| Meredith Tolley |
|
|
2007-2008 (Freshman): Saw her playing time and contributions progress as the season went on, playing in 29 games and starting 10... Averaged 5.3 points and 3.4 rebounds in 20.0 minutes per game... Entered the starting lineup at Iona (1/25), following Meghan Wood's knee surgery, and scored in double-figures for three-straight games... Averaged 9.6 points during her 10-game stretch as a starter and was second on the team during that run... Shot .485 from the field as a starter and pulled down an average of 5.6 rebounds... Prior to her time as a starter, Tolley was averaging just 2.9 points and 2.1 rebounds per game while shooting .317 from the field... Scored five points and had six rebounds in the MAAC First Round against Rider (3/6)... Named MAAC Rookie of the Week on February 25 after averaging 15.0 points and 5.0 rebounds on the Buffalo road swing... Scored a career-high 20 points, 18 in the second half, at Niagara (2/22)... Was 5-of-9 from the field, 4-5 after halftime, in the game and made 3-of-4 second-half 3-pointers... Also went 7-of-8 from the free-throw line to set a career-high... Had six rebounds, two assists and two steals in the game, as well... Two days later, she scored 10 points and blocked two shots at Canisius... Scored nine points and pulled down seven rebounds in a career-high 39 minutes at Manhattan (2/8)... Also assisted on four baskets against the Jaspers... Led the team for the first time in her career, the second was at Niagara, against Iona (1/31)... Made 6-of-10 shots and finished with 15 points... Scored 12 points, and was 2-of-2 on 3-point attempts, at Marist (1/27)... In her first start, at Iona (1/25), logged a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds... Nine of her rebounds were on the offensive glass, and it was the first time she recorded double digits in either points or rebounds... Averaged 8.5 points in the two games prior to entering the starting lineup, scoring nine against Siena (1/18) and eight at Fairfield (1/20)... Had a career-high four steals against the Stags... Made the game-winning jumper from the high post with 15.7 seconds left, and two on the shot clock, against UMBC (12/3)... Scored nine in the game off the bench... Sank her first collegiate 3-pointer at Maryland (11/20), scoring five points in nine minutes against the Terrapins... Scored two and had a rebound, an assist and a steal in her collegiate debut versus Drexel (11/9).
 |
High School: One of the top high school players in the State of Maryland for the past several years at Urbana High School in Ijamsville, Md... Scored 1,564 points and grabbed 892 rebounds for the Hawks during her four-year career... Earned a slew of awards as senior... A McDonald's All-America nominee... Earned
Frederick News-Post and
Gazette News Player of the Year honors... Selected to
The Washington Post All-Met team and the
WHAG NBC-25 All-Area Big School First Team... Played in the Frederick County-City All-Star game and was the event's 3-point Shootout Champion... Named the Monocacy Valley Athletic League Chesapeake Conference Player of the Year following her senior, junior and sophomore seasons... Led all Frederick County student-athletes with a 18.2 points per game average in 2006-2007... The Hawks were the MVAL Chesapeake Conference Co-Champions that year... As a junior in 2005-2006 and a sophomore in 2004-2005, she also earned
Frederick News-Post,
Gazette News and
WHAG NBC-25 All-Area First Team laurels and was
The Washington Post All-Metro Honorable Mention... Named
Gazette News and MVAL Chesapeake Conference First Team and
Frederick News-Post All-Area Second Team as a freshman in 2003-2004... Finished her high school career with a 57.2-percent mark from 2-point field goal range and shot 38.7-percent from 3-point range.
Personal: Meredith Tolley... Born June 17, 1989... Has two younger brothers, Matthew and William... Plans to major in accounting.
