Whitney Downs

Position:
Guard
Height:
5-11
Class:
Senior
High School:
Harpeth Hall
Hometown:
Franklin, Tenn.

At Princeton
2008-09
Tri-captain ... played in 25 games and made 10 starts ... averaged 9.8 points per game, the second-best scoring average on the team with 244 points ... averaged 3.2 rebounds per game and had 79 total ... had 40 steals, 38 assists and four blocks ... led the team in steals, averaging 1.6 per game, the sixth most in the league ... missed three games due to an illness ... had 13 double-digit scoring games ... led the team in scoring seven times and led the team in steals 14 times ... scored a career-high 24 points at No. 3 California, making a career-best nine field goals while adding a season-best five steals ...named to the Collier’s International Classic All-Tournament Team ...went 7-for-8 at the free throw line versus Sacred Heart on Dec. 14 ... had the second best field goal percentage on the team, shooting 84-192 for .438 ... named the Ivy League Player of the Week on Feb. 9 after leading Princeton in scoring in a sweep of Cornell and Columbia on the road ... had a perfect shooting game against Columbia on Feb. 7, scoring on every attempt and nailing 11 points in just 17 minutes ... earned Ivy League Honorable Mention accolades on one occasion ... earned the Herbert W. Hobler '44 Women's Basketball Award along with Julie Berger at the year-end banquet.

2007-08
Appeared in all 30 games, making 21 starts ... reached double digits in scoring four times with a high of 19 at Brown Feb. 16, making four three-pointers ... season-high eight rebounds came at Yale Feb. 15 ... six steals against Duquesne Feb. 1.

2006-07
Played in 27 of Princeton’s 28 games ... started a stretch of 14 straight ... went 4 for 4 from three-point range on her way to 16 points at Penn Jan. 6 ... scored a career-high 17 points versus St. Francis (N.Y.) Dec. 16 and matched it Mar. 3 at Yale ... reached double digits six times including the season’s final two games ... blocked five shots against Columbia Jan. 12 ... pulled down six rebounds Feb. 24 against Harvard.

2005-06
Played in 17 games ... started against Lafayette Jan. 3, scoring a season-high 11 points in a year-best 28 minutes ... scored in 12 contests, dropping nine points against Central Florida Nov. 26 and eight at Army Dec. 8 ... shot a solid 85.7 percent from the free-throw line, hitting on 12 of 14 chances ... pulled down rebounds in 14 games with a high of five in her start against Lafayette.

At Harpeth Hall
Scored 1,087 points at Harpeth Hall, 441 as a senior as team won state title ... Tennesseean Sports Writers Association all-state honoree ... Associated Press honorable mention all-state ... graduated with Latin honors ... won the junior class spirit award ... National Merit Commended Scholar ... also competed with the track and field team, winning the high jump at the regional meet.

Personal
Full name is Whitney Dianne Downs ... born June 16, 1987 ... parents are Cliff and Leslie Downs ... younger sister, Julianne ... attended same high school as Princeton’s Becky Brown ’06 ... sociology major.