University of Tennessee Athletics
TAMIKA CATCHINGS TO HAVE JERSEY RETIRED AT SUNDAY'S GAME
December 02, 2003 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 2, 2003
JERSEY, JERSEY ON THE WALL . . .
Lady Vol basketball coach Pat Summitt has announced that former Lady Vol All-American Tamika Catchings will have her #24 jersey retired at halftime of Tennessee's game versus longtime rival, #12 Louisiana Tech, on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003, in Thompson-Boling Arena. Catchings, a rare four-time Kodak All-American, starred for Tennessee during the 1997-2001 seasons. Despite missing the final 17 games of her senior campaign due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament, Catchings finished her Lady Vol career with 2,113 career points and 1,004 career rebounds. She joins fellow Lady Vol four-time All-American Chamique Holdsclaw as the only Lady Vols to register at least 2,000 career points and 1,000 rebounds. Sunday's tip-off is slated for 3:00 p.m.
2000-01 - SENIOR SEASON
- Finished her Lady Vol career ranked third all-time in points (2,113), third in rebounds (1,004), second in steals (311) and second in blocked shots (140) on the Lady Vol career list
- Selected by the Indiana Fever with the third overall pick of the 2001 WNBA draft
- Named second-team AP All-American as well as being named second-team All-SEC by the league coaches
- Won an ESPY Award as the Women's College Basketball Player of the Year
- Joins Chamique Holdsclaw as the second Lady Vol to earn 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in her career
- Suffered a second-ending knee injury on Jan. 15, 2001 against Mississippi State
- Led the team with an average of 15.2 points per game in 17 contests, while also tallying a team-high 8.8 rebounds per game
- Was the unanimous choice for MVP of the Women's Maui Tournament
- Named to the 2000-01 preseason All-America team, joining Holdsclaw as the only players to earn that honor three times
- Graduated in December of 2000, a semester ahead of her class
- Named the 2000 Naismith Player of the Year and won the 2000 Victor Award while also earning Player of the Year honors from Rawlings/WBCA, Associated Press, U.S. Basketball Writers, State Farm/Frontier and the Touchdown Club of Columbus
- Earned a spot on the Kodak and Associated Press All-America teams
- Selected to the All-NCAA Final Four team and was named the MVP of the NCAA Mideast Regional while helping the Lady Vols to an appearance in the NCAA title game
- Chosen to the 2000 SEC All-Tournament Team, All-SEC Team, Associated Press All-SEC team and the SEC "Good Works" Team
- Started all 37 games as a junior and scored in double figures during 32 of those contests
- Paced the Lady Vol squad by scoring 15.7 points per game and grabbed 7.9 rebounds per contest while also snagging a team-high 2.5 steals per game
- Garnered Kodak All-America honors for the second time and earned spot on the Associated Press All-America team while also earning All-America accolades from Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News and Women's Basketball Journal
- Named to the AP and Coaches All-SEC teams and earned a spot on the All-SEC Tournament Team
- Started all 34 games and scored in double figures 29 times while registering eight double-doubles on the season
- Second on the team in scoring with 16.6 ppg and rebounding with 7.3 rpg
- Reached the 1,000-point scoring mark in her 58th game as a Lady Vol, one behind Chamique Holdsclaw who recorded her 1,000th career point for Tennessee in her 57th game
- Had an outstanding rookie campaign and became the second Lady Vol to earn Kodak All-America honors as a freshman
- Named Freshman of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers and The Sporting News
- Helped the Lady Vols to an NCAA title and earned a spot on the All-Final Four team
- Unanimous choice by the SEC coaches as the league's Freshman of the Year and earned spots on the All-Tournament, All-SEC and All-Freshman teams
- Started 37 of 39 games and scored in double digits 36 times while tallying nine double-doubles
- Broke the Tennessee rookie record for points scored in a season as she tallied 711
| LADY VOL CAREER HIGHS | |
| Points: | 38 vs. Florida (2-26-99) |
| Rebounds: | 18 vs. Texas (12-22-00) |
| Assists: | 9 vs. TCU (11-27-00) |
| Steals: | 8 vs. Memphis (2-16-99) |
| Blocks: | 5 vs. Liberty (3-14-98) |
| CATCHINGS' CAREER TOTALS | ||||||||||||||||||
| YEAR | G | FGM | FGA | PCT. | 3PM | 3PA | PCT. | FTM | FTA | PCT. | REB-AVG. | PF-DQ | TP- AVG. | AS | TO | BK | ST | MIN |
| 1997-98 | 39 | 253 | 471 | .537 | 40 | 110 | .364 | 165 | 217 | .760 | 313-8.0 | 89-2 | 711-18.2 | 92 | 93 | 61 | 100 | 1123 |
| 1998-99 | 34 | 205 | 400 | .513 | 19 | 68 | .279 | 134 | 173 | .775 | 249-7.3 | 95-2 | 563-16.6 | 95 | 85 | 31 | 88 | 991 |
| 1999-00 | 37 | 209 | 440 | .475 | 40 | 121 | .331 | 122 | 159 | .767 | 292-7.9 | 77-0 | 580-15.7 | 101 | 81 | 28 | 92 | 1143 |
| 2000-01 | 17 | 93 | 195 | .477 | 23 | 67 | .343 | 50 | 62 | .806 | 150-8.8 | 35-0 | 259-15.2 | 50 | 34 | 20 | 31 | 465 |
| Totals | 127 | 760 | 1506 | .505 | 122 | 366 | .333 | 471 | 611 | .771 | 1004-7.9 | 296-4 | 2113-16.6 | 338 | 293 | 140 | 311 | 3722 |
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