April McDivitt

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Connersville, Indiana
	High School: Connersville H.S.

	Height: 5-7
	Position: Point Guard
	Birthdate: 12/09/1980

TENNESSEE 2001-02:

April spent the summer in the gym working on her shot and honing her ballhandling skills�Will be a solid member of the backcourt in the 2001-02 campaign� Could vie for a starting berth�Considers her leadership qualities, defensive intensity and threepoint shooting to be her biggest contributions for the coming season�

TENNESSEE 2000-01:

CAREER HIGHS:

Points: 19 vs. Mississippi (2-8-01)*
Rebounds: 5 vs. Louisiana Tech (12-10-00)*
Assists: 8 vs. South Carolina (1-14-00)
Steals: 4 vs. Memphis (12-15-00)*
Blocks: 1 vs. Xavier (3-24-01)*
*Indicates most recent high

2000-01 SEASON HIGHS:

Points: 19 vs. Mississippi (2-8-01)
Rebounds: 5 vs. Louisiana Tech (12-10-00)
Assists: 6 vs. South Carolina (1-11-01)
Steals: 4 vs. Memphis (12-15-00)
Blocks: 1 vs. Xavier (3-24-01)*
* Indicates most recent high

CAREER NCAA:

Tournament Highs
Points: 13 vs. Virginia (3-25-00)
Rebounds: 5 vs. Furman (3-18-00)
Assists: 4 vs. Xavier (3-24-01)*
Steals: 3 vs. Xavier (3-24-01)
Blocks: 1 vs. Xavier (3-24-01)
* Indicates most recent high

April had a solid sophomore season�She played in all 34 games and earned her first two career starts in games versus LSU and Arkansas� Logged almost 18 minutes per game� Averaged 5.4 ppg, 1.6 rpg and 2.2 apg�Found the range for double-figures in five contests including a stretch of three consecutive SEC games where she averaged 14.3 ppg�Tallied more than four assists in 10 games� Bombed in 40% of her three-pointers� Ranks in the all-time Top 10 of each Lady Vol career three-point category� Has narrowed the distance between herself and fellow junior Kara Lawson for best three-point field goal percentage ever�Kara is first with .4259 and April is third at .416�She tied her career high for points with 19 versus Mississippi�Reset career highs in rebounds (five vs. Louisiana Tech) and steals (four vs. Memphis) as a sophomore�Was �instant offense� in UT�s game at Texas Christian University� In a little over three minutes, she tossed in 11 points (including three treys) to help turn a four-point deficit into an 11-point lead�Her hard work in the classroom was rewarded with a spot on the All-SEC Academic team�

TENNESSEE 1999-00:

A pleasant surprise as a rookie who quickly picked up the Lady Vol system�Played in all 37 games averaging over 16 minutes per contest� Season averages were 4.6 ppg, 1.2 rpg and 1.6 apg�Turned in three double-figure games including a career high 19 points versus Florida in the SEC Tournament�Her play off the bench against the Lady Gators was her finest collegiate performance as a rookie, as she bombed in four treys for a 6-7 shooting night�Grabbed a then-career high five rebounds against Furman in NCAA opening round play�Dished out eight assists against South Carolina and claimed three thefts in the first meeting with UConn�Was injured in the opening minutes of play against Rutgers in the NCAA Tournament and only logged six minutes of playing time�Came off the bench against Virginia in regional play and contributed 13 key points including some rainmaker treys�Hit a big three-ball late in the game at Vandy to cut the Lady Vols� deficit to two points and to stop the Commodore run�UT won the game, 59-57�Also had the second-best rookie trey average alltime� A standout in the classroom, April earned Dean�s List honors each semester at UT.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Hails from the same hometown, (Connersville), as Lady Vol assistant coach Al Brown�As a high school senior, April was considered to be the number two-rated guard in the nation by the Blue Star Index�She was named as a 1999 second team All-American by USA TODAY and the Women�s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)�Played in the WBCA High School All-Star game in April 1999�Also earned Parade High School All-America honors�Was a finalist for the Naismith High School Player of the Year Award won by fellow Lady Vol signee, Kara Lawson�April was named first-team All-State-ICGSA by the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Hoosier Basketball magazine� She holds the Connersville High School record for most career points (1,908), assists (441), steals (387) and three-point field goals (206)�Recorded a single-game high of 50 points� Her teams won at least 20 games in each of her seasons at Connersville while claiming two Olympic Conference titles, four Section Championships and two regional crowns�Led her team to a 23-1 mark, including a school- record 23 consecutive wins during her senior season�As a junior, CHS rolled to a 22-4 season�April tossed in 17.3 points while handing out 5.0 assists and snagging 5.0 steals per contest�Was the Nike All- America Camp one-on-one champion as a junior�When she was a sophomore, CHS turned in a 20-2 slate as she averaged 19.5 points, 4.9 assists and 4.5 steals per game�Found time to earn two varsity letters on the tennis team and one letter as a member of the softball team.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL:

April was named as an AAU All-American in 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998 and 1999�She was the MVP of the AAU 16-and-under National Tournament� Led her AAU teams to six Indiana state championships�Her 1995 AAU squad claimed the national title and was the runner-up in 1997�Has traveled throughout Europe with her AAU teams.

PERSONAL:

April is enrolled in the College of Education and thinks she might like to teach and coach one day�Also has her sight�s set on earning a master�s degree in sport management�Says her biggest thrill in sport was being named as Indiana�s Miss Basketball�Was a member of the National Honor Society and earned an Academic Honor Diploma in high school�Is a 10-year member of the 4-H Club�Grew-up on a cattle and grain farm in rural Indiana�Her favorite place back home is on the basketball court her dad built in the barn� Enjoys horseback riding and playing the guitar�Other hobbies include camping, riding her four-wheeler, tennis and golf�Was a gymnast for eight years and chose to wear the number 10 in basketball because it was the perfect score in gymnastics�Has modeled her game after Hoosier State legend Larry Bird�April is older sister to Amanda, who is 10-years old and claims to be a future Lady Vol�April Dawn McDivitt was born on Dec. 9, 1980�Her parents are Joe and Cathy McDivitt.

CAREER TOTALS FOR McDIVITT

YEAR	G	FGM	FGA	PCT.	3PM	3PA	PCT.	FTM	FTA	PCT.	REB-AVG.	PF-DQ	TP-AVG.	AS	TO	BK	ST	MIN
1999-00	37	52	131	.397	34	80	.425	34	47	.723	44-1.2	77-1	172-4.6	60	51	0	34	598
2000-01	34	60	139	.432	38	93	.409	27	34	.794	54-1.6	62-0	185-5.4	76	50	2	34	605
Totals	71	112	270	.415	72	173	.416	61	81	.753	98-1.4	139-1	357-5.0	136	101	2	68	1203

MCDIVITT�S 2000-01 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

Opponent	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Blocks	Steals
DePaul	6	2	4	0	0
Clemson	2	2	4	0	2
Illinois	2	1	3	0	1
Texas Christian	14	2	0	0	1
Wisconsin	5	1	2	0	3
Boston College	8	0	0	0	1
Louisiana Tech	6	5	1	0	0
Memphis	1	2	1	1	4
Stanford	2	0	0	0	0
Texas	0	0	0	0	0
Arizona State	0	1	1	0	1
Connecticut	6	0	0	0	0
Rutgers	3	3	3	0	3
*Louisiana State	6	2	3	0	0
*Arkansas	0	1	1	0	0
South Carolina	5	3	6	0	0
Mississippi St.	0	0	4	0	0
Georgia	3	1	3	0	1
Kentucky	9	3	5	0	0
Vanderbilt	8	0	3	0	1
Kentucky	2	2	3	0	1
Old Dominion	7	3	4	0	0
Connecticut	9	1	1	0	1
Alabama	11	1	1	0	1
Mississippi	19	1	2	0	2
Florida	13	1	3	0	2
Louisiana State	5	0	0	0	1
Vanderbilt	0	3	0	0	1
Auburn	8	2	1	0	0
Alabama	10	3	4	0	2
Vanderbilt	6	1	5	0	1
Austin Peay	3	4	3	0	1
St. Mary's	3	0	1	0	0
Xavier	3	3	4	1	3

* --started game

MCDIVITT�S 1999-00 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

Opponent	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Blocks	Steals
Louisiana Tech	0	0	0	0	0
Tennessee-Martin	7	3	2	0	2
Stanford	2	0	2	0	2
UCLA	0	2	3	0	1
Purdue	9	1	2	0	1
Wisconsin	2	1	1	0	1
Memphis	4	0	1	0	0
DePaul	5	3	3	0	1
St. Joseph's	6	0	1	0	0
Texas	5	2	2	0	1
Old Dominion	9	2	0	0	3
Louisiana State	2	2	1	0	2
Connecticut	3	2	3	0	3
Arkansas	3	1	0	0	0
South Carolina	6	0	8	0	1
Georgia	0	0	0	0	1
Kentucky	3	1	1	0	0
N.C. State	13	1	2	0	2
Kentucky	2	2	0	0	2
Connecticut	0	0	1	0	1
Vanderbilt	8	1	2	0	0
Alabama	6	1	1	0	2
Mississippi	9	1	1	0	0
Florida	2	1	0	0	0
Mississippi State	5	0	3	0	0
Louisiana State	5	3	2	0	0
Vanderbilt	3	2	2	0	0
Auburn	3	1	0	0	0
Florida	19	1	1	0	4
Vanderbilt	3	2	3	0	0
Mississippi State	0	0	2	0	1
Furman	6	5	4	0	0
Arizona	4	1	1	0	2
Virginia	13	1	3	0	0
Texas Tech	0	1	1	0	0
Rutgers	0	0	1	0	1
Connecticut	5	0	0	0	0