31 Asha Wilkerson
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- Birth Date:
- 10/21/1983
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- Height:
- 6-2
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- Year:
- Freshman
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- Hometown:
- Portland, Ore.
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- High School:
- Jesuit
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- Position:
- Forward
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- College:
- HS
HIGH SCHOOL: Played forward for head coach Kathy Adelman-Naro at Jesuit High School in Portland, Ore... team won the 2001 & 2002 Metro League Championships...placed third in the state tournament as senior, following a sixth-place showing as a junior... named the team's MVP while also earning same honor at two state tournament games... closed out league prep career with a 27-point, 18-rebound, 10-block, 8-assist performance... set new triple-double record at 2001 Lake Oswego tournament, contributing 24 points, 10 rebounds and 12 blocks while earning first team All-Tournament honors... also competed on the cross country, softball and track teams... was the President of Jesuit's Diversity Club, a member of the student council and a volunteer at Easter Seals camp.
PERSONAL: Full name is Asha Bailey Wilkerson... born October 21, 1983 in Portland, Ore... parents are Julius Wilkerson and Verna Bailey... mother was the first African-American female to enroll in undergraduate school at the University of Mississippi... the University established a $100,000 endowment scholarship in her honor... father played basketball at Portland State... major is undeclared but is interested in psychobiology.