Indiana State University Athletics

Spring 2018 Dean’s List
 
Career – Played in 79 games, making 59 starts, and scored 800 total points (10.1 per game)…Shot .373 (282-for-756) from the field and .309 (133-for-430) from 3-point range…Brought down 315 rebounds (4.0 per game)…Hit 103 of 144 free throws (.715 percentage)…Credited with 159 assists, 112 steals and 21 blocks…Career highs were 26 points at Southern Illinois (1/1/2017), 11 rebounds at Wichita State( 1/27/2017), eight assists at Loyola Chicago (2/21/2016), five steals against Bradley (1/6/2017) and two blocks against Northern Kentucky (11/11/2016)… Graduated May 2018.
 
2017-18 – Played in 23 games, starting in seven scoring 204 points (8.9 per game)…Missed six games due to her father’s death…Finished the year ranked 10^th in the Missouri Valley Conference in steals per game (1.3)…Shot .363 from the field (69-for-190), .307 (35-for114) from 3-point land and .738 (31-for-42) from the free throw line…Grabbed 73 rebounds (3.2 per game), 51 assists, 29 steals and five blocks…Reached double-digits in 11 games and passed the 20-point plateau twice with 22 points against Saint Louis (11/10) and 21 points against South Dakota (11/24)…Grabbed a season-high nine rebounds against Bradley (1/19)…Swiped a season-high four steals at Drake (1/12)…Dished out a season-high six assists at Bradley (2/18).

2016-17 - Played and started in all 30 games … Was named to the All-MVC Honorable Mention team … Led the team in scoring with 12.1 points per game … Scored 20-plus points three times, including back-to-back games versus Southern Illinois (26), which is a career high, and Bradley (21) … Was a double-figure scorer in 20 games … Averaged 4.9 rebounds per game, including pulling down a career high of 11 against Wichita State (01/27) … Recorded a rebound in 29 of 30 games played … Dished out a team-high 61 assists (2.03 per game) … Also led the team in steals with 60, including a career-high of five versus Bradley (01/06) .. Averaged 31.9 minutes per game.
 
2015-16 - Played in 26 games, making 22 starts … Earned three MVC Newcomer of the Week accolades … Was the team’s second leading scorer with 9.0 points per game … Shot 38.9 percent from the floor on the season and a team-high 33.3 percent from 3-point range (41-123) … Scored 20-plus points three times including back-to-back games versus Indiana (21) and a career-high against Butler (25) … Was a double-figure scorer in six games including 24 in a win at Loyola … Hit a season-high five 3-pointers three times including going 5-for-7 against Butler (71.4 percent) … Pulled down an average of 3.7 rebounds per game … Posted a career-high seven twice versus Stephen F. Austin in the Plaza Lights Classic and at Wichita State … Had a rebound in 25 of 26 games played … Dished out 47 total assists (1.8 per game) including a career-high eight at Loyola … Also collected 23 steals including a season-high three against Butler and Loyola … Averaged 26.2 minutes per game and hit a season-high 42 minutes in the overtime win over Butler.
 
Prior to Indiana State -  Played at Odessa Community College in 2014-15 where she played in 26 games … Averaged 6.2 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game helping Odessa to a 24-7 overall record and 10-4 mark in Region V play … Scored a season-high 22 points in a win over Southwest Texas which marked one of five games in double figures … Also had four assists and four steals against Southwest Texas … Also helped the Wranglers to a 13-1 home mark in 2014-15 … Spent her freshman season at Division II Saint Leo … Graduated from John Paul College, Daisy Hill in 2011 where she led her team to three national school championships (2007, 2010, 2011) … Named the team’s defensive player of the year in 2011 … Helped her teams win eight Queensland State Championships including four at John Paul and four at Met East (U15 and U18) … Also represented Queensland at the Australian Nationals on seven different occasions (U14, U16, U18, U19, U20)… Also took a tour of the United States with John Paul College in December 2011 where they faced the then national school champions St. Mary’s of Arizona.

Personal - Born November 22 in Brisbane, Australia … Daughter of John Taia and Maria Whitewood … Has two brothers, Tony and Taylor, and two sisters, Lacey and Aleisha ... Majoring in exercise science.