Atonye Nyingifa Class: RS Junior Hometown: Torrance, CA High School: Redondo Union HS Height: 5-11 Position: Forward Experience: 2V

2011:
•Appeared in all 33 games with 27 starts
•Pulled down career-best 12 rebounds v. Arizona
•T-19th in Pac-10 rebounding; 5th in fg%; 9th in off. reb. (2.4)
•Upped both her field goal and free throw shooting %

2010:
•Granted a medical redshirt after sitting out the season to rehab her knee which had been injured during USA Basketball Trials in May of 2009

2009:
•Saw action in all 31 games, starting the final 16 contests of the season
•Named to the All-Pac-10 Tournament squad
•Selected to Pac-10 All-Freshman squad
•Led team in rebounding during Pac-10 only games (5.6 average)
•Averaged 7.7 points, 6.1 rebounds in her 16 starts
•Played double-digit minutes in 27 games
•Invited to USA Women's Basketball Trials in May 2009

High School:
•Attended Redondo Union HS in Redondo Beach, CA; played for Marcelo Enriquez
•Scored 2,192 points in her prep career
•Averaged 21.2 points and 12.2 rebounds as a senior
•Set school rebounding record as a senior
•Named CIF Co-Player of the Year following her senior (Division IA) and freshman (Div. IIA) years
•Won two CIF Southern Section championships (2008 - IA; 2005-IIA)
•Played and started in each game of her four-year varsity career
•Won four straight league titles
•EA Sports first-team All-American
•Named second-team All-State by Max Preps as a senior and first-team All-State by Cal-Hi Sports as a junior
•Averaged 16.8 points, 11.7 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game as a junior
•Named South Bay Daily Breeze Player of the Year as a junior
•Averaged 18.8 points, 11.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocks as a sophomore
•Named Daily Breeze Player of the Year as a freshman at age 14, the youngest player ever to receive the honor
•Earned MVP honors in the 2006 and 2007 End of the Oregon Trail Tournaments
•Also a member of the track team (high jump, long jump, triple jump and 200m)

Personal:
•Full name: Atonye Jennifer Nyingifa
•Born on December 8, 1990
•Family: Parents Jerry and Tracy Nyingifa; brother, Onate; sisters Amiete, Inara, Courtney
•Admires professional tennis player Serena Williams
•Hobbies include cooking, biking and basketball

Career Highs:
Points - 18, vs. Oregon State (3/13/09)
Rebounds - 12, vs. Arizona (1/27/11)
Assists - 4, at Arizona (2/24/11)
Blocks - 2, at Loyola Marymount (12/3/10)
Steals - 5, at Washington (2/20/09) and vs. Washington State (3/5/11)
FG Made - 7, at Arizona State (2/26/11) and vs. California (3/11/11)
FG Attempts - 12, at Arizona State (2/26/11) and vs. California (3/11/11)
FG % (Min. 5 FGM) - .833 (5-6), at USC (2/6/11)
3FG Made - 1, vs. Stanford (2/27/09)
3FG Att. - 1, vs. Bakersfield (12/3/08), 1, vs. Stanford (2/27/09) and at Notre Dame (11/18/10)
FT Made - 6, vs. Oregon State (3/13/09) and vs. Washington (3/3/11)
FT Attempts - 7, vs. Hawai'i (12/19/10)
FT % (Min. 3 FTM) - 1.000 (6-6), vs. Oregon State (3/13/09) and vs. Washington (3/3/11)
Minutes - 37, vs. Montana (3/19/11)

Career Statistics

YEAR	GP-GS	MIN-AVG	FG-FGA-PCT	3FG-3FGA-PCT	FT-FTA-PCT	REB-OFF-DEF-AVG	AST	BLK	STL	PTS-AVG
'08-'09	31-16	620-20.0	73-157-.465	1-2-.500	41-61-.672	152-64-88-4.9	20	11	40	188-6.1
'10-'11	33-27	851-25.8	114-221-.516	0-1-.000	63-87-.724	179-80-99-5.4	38	10	56	291-8.8
TOT	64-43	1471-23.0	187-378-.495	1-3-.333	104-148-.703	331-144-187-5.2	58	21	96	479-7.5

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