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At ASU: Versatile, highly skilled post player who should have an even greater impact as a junior...has worked hard on refining her skills and improving her conditioning...provides a strong inside presence in terms of scoring, rebounding and defense...is also an excellent passer...has made 52.7 percent of her career field goal attempts, which ranks sixth on the ASU carer lists...grew up in a basketball family and was coached by her father on her club team.
2003-04: Played in all 29 games...won the Most Improved Player award at the team's season-end banquet...averaged 3.9 points and 2.3 rebounds in 10.4 minutes per game...was the third-leading scorer off the bench...shot a team-best 56.0 percent from the field...that mark would have ranked second in the Pac-10 but fell short of the minimum of 3.0 field goals made per game...scored a career-high 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting in just 15 minutes in ASU's upset of then No. 7 Stanford on Feb. 7...also knocked down 6-of-8 free throw attempts and pulled down a season-high seven rebounds in that game...had 16 of her 18 points in ASU's second-half comeback vs. the Cardinal...led the team in scoring in three games, including 12 points at California on Jan. 10 and 13 at USC on Feb. 12...blocked a career-best two shots vs. Arizona on Jan. 31.
2002-03: Played in 29 games, averaging 10.9 minutes per game...made one start vs. Arizona on Jan. 23...averaged 3.0 points and 2.7 rebounds per game...was ASU's leading rebounder off the bench...finished second on the team in blocked shots with 16...also ranked fifth in blocked shots on the ASU freshman list...finished second on the team in field goal percentage, knocking down 49.3 percent of her shots (37-75)...scored seven points on 3-of-3 shooting vs. Chicago State on Nov. 22 in her Sun Devil debut...had seven points, five rebounds and two assists to help ASU to a Jan. 23 upset of then No. 19 Arizona...held UA redshirt freshman Shawntinice Polk, her former Hanford HS teammate and the Pac-10's second-leading scorer at the time, scoreless in the first half and to just 11 points on 3-of-7 shooting in the game, seven points below her average...scored a career-high 10 points on 5-of-8 shooting to lead the team in scoring Feb. 22 at Arizona...also knocked down the first three-pointer of her career in that game vs. the Wildcats...pulled down a career-best nine rebounds, including four offensive boards, Feb. 1 at Oregon State...averaged 4.4 points and 2.8 rebounds and shot 50 percent from the field (9-18) in Australia.
High School: A 2002 graduate of Hanford (Calif.) High School...was the 2002 Visalia Times-Delta Player of the Year...finalist for the McDonald's and Women's Basketball Coach Association All-American teams...earned first-team all-state Division II honors and was a member of the all-state third team as a senior...averaged 20.0 points, 16.3 rebounds and 4.3 blocks per game in her final campaign...was nominated for the 2002 Ms. California Basketball award...was a four-time All-West Yosemite League selection, capturing co-MVP honors in 2001-02...earned Fresno Bee all-star honors in 2001 and '02 and was named to the Bakersfield Californian first team in 2002...broke Hanford school records with 40 points and 27 rebounds in a game vs. Golden West High School...also recorded her second career triple-double as a senior with 20 points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocks in a game vs. Sanger High School...was an all-tournament selection at the Nike Tournament of Champions...2001-02 preseason Street and Smith's High School All-American...was ranked 35th in the nation by School Sports, 36th by the All-Star Girls Report and 99th by Blue Star...led her team to three straight league titles (1999-2001)...her team finished second in the league and lost in the quarterfinals of the Division II playoffs in her senior campaign...averaged 12.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game as a junior...led her team to a 31-2 record, a West Yosemite League championship and the CIF Division II state title as a junior...attended the 2001 Adidas Top 10 Camp in Pittsburgh...turned in 14 points and 10 rebounds a game as a sophomore...earned four letters in basketball and served as a team captain in each of her last two years...also lettered three times in volleyball (team captain as a senior) and twice in softball...also played for the Hanford Heat AAU team...was coached by Dwayne Tubbs at Hanford HS and Dennis Thigpin, on the Hanford Heat.
Personal: Majoring in special education...the daughter of Dennis (truck driver) and Sherry (elementary school secretary)...has a younger brother, Michael (17)...lists her most exciting sports experience as playing at Arco Arena and winning a state championship...enjoys shopping, camping and listening to music...born in March of 1984 in Hanford, Calif....full name is Jenny Lynne Thigpin.
