2004-05NEWCOMERS Screaming Eagles Tiara Brown #24 5'4"...Junior...Guard...Normal, Illinois MAJOR: Business Administration TRANSFER Eagle PROFILE Transferred from Lake Land College Favorite food where she helped lead the Lady Lakers Chicken to a two-year record of 43-22...finished 20th in the NJCAA II in assists per Favorite professional game (5.0) and was second on the athlete(s) Allen Iverson squad with 12.3 points per contest as a sophomore in 2003-04...efforts led What I like to do LLC to a 22-10 record and lifted her Sing and hang out with to All-Conference honors...helped family and friends the Lady Lakers to a 21-12 mark as a Favorite recording artist(s) freshman in 2002-03 by averaging a Beyoncé team-high 4.9 assists to go along with Favorite TV show 7.2 points per outing...overall, aver- American Idol aged 9.7 points , 4.9 assists, and 1.9 steals per game during her two-year Favorite book stint with the Lady Lakers...named Harry Potter the “Freshman of the Year” in 2002-03. If you could go anywhere, where would you go? HIGH SCHOOL Hawaii Graduated from University High Most memorable moment School in Normal, Illinois, where The last seven seconds of she earned five varsity letters in the sectional game in the basketball and track and field. state tournament my junior year in high school PERSONAL Most important person(s) Born August 25, 1984...daughter of in your life Hosaja and Faye Brown. My mother 24 2004-05 Women’s Basketball Media Guide 2004-05NEWCOMERS Screaming Eagles Sabrina Brandon #34 5'11"...Junior...Forward...Danville, Illinois MAJOR: Business TRANSFER PERSONAL Eagle PROFILE Earned All-Conference, All-Region, Born April 7, 1984...daughter of Favorite food and All-NJCAA II Tournament honors Dennis Watson and Gayle Mason. Shrimp and crab legs as a sophomore at Parkland College... averaged 11.6 points and 5.3 rebounds Favorite professional per game during sophomore campaign... athlete(s) Kobe Bryant helped the Cobras to a 30-5 record and a 14-0 mark in the Central Illinois What I like to do Conference...also helped lead Parkland Hang out with friends to the Region XXIV championship and family and a sixth-place finish at the NJCAA Favorite recording artist(s) II Tournament, as well as a number- Beyoncé and one ranking in the NJCAA II in Destiny’s Child 2003-04...averaged 6.5 points and 2.6 Favorite TV show rebounds in 29 contests and was voted Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Parkland’s most improved player as a freshman...helped lead the Cobras to Favorite movie the first of two straight conference Love and Basketball championships in 2002-03. Favorite book The Bible HIGH SCHOOL If you could go anywhere, Graduated from Danville High School where would you go? where she earned nine varsity letters France or Jamaica in basketball, soccer, track and field, and volleyball...was the basketball Most memorable moment team’s MVP and earned honorable Receiving the All-Tourna- ment medallion at nationals mention All-Conference honors as my sophomore year at a junior and senior...averaged 14.2 Parkland Junior College points per game as a junior to help lead DHS to a regional championship Most important person(s) and 12.6 points per contests as a in your life senior...also earned All-Area honors My mother and my best in soccer and was a two-time team friend Lamar Coleman MVP in volleyball. 2004-05 Women’s Basketball Media Guide 25 2004-05NEWCOMERS Screaming Eagles Nicole McDonald #10 5'6"...Freshman...Guard...Portage, Indiana MAJOR: Pre-Radiologic & Imaging Sciences HIGH SCHOOL Eagle PROFILE Graduated from Portage High School Favorite food where she was an All-Area performer Grilled cheese sandwich in 2003-04 and an All-Conference performer as a junior and senior... Favorite professional earned nine varsity letters in volleyball, athlete(s) Nomar Garciaparra basketball, and softball during her career at PHS...was PHS’s most valu- What I like to do able player as a junior and a senior Read, shop, karaoke, and and earned the Coach’s Award as movie nights a sophomore. Favorite recording artist(s) Tim McGraw PERSONAL Favorite TV show Born May 25, 1985...daughter of Jeopardy James and Annette McDonald. Favorite movie Pretty Woman Favorite book Hang Time If you could go anywhere, where would you go? Springfield Avenue Most memorable moment Spring break vacations with my parents in Daytona Beach, Florida, every year Most important person(s) in your life My parents and my brother 26 2004-05 Women’s Basketball Media Guide 2004-05NEWCOMERS Screaming Eagles Jessica Minnick #12 6'1"...Freshman...Forward/Center...Carmi, Illinois MAJOR: Chemistry HIGH SCHOOL CWCHS’s list for points (509) and Eagle PROFILE Graduated from Carmi-White County rebounds (229) in a single season... Favorite food High School where she averaged 20.7 also is sixth all-time with 913 career Italian points and 9.2 rebounds per game and points as well as seventh all-time with was named the Black Diamond Con- 410 career rebounds... averaged 14.8 Favorite professional ference MVP as a senior in 2003-04... points and 6.5 rebounds per game as a athlete(s) Jason Kidd finished her career as CWCHS’s sec- sophomore in 2001-02...inducted into ond all-time leading scorer (1,576 the National Honor Society as a junior. What I like to do pts) and rebounder (704 rbs)...aver- Shop, hang out with friends, aged two assists and two steals per PERSONAL listen to music, and read game in 2003-04...recorded a career- Born October 6, 1985...daughter of Favorite recording artist(s) high 39 points in a single game... Loren and Anita Minnick. Alicia Keys recorded the highest career field goal Favorite TV show percentage (.630) in school history The Cosby Show and was the first to score 600 points in a single season...also holds the Favorite book school record for rebounds in a single A Bend in the Road season (294)... had 48 blocked shots If you could go anywhere, as a senior and finished her career where would you go? with 124 steals... averaged 17.1 points Australia and 7.6 rebounds per game as a junior Most memorable moment in 2002-03... earned honorable mention Winning our regional in All-State honors in 2002-03...entering basketball my senior year her senior season in 2003-04, she was a two-time All-North Egyptian Conf- Most important person(s) erence performer as a sophomore and in your life My parents, Tarah junior as well as a three-time All- Anderson, and Jennifer Southeastern Illinois performer...also Minnick earned All-Southern Illinois honors as well as fourth-team accolades by the Illinois Girls Basketball Coaches’ Association in 2003... earned most valuable player honors at the Eldorado Tournament in 2002-03... holds the CWCHS season record for field goal percentage (.650) and is second on 2004-05 Women’s Basketball Media Guide 27 2004-05NEWCOMERS Screaming Eagles Marshay Jolly #22 5'9"...Freshman...Guard...Merrillville, Indiana MAJOR: Business Administration HIGH SCHOOL Eagle PROFILE Graduated from Merrillville High Favorite food School where she was a four-time team Chicken MVP as well as a four-time All-Dune- land Athletic Conference selection... Favorite professional also was voted to the Tremendous 26 athlete(s) Kevin Garnett list as a senior in 2003-04...was second on the team with 10.8 points and third What I like to do on the team with 4.6 rebounds per Play video games, game during her senior season...shot shop for clothes and 47 percent from the field to help lead shoes, and dance MHS to a conference title and an 18-3 Favorite recording artist(s) overall record, 13-1 in the DAC, in Nelly 2003-04...was a junior All-Star and Favorite TV show was named the Prep Athlete of the Girlfriends Week in 2002-03...also was named the Player of the Week in January of 2002. Favorite movie Set it Off PERSONAL Favorite book Born December 13, 1985...daughter of Go Ask Alice Napoleon and Mary Jolly. If you could go anywhere, where would you go? Hawaii Most memorable moment Winning the conference championship my senior year in high school Most important person(s) in your life My parents and my sister 28 2004-05 Women’s Basketball Media Guide 2004-05NEWCOMERS Screaming Eagles Brittaney Oeth #25 5'6"...Freshman...Guard...Mt. Vernon, Indiana MAJOR: Marketing HIGH SCHOOL Eagle PROFILE Graduated from Mt. Vernon High Favorite food School where she was named to the Breadsticks All-Posey County team as a senior... led the team in scoring as a junior What I like to do and senior and was MVHS’s MVP Shop, travel, and play the piano in 2004...also was named MVHS’s Newcomer of the Year in 2002 and Favorite recording artist(s) the Mental Attitude Award winner in Mariah Carey 2003...competed in volleyball where Favorite TV show she was the school’s MVP in 2003... The Bachelor was a four-year honor roll student and a member of the Distributive Education Favorite movie Love and Basketball Clubs of America (DECA) as well as the Art Guild and Student Council... Favorite book also was a member of the Student Ice Cream for Breakfast against Drunk Driving (SADD) If you could go anywhere, and the Fellowship of Christian where would you go? Athletes (FCA). Paris Most memorable moment PERSONAL Battling through a triple Born March 6, 1986...daughter of overtime game with my Gregory and Melody Oeth.