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Player Bio: Cristina Lopez



  Cristina Lopez
Cristina Lopez
Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Villa Park, Calif.

High School:
Mater Dei HS

Height:
6-0

Position:
Guard/Forward

Experience:
1V


2006-07

• Played in 29 games in 2006-07 (averaged 6.9 minutes per game).

• Of the 24 rebounds she registered, 12 were offensive.

• Made the first start of her career in ASU's 75-53 win over Boston (Dec. 1) and dished out a career-best four assists.

• Grabbed a career-best four rebounds in back-to-back games versus NAU (Dec. 2) and at Gonzaga (Dec. 6). Would duplicate that performance once again in ASU's 66-41 win at Washington State (Feb. 3).

• Played a career-best 25 minutes in the win over NAU. In addition to the career-best four rebounds, also registered three assists.

2005-06

• Was gradually worked into the rotation as she recovered from shoulder surgery she had before the season.

• Appeared in 15 games for the Sun Devils.

• For the season scored two points, grabbed eight rebounds, dished out three assists, had one block and made one steal.

• Made her first collegiate field goal in ASU's 73-61 win over (then) No. 18 New Mexico (Dec. 6).

• Played a season-high 12 minutes in ASU's win over Mississippi State in the Caribbean Classic held in Mexico.


High School

• A 2005 graduate of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif., where she earned honorable-mention All-America honors from Street & Smith's.

• Four-time All-Serra League selection, earned first-team All-C.I.F. accolades in 2004 and 2005, was a second-team All-C.I.F. honoree in 2003, and was named Mater Dei's Most Valuable Player as a junior and again as a senior.

• Averaged 15.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game in her final campaign, also shooting 42 percent from three-point land • Earned first-team All-Orange County honors as a junior after earning second-team accolades in both 2002 and 2003.

• Averaged 14.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game as a junior en route to being named the league's MVP

• Was captain of her basketball team junior and senior years.

• Was a National Honor Roll member all four years of high school, earning two commendations from the president of Mater Dei HS, and winning her school's community service award.

• Played club basketball for Swish Black and was coached by Gerri Campeau.

Personal

• Major is biology.

• The daughter of Marc (engineer) and Laura Lopez (medical biller) of Villa Park, Calif.

• Has two younger brothers, James (15) and John (12)

• Lists winning her team's C.I.F. section as a sophomore as her most exciting sports experience.

• Born May 13, 1987 in Orange, Calif.

• Full name is Cristina Irene Lopez.