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9.17.1999  23 Felecity Willis5-7 Senior Guard Apple Valley, Calif./Apple Valley HS 1999 First Team All-Pac-10 General: Tenacious player who will not back down from a challenge... Excellent ball handler... Sees the floor well... Great defender... Plays with a lot of emotion... Quick, athletic... Is a team player who will do whatever it takes to help the team win... Good for drawing at least one charge a game... Has improved her outside shooting... Has become a more versatile scorer... Great leader on the team... Is in fifth place on the UA career assists list (372), eighth in minutes played average (25.6), eighth in three-point field goals made (38), eighth in threes attempted (141) and ninth in field goal percentage (.470)... Has started each of her last 32 games and 39 of her last 41... Needs only 54 more points to join the UA top 20 all-time leading scorers list... Also a standout softball player, has been a part of the UA's nationally prominent softball team for each of the last two seasons... Has played in three consecutive NCAA basketball tournaments and two straight NCAA softball tournaments, including both the 1998 and 1999 College World Series... 1999 UA Softball: After basketball season ended, she joined the UA softball team as the Cats' starting shortstop... Started all 44 contests in which she played... Helped the UA to its 12th consecutive College World Series appearance... Batted clean-up for a good portion of the season... Hit .261 on the year with two doubles, one triple and five home runs... Collected 20 RBI for the season... Had a .426 slugging percentage... Was successful on three of her four stolen base attempts...Joined the softball team only three days after returning from the NCAA subregional in Piscataway, N.J., with the basketball team... Had the game-winning RBI in her first contest, a 3-1 win over Cal State Northridge on Mar. 18...
1998 UA Softball: Played in six games at second base... Started two... Tallied two hits in eight at-bats... Scored two runs... One of her hits came during an NCAA regional game... Saw action in the first game of the College World Series, a 1-0 win over Oklahoma State (5/21/98)... 1997-98: Honorable Mention All-Pac-10... Was among Pac-10 assists leaders all season, finishing as team leader with 3.97 per game... Inserted into starting lineup late in season and averaged 11.1 ppg and 4.8 apg over that stretch... Seven points, three assists and two steals vs. UConn (3/21/98) in Sweet Sixteen... Racked up 12 points and six assists against Virginia (3/15/98) in second round of NCAAs...Notched 15 points at Stanford (2/28/98)... Had career-highs of 10 assists and five steals at Cal (2/26/98)... Racked up career-high 21 points on 10-of-14 shooting vs. Arizona State (2/14/98)... Collected 12 points and five assists at Washington State (2/7/98)... 14 points at Washington (2/5/98)... Scored 10 points against Cal (1/29/98)... Had career-high eight rebounds to go with six assists at ASU (1/17/98)... Went 5-for-7 from the floor while tallying 10 points and five assists at USC (1/4/98)... Credited with career- and game-high 10 assists against Texas A&M (12/10/97)... Had 13 points against Nebraska (12/7/97)... Tallied eight assists against UCSB (11/23/97)... 1997 Australia Tour: Averaged team-best 5.1 assists per game over the tour's eight contests... Also posted 6.1 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game... Racked up an amazing 12 assists while contributing eight points and four rebounds against the Southern District Spartans... Highest scoring total was 12 points against the Gold Coast Warriors... 1996-97: Her 69 three-pointers attempted was ninth on single-season list... Averaged 5.0 points, 3.0 assists, 1.7 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game... Started six contests... Tallied five points, five assists, four steals and three rebounds in the two NCAA Tournament games combined... Hit 6-of-11 from the floor to notch 13 points off the bench against Cal (3/8/97)... Ran off 12 points, all in the second half, on 5-of-7 shooting at USC (2/16/97)... In her second start, scored season-high 14 points and had four assists at UCLA (2/14/97)...Hit both ends of a crucial one-and-one with 22 seconds remaining to keep the Cats' lead alive at Oregon (1/25/97)... Scored 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting and had game-high four steals at Long Beach State (12/1/96)... At San Francisco (11/15/96) in Preseason NIT, took over at point after Griffith fouled-out, scoring eight points and notching three assists in 13 minutes, including two quick buckets at the start of the overtime period... High School: Standout softball and basketball player at Apple Valley (Calif.) High School... Averaged 24 points, 6 assists, 5 steals and 5 rebounds per game... MVP of San Bernadino All-Star Game... Made California Super Team as one of the top 10 players in the state... First team All-CIF... MVP of the Citrus Belt League... Los Angeles Times All-Star Team... Four-time all-conference and All-San Bernadino County honoree... Two-time conference MVP... Made honor roll and dean's list... Team captain for basketball two years and for softball one year... Personal: Born Felecity Willis on Oct. 31, 1978 in West Covina, Calif... Daughter of Charles and Gloria Willis... Has an older brother, Charles, Jr., and a five-year-old niece, Syanna... Majoring in communication, with a minor in speech and hearing rehabilitation... Nickname is "Feeter" or "Fe"... Her family moved from California to Tucson during the 1997-98 school year. Willis' Career Highs FG Made 10 vs. Arizona State (2/14/98) FG Att. 14, twice, last vs. Stephen F. Austin (12/10/98) 3FG Made 2, nine times, last at UCLA (3/6/99) 3FG Att. 6 at LaTech (11/17/96) FT Made 6 vs. Purdue (11/19/98) FT Att. 8, three times, last vs. Purdue (11/19/98) Points 24 vs. California (2/25/99) Rebounds 8, twice, last at Arizona State (2/13/99) Assists 10, twice, last at California (2/26/98) Blocks 3 vs. Washington St. (2/6/99) Steals 5, twice, last vs. UCLA (1/2/99) Minutes 39 vs. Purdue (11/19/98)
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1998-99: First team All-Pac-10... UA co-Most Valuable Player... UA Hustle Award recipient... Team co-captain... One of only two players to start every game this year... Her 160 assists ranks fourth on the UA single season list in that category, her 969 minutes played is sixth and her field goal percentage (.546) is sixth... Finished the season ranked third in the Pac-10 in field goal percentage, third in assists (5.52 apg), tied for 10th in steals (2.00 spg) and was 12th in scoring (12.1 ppg)... Was the UA's second-leading scorer with 12.1 ppg... Had eight points and four steals before going down with an injury at Rutgers (3/14/99) in the second round of NCAA tourney... Shot 6-of-7 from the floor en route to 12 points against Florida (3/12/99) in an NCAA first-round game... Tied for the team lead with 18 points at UCLA (3/6/99)... Tied her career high with 10 assists at USC (3/4/99)... Went off for a career-high 24 points on 9-of-12 shooting against California (2/25/99)... Shot 8-for-11 from the floor en route to 18 points against Washington State (2/6/99)... Recorded 21 points off an 8-of-14 performance from the floor against Stephen F. Austin (12/10/98)... Went 6-of-8 from the floor and had 16 points, seven assists versus Sam Houston State (12/4/98)... Ran off 18 points against San Diego State (11/23/98)... Played a career-high of 39 minutes in that game... Named to Nebraska CableVision Classic All-Tournament Team... Hit 9-of-12 to score 18 points in season opener vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay (11/13/98)...