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2021-22 (5th Yr.): Earned the start in 23 games and appeared in 30 for the Yellow Jackets…Averaged 27.4 minutes per game…Finished fifth on the team in scoring, averaging 8.6 points per game…Was third on the team in rebounding, securing 5.3 rebounds per game…Finished with double-figure scoring totals in 11 games…Posted six games with 15 or more points…Started her Georgia Tech career leading the Yellow Jackets at Central Michigan (11/9) with a game-high 19 points…Also secured a team-best nine rebounds…Added six points, three rebounds and two blocks against Kennesaw State (11/11)…Added six points, four rebounds and two assists in win at ETSU (11/17)…Led Tech with 18 points at Purdue (12/1), playing the full 40 minutes in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge…Hit a pair of three-pointers and finished 7-of-12 from the field…Blocked three shots against No. 3/2 UConn (12/9), helping Tech to victory, while posting eight points, seven rebounds and two assists…Dropped a season-high 20 points in Tech’s win over Furman (12/12), connecting on a career-high six three-pointers…Shot 50.0 percent (6-for-12) from three-point range against the Paladins…Contributed 12 points in ACC-opening win over Wake Forest (12/19) and added seven rebounds and four assists…Led Tech with 13 points against No. 3/2 Louisville (1/2), hitting four three-pointers in the outing…Matched season-high three blocks in win against Virginia (1/9)…Dropped 16 points, going 4-for-6 from three-point range, at Pitt (1/11)…Added nine rebounds and seven points, while blocking three shots at Miami (1/16)…Pulled down 10 rebounds at Syracuse (1/20)… Recorded double-double with team-high 14 points and 11 rebounds in win against North Carolina (1/23)… Finished with three rebounds, two points, two assists and two blocks in win at Duke (Feb. 1)…Secured five rebounds and one assist at NC State (2/7)…Returned to action chipping in nine points against Notre Dame (2/17), hitting a pair of three-pointers and dishing out four assists, four rebounds and two assists… Led Jackets with 16 points at Florida State (2/24), shooting 7-for-9 from the field…Recorded seven rebounds against the Seminoles…Secured nine rebounds and matched season-high three blocks at Wake Forest (2/27)…Posted consecutive games scoring in double-figures in the ACC Tournament…Finished with 10 points, eight rebounds (team-high), four blocks and three assists against Wake Forest (3/3) in the second round…Added team-high 12 points, five rebounds, an assist and a block against Notre Dame (3/4)…Led Jackets with team-high 18 points against Kansas (3/18) in first round of NCAA Tournament…Was 8-for-11 from the field, including two three-pointers…Finished with six rebounds, four steals, two blocks and an assist.
AT SYRACUSE: Started all 120 games played in at Syracuse from 2018-21…Averaged 29.7 minutes, 9.0 points and 5.3 rebounds per game in four seasons…Shot 39.4 percent (416-1057) from the floor and 77.1 percent (84-109) from the free throw line…Scored a career-high 25 points at Boston College (1/28/18), hitting 10-for-16 from the field and 5-for-9 from 3-point range…Set a personal-best with 13 rebounds against Lincoln (PA) (12/2/20)…Blocked a career-high seven shots against Virginia (3/5/20)…Has long shooting range having hit five 3-pointers in four different outings.
PREP: Member of Latvian National Team…Helped U20 National Team place 11th at 2018 FIBA U20 European Championships in Hungary…Made history with the Latvian Senior National Team as the first team to qualify and compete at the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Tenerife, Spain…Was the youngest member on the Senior National Team at age 19…Helped Latvia place 8th at the FIBA U20 European Championship in 2017, averaging 18.7 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per contest…Represented Latvia at the 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup in Italy…Participated in 2016 FIBA U20 European Championship…A five-star recruit ranked No. 22 player in her class by espnW HoopGurlz.
PERSONAL: Starting playing basketball at age eight…Lists most memorable athletic accomplishment as playing in the World Cup…Most memorable non-athletic accomplishment as earning two degrees from Syracuse…Sister played basketball at Quinnipiac University.
