2009-10 Women's Basketball

4 Melissa Colborne

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Springbank
  • Hometown Calgary, Alb.

Biography

2008-09: Selected to the All-Ivy Second Teamafter leading the team and finishing second in the Ivy League inscoring with 15.6 points per game...Led the Ivy League is freethrow percentage at .808 (156-for-193)...Played in all 28 games,including 27 starts...Reached double figures in points in 25games...Scored 20+ points in five games...Became the 16th Yaleplayer to score 1,000 career points, and the seventh to reach thatmilestone in her third season...Finished the season with 1,171career points, slotting her at ninth all-time...Eclipsed the Yalerecords for free throws made in a season (156) and in a career(413)...Selected to the Subway Classic All-Tournament Team afteraveraging 19.0 points and 4.5 rebounds in games against NorthCarolina State and Minnesota on Nov. 22-23...Was also named IvyLeague Player of the Week for that performance...Selected to theCourtyard LaGuardia Turkey Classic All-Tournament Team afterscoring 24 points against Kentucky and 15 against New Hampshire onNov. 28-29...Matched her own Yale single-game record by shooting12-for-12 from the free throw line at Stony Brook on Dec.8...Dished out a career-high eight assists at Army on Dec.10...Made 22 consecutive free throws from Nov. 29-Dec. 10...Set aYale single-game record with 14 made free throws at UC Riverside onDec. 30...Matched her career-high with 27 points at Cornell on Feb.20...Hauled in a season-high eight rebounds on two occasions.

2007-08: Selected to the All-Ivy First Teamafter leading the team and finishing second in the conference inscoring (15.7 ppg)...Also placed fourth in the Ivy League in fieldgoal percentage (.474) and free throw percentage (.788)...Startedall 27 games...Earned Ivy Player of the Week honors fourtimes...Tallied 424 points, the seventh-highest single-season totalin school history...Reached double figures in 21 of 27 games,including eight 20-point efforts...Named to the Hilton ConcordThanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 21.5points and 4.5 rebounds against Saint Mary''s and Cal StateBakersfield...Also had three blocks against Cal StateBakersfield...Posted a career-high 27 points and grabbed eightrebounds in the 81-64 win over Stony Brook (Dec. 7)...Tied a schoolrecord for most free throws made in a game after going a perfect12-for-12 against Hofstra in a 73-67 win on Dec. 12...Named IvyPlayer of the Week in back-to-back weeks after posting fourstraight 20-point games from Feb. 22-March 1...Had a career weekendat home against Cornell and Columbia (Feb. 22-23)...Posted 22points on 8-for-11 shooting against Cornell...Went 8-for-11 fromthe field again the next night, scoring 20 points to go along withfive rebounds, a career-high six assists and a career-high threeblocks.

2006-07: Named Ivy League Rookie of the Yearafter playing in all 28 games and starting 23...Finished second onthe team and led all Ivy rookies with 11.0 points pergame...Seventh in the Ivy League with a team-leading free throwpercentage of .765 (117-of-153)...Earned Ivy Rookie of the Weekhonors six times during the season...Named to the Air Force ClassicAll-Tournament Team after averaging 13.5 points and three reboundsin two games...Tallied double-digit points in 11 of her first 13collegiate games...Posted a career-high 20 points with acareer-best three three-pointers in the win at Lehigh (Jan.3)...Distributed five assists in the Bulldogs'' win over UMass (Jan.6)...Pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds at Brown (Jan. 20).

At Springbank: Averaged 33.8 points, 10rebounds and seven assists per game as a senior...Led Springbank toa 31-6 record and second place at the Alberta 3A ProvincialChampionships...Voted a Rockyview Division 41 leagueall-star...Scored more than 50 points four times.

Personal: Pierson College...First Canadian andjust the second foreign-born player in Yale history (Lissie Detres,Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, 1992-93)...Daughter of Paul and JaniceColborne...Born Aug. 21, 1988.

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Historical Player Information

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    2006-07First Year

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    2007-08Sophomore

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    2009-10Senior

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