#35 Brigitte Ardossi

2010 Second-Team All-ACC
2010 State of Georgia Women[apos]s Basketball Player of the Year

General: A power forward that joined the team with extensive experience on the international level … Had been a member of championship division teams in Australia, and has proven to be one of the top players on those teams … Good range and perimeter skills for a post player … Not afraid to fight for rebounds with bigger posts … Played in 130 straight games and started 82 of those contests … Became only the 24th Yellow Jacket to score 1,000 points in career … Member of winningest senior class in program history with 88 of her four seasons … Participated in four straight NCAA Tournaments.

2009-10: Registered one of the most successful senior seasons in Georgia Tech history … Finished the year averaging 16.1 points and 7.3 rebounds … Registered the fourth-most points (532) and second-most rebounds (242) by a senior in the program[apos]s history … Set career-highs in minutes played (31.6), field-goals made (186), free-throws made (160), rebounds (242), assists (64), blocks (14), steals (65) and points (532) … Scored in double figures in 30 of 33 games … Recorded six of her seven career double-doubles during the season … Named to the All-ACC second team after averaging 18.9 points and 8.6 rebounds in conference play … Scored 26 points in final game of career against UALR in the NCAA Tournament (3/21) … Netted 27 points at Miami (2/21) … Had a career-best game against Miami at home with 29 points and 17 rebounds in 40 minutes (1/27) … Scored 29 points and grabbed 11 boards in win over Wake Forest (1/14) … Named the FIU Sun & Fun Classic MVP after averaging 17 points and 6.5 rebounds in two games … Led team past Oregon with 19 points and 9-of-9 shooting from the field and had nine rebounds (12/16) … Earned a spot on the LIU Turkey Classic All-Tournament Team for a pair of solid games against Seton Hall and Long Island … Named the 2010 State of Georgia Women[apos]s Basketball Player of the Year by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.

2008-09: Started 23 games and played in all 32 contests … Set career-highs in minutes played (23.6), field goals made (89), free throws made (68) rebounds (143) assists (29), blocks (12), steals (35) and points (246) … Scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds in second round of NCAA Tournament against No. 4/4 Oklahoma (3/24) … Helped Tech to only its second-ever win in the NCAA Tournament with 11 points and nine rebounds against host Iowa (3/22) … Came off the bench to notch 12 points and eight boards in the Jackets upset win over No. 22/19 Virginia (3/1) … Scored 16 points on seven-of-nine shooting vs. No. 9/7 Maryland (2/22) …Helped Jackets defeat Georgia with first career double-double (15 pts, 10 reb.) in 37 minutes of play (12/5) … Continued strong stretch of play with 10 points and seven rebounds in win over No. 21/24 Michigan State (12/3) … Scored a career-high 18 points and grabbed three rebounds in win over Tennessee Tech (11/30) … Tallied 10 points and six boards in win over Georgia State (11/26) … Team co-captain … Named to Dean[apos]s List in fall.

2007-08: Played in all 32 games and averaged 14.5 minutes … Tallied 4 points and had 6 rebounds off the bench against Iowa State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (3/22) … Scored 10 points after going a career-best six-of-eight from the free-throw line against Savannah State (2/12) … Finished with seven points and seven rebounds in 30 minutes off the bench at Miami (2/7) … Tied career-high in minutes with 29 and scored 7 points with 6 rebounds off the bench in road win over NC State (1/17) … Continued impact play with eight points, four rebounds and two steals in Dec. 16 win over Mississippi State … Came off bench to score 10 points and grab four rebounds in win over Georgia Southern (12/9) … Scored a career-high 14 points off the bench to help Tech to a win over Iowa (11/28) … Averaged 3.9 points and 2.8 rebounds , while shooting .500 (46-92) from the field … Registered 24 steals, 12 assists and five blocks … Recipient of the Bernard [quote]Chuck[quote] Taylor, Jr. Athletic Scholarship Endowment.

2006-07: Started 26 games at forward for the Jackets … Is the only freshman to start over the last two seasons … Played in all 33 games … Scored a then career-high 11 points in the second round of the ACC Tournament vs. No. 5 Maryland … Made first start on Dec. 3 vs. Georgia scoring four points in 14 minutes of play … Recorded seven rebounds, seven points and three assists in win over Georgia State … Notched a career-high eight rebounds in loss at No. 2 North Carolina … Averaged 3.0 points, 2.5 rebounds and 15.5 minutes per game.

Prep: Most recently played with the Melbourne Tigers[apos] Championship Division team, averaging 12.2 points and 8.8 rebounds per game … Was selected for the 2005-06 U20 Australian National Junior Championships in Western Australia, where she represented Victorian Junior Basketball and helped her team to the silver medal … Led the Victorian U18 team to the gold medal at the Pacific School Games in 2005, where she was named a tournament all-star … Named the 2005 Big V Australian Basketball League MVP and Leading Scorer while also earning Rising Star and All-Star 5 Forward accolades … Set the Newport shot put record at the age of eight, a record that still remains today.

Personal: Brigitte Louise Ardossi was born August 7, 1987 in Williamstown, Victoria … Daughter of Nick and Leanne Ardossi … Brother Josh was a member of the 2006 Australian National Lacrosse Team and played on the Maryland Terrapins[apos] lacrosse team … Comes from an athletic family in which her father was a competitive cyclist and an amateur weight lifter and her mother was an avid netballer who played in the State League … Enjoys playing netball and [quote]Kicking the footy around[quote] in her spare time … Management major at Georgia Tech.