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2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster
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Upshaw, Amahni
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Jersey Number 22
Amahni Upshaw
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- F
- Hometown:
- Brantley, Ala.
- High School:
- Brantley HS
Bio
2018-19 (Senior)
Started two of the 23 games she played in ... averaged 1.8 points and 2.4 rebounds per game ... scored a season-high nine points against Alabama State on Nov. 29 while also recording a season best 10 boards in the game ... picked up five steals and one block in her senior campaign
2017-18 (Junior)
Played in 31 games, started four … Averaged 2.0 points and 3.7 rebounds …. Scored a season-high nine points at Middle Tennessee on Dec. 14 … Posted double-digit rebounds three times … Registered season-high 12 rebounds twice – once against Montevallo on Dec. 9 and again on Dec. 21 at Tulane … Played a season-best 28 minutes at Middle Tennessee … Converted 20 of 30 free throw attempts on the season … Was 21 of 60 from the field
2016-17 (Sophomore)
Played in 22 games after missing the first four due to injury … Averaged 1.4 points and 2.1 rebounds in 5.9 minutes per game … Posted 11 points and nine rebounds – both season-highs – against Texas State on Jan. 12 … Collected eight boards at Jacksonville in her season debut on Dec. 10 ... Hit 13-of-16 (.813) free throws on the season
2015-16 (Freshman)
Played in 29 of Troy’s 33 games with 11 starts … Averaged 2.9 points and 3.5 rebounds in 11.4 minutes per game … Scored in double figures three times, including season-high 21 on 9-of-12 shooting in win at Georgia State (1/7) … Also recorded one of two double-doubles in that game with season-high 16 rebounds, at the time most by any Sun Belt player in 2015-16 … Also had double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds against Fort Valley State … First Troy true freshman with a double-double since Ashley Beverly Kelley in 2012-13 … Shot 56.9 percent (33-of-58) from the field, the second best mark on the team … On the season, hit 3-of-7 3-pointers and 53.3 percent (16-of-30) from the free throw line
High School
Played at Brantley High School … Named ASWA Class 1A Player of the Year as a senior in 2015 … Led Brantley to AHSAA Class 1A State Championships as a sophomore and junior in 2013 and 2014 … Led Bulldogs to the AHSAA Class 1A Final Four as a senior in 2015 … Named ASWA Class 1A All-State first team as a sophomore, junior and senior … MVP of the AHSAA Class 1A State Tournament as a sophomore and junior … Runner-up for ASWA Class 1A Player of the Year as a junior … Honorable mention for 2015 AL.com Super All-State team … Played in the 2014 Alabama All-State Sports Week North-South Basketball Game, playing on South team with current Troy teammate La’Tia Fils-Aime’ … Played in the 2015 Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game
Personal
Full name is Amahni Lacinda Upshaw … Born on Aug. 14, 1997 … Daughter of Connie and Derrius Upshaw … Has one sister, Yasmine Upshaw … Has one brother, Tory Upshaw … Majoring in rehabilitation
Started two of the 23 games she played in ... averaged 1.8 points and 2.4 rebounds per game ... scored a season-high nine points against Alabama State on Nov. 29 while also recording a season best 10 boards in the game ... picked up five steals and one block in her senior campaign
2017-18 (Junior)
Played in 31 games, started four … Averaged 2.0 points and 3.7 rebounds …. Scored a season-high nine points at Middle Tennessee on Dec. 14 … Posted double-digit rebounds three times … Registered season-high 12 rebounds twice – once against Montevallo on Dec. 9 and again on Dec. 21 at Tulane … Played a season-best 28 minutes at Middle Tennessee … Converted 20 of 30 free throw attempts on the season … Was 21 of 60 from the field
2016-17 (Sophomore)
Played in 22 games after missing the first four due to injury … Averaged 1.4 points and 2.1 rebounds in 5.9 minutes per game … Posted 11 points and nine rebounds – both season-highs – against Texas State on Jan. 12 … Collected eight boards at Jacksonville in her season debut on Dec. 10 ... Hit 13-of-16 (.813) free throws on the season
2015-16 (Freshman)
Played in 29 of Troy’s 33 games with 11 starts … Averaged 2.9 points and 3.5 rebounds in 11.4 minutes per game … Scored in double figures three times, including season-high 21 on 9-of-12 shooting in win at Georgia State (1/7) … Also recorded one of two double-doubles in that game with season-high 16 rebounds, at the time most by any Sun Belt player in 2015-16 … Also had double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds against Fort Valley State … First Troy true freshman with a double-double since Ashley Beverly Kelley in 2012-13 … Shot 56.9 percent (33-of-58) from the field, the second best mark on the team … On the season, hit 3-of-7 3-pointers and 53.3 percent (16-of-30) from the free throw line
High School
Played at Brantley High School … Named ASWA Class 1A Player of the Year as a senior in 2015 … Led Brantley to AHSAA Class 1A State Championships as a sophomore and junior in 2013 and 2014 … Led Bulldogs to the AHSAA Class 1A Final Four as a senior in 2015 … Named ASWA Class 1A All-State first team as a sophomore, junior and senior … MVP of the AHSAA Class 1A State Tournament as a sophomore and junior … Runner-up for ASWA Class 1A Player of the Year as a junior … Honorable mention for 2015 AL.com Super All-State team … Played in the 2014 Alabama All-State Sports Week North-South Basketball Game, playing on South team with current Troy teammate La’Tia Fils-Aime’ … Played in the 2015 Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game
Personal
Full name is Amahni Lacinda Upshaw … Born on Aug. 14, 1997 … Daughter of Connie and Derrius Upshaw … Has one sister, Yasmine Upshaw … Has one brother, Tory Upshaw … Majoring in rehabilitation
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