Yoshica Spears

Class:
Redshirt
Hometown:
Nome, Texas
Prev School:
Tyler Junior College
High School:
Hardin-Jefferson

2008-09: JUNIOR SEASON
Played in all 29 games...averaged 13 minutes per game off the bench...scored a season-high 12 points, going 4-for-5 from three-point range in win over Eastern Michigan (Jan. 31)...grabbed 19 rebounds in the last three games of the regular season...pulled down six offensive rebounds in win over Seattle (Nov. 30), finishing with 11 points and eight boards...totaled 37 offensive rebounds on the year...went 8-for-17 from behind the arc in month of January...played 28 minutes at Bowling Green (Feb. 28).

PRIOR TO KENT STATE
Averaged 11.1 points per game as a sophomore at Tyler Junior College in Texas and coached by Trenia Tillis-Jones…was an all-conference selection while helping guide the Apache to a 22-9 mark…Tyler went 27-10 en route to capturing a Region XIV championship and berth in NJCAA National Tournament during freshman campaign…was also considered top defender at Tyler…averaged over 20 points per game in both her junior and senior seasons at Hardin-Jefferson High School…pulled down 10 rebounds per game as a senior and earned all-state honors…shot 56 percent from the field and 48 percent from three-point range on way to being named district MVP as a senior…was named district co-MVP as a junior…two-time all-region pick and four-year all-district team member, including first team honors in three seasons…coached by Carol Sims at Hardin-Jefferson.

PERSONAL
Full name is Yoshica Janai Spears…born June 29, 1988…is the daughter of Dorothy Spears…has one sister Shalamar, who played basketball at Angelina Junior College…majoring in accounting and hopes to become a personal accountant…volunteered at the Boys & Girls Club of East Texas.