Jazz Covington

Class:
Senior
High School:
Cook
Hometown:
Adel, Ga.

Junior Year (2005-06) Started all 29 games for the Cardinals ...Named to the All-BIG EAST first team...Led the team in scoring with 13.7 points per game...Second on the team in rebounding with 6.9 rebounds per game...Named to the Wooden Award Watch List...Also named a preseason Naismith Candidate...Named a team captain by her teammates...Registered six double-doubles on the season, giving her a career total of 27...Scored a season-high 29 points against Georgetown...Recorded a career-high five assists against Marquette...Leads the team in scoring with 13.7 points per game...Ranks second on the team second in steals with 24 on the season...Ranks second on the team in field goal percentage, connecting on 53.2 percent from the field...Scored in double figures in 20 games...Ranked fourth in the league in field goal percentage and ranked 14th in the league in scoring.

Sophomore Year (2004-05) Started all 31 games for the Cardinals...Named first team All-Conference USA...Named to the C-USA All-Tournament team...Named a WBCA/Kodak All-American Honorable Mention...Scored her 1,000th career point in the C-USA Tournament semifinal against Houston...Invited to participate in the USA Basketball Trials in Colorado Spring, Colo...Led the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging 17.8 points and 8.1 rebounds per game...Ranked fourth in Conference USA in scoring and second in field goal percentage...Led the team in field goal percentage, connecting on 56.6 percent ...Scored a career-high 32 points against Cincinnati...Pulled down a season-high 15 rebounds against Hampton...Named Conference USA Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 24...Recorded 10 double-doubles on the season...Scored in double figures 30 of 31 games...Named a preseason All -C-USA selection...Named to the Lady Griz Holiday Classic All-Tournament team...Also named to the Paradise Jam All-Tournament team ...Knocked down a career-high 10 free throws against Southern Miss.

Freshman Year (2003-04) Started all 30 games for the Cardinals...Named to the Basketball Times Freshman All-American team...Named second team All-Conference USA...Also named to the Conference USA All-Freshman team...Led team in rebounding with 8.2 per game average...Ranked second on the team in scoring with 16.1 points per game...Scored in double figures 27 times ...Pulled down a career-high 17 rebounds against Morehead State and Western Michigan ...Scored a career-high 30 points in the Cards' overtime win against No. 23 Houston...Registered a career-high five steals against Jackson State...Led the team in field goal percentage, connecting on 55.8 percent.... Named to the Vanderbilt All-Tournament team...Earned Conference USA Player of the Week honors on Feb. 29...Finished the season with 11 double-doubles.

High School Lettered in basketball and softball...Finished her senior season averaging 19 points, nine rebounds and four assists per game...Named first team all-state her junior and senior seasons...Named a McDonald's All-American Finalist ...Ranked 51st in the nation by the All-Star Girls Report...Earned first team all-region honors her sophomore, junior and senior seasons...Named team Most Valuable Player her sophomore, junior and senior seasons...Named the GHSA All-Region Player of the Year her junior and senior seasons...Helped guide her team to a 20-2 record her senior season...Also earned all-state honors in softball her sophomore and junior seasons...Named Player of the Year her sophomore and junior seasons...Played AAU ball for the Georgia Metros...Helped them to a third place finish at the 16 and under 2002 AAU Nationals ...Named a 16 and under AAU All-American.

Personal Birthdate is April 13, 1985...Mother is Rhonda Covington ...Majoring in communications.