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Amy Wetzel

Class: redshirt Senior
Height: 5-7
Hometown: Ashland, Pa.
Position: Guard
photo     All-America Candidate ... 2000 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year ... 2000 Second-Team Atlantic 10 All-Conference team ... Member of the Atlantic 10 All-Academic team ... 2000 GTE Academic All-District Team ... Has become Tech's clutch player ... Tenacious player with a knack for pressure situations ... Likes to drive to the basket ... Ranks as Tech's best defensive player ... Sees the floor well and makes good decisions ... Possesses tremendous strength and knowledge of the game ... Used at the shooting guard and point guard positions for the Hokies ... Had to start at the point guard position most of last season due to Emily Lipton's injury before the Virginia game on Dec. 20 ... Moved back to her shooting guard position for the UMass game on Feb. 17 ... Ranks eighth on Tech's all-time scoring list with 1,158 points.

Amy's Bests

Points 28 (twice)
FG Attempted 18 vs. Xavier, 2/28/99
FG Made 11 vs. Xavier, 2/28/99
3PT FG Attempted 7 vs. Radford, 12/11/96
3PT FG Made 3 (five times)
FT Attempted 17 (twice)
FT Made 16 vs. Wisconsin, 3/14/98
Rebounds 14 vs. George Mason, 12/21/98
Assists 8 vs Southern Utah, 11/26/99 and vs. Hampton, 12/29/99
Blocks 2 vs. George Washington, 1/17/98 and at GW, 2/2/00
Steals 6 at St. Joseph's, 1/23/00
1999-00: Started all 31 games last season ... Third-leading scorer on the team ... Led in assists and steals ... Led the team in minutes played, averaging 34.2 minutes a contest ... Averaged 10.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.8 steals per contest ... Fourth on the single-season assist list with 151 assists ... No. 4 in the Atlantic 10 in assists, 11th in assist-to-turnover percentage and steals in all games this season and 14th in free throw percentage ... Third in assists, 10th in free throw percentage, 11th in assist-to-turnover ration and tied for 12th in steals in conference games only ... Led the team in scoring six times, rebounding three times, assists 19 times, steals 15 times and blocked shots four times ... Double-figure scoring 18 times and twice in assists ... Two double-doubles ... 19 points on 8-of-18 shooting from the floor, including a three-pointer and two free throws made against Maryland in second round of the WNIT (3/18) ... 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the floor, including 3-of-5 from three-point range, 3-of-5 from the free throw line, pulled down three rebounds and dished out four assists against Georgia State in the first round of the WNIT (3/16) ... 15 points on 5-of-10 shooting from the floor, 5-of-8 from the line, seven rebounds, three assists, one block and one steal against UMass in the quarterfinals of the Bell Atlantic Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament (3/4) ... Nine points and five steals against Rhode Island in the first round of the A10 Tournament (3/3) ... 22 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the floor, including 3-of-4 from three-point range and 5-of-6 from the free throw line, five rebounds, four assists, one blocked shot and one steal against then-ranked No. 20 Duke (12/8) ... 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the floor and 3-of-3 from the free throw line, eight rebounds and three assists against La Salle (2/24) ... 16 points, two assists and two steals at Temple (1/21) ... 15 points , three rebounds, two assists and two steals at Radford (1/2) ... Career-high 11 handouts at La Salle (1/16) ... 10 assists at Fordham (2/6) ... eight rebounds, eight assists and five steals against Hampton (12/29) ... Six steals at St. Joseph's (1/23).

1998-99: Started 29 games ... Averaged a team-second 14.4 points and 5.6 rebounds ... Earned second-team All-Atlantic 10 honors ... Named to the Bell Atlantic Atlantic 10 All-Tournament team after averaging 25 points in Tech's two tourney games ... Led the Hokies in scoring seven times during the season ... Was Tech's leading rebounder six times ... Tied a career high with 28 points in the Hokies' loss to Xavier in the A-10 semifinals ... Scored 22 points in 54 minutes of Tech's triple- overtime win over Dayton ... Added 22 points in the Hokies' win at Duquesne ... Grabbed a career-best 14 rebounds in Tech's win over George Mason ... Was named MVP of the Diamond Club Classic after averaging 17 points and five rebounds in two games ... Also finished the season second on the team in assists (71) and steals (50) ... Averaged 34.0 minutes per game.

1997-98: Came off redshirt season as one of the Hokies' strongest and most consistent players ... Started 27 games at the shooting guard position ... Earned VaSID Division I All-State honorable mention honors ... Was crucial in big games down the stretch for the Hokies ... Set a new Tech record for free throws made with 16 versus Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA West Regional ... Her free throws tied an NCAA West first-round record set by Lorri Bauman of Drake on the same day in 1982 ... Finished that contest with a game and career-high 28 points ... She also finished with eight rebounds and three steals against the Badgers ... Followed that performance with a game-high 24 points against Florida ... Hit the game-winning shot with two seconds remaining versus Duquesne ... Hit four crucial free throws to preserve Tech's 67-62 win over St. Joseph's and propel the Hokies into the Atlantic 10 semifinals ... Hit two free throws in the final 16 seconds to aid Tech's 73-72 semifinal win over George Washington ... Hit free throw to send the A-10 championship game versus UMass into overtime ... Also hit two charity shots in the final four seconds to seal the win over UMass ... Finished the season second on the team in scoring at 10.6 points per game ... Also third on the team in rebounding at 4.1 per contest ... Ranked second on the team in assists and steals with 67 and 57, respectively ... Recorded her first career double-double in her first start of the season ... Scored 10 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in Tech's win over Appalachian State ... Hit 11-of-13 free throws to finish with 15 points at Radford ... Also added nine rebounds and three steals in that affair ... Had 14 points and three steals in conference opener versus Rhode Island ... Tallied a career-best 22 points and five steals in Tech's 76-64 win at Dayton ... Added 15 points and four steals in a win over St. Bonaventure.

1996-97: Redshirted after suffering a stress fracture to her foot six games into season ... Was averaging 11.8 points per game at the time ... Had broken into the starting lineup at the time of injury ... Scored 13 points off the bench in first collegiate action ... Registered 18 points, including three 3-pointers in her first collegiate start.

High School: Led Coach Lafay Hope's North Schuylkill squad to a 107-12 record, four league championships and a PIAA Eastern Pennsylvania Class AAA title in her four years ... Helped North Schuylkill to the Eastern finals in 1996 by averaging 11 points and five rebounds per game ... Scored 31 points in the final game ... Scored over 1,000 career points ... Rated as one of the top 75 guards in the country by The Blue Chip Report ... USA Today Pennsylvania All- American ... Selected a Street & Smith's honorable mention All- American as a senior ... Voted 1996 Anthracite Player of the Year ... Also honored as the Eastern Pennsylvania Player of the Year ... Pottsville Republican Player of the Year in 1996 ... Selected as the North Schuylkill Basketball Player of the Year after her senior season ... Earned most valuable player honors at the Philadelphia Future Stars tournament ... Second-team all-state selection in 1996 ... Participated in the 1996 Roundball Classic in Pittsburgh, Pa. ... Won the United States Marine Corps Outstanding Female Athlete Award as well as the North Schuylkill High School 1996 Most Athletic Female honor.

Odds and Ends: Amy Wetzel ... Born 6/24/78 in Ashland, Pa. ... Righthanded ... Daughter of Richard Wetzel Jr., and Holly Wetzel ... Has two older sisters and an older brother ... Majoring in biology.

YearGGSMPFGM-AttPct.3PTM-AttPct.FTM-AttPct.Reb.Avg.ATOBlkSTTPAvg.
96-976118018-43.4197-19.36828-34.824233.810102177111.8
97-983127908106-235.4516-43.140112-140.8001264.1678165733010.6
98-9930291032127-307.41425-65.385153-203.7541675.6849235543214.6
99-0031311059105-242.43414-44.318101-138.7321404.515211075732510.5
Totals98883179356-827.43052-171.304394-515.7654564.631329318186115811.7