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2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

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11 Simone Sawyer

  • Height
    5-11
  • Class
    Sophomore
  • Highschool
    Stevenson
  • Hometown
    Lincolnshire, Ill.

Biography

Career Honors
*Two-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Dec. 5, 2022; Feb. 13, 2023)

2023-24: Played in 24 games, making 14 starts including nine in Ivy League play … Scored 79 points (3.3 ppg), grabbed 44 rebounds (1.8 rpg) and had 13 steals, eight assists and two blocked shots … Knocked down 13 three-point shots on the season … Her only double-figure scoring game came against Gwynedd Mercy (12/30) when she scored 10 … Had six points, three steals and a career-high seven steals (most by a Penn player since 2020) in Ivy League Tournament loss to top-seeded Princeton (3/15) … Scored nine points and added three boards in a win over Harvard (3/2) that clinched Penn’s spot in Ivy Madness … Also had nine points in an Ivy win over Brown (2/2) … Had a pair of seven-point games in Ivy play, at Yale (2/16) and the regular-season finale at Princeton (3/9) … Went scoreless but pulled down a season-best seven rebounds in Big 5 loss at Temple (12/10).
 
2022-23: Two-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Dec. 5, Feb. 13) ... Played in 28 games, starting in 21 … Averaged 20.3 minutes per game, totaling 191 points, 56 rebounds, 35 assists, 29 steals, and two blocks … Shot onto the scene at San Francisco (11/21), dropping 18 points all from three-point rance (6-for-9), one three short of the program record for a freshman ... Earned first career start at USC (11/23), dropping another 18 points with four three-pointers ... Set a career-high 24 points against La Salle (11/29) … Set a career high of seven rebounds against La Salle (11/29) ,,, Had 10 games with double-digit scoring.

High School: Played at Stevenson for Ashley Graham … Illinois State champion … Super Sectional champion … Sectional champion … Regional champion … North Suburban Conference champion … Dundee Crown Tournament champion … Two-time First Team All-State … Four-time North Suburban All-Conference … North Suburban Conference Player of the Year … Lake County News Sun Player of the Year … Four-time Daily Herald All-Area team … Three-time Lake County All-Area team … Pioneer Press All-Area team … Stevenson Female Athlete of the Year … Second all-time leading scorer in Stevenson history with 1,651 points … Record for most points in single season with 521 points … Record for most steals in single game with 11 … Tied for most field goals made in state championship with 11 … Played AAU for Illinois Elite and Full Package Athletics … Gold Honor Roll … Academic Honor Roll … English Communication award.

Personal: Daughter of Glory and Steven Sawyer … Sister, Aleeya, played soccer for Howard University … Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences for Architecture.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2022-23Freshman

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    5'11"
    11
  • 11

    2023-24Sophomore

    G
    5'11"
    11