Meghan Austin PREP/PERSONAL Coached by Tracie Hayes • A two-year team captain and four-year starter • As a senior, led the district in scoring and rebounding and was named co-player of the year • Region player of the year as a junior and senior • Team MVP as a senior • Set a school record with 82 consecutive starts • Had the highest grade point average on her team all four years • Also played two years of softball • Honor Roll student • Born Meghan Elizabeth Austin on Sept. 17, 1984, in Lynchburg, Va. • The daughter of Keith and Elizabeth Austin • Has three Working toward a double major in psychology and exercise siblings: Jennifer (24), Keith (22) and Ryan (19) • Her mother and sport science with a minor in coaching. played basketball at the University of Richmond and her sis- ter played water polo at Virginia. JUNIOR SEASON (2006-07) Missed the final 22 games of the season after tearing the an- terior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her left knee on Jan. 3 • Matched her career high with three points in wins over Sacramento State and St. John’s • Had a career-high two steals in the win over UNC Greensboro on Nov. 30 • Ap- peared in 13 games before her injury. SOPHOMORE SEASON (2005-06) Saw action in 16 games, including the ACC Tournament semifinals win over NC State and the NCAA first-round win over UC Riverside • Returned to the court in 2005-06 after sitting out the previous year as a transfer from Lafayette Col- lege • Hit her first career three-pointer against Clemson on Jan. 6, heaving in an over-the-shoulder shot as the shot clock ran down to push UNC over the 100-point mark with 25 seconds to play • Did not dress for the Wake Forest (1/27) or Duke (1/29) games after sustaining a concussion in practice earlier that week • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll. FRESHMAN SEASON AT LAFAYETTE (2003-04) Saw action in 13 games for the Leopards • Scored a career- high three points on two occasions. Career Highs Points: 3 (five occasions) Rebounds: 3 (Charleston Southern, 12/1/05; ETSU, 11/10/06) Assists: 3 (Coastal Carolina, 12/17/05) Steals: 2 (UNC Greensboro, 11/30/06) Minutes: 11 (UNC Greensboro, 11/30/06) Season/Career Totals Points: 10/27 Rebounds: 8/18 Austin’s Career Statistics Year GP-GS FGM-A-PCT 3FGM-A-PCT FTM-A-PCT O-D-REB/AV A TO B ST PF MIN/AV PTS/AV 2003-04 13-0 2-9-22.2 1-4-25.0 3-5-60.0 0-2-2/0.2 4 6 0 0 1 26/2.0 8/0.6 2005-06 16-0 4-17-23.5 1-6-16.7 0-0-0.0 4-4-8/0.5 4 4 0 2 5 58/3.6 9/0.6 2006-07 13-0 3-12-25.0 1-3-33.3 3-4-75.0 1-7-8/0.5 5 6 0 0 5 62/4.8 10/0.8 Career 42-0 9-38-23.7 3-13-23.1 6-9-66.7 5-13-18/0.4 13 16 0 2 11 146/3.5 27/0.6 2007-08 UNC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • PAGE 8 Meghan Austin 2006-07 Season Date Opponent Starts FG 3FG FT O-D-REB A T B S MIN PTS 11/10 East Tennessee State 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-2-3 1 1 0 1 8 0 11/12 Winston-Salem State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 2 0 0 3 0 11/17 Elon 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 7 0 11/24 vs. Sacramento State 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 6 3 11/26 vs. Arkansas 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0+ 0 11/30 UNC Greensboro 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 2 0 2 11 0 12/6 Wofford 0-2 0-0 2-2 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 7 2 12/10 Western Carolina 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 1 3 0 12/16 South Carolina State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 3 0 12/18 at Coastal Carolina 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 1 4 0 12/20 vs. St. John’s 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12/28 Delaware State 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 4 2 12/30 Tennessee Tech 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2005-06 Season Date Opponent Starts FG 3FG FT O-D-REB A T B S MIN PTS 11/18 Davidson 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 5 2 11/21 Liberty 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 5 0 11/26 TCU 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11/29 UNC Asheville 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 4 2 12/1 Charleston So. 0-3 0-1 0-0 2-1-3 0 2 0 1 8 0 12/2 South Florida 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12/5 Connecticut 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12/8 Wofford 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 12/17 Coastal Carolina 0-4 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 3 2 0 0 10 0 12/20 Vanderbilt 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12/31 College of Charleston 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 0 1 7 2 1/6 Clemson 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1/9 Miami 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1/18 Georgia Tech 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3/4 NC State–ACC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3/18 UC Riverside–NCAA 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2003-04 Season (at Lafayette) Date Opponent Starts FG 3FG FT O-D-REB A T B S MIN PTS 11/29 at St. Peter’s 0-1 0-1 0-2 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 3 0 12/21 vs. Texas-Arlington 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 0 0 3 0 12/30 vs. Loyola (Md.) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1/5 Quinnipiac 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1/7 Yale 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1/15 at Harvard 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1/25 Bucknell 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1/30 at American 1-2 0-0 1-1 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 2 3 2/1 at Navy 0-1 0-1 2-2 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 5 2 2/7 at Colgate 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 0+ 0 2/13 Holy Cross 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2/26 Navy 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3/5 vs. Colgate 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 More On Austin... What is one talent you have other than playing basketball? Knitting Activities you’re involved with at UNC: What is one talent you wish you had? Champions for Christ, Student-Athlete Advi- Singing sory Committee, FCA, Special Olympics What is your favorite place you’ve trav- Major and why you chose it: Exercise and eled? Hawaii and Italy sport science and psychology; I like both ma- What place have you never visited but jors because they are applicable to daily life would like to? Australia What career do you hope to have after What is something that few people know you’re finished playing basketball? Coach- about you? I sleep with a Teddy Bear ing If you had never picked up a basketball, What has been the best moment of your how would you have spent all the time basketball career thus far? Getting to the you’ve devoted to basketball? Playing soft- Final Four two years in a row ball What is your earliest basketball memory If you could spend three hours doing any- and how did you get started playing? Play- thing, what would it be? Working with kids ing in the backyard with my family What magazine would you most like to ap- When you were a kid, what player did you pear on the cover of? Sports Illustrated pretend to be? Dawn Staley If you could play another sport, what Who or what has had the biggest impact would it be? Football on your basketball career? Buddy Mason What historical figure would you have On what part of your game have you fo- most liked to meet? Mother Teresa cused on in the offseason? What have you What’s the best thing about being a UNC done to improve? Rehabbing my knee so I student? The tradition and legacy can play What’s the best thing about being a Car- What do you do to prepare yourself for olina basketball player? The people you each game? Listen to music meet and the places you go What’s the last thing you do or think about before you step on the court for a game? Pray 2007-08 UNC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • PAGE 9 Laura Barry Working toward a major in exercise and sport science with a concentration in sport administration • Practiced with the Tar Heels during their Final Four run in 2007 • Two-time Dean’s List honoree • Former co-president of the UNC women’s club basketball team which won a pair of league titles.