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2005-06: Named to the All-SEC second team by the league's coaches...Finished her sophomore season ranked seventh in the UT record books for career assist average (3.48 apg)...Currently 24th in the record books for career steals, she is on pace to break Bridgette Gordon's Lady Vol record of 338 career steals...Against Army, Hornbuckle saw her first action since breaking her right wrist on Feb. 12 against Vanderbilt...She scored three points but added a team-high six rebounds and four steals against the Black Knights...Dr. Robert Ivy--team orthopedic hand specialist--performed surgery on Feb. 15 to implant a fixation screw to assist in the healing of the navicular scaphoid bone fracture in Hornbuckle's wrist...One of 11 finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award, which goes annually to the nation's top point guard...Failed to start against Vanderbilt on Feb. 12, ending her streak of 32 consecutive starts dating back to last season...Named the Philips Player of the Game against Alabama after scoring 14 points, adding seven rebounds, six assists and four steals...Suffered a contusion of her patella in the Duke game...Named the Philips Player of the Game after a 15-point, five-assist and three-steal performance against Vanderbilt on Jan. 19...Fell one assist shy of becoming the first Lady Vol in school history to record a triple-double, with 10 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists against Connecticut...Added four steals and was perfect from the foul line (6-6) against the Huskies...Named the CBS Player of the Game for her efforts against UConn...Scored 13 points along with five assists and five rebounds against South Carolina...Named the Lady Vol Athlete of the Week on Jan. 2 for her efforts the week before against Temple and Notre Dame...Named the Philips Player of the Game against Notre Dame as she was the only player to score in double figures (15) against the Irish...Added four assists, five steals and eight rebounds in 30 minutes of action...Stole the show in the game against Princeton... Scored 12 points, grabbed eight rebounds, dished out six assists, recorded a career-high six steals and stuffed a Tiger attempt in 26 minutes of action...Named the Philips Player of the Game for her efforts...Scored eight points and grabbed three rebounds during a high energy performance against Stanford...Scored seven of her 11 points in the first five minutes of the second half against Texas...Named the Philips Player of the Game after a career-high 19 points against Maryland...Also grabbed five rebounds and snagged four steals, two blocks and two assists against the Terps...Scored nine points and grabbed four boards in the Lady Vols' 83-55 routing of Michigan State at the Paradise Jam...A preseason second-team All-SEC selection...A preseason candidate for the Naismith Award.
2004-05: Joined teammate Nicky Anosike as a unanimous selection to the SEC All-Freshman Team...The guard led the team in steals (64), assists (110) and at just 5'11", ranked third in blocks (21)... Ranked seventh in the SEC in assist/turnover ratio (1.38)...Played in all 35 games...Recorded a double-double in her first NCAA Tournament game, totaling 11 points and 12 rebounds in the victory against Western Carolina...Also dished out five assists and swiped three steals...Awarded the diamond ring for best unifying the team...Averaged 9.7 ppg in SEC Tournament play...Grabbed eight rebounds and scored nine points, just missing a double-double in the win against top-ranked LSU in the SEC Tournament championship game...Equaled a career high with 17 points in the season finale at Alabama after not missing a shot during the game (5-of-5 from the field and 6-of-6 from the free throw line)...Selected as the Philips Player of the Game for her efforts...Came off the bench in the win versus Mississippi, totaling seven points, six rebounds and a career-high seven assists...Scored a team-high 14 points to go along with six boards, four assists and two steals in the victory at Connecticut, earning her Co-SEC Player of the Week on Jan. 10, Lady Vol Athlete of the Week and Philips Player of the Game honors for her effort...Averaged 13.4 ppg and 5.8 rpg during her first five games as a starter...Posted career highs in points (17) and steals (five) en route to earning Philips Player of the Game honors in the triumph at Louisiana Tech...Earned her first career start in the win against DePaul.
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: Participated on the USA Youth Development Festival East Team that completed play in first place with a perfect 5-0 mark...Hornbuckle led the East squad with 16.0 ppg, while contributing 4.8 rpg and 2.4 spg and shooting at a .523 clip from the floor...Played with current Lady Vol Nicky Anosike on the East team, while Candace Parker (North) also participated in the event...Three-time AAU West Virginia Tornadoes Most Valuable Player...USJN National Champion (2001)...1998 and 2000 West Virginia AAU State Champion...National AAU runner-up in 1998...1997 YBOA National Champion and Most Valuable Player making Alexis the first West Virginian to win the national MVP honor...Seventh-place at AAU Nationals for Girls 12 & under...YBOA National Champions (11 & under girls) in 1997, a first for West Virginia...AAU National runner-up for girls 10 & under in 1996...YBOA National runner-up (11 & under) in 1996...West Virginia AAU and YBOA State Champions (1996, 1997).
PERSONAL: Alexis is currently enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences...Was also an all-state and all-county soccer player during her days at South Charleston H.S., while lettering three times in soccer and twice in track, in addition to basketball...Was the 2002 state high jump champ...Lists former WNBA Houston Comets superstar Cynthia Cooper as the athlete after whom she has modeled her game...Lists playing in the WNBA and owning a physical therapy/sports medicine business as her career objectives...Names former NBA all-star Julius Erving (Dr. J) as the celebrity she most admires...Has a brother Cedric, 22...Alexis Kay'ree Hornbuckle was born on Oct. 16, 1985, in Charleston, W.Va....Her parents are Jerome and Quandora Hornbuckle.
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