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2020-21 QUICK FACTS BASKETBALL 18 NCAA FINAL FOURS » 8 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS » 35 COMBINED SEC REGULAR SEASON & TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS » 21 WBCA ALL-AMERICANS » 48 WNBA PLAYERS GENERAL INFORMATION LADY VOL BASKETBALL STAFF Location. Knoxville, Tenn . Head Coach . Kellie Harper (Tennessee, 1999) Founded . 1794 (As Blount College) Year At Tennessee . Second Affiliation . NCAA Division I Career Record/Years. 306-218 ( .584)/16 Years Conference . Southeastern (SEC) Record at Tennessee/Years . 21-10 ( 677)/Second. Enrollment . 30,559 Career NCAA Appearances As Head Coach . Five Colors . Orange & White NCAA Appearances While Head Coach At UT . N/A Nickname . Lady Volunteers Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator . Lacey Goldwire (Okla . State, 2010) Mascot . Smokey Year At Tennessee/In Coaching . Second/13th Band . Pride of the Southland Assistant Coach . Jon Harper (Auburn, 1999) Home Arena/Court . Thompson-Boling Arena/The Summitt Year At Tennessee/In Coaching . Second/20th Capacity . 21,678 Assistant Coach . Jennifer Sullivan (Memphis, 2005) Year At Tennessee/In Coaching . Second/16th UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS PERSONNEL Director of Basketball Operations . Catherine Greene (North Carolina, 2008) Director of Recruiting Operations . Jessica Jackson (Western Carolina, 2010) President . Randy Boyd (Tennessee, 1979) Director of Player Relations & Administration .. Heather Ervin (Troy, 1999) Chancellor . Dr . Donde Plowman (SMU, 1974) Director of Scouting & Analytics . Alex Varlan (Tennessee, 2013) Faculty Athletics Representative (Sabbatical) . Dr . Donald Bruce (Drew, 1994) Director of Sports Performance . Tyler Watson (Chattanooga, 2014) Faculty Athletics Representative (Interim) . Dr . Matt Harris (Virginia, 2000) Graduate Manager . Caleb Currier (Tennessee, 2019) Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics . Dr . Daniel J . White (Notre Dame, 2002) Graduate Manager . Josh Theis (Xavier [OH], 2019) Senior Woman Administrator/WBB Admin. Angie Boyd Keck (Tennessee, 1994) Associate Director of Sports Medicine . Casi Dailey (Hope, 2008) Basketball Address . 207 Thompson-Boling Arena, 1600 Phillip Fulmer Way, 37996 TEAM INFORMATION Best Time To Call For Media Interviews . Contact Media Relations To Schedule 2019-20 Overall Record . 21-10 MEDIA RELATIONS 2019-20 Overall Record Breakdown ...........Home (13-3), Away (7-6), Neutral (1-1) 2019-20 SEC Record/Finish . 10-6/t3rd Assoc. Director - Media Relations/WBB Contact . Eric Trainer (Arkansas, 1988) 2019-20 SEC Record Breakdown .............Home (6-2), Away (4-4), Neutral (0-0) Email Address . etrainer@utk edu. NCAA Tournament Finish. NCAA Tournament canceled due to COVID-19 health crisis Office Phone/Cell Phone . (865) 974-8173 / (865) 603-2916 SEC Tournament Finish . Quarterfinals Assistant A.D. - Media Relations . Tom Satkowiak (Tennessee, 2002) Final National Rankings . nr - AP/nr - USA Today Director of Football Communications . Bill Martin (LSU, 2007) Letterwinners Returning . 8 Asst. Dir. - Media Relations/WBB Secondary . Kimberly Hood (Tennessee, 2008) Letterwinners Lost . 4 Asst. Dir. - Media Relations . Akilah Laster (Miami, 2007) Starters Returning . 3 Asst. Dir. - Media Relations . Sean Barows (South Florida, 2012) Starters Lost . 2 Asst. Dir. - Media Relations . Forest Jersey (Tennessee, 2015) Newcomers . .. 5 Asst. Dir. - Media Relations . Shane Switzer (Tennessee, 2016) Historian . Bud Ford (Tennessee, 1966) TEAM HISTORY Grad. Asst. - Media Relations . Ricky Martinez III (Arizona, 2019) Grad. Asst. - Media Relations . Dom Palumbo (James Madison, 2019) First Season Of Basketball . 1903 Grad. Asst. - Media Relations . Grace Pohl (Eastern Washington, 2018) All-Time Overall Record . 1,384-343 ( .803) Student Intern - Media Relations . Wyeth Wilson All-Time SEC Record . 405-84 ( .828) Social Media Coordinator . Kellen Hiser (Wyoming, 2010) All-Time SEC Tournament Record . 80-24 ( 769). Press Row Phone Number . (865) 974-0110 All-Time NCAA Tournament Record . 125-30 ( .806) Media Relations Fax Number . (865) 974-1269 All-Time Record At Thompson-Boling Arena . 465-48 ( .906) Mail/Overnight Address . UT Media Relations, Anderson Training Center, Ground Floor, NCAA Appearances/Last . 38/2019 . 1551 Lake Loudoun Blvd ., Knoxville, TN 37996 NCAA Regional Appearances/Last . 34/2016 Athletics Website . UTSports com. NCAA Final Four Appearances/Last . 18/2008 Women’s BB Twitter/Instagram Accounts . @LadyVol_Hoops/@LadyVol_Hoops NCAA Championships/Last . 8/2008 Women’s BB Facebook Page . www facebook. com/BallWithTheLadyVols. SEC Regular Season Championships/Last . 18/2015 SEC Tournament Championships/Last . 17/2014 LADY VOL NETWORK/IMG COLLEGE WBCA All-Americans/Honors . .21/36 WNBA Players . 48 Flagship Station .. Sports Radio WNML (FM 99 1,. AM 990) Draft Picks/First Round Picks/No. 1 Picks (Including Elite Draft) . 42/17/3 Play-By-Play Announcer . Mickey Dearstone (22nd year PxP & 31st overall) Olympians/Appearances . 14/20 Network Address . 6701 Baum Dr ., Suite 100, Knoxville, TN 37919 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees (Players/Coaches/Admins.) . 9/2/3 Network Contact/Phone Number . Glenn Thackston/(865) 212-3570 2020-21 TENNESSEE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM INFORMATION Starters Returning (3) NO. NAME POS HT CL PPG RPG APG NOTES 0 Rennia Davis G/F 6-2 SR 18 0. 8 .2 2 .5 All-SEC First Team, H .M . All-America 12 Rae Burrell G/F 6-1 JR 10 .5 5 .5 1 4. 21 3FGs, started final nine games 20 Tamari Key C 6-5 SO 7 .3 4 7. 0 7. 56% FG, 86 blocks, started 29 games Other Players Returning (5) NO. NAME POS HT CL PPG RPG APG NOTES 25 Jordan Horston G 6-2 SO 10 1. 5 .5 4 6. SEC All-Freshman, started 22 contests 11 Kasiyahna Kushkituah C 6-4 SR 5 4. 4 4. 0 .5 49% FG, played in 31 games 10 Jessie Rennie G 5-8 SO 2 7. 0 .8 0 7. 46% 3FG, 25 3FGs, played 30 games 15 Jaiden McCoy F 6-3 R-SR 2 7. 1 .8 0 4. Played in 26 games, 50% FG vs . SEC foes 31 Emily Saunders C 6-5 SO 3 7. 2 .2 0 0. 71% FG, 1 0. bpg ., 10 games played Newcomers (5) NO. NAME POS HT CL PPG RPG APG NOTES 4 Jordan Walker G 5-8 R-JR 16 0!. 6 .2! 2 .5! 66 3FGs, 2 1. spg ., All-MAC Third Team 13 Keyen Green F/C 6-1 R-SR 13 .9^ 7 .5^ 1 0^. 59% FG, All-ASUN First Team 2 Destiny Salary G 6-0 FR 21 0*. 7 0*. 4 0*. #57-espnW HoopGurlz/4-Star Prospect 21 Tess Darby G/F 6-1 FR 16 7*. 6 .3* 2 7*. 44% 3FG, ProspectsNation com. 4-Star Recruit 33 Marta Suárez G/F 6-2 FR 12 7+. 5 6+. ---- 46% FG, Blue Star Europe 4-Star Prospect ! Stats at Western Michigan in 2019-20 | ^ Stats at Liberty University in 2019-20 | * 2019-20 H.S. stats | + Stats recorded with Segle XXI Barcelona in Spain’s LF2 League in 2019-20 Starters Lost (2) NO. NAME POS HT CL PPG RPG APG NOTES 21 Lou Brown F 6-3 R-SR 4 6 . 4 6 . 1 2 . 22 3FGs, 86% FT, started 30 games 13 Jazmine Massengill G 6-0 SO 6 .5 4 7. 4 1. 76% FT, started 30 games Other Losses (2) NO. NAME POS HT CL PPG RPG APG NOTES 5 Kamera Harris F 6-3 SR 1 6. 1 4. 0 .3 Appeared in a career-high 28 games 14 Zaay Green G 6-0 SO 13 0. 4 .5 2 0. Inj ./played only two games in 2019-20 2020-21 TENNESSEE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES OF INTEREST TEAM • Tennessee returns three-plus starters (Rennia Davis, Rae Burrell, Tamari Key) and eight total letterwinners from last season’s 21-10 squad that was in position for an NCAA Tournament bid . Jordan Horston, who started 22 contests, could be considered a fourth returning starter due to her experience . • Despite its youthful roster, UT tied for third in the SEC standings a year ago with a 10-6 record, marking UT’s highest league finish since taking first in 2014-15 . • Second-year UT head coach Kellie Harper, one of only 11 coaches to lead three different women’s programs to NCAA Tournament berths, posted her best record and league finish in her first season with a program . • The Lady Vols return five of their top six scorers and rebounders from 2019-20, including the top four in each category . • Harper welcomes back 80 .8 percent of her scoring, 76 4. percent of rebounding, 78 6. percent of blocks, 71 0. percent of steals and 64 .8 percent of assists from last year’s squad . • The Big Orange women also return 80 6. percent of their field goals, including 73 .3 percent of their three-pointers, and 84 .8 percent of free throws from a year ago . • UT welcomes five new players, including a grad . transfer point guard, grad . transfer forward/center, two freshman guard/forwards and a freshman guard . Those newcomers boost the roster to 13 active players, the most since all 13 roster members took the court in 2010-11 . PLAYERS • Tennessee’s top returnee is 6-2 senior guard/forward Rennia Davis, a first-team All-SEC choice a year ago and an All-America honorable mention recipient from AP, the USBWA and WBCA . She averaged 18 0. points, 8 .2 rebounds and 2 .5 assists per game in 2019-20 while shooting 46 .9 percent from the field and 80 .2 percent from the free throw line . • Davis’ scoring average was the best by a Lady Vol since Candace Parker averaged 21 .3 ppg . in 2008, and she enters her final collegiate season tied with Bashaara Graves for 10th in UT history with 29 double-doubles during her first three seasons . • Davis averaged 19 .9 ppg . and 8 0. rpg . vs . SEC foes while hitting 49 6%. from the field and 82 .8% at the charity stripe in 16 regular-season contests . • UT’s other top-four returning scorers and rebounders include 6-1 junior guard/forward Rae Burrell (10 .5 ppg ., 5 .5 rpg ., 21 3FGs), 6-2 sophomore guard Jordan Horston (10 1.