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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 ... Plays shooting guard and point guard for the Hokies.
1998-99: Got better with every game ... 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 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 and 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.
