Vaida Sipaviciute

Position:
Center
Height:
6-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
Patterson School (N.C.)
Hometown:
Kaunas, Lithuania

Career Stats

Senior Year (2007-08)
Ended her career with 234 blocks, which is second on SU’s all-time list • She led the team with 52 blocks this season • Against South Florida at the BIG EAST Championship, she scored four points • Against West Virginia, she made three rejections • At Providence, she tallied six points and three blocks • Against Notre Dame, she scored a season-high tying 12 points • Against Marquette, she scored seven points • At Seton Hall, she was 2-of-3 from the field for four points and added two blocks • At Georgetown, she scored 11 points behind 5-of-5 shooting • Against St. John’s, she had four points and three blocks • At South Florida, she scored four points and had three blocks • At Pittsburgh, she logged a season-high 31 minutes, grabbed four boards and made three blocks • Against St. Bonaventure, she scored six points • Against Siena, she made one block and a season-high two steals • At Princeton, she tallied eight points and three blocks • Against Northeastern, she scored 11 points • Against Penn State, she registered three blocks • At Louisiana Monroe, she scored four points • Against Eastern Kentucky, she scored 10 points and posted three blocks and six boards • At Colgate, she posted six points and two blocks • Against Lehigh, she scored four points, grabbed three rebounds and made one block • At North Carolina, she tallied 12 points, six blocks, three rebounds and one steal. • Against Coppin State, she registered four rebounds, one block and one steal.

Junior Year (2006-07)
One of three players to start all 29 games … Finished second on the team with 13.2 points per game and third with 5.8 rebounds per game … Led the Orange with a .468 shooting percentage, .723 free throw percentage and 57 blocks, the 10th-highest total in school history and the most ever by an SU junior … Also contributed 22 assists and 17 steals … Became the 16th player in school history to record 1,000 career points … Ranked fourth in the BIG EAST and 43rd nationally with 1.97 blocks per game … Ranked 19th in the conference with 13.2 points per game … Led the Orange with 24 double-digit games, including a string of 13 consecutive games ... Led the team with 18 points and added seven rebounds against Cornell … Recorded first double-double of the season at Saint Peter’s, recording 10 points and 10 rebounds … Posted 11 points and pulled down nine rebounds against Niagara … Scored 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting at Colgate … Recorded 14 points, five rebounds and five blocks against Rhode Island … Posted 17 points at St. John’s … Scored 12 points and recorded four blocks against Central Michigan … Averaged 15 points and six rebounds during the San Juan Shootout … Connected on a career-best 11 free throws against TCU … Led the team with 16 points and added three blocks and three steals against Canisius … Recorded 19 points and pulled down seven rebounds at Marquette … Scored 15 points and added a team-best eight rebounds against Providence … Matched a career-high with four assists against Villanova … Led the team with 12 points and added six rebounds at Connecticut … Posted 19 points and pulled down eight rebounds against Pittsburgh … Connected on eight field goals, including a career-best two 3-point baskets, to lead the Orange with 18 points against South Florida … Recorded her 10th-career double-double against West Virginia, scoring 11 points and pulling down 11 rebounds … Led the team with 17 points against Rutgers … Posted a season-best 20 points on nine-of-13 shooting against Georgetown.

Sophomore Year (2005-06)
Appeared in 27 games, starting 21 … Named All-BIG EAST Second Team … Ranked 25th nationally and led the BIG EAST in blocks per game (2.26) … Was sixth in the conference in scoring (16.3 ppg), 13th in rebounding (7.1 rpg), fifth in field goal percentage (53.3, 187-351) and ninth in defensive rebounding (5.15 rpg) … Tied for 10th on SU’s single-season points list with 441 points, the fourth-highest total for an SU sophomore … Tied for sixth on SU’s season ledger in points per game (16.3) … Ranked third on the Orange’s season chart in field goals (187), ninth in blocks (61) and seventh in blocks per game (2.3) … Scored at least 20 points 10 times, tied for the third-most 20 point games in team history … Set an Orange school record with seven consecutive 20-point games … Led SU with 22 double-figure scoring games, including 12 in a row … Paced the Orange with seven double-doubles … Became the first SU player since Holly Oslander in 1992-93 and 1993-94 to record back-to-back 60-block seasons … First Orange player since Oslander to score at least 400 points and block at least 60 shots in the same year … Made 24 consecutive free throws from Dec. 29 through Feb. 8 … Chosen as the BIG EAST Player of the Week on Dec. 5… Named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll twice (Nov. 21, Dec. 12) … Scored 16 points and played 32 minutes in SU’s season opener at Manhattan … Recorded her second career double-double with 23 points and 11 rebounds and blocked four shots at Buffalo … Also blocked five shots in 40 minutes against the Bulls … Corralled 15 rebounds and scored 21 points at Niagara … Set a Orange single-game record with 28 field goal attempts against the Purple Eagles … Scored 20 points against Sacred Heart … Established a single-game SU scoring record with 41 points against Colgate … Grabbed a career-best 21 rebounds versus the Raiders, the second-highest rebound total in school history … Also made 16 field goals versus Colgate, tying her with Holly Oslander for second on SU’s single-game list … Sank a personal-best nine free throws and pulled down a career-best 15 defensive rebounds against the Raiders … Tallied her fourth double-double of the season at Canisius with 22 points, including an 8-for-8 showing from the free-throw line, and 12 rebounds … Blocked a season-high six shots against the Golden Griffins … Recorded her sixth straight 20-point game with 22 points at Pittsburgh … Scored 20+ points for the seventh straight contest with a game-high 23 against Massachusetts … Recorded her fifth double-double of the season at Albany with 31 points and 12 rebounds becoming the first SU player since Julie McBride in 2003-04 to have a pair of 30-point performances in the same season … Scored 22 points off the bench at Villanova … Also grabbed eight rebounds against the Wildcats and blocked her 100th career shot in the contest … Recorded her 500th career point versus Marquette and dished out a personal-best four assists … Netted 14 points on 7-of-13 shooting at South Florida … Recorded her sixth double-double of the season at Providence with 25 points and 13 rebounds … Recorded 19 points and seven rebounds off the bench versus Notre Dame … Notched her seventh double-double of the season against Georgetown with 14 points and 12 rebounds … At Louisville, scored 18 points and notched a career-high four steals to go along with four blocks … Eclipsed the 400-point mark for the season with six points at Rutgers … Scored 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting against Connecticut … Notched a game-high 16 points on 8-of-14 shooting from the field at DePaul.

Freshman Year (2004-05)
Played in all 29 games, starting 14 … Led the BIG EAST and ranked 30th in the nation in blocked shots … Had 64 blocks, seventh on SU’s single-season list … Had 17 multi-block games and four games with at least five … One of eight SU freshmen ever with 200 points and 100 rebounds … Named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on January 31 … Registered her first career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds against Providence … Scored 21 points against Villanova … Made her collegiate debut versus Niagara with four points, six rebounds and SU’s only blocked shot … Tied for the team lead with four offensive boards against the Purple Eagles … Scored five points and led the team with seven rebounds and three blocked shots versus Albany … Scored 10 points, grabbed five rebounds and blocked two shots in 32 minutes against Auburn … Tied for the team lead with 12 points against Sacred Heart … Scored three points and blocked seven shots against Cornell … Scored nine points, all in the second half, and had four blocked shots at Notre Dame … Had 12 points and seven boards in the second half against Providence … Had a career-best eight blocked shots in the home loss to Notre Dame … Scored 10 points and had six rebounds and three steals versus the Irish in the first 40-minute game of her career … Scored 17 points and registered five rebounds and five blocks at West Virginia … Became the first SU freshman to score 20 points in a game since the 2001 season when she tallied 21 to lead the Orange to a home victory versus Villanova … Had 10 points and nine rebounds versus Georgetown … Scored 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting at Rutgers … Recorded her fifth straight game in double figures with a team-high 11 points at Villanova … Tallied 12 points against Boston College for her sixth straight game in double figures … Had eight points and four rebounds in SU’s win versus Seton Hall.

High School
Scored 14.7 points per game as a senior at the Patterson School (N.C.) … Also averaged 9.7 rebounds, 3.2 blocked shots and 3.4 steals per game … Was named the team’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2003-04 … Led the team in blocks and ranked third in steals … Member of the Lithuanian National Team before arriving in the United States.

Personal
Vaida Sipaviciute ... Born November 6, 1985 … Daughter of Arturas and Rita Sipaviciute … Majoring in information management and technology.