Stephanie Gibson

Class:
Redshirt
Hometown:
North Canton, Ohio
High School:
Hoover

2008-09: SOPHOMORE SEASON
Started 27 of the team’s 29 games...led the MAC in three-point shooting, going 30-for-62 (.484)...shot 83 percent (58-of-70) from the line, which ranked fourth in the conference...finished 10th in the MAC with 3.76 assists per game...led the league with a 1.68 assist/turnover ratio, which ranked 42nd in the nation...matched a career-high of 18 points and made four threes in win at Wichita State (Dec. 17)...matched career-high of 10 assists in win over Youngstown State (Nov. 15)...sank halftime buzzer-beating threes just inside the midcourt line twice in a three-game span against Bowling Green (Jan. 7) and Buffalo (Jan. 14)...grabbed four steals in a game three different times...pulled down season-high six rebounds in win at Buffalo (Jan. 14)...scored in double figures in three straight games from Jan. 14-21...went 30-of-34 from the line in MAC play.

2007-08: FRESHMAN SEASON
(Freshman Season) Stepped in right away starting 29 of the team’s 30 games...finished the season with 166 total assists, the fifth-most in KSU history...was third in the MAC and 20th in the nation with 5.5 assists per game...averaged 7.2 points and 3.3 rebounds per game...had her first career double-double Jan. 4 against Maryland Eastern Shore, with a career-high 18 points and 10 rebounds...had six double-figure scoring games...had 10 assists in a game twice, first against Toledo Jan. 30...repeated the feat on Feb. 13 at Northern Illinois and did not commit a turnover in 45 minutes...had seven or more assists in 12 games...led the team in assists in 22 of the team’s 30 games...was 11th in the conference with a 1.19 assist to turnover ratio...fifth in the conference with 2.1 steals per game, finishing with 62 total...shot a team best .740 from the free-throw line (74-of-100), 15th in the MAC...led the league with 38.2 minutes per game...played every minute in 12 games...played 35 or more minutes 27 times...her 1,146 minutes played were the second most in school history.

PRIOR TO KENT STATE
A part of three Federal League title teams while in high school...earned All-Federal League status all four years in high school...named to the All-Ohio team her junior and senior seasons...scored 972 points in her career at North Canton...first in assists and second in steals in her career with the Vikings...set the single-season assist record at North Canton Hoover with 143 her senior season...averaged 15 points and six rebounds per game her senior season...set a school record with 36 points in a single game her junior season...named to the All-Northeast Inland Team her sophomore, junior and senior season...named to the District Four, Canton Repository and All-Akron Beacon Journal First Teams her senior season...led the Vikings to the regionals her junior and senior seasons...was coached by Paul Wackerly at Hoover, a program which has produced a number of college players.

PERSONAL
Full name is Stephanie Ann Gibson...born Dec. 4, 1988...parents are Rick and Nancy Gibson...Has an older brother Ryan (20) and younger sister Leah (16)...father Rick Gibson played football at Akron while brother Ryan plays basketball for Grove City...undecided on a major.