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Alisha Mosley
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Ellicott City, MD

High School:
Mount Hebron

Height:
5-6

Position:
Guard

A talented and versatile athlete who returns to the Demon Deacon backcourt ... the lone senior on the Wake Forest roster ... plays primarily shooting guard, but can also play the point ... ranks among the top five three-point shooters all-time at Wake Forest with 85 treys (5th) on 285 attempts (4th)o hopes to increase her offensive output and take on more leadership responsibilities in 1999-2000.

1998-99
Played in all 28 games at shooting guard ... started 21 of the first 22 games of the season ... saw just over 20 minutes of playing time per game ... averaged 7.2 points and a team-high-tying 2.1 assists per game ... was an early-season offensive key, averaging 10.2 points and 3.5 assists in the first 13 games and leading the team in assists on eight occasions ... was somewhat quiet in the second half of the season, however, averaging 5.3 points and 1.0 assists in the last 13 games ... scored in double figures 10 times, including a career-high 23 points in the season opener vs. VCU ... dished a career-high six assists vs. both Fairleigh Dickinson and North Carolina ... tied her career high with eight rebounds vs. Florida State ... ranked among the team's best in three-point shooting (26 of 88, 30%) and assist-to-turnover ratio (59-to-47, +1.26) ... scored 18 points vs. No. 9 Colorado State and 13 points vs. Pittsburgh in the Oakland Tribune Classic to earn All-Tournament honors.

1997-98
Started 18 games at two-guard ... averaged 26.4 minutes of court time per game ... scored in double figures in four of the first six games, then hit somewhat of a midseason shooting slump ... rebounded down the stretch with five double-digit outings in the last seven games ... averaged 7.6 points per game for the season ... led the team in scoring four times ... tied for the team lead in assists (2.1 apg) and steals (1.4 spg) ... attempted a team-high 9.3 shots per game ... hit two buzzer-beaters on the year, one which gave WFU a win over App State and another which forced overtime with Maryland ... scored a career-high 18 points vs. Georgia Tech , hitting 5-of-11 from the floor (including 3-of-6 threes) and 5-of-6 from the free throw line ... also netted 17 points at East Carolina and 16 points vs. Virginia Commonwealth ... grabbed a career-best eight rebounds vs. Virginia ... dished a career-high tying five assists on three occasions ... showed tremendous improvements in her defensive game over the course of the season.

1996-97
Posted an outstanding rookie season, playing in all 28 games and starting the last 10 of the season ... played both point and shooting guard ... named to the ACC's All-Rookie Team for her tremendous year ... averaged 20.6 minutes per game ... averaged 7.0 points, 2.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 0.8 steals per game ... in ACC games, her scoring average jumped to 8.4 points per outing ... hit 35.2 percent of her shots from the floor (63-of-179), inlcuding 31.5 percent from three-point range (28-of-89) ... one of the team's top free-throw shooters, hitting 41-of-51 (.804) ... scored in double figures 10 times, including eight of the last nine games of the season ... scored a season-high 16 points twice, vs. No. 21 NC State and Florida State ... went 7-for-10 from the floor in that FSU game ... set a Personal career high and a team season high with six steals vs. No. 5 North Carolina in the ACC Tournament ... also scored 13 points in that UNC game, hitting 5-for-5 free throws ... pulled down five boards on four occasions ... earned ACC Rookie of the Week honors once.

High School
A record-setting athlete at Mt. Hebron ... the Howard County Player of the Year in 1995 and 1996 ... named to the USA Today all-state team in 1995 and 1996 ... twice named to the Baltimore Sun All-Metro team ... the state scoring leader in 1996, averaging 28.4 points per game ... that mark was a school record, as was the 593 points she scored in 1995 ... a Street & Smith Honorable Mention All-American ... a three-time all-academic team member (1994, 1995, 1996) ... a two-time FOX 45 Player of the Week and once the Washington Post Player of the Week ... led Mt. Hebron to the 3A East Regional championship in 1995 ... owns 11 school records, more than any Mt. Hebron player in the last 20 years ... her school's all-time leader in steals with 512 ... was second all-time in assists (341), third in scoring (1,308) and fourth in rebounds (478) ... the first Mt. Hebron player to rank in the top five in each of those four categories ... holds single-game records for free throws (14), free-throw percentage (100.0), three-point attempts (6) and steals (14) ... Mt. Hebron retired her number at the end of her senior season ... was inducted into the Mt. Hebron Hall of Fame in 1996 ... also played two years of soccer ... a National Honor Society member ... earned the Ida B. Wells Award and the Maryland State Certificate for her academic accomplishments ... earned the Parents of African-American Students highest achievement award in 1996 ... graduated with a 3.67 GPA.

Personal
Alisha Noelle Mosley ... born 12/23/78 in Baltimore, MD ... a communication major ... the daughter of Vicky and Allen Mosley, who relocated from Alisha's hometown of Ellicott City, Md., to Nashville, Tenn. last year.