Career-Highs
Points: 33 (12/8/16 at Westfield St.)
Rebounds: 10 (11/19/16 at Staten Island)
Assists: 3 (2/11/15 vs. Wentworth)
2016-17 (Senior Year): CoSIDA Academic All-District ... All-CCC First Team ... CCC Player of the Week (Dec. 12, Jan. 30) ... WNE Student-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 28, Dec. 12, Jan. 9, Feb. 13)
2015-16 (Junior Year): Appeared in 29 games, making 28 starts, averaging 12.3 points, and 3.7 rebounds per game. All-CCC second team selection...opened her junior campaign with double-figure scoring efforts in seven of her first nine games, including 21 points at city rival Springfield College (11/17)...matched a career-high with eight rebounds in the season-opener at St. Joseph (11/13)...scored a team-best 21 points in a 58-56 loss at Lasell (11/24)...posted career-highs in points (24) and rebounds (9), leading WNE to a 61-55, overtime win against Arcadia in Puerto Rico (12/29)...finished with 12 points, three rebounds and two blocks against Endicott (1/9)...made 4-of-7 three-pointers and shot 7-of-12 overall en route to 19 points in a win over Curry (1/19)...posted 14-point efforts against UNE (1/23) and Roger Williams (1/30)...scored 17 points in a win over Nichols (2/6)...wrapped up the regular season with a 16-point, four-rebound effort at Salve Regina (2/16), and a 17-point, five-board performance at Endicott (2/20), both WNE victories...scored 14 first quarter points and finished with 16 despite playing just 13 minutes in Western New England's 60-51 win over Salve Regina in the CCC Quarterfinals (2/23).
2014-15 (Sophomore Year): Appeared in all 28 games, making three starts, in her first season with the Golden Bears...was the team's fourth-leading scorer with 8.4 ppg...also averaged 4.1 rebounds in 17.6 minutes per game, shooting 73.1% from the free throw line...scored in double figures in 12 of 28 contests, and had 5+ rebounds nine times...finished with eight points and three rebounds in her WNE debut against Union (11/15)...proceeded to score in double figures in four of the next five games, culminating in a 16-point, 8-rebound performance against Lasell (11/25)...scored a season-high 18 points at Wentworth (1/15)...recorded 10+ points five times in a six-game stretch from 2/3-2/17.
Before Western New England: Averaged 3.5 points and 1.6 rebounds in eight games during her 2013-14 freshman season with the Suffolk Lady Rams...made collegiate debut against MIT on Nov. 16, 2013, scoring three points in five minutes...scored a season-high 12 points against Albertus Magnus, connecting on 4-of-6 three-pointers in just five minutes...had four rebounds in that contest.
High School: A standout at Rocky Hill...missed her freshman season due to injury, but bounced back and became a starter the next three years...team captain during her junior and senior seasons...Rocky Hill's most valuable player for three years in a row...averaged a double-double of 22 points and 10 rebounds while scoring 978 career points at RHHS...a three-time All-Central Connecticut Conference performer... named to the all-state team by both the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference and Connecticut High School Coaches Association as a senior...selected for the JCC Schoolgirl Classic, featuring Connecticut's best basketball players, in Bridgeport...also played in the CHSCA All-Star Game...made the academic all-conference team four times...played travel basketball for the Connecticut Storm...graduated in 2013.
Personal: Born Emily Jean Anderson on Feb. 20, 1995, in Hartford, Conn., to parents Keith and Liza Anderson...has a brother, Jared...Favorites: TV show - The Following; actor - Channing Tatum; pro team - New England Patriots of the NFL; athlete - Rob Gronkowski; food - Chipotle; music - Country; city - Boston...majoring in criminal justice, wants to go to law school for criminal law after graduation.
What I Like Best About WNE: "Campus atmosphere and classes."
