Third-Round Selection (37th overall), 2006 WNBA Draft, New York Liberty
All-Big 12 Second Team
Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Summary: Was chosen in the third round of the WNBA Draft by the New York Liberty (37th overall) ... was a consensus All-Big 12 Second Team selection ... an accounting major, she has already secured an internship for this summer with a Big Four accounting firm, and next year will graduate with combined bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting.
Senior Season (2005-06): Mizzou's leading rebounder (8.6 rpg) and second-leading scorer (13.1 ppg) dominated the paint the last half of this season, securing eight of her 13 double-doubles in the last 13 games ... averaged 14.2 points and 9.9 rebounds in nine of her last 10 games ... got her first double-doubles in the season-opener vs. Clemson with 17 points and 10 rebounds ... in her next game out at Arizona State, had a season-high five steals ... earned all-tournament team honors at Pittsburgh with a pair of solid performances ... had season highs of five assists and five blocks against Towson ... added 18 points with 10 rebounds against Pitt to help the Tigers to their first tournament title of the season ... scored 16 points and 10 rebounds in only 27 minutes against Southern Illinois ... had five blocks and four steals against Alabama State.
Junior Season (2004-05): Established herself as a dominating post presence for the Tigers in 2004-05 ... tallied a career-high five blocks in the season-opener against Northern Illinois on Nov. 19 ... had a breakout game against Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 3, establishing two personal bests by scoring 29 points and grabbing 13 rebounds ... set another new career high with 14 rebounds against SMS, a game in which she also put in 16 points and blocked four shots ... put up 20 points, seven rebounds, and five blocked shots against Oklahoma State on Jan. 5 ... that game was the last in a span in which she averaged 14.7 ppg and recorded double-figures in 10 of 11 contests ... had 17 points against Iowa State on Jan. 15 ... wrestled 10 boards away from Colorado in the Tigers' next game on Jan. 18, then got back into double-digit figures in rebounding against the Buffs in Boulder on Feb. 9 ... shot 90.9 percent from the field against Texas A&M on Feb. 12 in scoring 23 points ... she also set a career high by recording four steals against the Aggies ... on Feb. 19, totaled 20 points and nine rebounds against Oklahoma ... dished out a personal-best six assists vs. Nebraska on Feb. 28 ... second on the team in scoring at 12.6 ppg, led team in rebounding (6.5 rpg), blocked shots (1.3 bpg) and field-goal percentage (46.5%).
Sophomore Season (2003-04): Played in 28, and started one, of Missouri's 30 games ... scored eight points, collected six rebounds and blocked four shots in her first outing in a Tiger uniform against Bradley on Nov. 23, and followed that up with a nine-point, five-rebound performance three days later vs. Southern ... set career-highs with 11 points and seven boards against Alcorn State in the first game of the Unilever Classic ... dropped seven points and grabbed five rebounds in 11 minutes at Kansas on Jan. 24 ... matched her career-high with seven boards on Valentine's Day against Oklahoma State, while also chipping in seven points ... averaged 8.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in Mizzou's pair of games in Dallas for the Big 12 Conference Tournament ... averaged 3.6 ppg and 2.9 rpg in 10.6 minutes per game for the Tigers this season.
Freshman Season (2002-03 at Illinois Central College): Averaged 4.8 points and 6.2 rebounds a game playing for legendary coach Lorene Ramsey, who coached Mizzou head coach Cindy Stein in her playing days ... Cougars won the 2003 NJCAA Division II National Championship in Ramsey's 33rd and final season, as Ramsey retired as the winningest women's basketball coach at any level ... N'Garsanet earned team's Award for Extra Effort after playing in all 35 games behind a first-team juco All-American ... earned President's List honors for the 2002 fall semester.
Personal: Daughter of Laurent and Marie-Felicite N'Garsanet ... born June 23, 1983, in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire ... majoring in accounting with plans to go into that field following graduation.
The University of Missouri was one of 32 winners in the NCAA Division I "Pack the House" Challenge, a second-year national effort in which conferences and institutions compete to build attendance. Missouri was rewarded for its effort in drawing 3,546 fans to the Feb. 7 contest against Kansas, which the Tigers won 74-60.
In an effort to keep the Mizzou Sports Park clean and beautiful, the Missouri women's basketball team took part in the third annual Mizzou Sports Park Staff and Student-Athlete Clean Up Day on May 1. All administrative offices and sports programs spent a part of their Friday picking up trash around the entire Mizzou Sports Park.
Two University of Missouri athletic programs have been recognized by the NCAA with a public recognition award for their respective multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores, announced on Wednesday. The women's basketball and women's golf teams both received the honor for the second consecutive year as the programs posted an APR in the top 10 percent in their sports.
Jefferson City's Sydney Crafton has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Missouri women's basketball team this fall, Head Coach Cindy Stein announced on Friday. Crafton joins Trenee Thornton of Kansas City as a member of this year's signing class.
The Mizzou Women's Basketball team hosted their annual banquet Tuesday night at the Holiday Inn Select in Columbia. The evening entailed memories of the season filled with laughs, hugs, and tears of joy. The ball room at the Holiday Inn was filled to capacity with fans that wanted to get a final peak of the 2008-2009 women's basketball team.
