2008-09 Women's Basketball
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1-15.0633-25.107Lost 52-81-150-2
#4 Nicki Dewitt
Height: 5-3
Class: FR
Position: Guard
Hometown: Louisville, KY
Previous School: Atherton HS
 
4  Nicki Dewitt
 
Major:  Undecided.  Birthdate:  October 8.  Daughter of:  Terry and Michelle Dewitt.
 
A freshman from Louisville, Kentucky, Nicki will play both basketball and softball for Mid-Continent University.  She prepped at Atherton High School where she was an All-District selection and won an Impact Player award as a junior and a senior.  As a sophomore in 2005-06, Dewitt was her team's best offensive player and she was named Most Improved Player as a freshman in 2004-05.  Dewitt twice was named to the All-Tournament team at the First Citizen's Bank Classic, earning the honor in 2004 and 2006. Dewitt is just the third Atherton High School basketball player to ever score over 1000 career points.
 
As a senior softball player at Atherton HS, Nicki was named to the All-District team and won an Impact Player award and was voted the Yellow Jacket Bash Offensive Player and to the Yellow Jacket Bash All-Tournament team.  As a junior in 2007, Dewitt won the Defensive Player Award for her team and earned All-Region and Academic All-State honorable mention selection.  She played in the All-Star games after her junior and senior seasons.  As a sophomore in 2006, Dewitt was voted to the Yellow Jacket Bash All-Tournament team and won an Impact Player award, and as a freshman in 2005, she was her team's Most Improved Player.
 
Besides her sports participation in high school, Dewitt was president of her school's National Honor Society chapter and class office sergeant-at-arms.
 
Favorite Athlete:  Sue Bird (WNBA).  Favorite Food:  Chicken.  Favorite TV Show:  CSI.  Favorite Movies:  For the Love of the Game.  Favorite Hobby:  Playing basketball.  Favorite Place to Visit:  Italy.  Favorite Quote:  "If you think you are beaten, you are.  If you would like to win but think you can't, it's almost a cinch you won't.  For out in the world, you will find that success begins with a person's positive, energetic, enthusiastic state of mind -- Steve Shurtzer."
 
Roster
#NameCl.Pos.Ht.HometownPrevious School
3Sarah JacksonFRGuard5-1South Fulton, TNColumbia Academy, MS
4Nicki DewittFRGuard5-3Louisville, KYAtherton HS
10Tyqea ButlerJRGuard5-7Louisville, KYWaggener HS/St. Catherine, KY
12Amanda DaughertyFRGuard5-8Golconda, ILPope County HS
20April CarterSRGuard5-7LaCenter, KYBallard Memorial HS/Shawnee CC, IL
21Brittany ButlerSRGuard5-4Carrollton, TXHebron HS/Shawnee CC, IL
22Alicia HerndonSOFWD5-10Clarksville, TNMontgomery Central HS
23Abbey McLeodFRFWD5-9Kuttawa, KYLyon County HS
24Candace McGeeJRFWD5-10Detroit, MIConsortium Prep HS/SE Iowa CC
25Katie MayesSOFWD6-1Edgewood, KYDixie Heights HS
30Jean-Ann RileySOGuard5-6Mayfield, KYGraves County HS
33Amy DaughertyFRGuard5-8Golconda, ILPope County HS
35Kandi KnuppJRPost6-3Iuka, MSTishamingo County HS/NE Miss. CC
44Karissa NicholsonFRFWD6-0Shelbyville, KYShelby County HS