Alyssa Shoji

10 Alyssa Shoji

  • Height:
    5-6
  • Year:
    Freshman
  • Hometown:
    Bellevue, Wash.
  • High School:
    Issaquah
  • Position:
    Guard

2010 All-WCC Honorable Mention
2010 WCC All-Academic Team
Led the WCC in 3-point shooting (84) as sophomore
Set SCU record for minutes played in season (1,159)

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2009-10: Experienced a break-out season as a sophomore, scoring 438 points, distributing 84 assists and making 84 three-pointers ... All-WCC Honorable Mention ... 2010 WCC All-Academic Team honoree ... led Santa Clara in scoring (13.7 ppg) ... set a new school record for minutes played in a single-season (1,159 minutes), averaging 36.2 minutes per game... scored in double-figures in 27-of-32 games ... led the WCC in 3-point shooting (2.6 p/g) and was ranked 35th nationally ... made 3+ three-pointers 16 times ... third place in SCU single-season history for 3-pointers made (84) and tied for fourth all-time in WCC single-season history ... second in the WCC in minutes played (36.2) ... made a career-high and equaled a West Virginia Coliseum opponent record by making seven 3-pointers on Dec. 30 against the 19th-ranked Mountaineers ... eclipsed 100 assists for her SCU career against LMU Jan. 16 ... began the season with 11-straight double-figure games, including scoring 17 points each against South Dakota (Dec. 6) and Pacific (Dec. 13) ... opened the season with a 12-point performance against Sonoma State (Nov. 7) ... made 6-of-11 field goals, including three 3s at Iowa (Nov. 11) at the 2009 Hawkeye Challenge ... distributed a career-high five assists vs. CSU Bakersfield (Dec. 11) ... made at least 3 triples in seven consecutive games Nov. 29 through Dec. 19 ... set a career-high by making seven 3s (two shy of the school record) at No. 19 West Virginia (Dec. 30) - scoring 24 points ... set a career-high by scoring 27 points on 9-of-21 shooting at San Diego (Jan. 9) ... got to the line eight times against Pepperdine (Jan. 14) ...posted back-to-back six rebound games against LMU (Jan. 16) and USF (Jan. 23) ... made six 3s and scored 20 points at Pepperdine (Feb. 13) ... scored 15 points in SCU's 74-61 WCC Tournament victory over Portland (Mar. 6).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2008-09: Saw action in 27 games for the Broncos and started in 12 ... finished second on the team with 39 three-pointers made and 33.6 percentage from long range ... third on team with 45 assists and fourth with 7.0 points per game ... made her first appearance as a Bronco against CS Fullerton (Nov. 14) ... dished out two assists and tallied seven points ... posted five rebounds against Minnesota (Nov. 16) ... registered her first career steals against Sac State (Nov. 20) ... posted 10 points and shot 42.9 % against Nevada (Dec. 18) ... scored nine points, shooting 60 percent from the field, against Saint Mary's (Jan. 8) ... scored nine points and had two 3s against San Diego (Jan. 10) ... had eight points and dished out three assists against Pepperdine (Jan. 31) ... had eight points and tied her season-high with two steals against San Diego (Feb. 5) ... tallied 15 points on a five FG and three 3-pointers against Saint Mary's (Feb. 7) ... started, scored seven points and had a season-high six rebounds against Pepperdine (Feb. 12) ... played key minutes against LMU (Feb. 14), scoring a then-career-high 18 points on six field goals and four 3s, also had three steals ... dished out a season-high five assists against USF (Feb. 21) ... had 14 points and five assists against Gonzaga (Feb. 26) ... had 11 points and four assists against Saint Mary's (Mar. 6) in the first round of the WCC tournament ... tallied 10 points against LMU (Mar. 7) in the quarterfinals of the WCC tournament.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2008 graduate of Issaquah High School in Issaquah, Wash. ... played for head coach Kathy Gibson ... averaged 15.0 points, 4.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game ... led the Eagles to four-straight Kingco 3A championships ... earned first team All-Kingco and MVP honors as a senior ... named to first team All-Kingco and first team all-state tournament in 2006-07 ... team finished second in the state tournament her sophomore season in 2005-06 ... earned second team all-league as a sophomore ... earned all-league honorable mention as a freshman in 2004-05.

PERSONAL: Daughter of John and Cindy Shoji ... has an older brother, Justin ... both parents attended the University of Washington ... enjoys playing basketball, going to the movies, hanging out with friends, shopping and listening to music in her free time ... Business major.


CAREER STATS:
Year      GP-GS   Min/Avg    FG-FGA   Pct   FG-FGA   Pct   FT-FTA   Pct Off-Def  Tot  Avg  PF-FO Ast  TO Blk Stl  Pts/Avg
2008-09   27-11   725/26.9   63-198  .318   39-116  .336   24-32   .750  13-52    65  2.4  48-0   45  79   2  18  189/7.0
2009-10   32-32  1159/36.2  146-422  .346   84-255  .329   62-81   .765  17-73    90  2.8  62-1   84 135   2  20  438/13.7
TOTAL     59-43  1884/31.9  209-620  .337  123-371  .332   86-113  .761  30-125  155  2.6 110-1  129 214   4  38  627/10.6

CAREER HIGH'S
Points ... 27 ... vs. SAN DIEGO 2/6/10
Mins ... 40 ... 8x, last vs. PORTLAND 2/27/10
Rebs ... 6 ... 3x, last vs. USF 1/23/10
Off Rebs ... 3 ... 2x, last at Boise St. 12/19/09
Assists ... 5 ... 3x, last vs. CSUB 12/11/09
Blocks ... 1 ... 2x, last vs. LMU 1/16/10
Steals ... 3 ... 2x, last at Oregon 11/24/09
FG Made ... 9 ... vs. SAN DIEGO 2/6/10
FG Att ... 21 ... vs. SAN DIEGO 2/6/10
FG % (5+ att) ... 5-9 ... 2x, last vs. CSUB 12/11/09
3-PT Made ... 7... at #19 West Virginia 12/30/09
3-PT Att ... 12 ... at #19 West Virginia 12/30/09
3-PT % (3+ att) ... 4-6... vs. UTAH 11/29/09
FT Made ... 5... at Oregon 11/24/09
FT Att ... 8... vs. PEPPERDINE 1/14/10
FT % (4+ att) ... 4-4... 4x, last at LMU 2/11/10