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2009-10 Women's Basketball

24 Claire Wheeler

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Silver Springs, Md.
  • High School Good Counsel
  • Position Forward
  • House Mather

Biography

2009-10 (Junior):
Team captain … Played in 23 games, starting five …Averaged 5.3 points per game and 2.7 rebounds per game Made23-of-24 attempts from the free throw line for a team-best .958percentage … Connected on 4-of-6 shots from the field for 12points in win over Boston College, including a career-high threetreys ... Scored a career-high 15 points on 5-for-10 shooting inwin over Maine ... Led the Crimson with 14 points on a 4-for-5effort from the field against New Orleans ... Scored 14 points andgrabbed five boards in win over Boston University ... Grabbed aseason-high seven rebounds in a career-high 32 minutes againstNortheastern ... Went 4-for-4 from the foul line and scored 10points at Marist ... Recorded a career-high tying three stealsagainst Columbia.

2008-09 (Sophomore):
Started seven of 29 games this season ... Averaged 5.4 points and5.3 rebounds per game ... Was third on the team in rebounding ...Pulled down five rebounds and scored two points in win over CCSU... Posted first collegiate double-double at Holy Cross with 14points and 12 rebounds, both career highs ... Went 4-for-4 from thefree throw line, had six points and grabbed four rebounds againstMarist ... Scored 11 points on a 4-for-8 effort from the floor thatalso included a 1-for-1 effort from three and a 2-for-2 effort fromthe foul line in a win at Siena ... Went 3-for-4 from the floor forseven points in win against UNH ... Led the Crimson with eightrebounds against Southern California ... Pulled down seven reboundsin win against Northeastern ... Scored eight points and pulled downa team-high seven rebounds in loss to Dartmouth ... Scored sevenpoints in first collegiate start against Brown ... Started againstPrinceton and Penn as well ... Had 11 points and went 6-for-6 fromthe free throw line against Yale ...  Pulled down a team-highsix rebounds against Dartmouth.

2007-08 (Freshman):
Made collegiate debut and scored first collegiate basket againstJames Madison ... Played five minutes against Fairfield, scoredthree points and pulled down one rebound ... Grabbed a career-highthree rebounds against Pitt ... Nailed 4-of-4 free throws in winover BU ... Pulled down a career and game-high seven reboundsagainst Vermont ... Scored a career-high five points on 2-of-3shooting against Princeton ... Scored a career-high six points andher first ever collegiate three pointer in win over Brown.

Before Harvard:
Three-year starter at forward ... Played at the No. 2 singles onthe women’s tennis team and earned three varsity letters ...Captain of the basketball team as a senior and the tennis team fromsophomore to senior year ... Second team All-Met by the WashingtonPost ... First team all-county by the Washington Post & GazetteNewspapers ... Nominated for the McDonald’s All-Americanbasketball team ... First team Washington Athletic Conference as asenior ... Gazette and WCAC honorable mention as a junior ... WCACrunner up in tennis and honorable mention recipient as ajunior.

Personal
Sings in Key Change, the premiere co-ed forum for Black a capellaexpression ... National Achievement Finalist ... National MeritCommended Scholar ... Honorable mention Maryland DistinguishedScholar ... Received Class Leadership Award as a freshman,sophomore and junior ... Represented Good Counsel at NationalLeadership & Diversity Conference ...Received the ChorusDirector’s Award in 2006 ... St. Mary’s Scholars from2004-07 ... A volunteer for several organizations, includingShepard’s Table and Gabriel House ... Brother, Stephen,played basketball at Catholic.

Career Highs:
Points: 15 vs. Maine, 11/17/09
Field Goals Made: 6 vs. Boston University,12/6/09
Field Goal Attempts: 10, twice, most recent,11/17/09
Field Goal Percentage: 1.000, twice, most recent,2/6/09
3-pt. Field Goals Made: 3 vs. Boston College,11/14/09
3-pt. Field Goals Attempted: 5 vs. BostonCollege, 11/14/09
3-pt. Field Goal Percentage: 1.000, severaltimes, most recent 13/6/09
Free Throws Made 5 at Holy Cross, 11/20/08
Free Throws Attempted: 6 vs. Yale, 3/7/09
Free Throw Percentage: 1.000, several times, mostrecent, 2/27/10
Rebounds: 12 at Holy Cross, 11/20/08
Assists: 3, twice, most recent, 2/28/09
Steals: 3, twice, most recent1/29/10
Blocked Shots: 3 vs. New Orleans, 11/27/09
Minutes Played: 32 vs. Norteastern, 12/9/09

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2007-08First-Year

    Forward
    6'2"
    24
  • 24

    2008-09Sophomore

    Forward
    6'2"
    24
  • 24

    2009-10Junior

    Forward
    6'2"
    24