Player Bio: Amanda Levens

2001-02: Will go down as one of the best players in the Arizona State women's basketball history ... was the Sun Devils' leading scorer and floor leader in each of her two seasons in Tempe ... helped ASU to two of its most successful seasons in school history ... highlights from the last two seasons included a share of the 2001 Pac-10 Championship, the 2002 Pac-10 Tournament Championship, back-to-back 20 wins seasons (including a school-record 25 wins in 2001-02) and ASU's first back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 19 years ... was picked up by the WNBA's Charlotte Hornets as a free agent in April of 2002 ... earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors this year for the second straight season ... an 2002 honorable-mention Associated Press All-American ...was also named to the womenscollegehoops.com All-Underrated squad (third team) ... won the team's scoring and assists awards at the season-end banquet ... led the Sun Devils and ranked fifth in the Pac-10 Conference at 16.7 points per game ... paced ASU in scoring, three-point shooting and free throw shooting in each of the last two seasons ... started 33 games this year and 64 in her two seasons at ASU ... earned back-to-back Pac-10 Player of the Week honors in 2001-02 and was a three-time career selection ... two-year team captain ... was named to the All-Underrated Team by womenscollegehoops.com (third team) ... one of 30 "Players to Watch" on the watch list for the 2002 Kansas City Club Senior CLASS Award ... turned in double figures in scoring in all but five games this season ... finished second on the ASU career lists for three-pointers made with 117 in only two seasons, behind just Crystal Cobb who had 134 in four years as a Sun Devil ... also ended her career ranked in the top 10 at Arizona State in scoring, three-pointers, three-point attempts, free throw percentage, free throws and free throw attempts and assists after just two seasons ... became just the third player in school history to score 1,000 points in just two seasons and finished her career ranked 12th in school history with 1,020 points ... scored 20 points or more on 12 occasions this year ... became the 13th Sun Devil to join the 1,000-point club with her 22nd and final point in ASU's upset of #2 Stanford last week in the Pac-10 Tournament championship game ... finished 12th in ASU school history with 1,020 points as a Sun Devil ...scored a game-high 22 points vs. the second-ranked Cardinal, 17 in ASU's second-half comeback ... was named to the All-Pac-10 Conference Tournament Team ... also scored 16 of her 19 points in ASU's come-from-behind Pac-10 semifinal game vs. Oregon on March 3 ... was leading the Pac-10 at 20.2 points per game before suffering a severe ankle sprain Jan. 10 vs. Washington ... missed the first game of her career vs. Washington State on Jan. 12 and was slowed by her injury, averaging just 12.4 points per game in her first 11 games back ... led ASU in scoring in 33 of 65 games and had 19 efforts with 20 points or more in her career at ASU ... finished fifth on the all-time ASU single-season list with 550 points, which marked the most points by a Sun Devil since Kym Hampton had 565 in 1980-81 ... scored a career-best 30 points in ASU's season-opening win over St. Peter's on Nov. 17 ... nearly matched that four games later with 29 points in ASU's 18-point win over Kansas State on Nov. 25 ... led the Sun Devils and ranked fifth in the Pac-10 with 4.4 assists per game ... also turned the sixth-best assist-to-turnover ratio in the Pac-10 at 1.39 ... dished out 145 assists this year to rank sixth in the ASU single-season charts ...turned in a career-high nine assists Jan. 4 at Oregon State and matched that with nine Feb. 16 vs. UCLA ...finished second on the ASU single-season charts with 57 three-pointers made this year, a figure which was second only to the school-record 60 treys she knocked down as a junior ... knocked down at least one three-pointer in all but seven games this year and more than one in 13 of those contests, including a career-best six-of-nine performance from beyond the arc in ASU's win over Kansas on Dec. 5 and a 4-of-4 effort in a Feb. 2 win over Oregon State ... finished 10th in the Pac-10 in free throw percentage at 77.3 percent (167-216) ...named to the all-tournament team at the 2001 Paradise Jam and was the MVP of the 2001 ASU Holiday Classic.

2000-01: Savvy guard who turned in one of the most successful seasons in school history in her first year on the court after sitting out as a transfer from Old Dominion ... earned first-team All-Pac-10 Conference honors ... one of four Sun Devils to start all 31 games ... led the team in playing time, averaging 29.2 minutes per game ... paced the Sun Devils and finished seventh in the Pac-10 Conference in scoring at 15.2 points per game ... was second on the team in assists (3.1 per game) ... set the school single-season record with 60 three-pointers, surpassing the previous mark of 56 by Crystal Cobb (1990-91) ... finished third in the Pac-10 in three-point percentage (41.4 percent) and fourth in three-pointers made (1.94 per game) ... would have ranked 14th in the country in three-point percentage but fell two three-pointers short of the statistical minimum ... is third on the ASU single-season list for three-point percentage in a season ... turned in double figures in scoring in all but four games ... knocked down at least one three-pointer in 27 of 31 games and more than one in 20 of those contests ... finished the season on a streak of 16 games with at least one three-pointer ... set the school single-season record with 146 free throws and was second with 183 free throw attempts ... tied for third in the Pac-10 in free throw percentage (79.8 percent) ... attempted twice as many free throws as the two players ahead of her (183) ... shot 79.8 percent from the line which already ranks fifth on the ASU career charts ... was perfect from the free throw line in 10 games, including two 8-of-8 performances ... led the Sun Devils in scoring in 13 games and turned in seven 20-point performances ... scored 470 points on the year which ranks ninth on school single-season charts ... turned in a career-high 28 points vs. Stephen F. Austin Nov. 24, hitting 8-of-12 attempts from the field including three three-pointers ... earned all-tournament honors at the Wahine Rainbow Classic and the ASU Holiday Classic ... paced the Sun Devils with 21 points vs. then No. 2 Tennessee Dec. 27 at Bank One Ballpark ... scored 23 points in a Jan. 13 win over Washington State, knocking down all four of her three-point attempts ... was named Pac-10 Player of the Week on Jan. 22 after averaging 15.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists to lead ASU to its first ever road sweep over UCLA and USC ... matched her career high with 28 points at Oregon State, a performance which including a career-best 5-of-8 showing from three-point land.

1999-00: Redshirted as a Division I transfer.

At Old Dominion: Was part of two NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances and two Colonial Athletic Association championships at Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Va.) from 1997 to 1999 ... started 23 of 32 games in 1998-99, averaging 21.0 minutes and 6.7 points as a sophomore ... shot 76 percent (71-of-93) from the free throw line and drained a team third-best 20 three-pointers ... helped the Monarchs, who finished the 1998-99 season ranked fifth (AP) and 10th (ESPN/USA Today), to their 16th NCAA Tournament appearance ... the No. 2 seed in the East, ODU defeated Maine and fell to eventual NCAA runner-up Duke ... played in 29 contests as a freshman in 1997-98, averaging just more than eight minutes per game ... averaged 3.1 points playing the point guard position ... scored a season-high eight points against conference foe James Madison ... dished out a season-high four assists vs. George Mason.

High School: A four-year standout at Belvidere (Ill.) High School ... averaged 23 points, six assists and six rebounds as a senior in 1996-97 ... guided her squad to a 30-2 slate and the conference championship in 1997 ... a four-time all-conference selection and two-time team MVP ... was named all-state three years (1997, 1996, 1995) ... an AAU All-American ... lists best individual performance as a 38-point outing ... coached by Candy Fritz and Mark Frailey ... also lettered in softball and tennis, serving as softball captain her senior year.

Personal: Will earn her degree in history in May of 2002 ... the daughter of Tom and Barb Levens of Belvidere, Ill. ... has two older brothers, Nathan (24) and Bryon (31) ... was named to the Rockford Register Star All-Century Girls' Team in the fall of 2000 ... grandfather was named Mr. Kentucky Basketball in high school ... born January 24, 1979, in Belvidere, Ill. ... full name is Amanda Kay Levens.

Amanda Levens Career Stats

Amanda Levens Class: Senior Hometown: Belvidere, Ill. High School: Belvidere HS Last College: Old Dominion Height: 5-9 Position: Guard Birthdate: 01/24/1979

CAREER BESTS
POINTS	30 vs. St. Peter's, 11/17/01
FIELD GOALS	10 twice (last vs. Stanford, 12/21/01)
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS	23 vs. Stanford, 12/21/01
3-POINTERS	6 vs. Kansas, 12/5/01
3-POINT ATTEMPTS	10 at Arizona, 2/23/02
REBOUNDS	9 vs. Stephen F. Austin, 11/24/00
ASSISTS	9 twice (last vs. UCLA, 2/16/02)
STEALS	4 three times (last vs. UCLA, 2/16/02)
BLOCKS	1 five times (last vs. UCLA, 2/17/01)
MINUTES	36 at Arizona, 2/24/01