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2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster

Linwood Ferguson
Julia Bonavita
Brad Young
James Greco/FGCU
Julia Bonavita
Linwood Ferguson
Brad Young
Brad Young
Brad Young
Tessa Mortensen

3 Keri Jewett-Giles

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Fort Myers, Fla.

Biography

Career Overview (2015-20) | Career Stats (PDF)
Named to ASUN's All-Decade Team ... Produced 1,464 points, 396 rebounds, 414 assists and 261 steals over 128 career games, including 98 starts … Notched 957 points, 222 rebounds, 218 assists and 135 steals in 65 games with the Green and Blue, including 64 starts … Reached 1,000 career points vs Saint Francis (11/22/19) … Highest scoring two-year transfer in program history … 1,464 points is 76th-highest total among all active Division I players at time of graduation and the fourth-most NCAA points scored by a player to finish her career in the Green and Blue…  Broke FGCU’s Division I era career scoring average record at 14.7 per contest … 414 career assists and 261 career steals are 50th and 12th-most, respectively, among active Division I players … One double-digit steal game, One double-digit assist game … Four 25-plus point games … 19 20-plus point games … 70 double-digit scoring games … Three double-doubles.
 
As A Redshirt Senior At FGCU (2019-20) | Game-By-Game Stats (PDF)
WBCA Honorable Mention All-American
ASUN Player of the Year
ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year
CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District
ASUN All-Academic Team
Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Semifinalist by HerHoop Stats
DI-AAA Athletics Directors Association (ADA) Scholar-Athlete Team
First Team All-ASUN
ASUN Player of the Week (Jan. 21, Dec. 23, Dec. 3)
Cancun Challenge All-Tournament Team
ASUN Preseason All-Conference Team
FGCU Scholar-Athlete of the Month (December)
FGCU Eagle Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award Finalist
 
Produced a team-high 16.6 points per game while chipping in four rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.6 steals per contest while starting all 33 contests … Averaged 17.7 points in ASUN play while tallying seven games with 20-plus points …  Shot 203-for-466 (.436) from the field, including 64-for-196 (.327) from 3-point range while making 78-for-104 (.750) from the foul line … 10-plus points in 15 of 16 conference games … Reached 1,000 career points vs Saint Francis (11/22) … Career-high 35 points on 12-for-20 shooting (5-for-7 from 3-point range) vs LSU (12/19) … Finished 80th in the nation in assist to turnover ratio (1.83), 39th in field goal attempts (466), 37th in field goals made (203), 41st in total points (548), 18th in steals (85), 25th in steals per game (2.58) and 70th in 3-point field goals attempted (196) … Broke program’s Division I era single-season scoring average records … Also shattered program’s records for total points and single-season average in ASUN regular season play … One of just three players in program’s Division I era to record a 500-point season (548), falling just 22 points shy of breaking the record before the season was cut short due to CoVID-19 … In ASUN play, finished sixth in assists per game and led the conference in steals per game (2.9) … Ranked 12th nationally among all Division I players in career steals and resided in the top 50 in assists and the top 100 in points … Reached double-figures in 29 of 33 games … 21 points and eight assists vs Saint Francis (11/22) … 12 points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals against Notre Dame (11/28) … 19 points and six rebounds vs No. 20 USF (11/29) … 24 points on 8-for-13 shooting vs South Dakota State (11/30) … 20 points vs Temple (12/22) … 22 points, career-high 10 rebounds, six assists and four steals vs Liberty (1/6) … 25 points vs North Alabama (1/18) … 20 points and seven assists vs Kennesaw State (1/20) … 20 points vs NJIT (1/25) … 23 points vs North Florida (2/8) … 21 points vs Stetson (2/10) … 25 points and six rebounds vs Kennesaw State (2/17) … 22 points in final collegiate game vs North Florida in the ASUN semifinals (3/11) … Three 25-point games … 12 20-plus point games … One double-double.

As A Redshirt Junior At FGCU (2018-19) | Game-By-Game Stats (PDF)
ASUN Player of the Week (Nov. 19, Nov. 26, March 6)
ASUN Newcomer of the Week (Nov. 19, Nov. 26)
Rainbow Wahine Showdown All-Tournament Team (Nov. 25)
ASUN Tournament MVP

 
Averaged 12.8 points, 3.2 assists, 2.8 rebounds and 1.6 steals on the season … Started 31 of 32 games … Shot 146-for-346 (.422) from the field, including 58-for-170 (.341) from long distance … Made 59 of 84 free throws (.702) … Averaged 17 points over the final seven games alone, including a 28-point outburst on the road at Jacksonville (3/2), a 21-point effort in the ASUN championship game against Liberty (3/17) and a game-high 24 points in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament against Miami (3/22) … Scored her team’s first 11 points of the ASUN championship game, ultimately her tournament MVP recognition … Combined for 55 points over three games to earn Rainbow Wahine Showdown All-Tournament team recognition (11/25) … 17 points vs Stanford (11/23) … Opened the season with back-to-back ASUN player and newcomer of the week awards, which occurred during a stretch where she averaged 17.1 points over a seven-game period, including a 22-point performance against American (11/25).
 
As A Junior At FGCU (2017-18)
Did not play, utilized a redshirt season to comply with NCAA transfer rules.

As A Sophomore At Southern Miss (2016-17) | Game-By-Game Stats (PDF)
Finished third on the team with nine points per game adding 2.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.9 steals per game … Led Southern Miss to a 23-11 record … Added 100 assists, 84 rebounds (19 offensive), 63 steals and two blocks while shooting 22-for-61 (.361) from 3-point range and 118-for-280 (.421) from the field … Tallied 297 points while making 10 starts over 33 appearances … Matched her career-high with 23 points vs Rice (2/23) … Concluded the season with 10 double-figure scoring performances … Logged four or more steals on seven occasions during her second and final season for the Golden Eagles.

As A Freshman At Southern Miss (2015-16) | Game-By-Game Stats (PDF)
Produced 19 points, 10 steals and eight rebounds against Alabama State in just her second collegiate game … Averaged 7.1 points, 3.2 assists and just over two steals per game while starting 24 of 30 games … Shot 45.3 percent from the field – second-best on the team … Led the team by making 39.1 percent of her three-point attempts … Season-high 23 points vs UTEP (1/28) … Double-digit scoring output nine times.

High School
Four-year letter winner at Dunbar High School, located just 20 minutes north of FGCU's campus … Scored 1,288 points, dished out 401 assists and pulled down 254 rebounds over her career … Monstrous numbers earned her all-district honors and made her a three-time Class 4A All-State selection as well as a three-time Lee County Athletes Team honoree … Received News-Press All-Area Team accolades three times … Twice named News-Press All-Area Player of the Year … District 28 Player of the Year.

Personal
Born April 27, 1997 ... Born to Demesha Giles-Smith and Wilkie Jewett ... Step-daughter of Austin Smith ... One of 10 siblings ... Earned bachelor's degree in child and youth studies with a concentration in child studies this past summer ... Currently pursuing master's degree in educational leadership.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2018-19Redshirt Junior

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    2019-20Redshirt Senior

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