51 Michelle Mitchell
6-4
Sophomore
Center
Oregon City, Ore./Oregon City HS

General: A physical player who has a definite presence on the floor... Great rebounder, defender and all-around athlete... Runs the floor well... Works hard and has a good attitude...

1998-99: Played one minute of second-round NCAA tournament game at Rutgers (3/14/99)... Had two points at Oregon Stae (2/19/99)... Came up with six points and two rebounds against Washington (2/4/99)... Ran off six points and grabbed three rebounds at California (1/30/99)... Registered four points and three rebounds against Oregon State (1/23/99)... Tallied four points and three rebounds against Sam Houston State (12/4/98)... Grabbed seven rebounds and scored four points against San Diego State (11/23/98)...

High School: Earned first team all-conference honors last year despite missing 11 games with a knee injury... Posted 14 points, 11 rebounds and four blocked shots per game for the 24-4 Pioneers... As a junior, earned all-conference honors while averaging 12 points and 10 rebounds per contest... School has been Oregon state champions for each of the last five years in a row and six of the last seven... Oregon City is the three-time national champion as well... Also a track standout, she owns the school record in shot put... Four-year honor roll student... Member of National Honor Society... AAU team was the Northwest Selects...

Personal: Born Michelle Christine Mitchell on Jan. 10, 1980 in Portland, Ore.... Daughter of Ed and Kathy Mitchell... Has two older brothers, Mark and Matt... Major is electrical engineering . . . Nickname is "Mitch".

Mitchell's Career Highs
FG Made   3 at California (1/30/99)
FG Att.   5 at California (1/30/99)
FT Made   4 vs. Oregon State (1/23/99)
FT Att.   6 vs. Oregon State (1/23/99)
Points    6, twice, last vs. Washington (2/4/99)
Rebounds  7 vs. San Diego St. (11/23/98)
Assists   1, twice, last vs. Washington (2/4/99)
Blocks    None
Steals    1, twice, last vs. Stanford (1/28/99)
Minutes  16 at California (1/30/99)


MITCHELL'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 S Pts. Avg.
1998-99 23 0  111  4.8  12  26 .462  0   0   .000  8  13 .615 10  17 27   1.2  26-0  2 13 0 2  32  1.4