22 Monika Crank
5-7
Senior-RS
Guard
Page, Ariz./Page HS

1998 Honorable Mention All-Pac-10
1997 Team Most Improved Player
1996 Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Freshman Team

General: Coming off redshirt year... Excellent three-point shooter... Great anticipator on defense... Very consistent, heady player... Has the ability to make big plays at crucial times... Will be looked upon to be a leader on this year's team... Good rebounder for a guard... Is tied for third in career three-pointers made (83) and is fourth in treys attempted (213)... Currently has school's top career three-point field goal percentage (.390)... Is ninth on the UA career list in assists (254) and tenth in minutes played average (24.1 mpg)...

1998-99: Redshirted for the year after suffering a torn left knee ACL during preseason workouts...

1997-98: Honorable mention All-Pac-10... Was among Pac-10 assists leaders all season... Season three-point field goal percentage (.407) was second-best in school history... At one point in season, was leading nation in three-point field goal percentage... Had averages of 6.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game... Played in 30 contests with 20 starts... Collected four rebounds and three assists against Connecticut (3/21/98) in Sweet Sixteen... Pulled down career-high-tying 11 rebounds against Virginia (3/15/98) in second round of NCAAs... Notched six points and four rebounds vs. USC (3/5/98)... Ran off career-high-tying 17 points, including 4-of-9 from three-point range, at Stanford (2/28/98)... Tallied 11 points and career-high six steals at Oregon State (1/24/98)... Had 10 points and six rebounds at Oregon (1/22/98)... Notched 14 points and career-high-tying eight assists against Stanford (1/12/98)... Hit 3-for-5 from long range en route to 13-point, six-rebound performance vs. Washington (1/10/98)... Led team vs. Washington St. (1/8/98) with 12 points... Had 11 points, eight rebounds at UCLA (1/2/98)... Tallied 11 points, six assists vs. Baylor (12/29/97)... Pulled down nine rebounds vs. Texas A&M (12/10/97)... Hit 5-of-8 from the field to rack up 15 points at Northern Arizona (12/1/97)...

Australia Tour 1997: Posted averages of 7.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.9 steals per game over the eight contests of the tour... Scored in double digits three times... Pulled down five or more rebounds in four games... Tallied her tour single-game high of 16 points against the Brisbane Blazers...

1996-97: Named the UA Most Improved Player... Finished fourth on squad in scoring (8.5 ppg) and third in rebounding (4.2 rpg)... Scored in double figures13 times... Doubled her career totals in every statistical category... Her 40 three-pointers made and 111 attempted were sixth and fifth, respectively, on the UA single-season top performances lists... Three-point shooting percentage (.360) was sixth-best season performance of all time... Was among conference assists and three-point shooting leaders all season... Missed four starts during season because of two separate concussions... Had six points, three rebounds and two assists off the bench at Georgia (3/16/97) in second round of NCAA Tourney... Grabbed career-high 11 rebounds at Washington (3/1/97)... Came off bench to register 11 points, including a perfect 6-for-6 performance from the free throw line, at UCLA (2/14/97)... Earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors on Feb. 3 for her performances against the Washington schools... Racked up 11 points vs. Washington State (2/1/97)... Poured in a career-high 17 points on 5-of-7 shooting from three-point range against Washington (1/30/97)... Had 14 points at Oregon (1/25/97) while hitting 6-of-9 from floor... Shot 6-for-6 from the free throw line and had 13 points at Stanford (1/5/97) despite suffering from the flu... Recorded 13 points and eight rebounds at San Diego (12/21/96)... Collected 14 points, six rebounds and seven assists against Harvard (12/8/96)... Poured in 14 points on 4-of-5 shooting from long range against San Jose State (12/6/96)...Knocked down 12 points at San Francisco (11/15/96) inf the first round of the Preseason NIT.

1995-96: Honorable mention Pac-10 All-Freshman Team... Turned in outstanding freshman year, playing in 28 games and averaging nearly 18 minutes per game... Tallied 3.7 ppg, 2.1 rpg and 1.8 apg... Pulled down five rebounds in each of three different games... In the NIT championship game versus Northwestern (3/23/96), had four assists and two rebounds... Was 2-of-3 from the field and 2-of-2 from the free throw line with one rebound and two assists against Arkansas (3/22/96) in the NIT second round... In the first round of the NIT, hit 3-of-4 from the line against Western Kentucky (3/21/96)... Had a season-high 11 points at Arizona State (1/13/96)... Collected eight assists against California (1/4/96)...

High School: At Page (Ariz.) High School, earned four letters each in basketball, volleyball and softball... Was captain of all three teams from 1992-95... Two-time USA Today Most Valuable Player for the state of Arizona... Also two-time USA Today honorable mention All-American... Selected as 1995 Gatorade Arizona Player of the Year... BCI Prep All-American... Four-time team MVP... Averaged 17 points, eight assists and six rebounds per game as a senior... Named to the Arizona High School All-Star Team... East-West All-Star selection... Four-year all-league and All-Arizona selection for basketball, volleyball and softball... One of the most prolific prep athletes ever to emerge from her area... Three-time MVP for volleyball and softball... Member of National Honor Society... Listed in Who's Who Among American High School Students...

Personal: Born Monika Lynn Crank on Oct. 20, 1976 in Page, Ariz... Nickname is "Bug" because she used to eat them when she was little... Daughter of Hoskie and Evelyn Crank... Majoring in health education... Is known as the team's prankster.

Crank's Single Game Highs
FG Made      6, twice, last vs. Washington (1/30/97)
FG Attempts 11, three times, last on 2/28/98
3FG Made     5 vs. Washington (1/30/97)
3FG Attempts 9 at Stanford (2/28/98)
FT Made      7 vs. Harvard (12/8/96)
FT Attempts  8, twice, last vs. Harvard (12/8/96)
Points      17, twice, last at Stanford (2/28/98)
Rebounds    11, twice, last vs. Virginia (3/15/98)
Assists      8, twice, last vs. Stanford (1/12/98)
Blocks       None
Steals       6 at Oregon State (1/24/98)
Minutes     36, three times, last vs. Stanford (1/12/98)

CRANK'S CAREER STATS
Year    GP GS Min. Avg.  FG FGA Pct. 3FG 3FGA Pct.  FT FTA Pct. OR DR  Tot. Avg. PF-DQ  A  TO  B ST  Pts. Avg.
1995-96 28  0 493  17.6  30  70 .429   8  16  .500  36  48 .750 17 42   59  2.1  20-0   49 52  0 29  104  3.7
1996-97 30 27 876  29.2  82 227 .361  40 111  .360  51  63 .810 36 90  126  4.2  37-0  106 84  0 39  255  8.5
1997-98 30 20 755  25.2  73 172 .424  35  86  .407  13  24 .542 31 90  121  4.0  27-0   99 72  0 33  194  6.5
1998-99 Redshirted         
Totals  88 47 2124 24.1 185 469 .394  83 213  .390 100 135 .741 84 222 306  3.5  84-0  254 208 0 101 553  6.3