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Player Bio: Rainy Crisp



2002-03: Quick, explosive guard who got better each year she was in the program ... four-year senior who was ASU's offensive and defensive sparkplug off the bench ... regained her final year of eligibility after a successful appeal to the NCAA... wore No. 32 for her first three years and No. 11 in her final season... played in 112 games with three starts in her four-year ASU career ... helped ASU to a school-record four postseason appearances (WNIT in 2000 & 2003, NCAA in 2001 & 2002) ... career highlights 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 ... despite sitting out the first four regular-season games of the season in accordance with her NCAA appeal, provided leadership and experience to one of the youngest teams in the country... saw action in 26 games with two starts... made her two starts vs. Denver on Dec. 9 and vs. Arizona on Jan. 23... averaged 1.7 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 17.2 minutes per game... scored a season-best six points twice (vs. No. 9 Notre Dame on Dec. 7 and at Washington on Jan. 9)... dished out a career-high six assists at UCLA on Jan. 16... turned in the second-best assist-to-turnover ratio on the team this year (1.1)...matched her career best with four steals vs. Denver on Dec. 9... finished her career with 182 assists (1.6 per game) and an outstanding assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.5 (182 assists to 121 turnovers)... also ended up with 88 career steals in her four years in Tempe.

2001-02: Played in 33 games, averaging 2.2 points, 2.0 assists and 1.8 rebounds in 17.5 minutes per game ... finished with the best assist-to-turnover ratio on the team with 67 assists and just 29 turnovers (2.3) ... knocked down 43.7 percent of her field goal attempts (31-71) ... matched her career best with nine points (4-of-6 from field) in a Dec. 1 win over Fordham ... also had eight points and a career-high four steals in a Dec. 13 win at Chicago State ... pulled down a career-best five rebounds in a Dec. 15 win at Northern Illinois ...started the first game of her career Jan. 12 vs. Washington State in place of the injured Amanda Levens ... had five assists, four rebounds and three steals in that victory ... suffered a separated shoulder in a Feb. 2 win over Oregon State and missed ASU's next game (at Washington State on Feb. 7) ... was limited to just five minutes in her first game back from the injury, a loss at Washington on Feb. 9 ... had a career-best four steals, three rebounds and two assists in ASU's March 3 Pac-10 Tournament win at Oregon ... attended the 2002 NCAA Leadership Conference at Disney's Wide World of Sports Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. ... was one of 300 student-athletes selected to attend the conference out of a pool of 1,084 nominations based on her participation in school activities, high grade point and community involvement.

2000-01: Earned the team's Most Improved Player award at the season-end banquet ... played in all 30 games, averaging 15.2 minutes per game ... turned in 2.4 points and 1.6 rebounds ... finished fourth on the team with 27 steals ... also knocked down 48.3 percent of her field goal attempts (29-60) ... was one of five Sun Devils to finish with a positive assist-to-turnover ratio (1.48) ... dished out a career-high five assists vs. Cal State Northridge on Dec. 21 ... turned in one of the most complete games of her career vs. the second-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols with four points, three steals, three assists and a rebound on Dec. 27 ... knocked down the first three-pointer of her career at Stanford on Jan. 4 ... had six points, hitting both of her field goal attempts and free throw attempts, in a Jan. 6 win at California ... turned in a career-best nine points and three steals in a win over Arizona Jan. 27 ... also had seven points at USC Jan. 20 and six vs. Oregon Feb. 3.

1999-00: Played in 22 games for the Sun Devils after sitting out the first seven of the year due to NCAA transfer guidelines ... averaged 1.1 points and 1.5 rebounds in just 10.6 minutes per game ... was one of four Sun Devils to finish the season with a positive assist-to-turnover ratio, dishing out 28 assists to 24 turnovers ... averaged 1.3 assists per game, which was seventh on the squad ... made her Sun Devil debut with four points on 2-of-2 shooting, two rebounds and an assist at Texas-San Antonio Dec. 19 ... had one of her best games of the season vs. Washington State Feb. 10 with four points, four rebounds and four assists in 20 minutes ... was awarded a scholarship for the 1999-00 season ... transferred to ASU in December 1998 after spending one semester at New Mexico State.

High School: One of the most decorated female high school athletes in New Mexico history ... a 1998 graduate of Navajo Preparatory School in Farmington, N.M., where she helped guide the Eagles to three 2A state championships and one runner-up finish ... started all four years and served as captain all four years ... also captained the track and field team for three years ... two-time New Mexico Class 2A Player of the Year (1997, 1998) ... led the team to a state title in 1997 and state runner-up in 1997-98 ... was named the 1997 and 1998 Navajo Times Player of the Year ... a two-time all-state, four-time all-district and four-time all-regional selection ... named to the 1998 New Mexico All-Star Team and the 1998 North All-Star Team ... averaged 16 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 9 steals as a senior in 1997-98 ... best performance was a triple-double of 20 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists in a tournament game ... played in a total of five New Mexico state championship games, as she also played in the 3A state championship game as an eighth-grader with the Shiprock Lady Chieftains ... coached by Robert Adams ... was also a track and field standout, capturing the state long jump championship all four years and the state 100-yard dash championship twice ... was also the state runner-up in the 200-meter dash ... was a member of student council and the National Honor Society ... honored as the 1998 Navajo Prep Athlete of the Year.

Personal: Majoring in physical education ... is the daughter of Betty Ojaye and Earl Crisp ... born Nov. 7, 1979, in Santa Fe, N.M. ... nickname is "R.C." ... has an older sister, Leticia (24) and younger sister, Nicole (10) ... both parents attended Eastern New Mexico ... father was a running back at Eastern New Mexico and a three-sport standout (football, track, wrestling) at Joliet Junior College ... father also served as the track and field coach at Navajo Prep ... hobbies include powwow dancing ... lists most exciting experience in sports as playing in five New Mexico state high school championship games and playing abroad in Barcelona, Spain in 1998.

CAREER BESTS
POINTS	9 twice (last vs. Fordham, 12/1/01)
FIELD GOALS	4 twice (last vs. Fordham, 12/1/01)
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS	7 at USC, 1/20/01
3-POINTERS	1 at Stanford, 1/4/01
3-POINT ATTEMPTS	2 twice (last at Stanford, 1/4/01)
REBOUNDS	5 at Northern Illinois, 12/15/01
ASSISTS	6 vs. UCLA, 1/16/03
STEALS	4 three times (last vs. Denver, 12/9/02)
BLOCKS	1 twice (last vs. Washington, 2/8/03)
MINUTES	30 twice (last at Stanford, 1/26/02)

  Rainy Crisp
Rainy Crisp
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Shiprock, N.M.

High School:
Navajo Preparatory School

Last College:
New Mexico State

Height:
5-6

Position:
Guard