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Cat Scratches
Date and Place of Birth: July 8,
1986/Columbus, Ohio
Parent(s): Eric and Denise Roddy
Siblings: Erica (24) and Evan (22)
Major: Psychology
Contemplated Profession:
Counselor/Basketball player
High School and Coach: Independence
HS/Bill Spencer
Organizations/Clubs: Fellowship of Christian
Athletes, Athletes in Action, Black Student
Union
Shooting Hand: Right
Questions & Answers
What is your nickname? “E-Rod, EZ, E.”
Person that has most influenced you in life,
why? “My parents, because they taught me
good values and helped me be the person I
am today.”
What has impressed you most about Coach
Mitchell? “His intensity and passion.”
If you could trade places with Coach
Mitchell for one day what would you do?
“Buy myself something with his money.”
If you could give Coach Mitchell a
nickname, what would it be? “Crazy Bone.”
Where do you see yourself in ten years?
“Have my PhD. in psychology, have a
professional career and be married.”
The coolest thing about UK? “The fan
support.”
What is your worst phobia? “Heights.”
Notched her second career double-double vs.
Tenn. State (12/22/05) with 10 points and 10
rebounds ... Tallied her third career double-double
vs. No. 24 Florida with 10 points and a
career-high 14 rebounds (1/12/06).
2004-05 (Freshman)
Saw action in 15 games, but was forced to sit
out the final 19 with a torn meniscus in her
right knee … Averaged 4.0 points and 3.3
rebounds per game in limited action … Tallied
a career-high seven rebounds in win over Longwood
(1/4/05) to complement six points ...
Played a career-high 21 minutes and scored six
points in win over St. Francis (Pa.) (1/2/05) …
Scored a career-high 10 points vs. Nicholls State
in Rupp Arena on 3-for-3 shooting and a 4-for-
6 clip from the charity stripe (12/21/04) ... Registered
nine points on 2-for-3 shooting from the
field and 5-of-8 shooting from the free-throw
line in season opener vs. Butler (11/19/04) ...
Also brought down seven rebounds against the
Bulldogs.
High School
Led Independence High School as a senior
with 20.9 points and 12.5 rebounds per game ...
Named team captain and Most Valuable Player
in her senior season ... Led the 76ers to the Co-
Division Championship ... Named to the Super
12 All-Star team by The Columbus Dispatch ...
Named first team All-District and third team
All-State ... Nominated as a McDonald’s All-
American ... Started in the adidas Top 10 All-
America Camp All-Star game as a senior ...
Played in the North vs. South All-Star game and
was the second-leading scorer in the Kentucky
vs. Ohio All-Star game ... Averaged 9.2 points
and 6.6 rebounds as a junior ... Lettered in track
during her junior season, participating in the
400-meter, the 4 x 400-meter relay and the long
jump ... Leaped to a runner-up finish in the
long jump at the district track meet, advancing
to the regional meet ... Attended East Moor
Academy (Columbus) as a sophomore where she
led her squad in rebounding with 11.0 rpg ...
Attended Whitehall Yearling High School
(Whitehall, Ohio) as a freshman ... Played for
the Queen City Jaguars AAU team, winning the
state championship two straight years and
advancing to the national tournament three
times (2001, 2002, 2003), ranking has high as
fifth in the nation ... Chose UK over Louisville,
West Virginia and Illinois.
The Cats’ Cause
Served food at the Hope Center … Volunteer
at a local church ... Volunteer reader to elementary
school children ... Helped organize a food drive to
benefit God’s Pantry ... Played Bingo at Kentucky
Children’s Hospital .. Guest visitor at Veteran’s
Game-By-Game Statistics
(Sophomore - 2005-06)
Opp. MIN FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA REB A BLK STL PTS
IUPUI 27 4-11 0-0 3-5 12 3 0 1 11
Stetson 16 3-7 0-0 0-0 12 0 0 0 6
vs. Indiana St. 23 4-6 0-0 2-3 7 1 2 0 10
vs. Hofstra 14 2-9 0-0 0-0 6 0 0 0 4
Fla. International 18 1-3 0-0 4-6 5 1 0 1 6
NCA&T 10 1-2 0-0 2-4 4 0 0 0 4
Georgetown 13 3-7 0-0 1-2 6 0 0 0 7
at Detroit 15 5-9 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 0 10
#3 LSU 24 1-8 0-0 0-0 4 2 1 1 2
Tennessee State 17 4-9 0-0 2-2 10 1 1 0 1
Louisville 16 3-6 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 6
at Wake Forest 25 5-8 0-0 0-0 9 1 1 0 10
Bowling Green St. 25 1-4 0-0 0-0 8 2 1 0 2
South Carolina 21 3-7 0-0 3-3 7 0 1 2 9
at RV/#24 Florida 26 4-8 0-0 2-4 14 0 0 0 10
vs. Georgia Tech 27 3-10 0-0 7-9 7 1 0 1 13
Auburn 22 3-8 0-0 3-3 4 1 0 0 9
at Ole Miss* 14 2-3 0-0 1-1 4 1 0 0 5
#1/3 Tennessee* 29 2-2 0-0 3-5 5 2 0 0 7
at #14 Georgia* 25 6-13 0-0 0-1 5 2 0 0 12
Florida* 20 2-6 0-0 1-2 8 1 0 0 5
at South Carolina 18 2-4 0-0 4-6 6 2 0 1 8
at Arkansas 27 6-12 0-0 5-5 11 0 0 1 17
Ole Miss 21 4-10 0-0 1-2 6 0 0 0 9
at Mississippi St. 22 4-6 0-0 4-5 7 0 1 1 12
at #23/24 Vandy 19 3-4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 6
Alabama 23 2-5 0-0 4-5 10 1 0 0 8
vs. #23/RV Florida 20 3-6 0-0 2-2 7 0 0 0 8
vs. #3 LSU 14 2-6 0-0 1-3 3 0 0 1 5
vs. Chattanooga 16 1-3 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 2 2
vs. #16/17 MSU 22 5-8 0-0 0-0 8 0 3 0 10
Totals 629 94-210 0-0 55-78 207 22 11 12 243
(Freshman - 2004-05)
Opp. MIN FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA REB A BLK STL PTS
Butler 20 2-3 0-0 5-8 7 0 0 1 9
Florida A&M 17 4-6 0-0 1-1 4 0 0 0 9
vs. Oregon State 10 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2
vs. South Dakota St. 15 0-0 0-0 2-2 3 0 0 0 2
vs. #17/18 Rutgers 5 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 0 0 0 2
Northwestern 8 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0
Louisville 13 0-4 0-0 1-2 4 0 0 0 1
Charleston Southern 12 3-5 0-0 1-1 4 0 0 0 7
Marshall 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0
UAB 11 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 1 4
Nicholls State 14 3-3 0-0 4-6 4 0 0 0 10
Xavier 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Wake Forest 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0
St. Francis (Pa.) 21 2-6 0-0 2-2 6 0 0 1 6
Longwood 17 2-4 0-0 2-4 7 0 1 0 6
Totals 178 19-38 0-0 22-30 50 0 2 3 60
Hospital ... Member of the Be There Dare program
... Traveled to Spain in the summer of
2006 with Athletes in Action as part of a traveling
mission team ... Volunteered at the Cooperstown
Sports Clinic ... Participated in the Athletes
in Action Urban Project Sports Camp ... SEC
Good Works Team member in 2006-07.
Mitchell Says...
“Eleia is a dynamic presence in the post and
I’m real proud that she has worked hard and has
developed her game to a point where she can
dominate games at the highest level of college
basketball. She does that through skill, strength,
power, athleticism and she is a fierce competitor.
That’s the quality in her that makes her special as
a basketball player because she just refuses to
quit. She is a presence that we desperately need
on our basketball team. She has worked very
hard to be a two-handed player around the basket.
She can finish with both hands which takes
a high level of skill.”
Did you know?
Eleia is the first player in UK Hoops history to wear #1 ... Wears
the number to honor her favorite NBA player, Tracy McGrady ...
Also chose the number to help remind her of her dedication to
God, Audience of One ... Did not start playing basketball until the
eighth grade ... Aspires to one day become a minister.
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