As A senior:
Collected the first triple double in Rutgers history (male or female) versus Providence on January 10,2001.

Named Co-Big East player of the week on January 15.
 

Junior honors:
Tasha is the team's floor general and leader. Tasha was a preseason candidate for Naismith Player of the Year and for All-America honors. Pointer was named a top 10 finalist for the Nancy Lieberman-Cline Award for the best point guard in the nation. She was named a preseason All-American by Lindy's and preseason first team All-BIG EAST, but was named second team All-BIG EAST . Ranked second in the BIG EAST in assists in conference games (6.07) and 10th in the BIG EAST in steals in conference games (1.7) Was named MVP of the Coca-Cola Classic Tournament by scoring 26 points, grabbing 10 rebounds and handing out nine assists in two-game tourney. Handed out five or more assists 13 times this season. Pointer played 40 or more minutes in five games this season. Tasha was sidelined two games with a sprained ankle (Syracuse 2/6 and Providence 2/9).

Tasha's Sophomore Honors:

Floor general who was extremely quick with the ball with excellent court vision

Ability to break down defenses with playmaking abilities as well as her own scoring ability

Ranked 9th in the nation in assists with 6.85 per game

Invited to the USA Basketball’s Women’s World University Games Team Trials

Set a Rutgers single season assist record (men or women) with 226 assists and after just two seasons

Ranks fifth in Rutgers career assists (405)

Led the BIG EAST in assists

Battled through a partially herniated disc early in the season; missed two games and was hindered in three additional games due to the condition.

Led the team in assists and minutes per game

Ranked second in steals

Third on the team in scoring.

Tasha's Freshman Honors:

BIG EAST Rookie of the Year

Second team all-BIG EAST

All BIG EAST Tourney Team

Co-Player of the Year with teammate Tomora Young by the Metropolitan Writer’s Association

Player of the Year by the New Jersey Basketball Coaches Association

Four BIG EAST Rookie of the Week honors

Named team MVP and Rookie of the Year

Invited to participate at USA Basketball’s Summer Development Camp

Set an all-time Louis Brown Athletic Center record with eight steals vs. Syracuse (1/3/98) That was also a conference season high.

Ranks third on the Rutgers all-time single-season records for steals and fourth in assists

Ranks fifth in single season free throw attempts and 10th in free throws

Ranks 10th in single season scoring average

Ranks fifth on the all-time freshman scoring list

Tied for first in all-time freshman assists

Accounted for over 40 percent of the team’s point production through scoring, assists and steals that led to scores

Led the team in scoring, assists, steals, field goals and free throws

Only player to start every game of the season

Tallied a team season high 33 points vs. UCLA

Handed out a team season high 12 assists vs. Loyola

Sealed the win over Iowa State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament by sinking two free throws after driving to the basket with nine seconds to play in the game.

 Prior to Rutgers:

Named a first team Parade all-American

Second team USA Today all-American

Considered one of the top point guards in the nation

Best player in Illinois coming out of high school

Rated the No. 10 player in the nation by the Blue Star Report

Chicago Sun-Times Player of the Year

Chicago Defender Player of the Year, boys and girls combined

Averaged 25.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and had 141 steals, 131 assists and 12 blocks as a senior

First team NIKE/WBCA all-American and played in the classic where she scored eight points, had four rebounds and four assists

First-team all-Illinois selection by the Chicago Tribune as both a junior and senior

Street & Smith second-team all-American as a junior

Averaged 24.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and six assists and six steals as a junior

Four-year starter during which time she played in the city championship four years and helped her team win the title in 1995 as a sophomore

Played softball two seasons and helped the team advance to the Final Four of the city championship

Natasha Pointer was born June 27, 1979 and is the daughter of Isaac and Bernadine Pointer

Has been an avid chess player since seventh grade

Plans a career in broadcast journalism

TASHA'S FAVORITES
 

Food	Spaghetti
Movie	Enemy of the State
Animal	Dogs
Television Show	Moesha
Book	The Ditch Diggers Book
Song	I Believe I Can Fly
Musical artist or group	The Five Stops ( Rutgers Basketball Team Singers)
Actor	Will Smith
Actress	Jada Pinkett-Smith
WNBA Team	All Teams
WNBA Player	Teresa Weatherspoon
NBA Team	Chicago Bulls
NBA Players	Isiah Thomas and Michael Jordan
Sport other than basketball	Volleyball
Subject in school	Public Speaking
Tasha Pointer Interview
If you were on "who wants to be a millionaire" who would your phone a friend be?	Coach Stringer
What would the title of your autobiography be?	Getting to the Point
If you could be on a cover of any magazine next month, what would it be?	Slam Magazine
Three people you would invite to dinner?	Harriette Tubman, Ghandi and Martin Luther King,Jr.
One person you would like to spend a day with?	Jesus
Your favorite Stringer expression?	" I'm teaching life lessons"
Favorite  website?	wnba.com
Why do you wear the number you wear?	It is higher than the numbet that most guards wear, I plan to start a trend.
What was the best road trip?	The West Region in Portland

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