FINAL CAREER:
Played all 120 possible games in her career, the second most in school history, with 65 starts...Had 27 career double-figure rebounding games and 25 career double-figure scoring games...Had 13 career double-double games.
Scored 679 points and pulled down 797 rebounds, 8th most in school history (6.6 per game)...Had 107 career steals and 53 career blocks...A team-captain during the 2007-08 season and the 2009-10 season.
Logged 2,688 career minutes with 10 games of playing all 40 minutes.
2009-10:
Led team in rebounding with 240 (8.0) to rank No. 4 in the CAA, as her 104 offensive rebounds were also No. 4 in the league...Played all 30 games and started 24...Became starter in game 7 at Delaware State after Chan Harris was out for the year with an injury.
Produced 10 games of double-figure scoring and 9 games of double-figure rebounding with four double-double games.
Set career high with 22-point game against Old Dominion (2/18) on 9-of-13 shooting and added 11 rebounds in that game...On Senior Day final home game, she netted 18 points vs. George Mason (2/28) on 7-of-12 field goals...
In win at Iona, was a perfect 6-for-6 from the field in 13-point evening...Had a double-double 17-point, 10-rebound day in TV game at Delaware.
Season high for rebounds was 12 in win over Northeastern (2/4)...Season high for offensive rebounds was 6 at Delaware (2/14)...Had 5 or more offensive rebounds in eight games...Tied personal best with 3 blocked shots vs. UT Martin (12/28)...
2008-09:
Played all 30 games with two starting assignments, logging 367 total minutes.
Pulled down 126 rebounds to tie for third highest on the team, while her 62 offensive caroms were second most on the team...Blocked eight shots for fourth most on squad.
Started and played a season-high 33 minutes vs. Towson (2/5) with a double-double effort of 12 rebounds and 11 points...Posted season-best rebound total of 13 in 26 minutes vs. Hofstra (1/25) to go with six points...Had eight points and six rebounds in holiday tournament championship game win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (12/30)....Added nine rebounds at Delaware (3/1)...Had seven rebounds, six of them offensively in game at Northteastern (2/12).
2007-08:
Started every game except Senior Day....Led team and finished 3rd in CAA in rebounds (249, 8.3) and 4th in offensive rebounds (110, 3.67)...Had 12 double-figure rebounding games, 11 double-figure scoring games and 7 double-double games...Was third on team in scoring (8.1), third in minutes played (794) and tied for second on team in blocked shots (15).
Set personal bests with 15-rebound games vs. both Jacksonville State (11/24) and Towson (2/3)...Set personalbests with 16 points three times, vs. Jackson State (11/27), Mississippi Valley State (12/28) and Winthrop (12/17)...Had first double-double of season in game two win over Gardner-Webb (14-10 on 11/16 in Asheville)...Second double-double of season was game six vs. Jackson State (16-11, 11/27).
Had back-to-back double-doubles in Georgia State Invitational to earn All-Tournament honors... Scored 16 points and 12 rebounds in win over Mississippi Valley (12/28) and followed that with 15-10 vs. Alcorn (12/29)...First double-double in CAA game was at VCU (1/13, 12 rebounds, 10 points)...At Hofstra (1/20), scored 10 of her 12 points in second half for double-double (11 rebounds) to go with personal-best 5 steals... Had personal-best of eight offensive rebounds in that game.
Seventh double-double of year was in win over Towson (2/3) with 15 rebounds, 12 points and personal-best 3 blocked shots in 39 minutes...Had 10-rebound games vs. William and Mary (1/17), George Mason (2/14) and at Towson (3/2)...Had three other games with nine rebounds (Florida A&M, at Winthrop and William and Mary in the CAA Tournament).
Had one of best free throw streaks in school history when she made 18 consecutive from Dec. 17 at Winthrop (last miss) to Dec. 29 vs. Alcorn....Was a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line in the win over Mississippi Valley State (12/29).
2006-07:
Saw action in all 30 games, earning 10 starts along the front court... Started the first seven games and the last three games of the season... Received first collegiate start at Miami (Fla.) (11/10/06), collecting four points and eight rebounds... One of two freshmen this season to start the first game of the regular season since 1997.
Ranked third on the team and 20th in the CAA in rebounding after averaging 6.1 boards per game... Scored 4.6 points per contest... Played 19.8 minutes per outing... Was 45.9 percent (51-of-111) from the floor and 58.1 percent from the free throw line... Totaled 25 steals, 11 blocked shots and 10 assists... Led or tied for the team lead in rebounds six times and once in scoring... Started three of 18 CAA games... Averaged 5.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 21.4 minutes per contest against conference opponents... Posted double figures in scoring three times and 10 or more rebounds four times.
Recorded first career double-double game at Virginia Commonwealth (2/25/07) with 10 points and 10 rebounds and season-best four steals, playing a season-high 40 minutes.
Grabbed season-high 12 boards at William & Mary (2/22/07)... Had 11 points against Hofstra (2/18/07)... Tallied 10 points at Northeastern (2/15/07)... Registered a season-high 12 points at George Mason (1/14/07), going 5-of-6 from the floor and 2-of-3 from the free throw line... Had 11 rebounds at Georgia Tech (11/16/06)... Grabbed six or more rebounds 16 times... Selected CAA Rookie of the Week on Jan. 15.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Four-year varsity letterwinner for head coach Kim Schlein and the Lady Razorbacks... Named a McDonald’s All-American basketball nominee entering the 2005-06 season... Averaged 15 points and 12 rebounds as a junior... Led Cross Creek to an 18-7 overall record in 2004-05 and a berth in the state playoffs... Was the Lady Razorbacks’ top rebounder for three straight seasons (2002-05).
Suffered a torn ACL and MCL injury prior to the 2005-06 season... Also lettered in volleyball and track and field... Selected Most Valuable Player on her 2005-06 volleyball team... Twice named best female field athlete as a member of the track and field squad.
PERSONAL:
Full name is RaShay Danielle Rawls... Preferred name is Shay...Born Jan. 16, 1988... Parents are Rick Safford and Patricia Rawls Safford.
Has one older brother, Domonik Rawls, and one younger brother, Dontez Rawls, and two younger sisters, Taylor Ayers and Dontaisja Rawls.
and two younger sisters, Taylor Ayers and Dontaisja Rawls...Was 2007-08 Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) team representative... Fan of the WNBA’s Lisa Leslie and NBA’s Michael Jordan... Favorite team is the NBA’s Miami Heat... Favorite part of basketball is to rebound.
Aspires to graduate and play professional basketball overseas, may try to become Air Force officer... Enjoys the sport of basketball at any level and listening to the radio... Ken Griffin and Kelvin Powell inspire her the most in sports... Chose Georgia State over Auburn, Charlotte, Florida and South Carolina... Major is psychology.
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