Emily Berry

Emily Berry

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Cedar Falls, Iowa

High School:
Cedar Falls

Height:
5-8

Position:
G

Experience:
3L

#32 • Emily Berry 5-8 • Senior • Guard Cedar Falls, Iowa • Cedar Falls

2003-04 (Junior) - Started all 29 games played... Panthers' top three-point shooter, making 59 shots from behind the arc for the second consecutive year...Led team in assists with 106...Third on team in scoring and steals with 10.5 ppg and 27 steals...Shot 76.7 percent from the free throw line, second best on team...Scored season-high 22 points vs. UMKC (12/14) and Illinois State (3/6)...Leading scorer at Creighton (1/25) with 17 points and vs. Southern Illinois (1/28) with 21 points...Reached double-digits in scoring 13 times...Topped the 20-point barrier three times...Had 10 assists vs. Fairfield (12/23).

2002-03 (Sophomore) - Appeared in 29 games, with 29 starts ... Was the Panthers' top three-point shooter, making 59 of 153 treys (.386) ... Fourth on the team in scoring at 9.8 ppg ... Led team with 107 assists ... Shot 80.1 percent from the free throw line, the third best mark on the team ... Came within one three-pointer of tying the school record for treys in a game, making six against Iowa State (12/8) ... Also set a then career high with 20 points that night against the Cyclones ... Knocked down five from behind the arc against Arkansas State 12/13, scoring a career-best 27 points ... Reached double-digits in scoring 11 times ... Topped the 20-point barrier three times ... Had seven assists in a game three times ...

2001-02 (Freshman)-Started her first collegiate game at Arkansas State, scoring 13 points on three-of-seven from the field, two-of-four from beyond the arc and five-of-six from the line ...Saw action in 24 games, starting 22 ...Averaged 7.5 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists a game ...Set three career highs in a 67-61 victory over Indiana State (1/6/02) with 16 points and went seven-for-nine from the charity stripe ...Was the only Panther to play all 40 minutes of a game...Played 40 minutes in each of the final three games of the season ...Led the Panthers in three-point shooting percentage with a .414 clip on 29-of-70 ...Was third in the conference in three-point shooting with that .414 mark ...Third on the team in free throw shooting with a .721 mark (44-61) ...Had 10 double-figure point games.

2000-01--Redshirted.

High School--Two-time all-Metro first team, second-team all-Mississippi Valley Conference and honorable mention all-state selection ...Holds Cedar Falls single-season record with 156 assists in 1999 ...Had three-year totals of 579 points (ninth all-time at Cedar Falls), 234 assists, 148 rebounds and 126 steals while compiling a 66-9 record with the Tigers ...Averaged 13.3 points as a senior co-captain and 10.5 points and 6.0 assists as a junior ...Shot 55 percent as a junior and 50 percent from the floor as a senior ...Made 43 percent of three-pointers as a senior and 37 percent overall ...Also made 70 percent of her high school foul shots ...Led all players with 15 points in 36-35 loss in state final to West Des Moines Dowling in 2000 ...Team also advanced to state semi-finals as a sophomore and junior ...State's highest-scoring team (82.9 ppg.) scored 100 or more in six different games in senior year and set state record by averaging 85.9 ppg. her junior year ...Member of 1999 national AAU 17 & under runner-up squad along with Amy Swisher and Alex Cook ...Senior-year team was ranked fourth nationally in the preseason by Full Court Press magazine and fifth by USA Today and Street and Smith's ...Finished the year ranked second in the state after going 25-2, with both losses to Dowling...Also played soccer at Cedar Falls, where her team qualified for state her junior year ...Hails from the same high school as former UNI teammate Nikki Spettel ...Four-year honor student who won the Blackhawk County Scholarship Award in 2000 ...Has played on basketball teams with both Amy Swisher and Alex Cook since sixth grade.

Personal Information Full Name: Emily Layne Berry

Birthdate: 5-3-82

Major: Math Education

Parents: Paul and Lori Berry

Siblings: Nick

Favorite Book: The Bible

Favorite Movie: Pretty Woman

Hobbies: Cooking, bike riding, cooking, being outside

Goals for 2004-05 season: Nothing less than the conference title

The best aspect of being a UNI athlete: I get to travel the nation and I am learning so much about myself

My best memory in sports: Ask me in March!

MVC Tournament Stats Date Opp. MIN FG-A REB PTS S A

3/7/02 Evansville 40 3-5 3 11 1 3

3/13/03 Bradley 40 2-8 1 11 0 1

3/14/03 Indiana St. 22 1-8 4 3 0 3

3/11/04 Creighton 32 3-5 3 10 1

3/12/04 Drake 31 2-9 4 5 0 3

Totals (5 games) 165 11-35 15 40 1 11

Career Game Highs Points: 27 vs. Arkansas State (12/13/02)

Rebounds: 6 twice

Assists: 10 vs. Fairfield (12/23/03)

Steals: 4 four times, last vs. SMS (1/8/04)

Field Goals Made: 9 vs. Arkansas State (12/13/02)

Field Goal Att.: 17 vs. Houston (11/24/03)

3-pt. FG Made: 6 three times, last vs. Southern Illinois (1/29/04)

3-pt. FG Att.: 13, twice, last at Indiana State (1/4/04)

Free Throws Made: 7 vs. Indiana State (1/6/02)

Free Throws Att.: 9 vs. Indiana State (1/6/02)

Minutes: 40 several times

Double-Figure Point Games: 14

Double-Figure Rebound Games: 0

Double-Doubles: 0

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