Parkside Athletics

Amanda Gibson, 5-8, senior, guard, Boulder Junction, WI (Lakeland Union H.S.)

UWP 2008-09: Daktronics 2nd Team All-Midwest Region Selection (third All-Region pick in school history) ... All-Great Lakes Valley Conference 1st Team Selection (third player to receive 1st Team honors) ... Twice named GLVC Player of the Week (1/5/09, 2/9/09) ... San Diego Surf’n Slam Tournament Most Valuable Player ... Second in the GLVC and 39th in the country in assists per game (4.82) ... Finished as the conference’s seventh leading scorer at 16.3 points per game ... Started all 28 games and led the GLVC in minutes played (36.1) ... Seventh in the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.52) ... Was tenth in the conference and 50th in the nation with a free throw percentage of .843 ... 12th in the GLVC in steals per game (1.61) ... 15th in conference in three-point field goal percentage (.375) ... Scored in double figures in 24 of 28 games including a streak of 11 straight ... Nine games scoring 20+ points ... Established career-high with 25 points in 27 minutes against St. Francis (12-13-08) ... Matched that mark a few weeks later at Missouri St. Louis (1-2-09) ... Had 22 points and a career-high 12 assists in victory over Bellarmine (2-14-09); her third career double-double ... Had four other games with nine assists ... Had five steals against Illinois-Springfield (12-10-8) and Mercyhurst (12-28-08) to match her career-best ... Led team in scoring 16 times including eight times during the school-record ten game winning streak ... Played 36 or more minutes in a game 21 times ... Team is 11-0 in her career when she scores at least 20 points and 10-0 when she has at least eight assists ...

UWP 2007-08: All-Great Lakes Valley Conference 3rd Team Selection ... Led the GLVC, and was 34th in the nation, with 5.0 assists per game ... Third in the GLVC and 42nd in the country with a 1.66 assist-to-turnover ratio ... Finished fifth in the conference and 14th in the nation with a 86.5% mark at the free throw line ... Was second in the league in three-point percentage at 42.7%, establishing a new school record ... Was fourth in the conference in minutes played per game at 33.4 ... Ended up 20th in the GLVC in scoring with 11.9 points per game ... Nearly missed triple-double with 16 points, 10 rebounds, and nine assists in season opening victory over Michigan Tech (11-16-07) ... Had second double-double of the season with 16 points and 11 assists at Saint Joseph’s (2-21-08) ... Outstanding all-around effort with 21 points, seven rebounds, six assists, and five steals in victory over Lewis (1-26-08) ... Also matched a school record by going 10-for-10 at the line in that game ... Season-high 24 points helped the Rangers overcome a 21-point second half deficit to win at first-place Indianapolis (2-23-08) ... Recorded double figures in scoring 18 times ... Made her first 30 free throws of the season ... Averaged 6.8 assists over final eight regular season games ... Played 34 or more minutes in a game 17 times.
UWP 2006-07: Started all 27 games at point guard for the Rangers ... Finished third in the GLVC in assists per game ... Was tenth in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.36 ...  Scored in double figures 6 times including a season-high 11 on three occasions ... Led the Rangers shooting 82.1% at the free-throw line ... Led team with 103 assists ... Finished with at least four assists in a game 14 times. 

High school: Honorable Mention All-State selection as a senior ... Two-time First-Team All-Lumberjack Conference player ... Holds the school record for free throw percentage in a season (.891), most free throws made in one season (114) and most assists in one game (12) ... Two-time team MVP ... Played for head coach Mike Mestelle.
Personal: Born 12-14-87 ... Major: Communications ... Daughter of Becky and Jeff Gibson.

FAVORITES
Food: Cheese
Book: The Notebook
Restaurant: Olive Garden
Movie: The Hangover
TV Show: The Hills
Sports team: Green Bay Packers
Vacation spot: Mexico
Musician/Band: Lil’ Wayne

YR        G-GS    MIN.-AVG.   FG-A    FG%   3FG-A   3FG%  FT-A   FT%   RB   AS   BL   ST  PTS   AVG.
06-07  27-27    833-30.9  54-137  .394    22-46    .478     32-39   .821   75    103  4    18   162    6.0
07-08  28-28    935-33.4  99-222  .446    38-89    .427     96-111 .865   93    141  5    39   332   11.9
08-09  28-28  1010-36.1 151-338 .447   48-128   .375   107-127 .843  72     135  6    45   457   16.3 
Totals 83-83  2778-33.5  304-697  .436  108-263  .411   235-277 .848  240   379  15  102  951  11.5

 Career Highs
Points: 25 (Twice)
Rebounds: 10 (11-16-07) vs. Michigan Tech
Assists: 12 (2-14-09) vs. Bellarmine
Steals: 5 (Four times)