2015-16 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 1
Alexis Peterson
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Northland
- Hometown:
- Columbus, Ohio
Bio
Selected 15th overall in the 2017 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm, the fifth selection in program history ... Ranks second in program history with 1,978 career points … First on the school's all-time assists list with 590 helpers ... Ranks second in program history with a 14.8 scoring average for her collegiate career ... Second in Syracuse history with 677 field goals made in her career ... Ranks second in Syracuse history with 440 career free throws made ... Third in program history with 278 career steals ... Ranks fourth in school history with a .347 3-point field-goal percentage for her career ... Fifth in program history with 184 career 3-point field goals made ... Fifth in Orange history with a 4.4 assists per game average for her collegiate career ... Ranks fifth in program history with a 2.1 steals per game average for her career ... Ninth in Syracuse history with 134 games played.
Senior Season (2016-17)
WBCA Division I Coaches All-America Team honoree ... Associated Press All-America Second Team ... espnW All-America Honorable Mention ... Blue Ribbon Panel Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year ... First player in program history to collect conference player of the year accolades ... John R. Wooden Award National Ballot ... Nancy Lieberman Award and Dawn Staley Award finalist ... WBCA All-Region 1 Team ... Blue Ribbon Panel and Coaches' All-Atlantic Coast Conference First Team ... Atlantic Coast Conference All-Defensive Team ... All-ECAC First Team ... Recognized on the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award and Naismith Trophy midseason watch lists ... Wade Trophy watch list ... All-Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Second Team ... Four-time Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week...Syracuse Female Athlete of the Year... Syracuse Female Performance of the Year for leading the Orange to their first Final Four appearance...Set the program single-season records with 721 points scored and 231 assists ... Led the ACC and ranked sixth nationally after averaging 23.4 points per game ... Second in the conference and 11th in the country with a 7.0 assists per game average ... Second in the ACC and 11th nationally with a 3.0 steals per contest average ... Ranked third in the league and 51st in the nation with a 2.14 assist turnover ratio ... Knocked down 2.53 3-point field goals per game, which ranked third in the conference and 53rd in the country ... Scored 25 points at Connecticut (3/20) in the NCAA Tournament second round ... Tallied 25 points against Iowa State (3/18) in the NCAA Tournament first round ... Notched 29 points against North Carolina (3/2) in the ACC Tournament second round ... Tallied 19 points and 14 helpers, her seventh double-double of the year, against Notre Dame (2/19) ... Secured 27 points, eight rebounds, seven helpers, and four steals against North Carolina (2/12) ... Recorded a team-high 26 points at Boston College (2/5) ... Notched 22 points and 11 helpers at Virginia Tech (1/29), her sixth double-double of the season ... Tallied 26 points at Florida State (1/19) ... Recorded 29 points at Georgia Tech (1/15) ... Registered 45 points against NC State (1/12), setting a Syracuse single-game record and Carrier Dome top mark, by a man or woman ... Converted 17 free throws against the Wolfpack, another Orange single-game record ... Notched 15 points and a career-best 14 assists, one shy of the program single-game record, against Boston College (1/8) … Tallied 21 points and 11 assists, her fifth double-double of her collegiate career, at Clemson (1/5) … Scored 31 points at Louisville (12/29) … Had a 34-point outing against Texas A&M (12/20) at the Florida Sunshine Classic … Became the first Syracuse player with consecutive 30-point outings since the 2003-04 season … Tallied 27 points and 10 assists, her third double-double of the year, against Old Dominion (12/20) at the Florida Sunshine Classic … Notched 26 points, knocking down a personal-best six 3-point field goals, and 10 assists against Central Connecticut State (12/4) … Scored 29 points against Ohio State (11/26) at the Gulf Coast Showcase … Recorded 19 points and 10 helpers, her second career double-double, against Siena (11/14) … Scored 28 points in the season opener against Rhode Island (11/11), the most points scored by an Orange player in a campaign starter since the 2007-08 season.
Junior Season (2015-16)
Senior Season (2016-17)
WBCA Division I Coaches All-America Team honoree ... Associated Press All-America Second Team ... espnW All-America Honorable Mention ... Blue Ribbon Panel Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year ... First player in program history to collect conference player of the year accolades ... John R. Wooden Award National Ballot ... Nancy Lieberman Award and Dawn Staley Award finalist ... WBCA All-Region 1 Team ... Blue Ribbon Panel and Coaches' All-Atlantic Coast Conference First Team ... Atlantic Coast Conference All-Defensive Team ... All-ECAC First Team ... Recognized on the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award and Naismith Trophy midseason watch lists ... Wade Trophy watch list ... All-Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Second Team ... Four-time Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week...Syracuse Female Athlete of the Year... Syracuse Female Performance of the Year for leading the Orange to their first Final Four appearance...Set the program single-season records with 721 points scored and 231 assists ... Led the ACC and ranked sixth nationally after averaging 23.4 points per game ... Second in the conference and 11th in the country with a 7.0 assists per game average ... Second in the ACC and 11th nationally with a 3.0 steals per contest average ... Ranked third in the league and 51st in the nation with a 2.14 assist turnover ratio ... Knocked down 2.53 3-point field goals per game, which ranked third in the conference and 53rd in the country ... Scored 25 points at Connecticut (3/20) in the NCAA Tournament second round ... Tallied 25 points against Iowa State (3/18) in the NCAA Tournament first round ... Notched 29 points against North Carolina (3/2) in the ACC Tournament second round ... Tallied 19 points and 14 helpers, her seventh double-double of the year, against Notre Dame (2/19) ... Secured 27 points, eight rebounds, seven helpers, and four steals against North Carolina (2/12) ... Recorded a team-high 26 points at Boston College (2/5) ... Notched 22 points and 11 helpers at Virginia Tech (1/29), her sixth double-double of the season ... Tallied 26 points at Florida State (1/19) ... Recorded 29 points at Georgia Tech (1/15) ... Registered 45 points against NC State (1/12), setting a Syracuse single-game record and Carrier Dome top mark, by a man or woman ... Converted 17 free throws against the Wolfpack, another Orange single-game record ... Notched 15 points and a career-best 14 assists, one shy of the program single-game record, against Boston College (1/8) … Tallied 21 points and 11 assists, her fifth double-double of her collegiate career, at Clemson (1/5) … Scored 31 points at Louisville (12/29) … Had a 34-point outing against Texas A&M (12/20) at the Florida Sunshine Classic … Became the first Syracuse player with consecutive 30-point outings since the 2003-04 season … Tallied 27 points and 10 assists, her third double-double of the year, against Old Dominion (12/20) at the Florida Sunshine Classic … Notched 26 points, knocking down a personal-best six 3-point field goals, and 10 assists against Central Connecticut State (12/4) … Scored 29 points against Ohio State (11/26) at the Gulf Coast Showcase … Recorded 19 points and 10 helpers, her second career double-double, against Siena (11/14) … Scored 28 points in the season opener against Rhode Island (11/11), the most points scored by an Orange player in a campaign starter since the 2007-08 season.
Junior Season (2015-16)
Named to the All-Sioux Falls Regional Team and Sioux Falls Regional Most Outstanding Player … Earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference First Team honors from the Blue Ribbon Panel and coaches … Recognized on the ACC All-Defensive Team for the second straight year … Earned All-ACC Tournament First Team honors … Named to the 2016 Dawn Staley Award midseason watch list … Two-time College Sports Madness ACC Player of the Week … Eclipsed the previous program single-season record with 593 points scored on the year … Ranked third in the ACC and 69th nationally after averaging 4.7 assists per game … Fifth in the conference and 94th in the country after tallying 2.14 steals per contest … Ranked fifth in the league and 120th in the nation after averaging 16.0 points per game … Set an Orange NCAA Tournament record with 29 points scored against Tennessee (3/27) … Notched 26 points against South Carolina (3/25) … Recorded 22 points against Albany (3/20) … Was a perfect 13-for-13, a Syracuse NCAA Tournament record, from the line en route to a 24-point effort against Army West Point (3/18) … Registered 22 points against Georgia Tech (2/7) … Had 22 points at North Carolina (1/7) … Tallied her first double-double of her collegiate career with 17 points and 13 assists against Duke (1/3) … Scored 25 points against Fordham (11/28) … Pulled down a career-high eight rebounds against Washington (11/27) … Set a school single-game record with 10 steals in the season opener at Rhode Island (11/13).
Sophomore Season (2014-15)
Sophomore Season (2014-15)
Earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference Second Team accolades from the Blue Ribbon Panel and coaches … Recognized on the ACC All-Defensive Team … Notched All-Florida Sunshine Classic and All-Junkanoo Jam honors … Led the conference and ranked 53rd nationally after averaging 2.38 steals per contest … Third in the league and 106th in the country after recording 4.1 assists per game … Ranked seventh in the ACC and 115th in the nation after averaging 16.2 points per game … Tallied 23 points at South Carolina (3/22) … Poured in 24 points against Nebraska (3/20) … Set a program conference tournament record with a personal-best 34 points against Wake Forest (3/5) … Tallied 21 points against Miami (2/12) … Scored 20 points against North Carolina (2/5) … Set a season-high with 12 free throws made en route to a 27-point effort against NC State (1/25) … Knocked down four 3-point field goals in her first 30-point game of her collegiate career, a 32-point performance against Wake Forest (1/15) … Played in a personal-high 40 minutes against South Carolina (11/28), dishing out a season-best nine assists … Registered 19 points against East Carolina (11/27) … Scored 19 points against Fordham (11/16) in the season opener, her second start of her collegiate career.
Freshman Season (2013-14)
Freshman Season (2013-14)
Played in all but one contest during her first season on campus and made one start … Averaged 3.0 points and 1.0 rebound per contest … Matched her season-high with a 12-point effort at Kentucky (3/24) … Was a perfect 3-for-3 from the field en route to a six-point performance in only five minutes of play at Wake Forest (3/2) … Dished out a season-best nine assists against Florida State (2/13), her first start of her collegiate career … Swiped a season-high three steals at Notre Dame (2/9) … Scored a season-best 12 points at Maryland (1/16) … Recorded seven points against Georgia Tech (1/12) …. Had six points against Texas A&M (11/30) … Dished out five assists against Maryland Eastern Shore (11/20) … Scored seven points, her first points of her collegiate career, against Cornell (11/18) … Made her collegiate debut at Washington State (11/10), notching one steal.
High School
High School
A four-star recruit, ranked the No. 92 player in the Class of 2013 by espnW HoopGurlz … Named the No. 26 guard in her class by espnW HoopGurlz … Three-time all-state honoree in Ohio, including first-team accolades in 2012 and 2013 … Three-time All-Metro and four-time all-district … Scored more than 2,000 career points at Northland High School … Led her high school team to an 87-14 record in her four scholastic seasons … As a senior, averaged 28.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.1 assists, and 4.2 steals … Registered 18.0 points per game as a junior, leading Northland to the Columbus city title … Averaged 14.0 points per game as a sophomore and led her team to a district championship … Was class president as a junior.
Personal
Personal
Alexis Ganay Peterson … Born June 1995 in Columbus, Ohio … Daughter of Georgia and Michael Peterson … Has three siblings … A child and family studies major in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.
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