) … Named the MVP <strong>of</strong> the Pepperdine<br />
Thanksgiving Classic after averaging 15.0 ppg and<br />
6.0 rpg during the two-day event.<br />
2004-05 (Freshman)<br />
Played in all 34 games with 11 starts, including<br />
the last seven games … Team’s third leading scorer<br />
with 10.4 ppg … Second-leading rebounder with<br />
5.4 rpg … Broke the school record for most blocks<br />
by a freshman in a single season with 49 …<br />
Climbed to No. 2 on UK’s all-time list for blocks<br />
in a single season … Also broke the freshman<br />
school record for field goal percentage, shooting a<br />
team-high 55.8 percent from the field … Averaged<br />
a team-high 6.8 rpg and 2.0 bpg in four WNIT<br />
games … Swatted five blocks vs. West Virginia in<br />
the WNIT semifinal game (3/28/05) ... Also<br />
pulled down 12 rebounds … Named the SEC’s<br />
Player <strong>of</strong> the Week for Jan. 17, helping the Cats<br />
defeat nationally ranked Georgia by scoring a<br />
team-best 15 points … It was the first time in UK<br />
history that a freshman received the SEC honor ...<br />
Earned first career start at Louisville (12/5/04) ...<br />
Tallied four 20-plus point performances … Led<br />
UK in scoring eight times, including a career-high<br />
24 points vs. Nicholls State in Rupp Arena<br />
(12/21/04) … Charted two double-doubles<br />
(Nicholls State and West Virginia).<br />
High School<br />
Totaled 2,731 points, 1,843 rebounds and 821<br />
blocks during her career at Jackson County High<br />
School ... In her four seasons, the Lady Generals<br />
went 126-18 and were the state runners-up in<br />
2002 ... Averaged 25.1 points and was the thirdhighest<br />
scorer in the state, hitting a state-best<br />
73.2 percent <strong>of</strong> her shots as a senior ... State’s top<br />
rebounder with an impressive 15.4 rebounds a<br />
game ... Set state records for blocked shots in a<br />
game with 19 ... Also set state records in career<br />
rebounds (1,843) and career blocks (821) ...<br />
Recorded 198 assists and 141 steals in her career<br />
... Three-time Region Player <strong>of</strong> the Year (2002,<br />
2003, 2004), three-time Street & Smith’s basketball<br />
magazine honorable-mention All-American<br />
(2001, 2002, 2003) ... Three-time Lexington Herald-Leader<br />
All-State selection ... Named to the<br />
Courier-Journal All-State first team three straight<br />
seasons (2002, 2003, 2004) ... USA Today<br />
Sophomore All-America, USA Youth Develop-<br />
Game-By-Game Statistics<br />
(Junior - 2006-07)<br />
Opp. MIN FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA REB A BKL STL PTS<br />
Washington State* 21 2-7 0-0 1-1 7 0 1 1 5<br />
Indiana* 22 1-11 0-0 3-6 13 0 3 0 5<br />
at Old Dominion* 22 2-3 0-0 0-1 6 1 1 1 4<br />
vs. Delaware* 33 12-17 0-0 2-4 12 1 0 0 26<br />
vs. SIU* 25 6-13 0-0 0-0 11 2 0 0 12<br />
Detroit* 22 11-16 0-0 0-0 8 0 1 0 22<br />
at #19 Louisville* 21 6-11 0-0 1-1 9 0 0 0 13<br />
Alabama State* 19 4-8 0-0 2-2 5 0 1 0 10<br />
Arkansas-Pine Bluff*16 3-5 0-0 2-2 6 1 1 2 8<br />
Miss. Valley State* 18 10-14 0-0 1-2 9 1 3 0 21<br />
Southern* 22 6-7 0-0 1-1 2 1 1 0 13<br />
vs. Kent State* 20 6-10 0-0 2-3 5 0 1 0 14<br />
vs. Memphis* 22 8-11 0-0 2-3 3 0 0 0 18<br />
Texas-Pan American*207-11 0-0 0-0 6 0 2 0 14<br />
South Carolina* 28 8-14 0-0 0-1 2 0 2 0 16<br />
at #7/8 Ohio State*22 8-16 0-0 2-2 3 1 1 1 18<br />
at Alabama* 25 6-7 0-0 3-4 4 0 3 0 15<br />
Ole Miss* 33 7-14 0-0 0-2 18 0 2 0 14<br />
at #8 LSU* 26 8-14 0-0 3-3 8 0 0 0 19<br />
at Auburn* 26 7-10 0-0 0-0 6 3 3 0 14<br />
Mississippi State* 25 4-7 0-0 1-2 5 1 4 1 9<br />
at South Carolina* 29 2-6 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 4<br />
#15 Vanderbilt* 22 2-6 0-0 2-2 4 0 1 0 6<br />
Florida* 21 9-12 0-0 0-1 9 0 3 0 18<br />
at Ole Miss* 36 6-12 0-0 2-6 11 0 2 0 14<br />
at #3 Tennessee* 33 9-13 0-0 3-3 10 1 1 0 21<br />
#11/12 Georgia* 41 8-14 0-0 1-2 7 2 0 1 17<br />
Arkansas* 29 6-8 0-0 1-2 8 4 1 0 13<br />
at Florida* 32 6-13 0-0 4-6 9 2 1 0 16<br />
vs. Arkansas* 24 7-17 0-0 3-5 7 0 2 1 17<br />
vs. No. 10/12 Georgia*262-9 0-0 0-0 8 0 2 1 4<br />
at Oakland 27 5-8 0-0 2-2 5 2 3 0 12<br />
at Ball State* 28 9-16 0-0 0-0 4 2 2 0 18<br />
at Wisconsin* 25 5-12 0-0 0-0 5 1 2 1 10<br />
Totals 861 208-372 0-0 44-69 237 26 50 10460<br />
(Sophomore - 2005-06)<br />
Opp. MIN FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA REB A BLK STL PTS<br />
IUPUI* 7 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0<br />
Stetson* 17 4-5 0-0 0-1 4 1 0 0 8<br />
vs. Indiana St.* 23 9-11 0-0 1-2 6 1 1 1 19<br />
vs. H<strong>of</strong>stra* 31 5-14 0-0 1-4 6 0 1 0 11<br />
Fla. International* 26 5-10 0-0 0-0 3 4 3 1 10<br />
NCA&T* 22 1-4 0-0 2-2 8 0 6 1 4<br />
Georgetown* 24 5-14 0-0 2-2 9 2 3 0 12<br />
at Detroit* 33 8-15 0-0 1-1 6 0 1 0 17<br />
#3 LSU* 23 3-5 0-0 1-2 1 1 0 0 7<br />
Tennessee State* 16 4-5 0-0 0-2 4 2 3 0 8<br />
Louisville* 22 4-8 0-0 4-6 7 0 2 0 12<br />
at Wake Forest* 33 7-15 0-0 5-6 7 1 1 0 19<br />
Bowling Green St.* 30 7-9 0-0 1-1 6 1 1 0 15<br />
South Carolina* 22 3-6 0-0 2-2 5 0 1 0 8<br />
at RV/#24 Florida* 16 4-7 0-0 0-0 6 2 1 0 8<br />
vs. Georgia Tech* 23 2-10 0-0 5-6 4 1 0 0 9<br />
Auburn* 19 4-8 0-0 0-0 6 2 0 0 8<br />
at Ole Miss 29 6-10 0-0 3-4 13 4 1 0 15<br />
#1/3 Tennessee 22 3-5 0-0 1-3 4 1 1 1 7<br />
at #14 Georgia 14 5-7 0-0 1-2 6 2 1 0 11<br />
Florida 28 4-11 0-0 4-7 9 1 2 1 12<br />
at South Carolina* 15 4-7 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 0 8<br />
at Arkansas* 23 5-11 0-0 0-0 5 4 2 0 10<br />
Ole Miss* 18 6-11 0-0 0-2 5 0 1 0 12<br />
at Mississippi St.* 21 4-6 0-0 0-0 12 0 0 1 8<br />
at #23/24 Vandy* 18 3-4 0-0 3-4 3 0 0 0 9<br />
Alabama 24 8-9 0-1 4-5 6 0 1 1 20<br />
vs. #23/RV Florida *28 9-11 0-0 2-2 7 3 2 0 20<br />
vs. #3 LSU* 26 4-7 0-0 2-3 3 0 1 1 10<br />
vs. Chattanooga* 35 9-14 0-0 4-4 11 0 2 2 22<br />
vs. #16/17 MSU* 24 4-11 0-0 0-0 6 0 2 2 8<br />
Totals 712 149-273 0-1 49-73 183 34 40 13347<br />
(Freshman - 2004-05)<br />
Opp. MIN FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA REB A BLK STL PTS<br />
Butler 19 3-4 0-0 1-2 6 1 0 1 7<br />
Florida A&M 17 2-5 0-0 4-6 8 0 3 1 8<br />
vs. Oregon St. 23 7-11 0-0 0-1 3 1 2 0 14<br />
vs. So. Dakota St. 11 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 0 4<br />
vs. #17/18 Rutgers 31 6-9 0-0 1-2 6 0 3 1 13<br />
at Northwestern 19 4-4 0-0 2-3 2 0 2 1 10<br />
at Louisville* 17 2-4 0-0 1-2 4 0 0 1 5<br />
Charleston Southern 10 4-9 0-0 1-1 5 0 1 0 9<br />
at Marshall 18 9-15 0-0 4-6 8 0 0 0 22<br />
UAB 14 3-5 0-0 0-0 2 2 3 0 6<br />
Nicholls State 20 9-10 0-0 6-7 10 1 3 0 24<br />
at Xavier 24 4-5 0-0 1-1 4 0 0 0 9<br />
Wake Forest* 25 8-12 0-0 4-4 8 1 3 0 20<br />
St. Francis (Pa.)* 14 3-4 0-0 0-0 6 0 3 0 6<br />
Longwood 18 5-8 0-0 2-2 8 0 0 0 12<br />
at Alabama 31 4-14 0-0 0-0 8 0 3 0 8<br />
#18 Georgia 20 6-14 0-0 3-4 7 1 1 0 15<br />
Ole Miss 16 5-8 0-0 0-0 6 1 2 0 10<br />
at Mississippi State 27 5-11 0-0 3-4 6 1 1 0 13<br />
at #7/9 Tennessee 16 1-6 0-0 0-1 2 1 1 0 2<br />
#23/21 Vanderbilt 29 10-16 0-0 0-1 4 0 1 0 20<br />
South Carolina* 28 8-13 0-0 0-0 9 0 1 0 16<br />
at #18/19 Georgia 9 3-8 0-0 1-3 3 1 1 0 7<br />
Florida 22 4-5 0-0 3-4 4 0 1 0 11<br />
at Auburn 9 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0<br />
at #1 LSU 14 3-5 0-0 3-4 1 0 1 1 9<br />
Mississippi State 17 6-11 0-0 2-3 6 0 1 0 14<br />
at South Carolina* 14 2-5 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 1 4<br />
Arkansas* 23 4-6 0-0 3-4 7 1 0 2 11<br />
vs. Auburn* 31 5-10 0-0 1-2 7 0 2 0 11<br />
Eastern Michigan* 18 3-4 0-0 2-2 5 0 1 0 8<br />
UTC* 19 3-7 0-0 0-0 7 0 1 1 6<br />
Xavier* 20 3-5 0-0 0-1 3 0 1 1 6<br />
West Virginia* 31 3-7 0-0 8-13 12 1 5 0 14<br />
Totals 674 149-267 0-0 56-83 185 13 49 11 354<br />
* Started game<br />
53 • 2006-07 Women’s Basketball
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