5  Angie Bjorklund Class: Junior Hometown: Spokane Valley, Wash. High School: University Height: 6-0 Position: F/G

TENNESSEE 2008-09: Selected to Second Team All-SEC as chosen by the league's coaches and honorable mention Associated Press All-SEC...In SEC play, averaged 11.4 ppg, 3.4 apg, 3.3 rpg and 1.0 spg...Scored double figures 18 times last season...Finished with 14 points, four rebounds and three assists against Ball State...Scored a team-high 17 points against Auburn and was named to the SEC All-Tournament Team...Scored 25 points, making six threes against Florida ...Made five threes against Vanderbilt to finish with 16 points. Added four assists and five rebounds...Scored a game-high 21 points at LSU ...Became the 49th Lady Vol to start 50 games in her career...Scored nine points on 3-of-9 shooting against Mississippi State to go with a season-high seven rebounds and four assists...Was 5-of-8 against Alabama to finish with 13 points, including three three-pointers. She added three boards and two assists...Named to ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District second team for District 4...Scored a team high 16 points at Florida....Against Georgia, she tied a career-high with seven assists and did not commit a turnover in 37 minutes. She knocked down 5-of-13 shots from the floor to score 11 points...Hit game-winning three-pointer with 8 seconds left against Ole Miss. Did not score in the first half and finished with 13 points. Added five boards - four of which were offensive - and four assists...Finished with only three points and three assists at Auburn. Her three-pointer sparked a 14-0 Lady Vol run to pull back within 10 points...Scored a team-high 18 points in the win at Arkansas. Also dished out a season-high-tying five assists and grabbed a career-high-tying four steals...Dished out five assists against South Carolina, scored seven points and grabbed five boards...Played a great overall game at Mississippi State -- finished with 14 points on 5-of-11 shooting, grabbed four rebounds, dished four assists and added three steals in 37 minutes. Her three-pointer with 5:01 to play in the first half gave UT a 21-19 lead...Scored only five points at Vanderbilt, but grabbed six boards -- five of which were offensive -- and dished out three assists...Struggled from the floor against Kentucky, going 2-of-14. She finished with seven points, three rebounds, three assists and two steals...Failed to score in the first half at Rutgers, but responded to coach Summitt's halftime challenge and scored 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting in the second half. Her jumper with 1:28 left gave UT its first lead of the day at 51-49, which it would not surrender...In her homecoming game at Gonzaga, scored 14 points on 6-of-13 shooting, and grabbed three boards and three steals...Played a career-high 41 minutes against Stanford, shooting 6-of-12 from the field to score 16 points. Dished out a game-high four assists and did not have a turnover...Tied her career-high with 29 points on 10-of-19 shooting, including six three-pointers, to key the 81-76 win at Old Dominion. Number six from behind the arc gave UT the lead for good at 73-71 with 1:54 to play...Named Lady Vol Athlete of the Week (Dec. 15) after averaging 13.5 ppg on 55.6 percent shooting, including 5-of-8 from three-point range in a 1-1 UT week. Dished out four assists and committed only one turnover...Finished with 11 points in 20 minutes of action at Texas...Made her first start of the season against Middle Tennessee and finished with 16 points and three assists...Scored eight points in 17 minutes at George Washington, including her first three-pointer of the game with 1:12 to play to put UT up 67-59...Finished with one three-pointer and two free throws, and grabbed seven boards against DePaul...Was named to the Preseason First Team All-SEC in a vote of league coaches...Was named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

TENNESSEE 2007-08: Angie became just the 10th rookie all-time to start her very first game as a Lady Vol...Played in all 38 games and earned 30 starts...Averaged 8.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg while playing almost 24 minutes per game...Had 13 games in double-figures...Named the SEC Rookie of the Year in a vote by the league's coaches and the SEC Newcomer of the Year by the Associated Press...Also voted unanimously to the SEC All-Freshman Team...Came off the bench to lead UT for 16 points against Oral Roberts in her first NCAA Tournament game...Connected on four three-pointers and grabbed seven rebounds against the Golden Eagles...Taken out of the starting lineup against LSU in the SEC Title game, but came off the bench for three assists and two points in 19 minutes of action...Dished out a career-high seven assists against Florida in her first SEC Tournament game...Named the SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 25-March 2) for her performances against Florida and at Georgia...Sank four three-pointers, added seven rebounds and three assists against the Gators...The first Lady Vol to reach double figures at Vanderbilt, she finished with 15 points and six rebounds...Scored the go-ahead three-pointer against Rutgers to give UT a one point lead with under a minute left in the game...Sank three treys before an elbow to the face broke her nose at Mississippi State...Named the SEC Freshman and Lady Vol Athlete of the Week on Jan. 28...Scored the first points of the night for the Lady Vols at Duke...Finished with 13 tallies against the Blue Devils...For the third time of the season, tied the Lady Vol school record for threes in a game (7) against Arkansas for a career-high 29 points...She earned Lady Vol Player of the Game...Kept the Lady Vols' streak of 318 games with at least one three-pointer intact with her trey with four minutes left at Kentucky...Named the Lady Vol Athlete and SEC Freshman of the Week (Dec. 31-Jan. 6) after averaging 14.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.5 three-pointers in wins over DePaul and Notre Dame...Named the Lady Vol Player of the Game at Notre Dame after tying her own school record seven three-pointers on 7-of-9 shooting from beyond the arc...Became the first-ever back-to-back SEC Freshman of the Week winner in the history of the award...Nabbed SEC top-rookie honors on Dec. 17 for her performances against Middle Tennessee and Gonzaga - averaged 13.5 points and shot 58 percent from beyond the arc...Came up big in the second half at UCLA to finish with 12 points, six rebounds and three steals...Playing against her sister, Jami, for the first time in their basketball careers, Angie sank seven three-pointers, establishing a new UT rookie record and tying Shanna Zolman's school record for treys in a game...Scored a career-high 23 points and earned Lady Vol Player of the Game against the Zags...Named the SEC Freshman of the Week Dec. 10 for her performance against Old Dominion...Named the Lady Vol Player of the Game after a then-season-high 19 points on six-of-seven shooting from the field against Old Dominion...Grabbed personal bests in rebounds (8) and steals (4) against the Lady Monarchs...Scored nine points against West Virginia including connecting on the first two free throw attempts of her collegiate career...Against Texas, scored 16 points on four three-pointers, which at the time tied for the third-most by a Lady Vol rookie...On Nov. 11, against Chattanooga, Bjorklund became just the 10th Lady Vol of all time to start in the first game of her freshman campaign...Named the Lady Vol Player of the Game against Carson-Newman after her 26-point performance in front of her mother and two grandmothers from Spokane Valley... The only Lady Vol to earn a perfect 4.0 in the fall term, she was named to the Dean's List and a Vol Scholar both semesters.

HIGH SCHOOL: Angie is the first Lady Vol basketball player to hail from the state of Washington...Committed to Tennessee during her junior season saying, "I've been a Tennessee fan since I was little. Once you're a Tennessee fan, it doesn't change easily,''...A prolific scorer and fundamentally solid player, she started in 107 of 110 games and her team compiled a 100-16 overall record...Angie scored 2,103 points, grabbed 777 rebounds, dished 378 assists and snagged 242 steals in four varsity seasons at University H.S. (Washington)...Registered career highs of 37 points (2005), 15 rebounds (2005), 10 assists (2006) and seven steals (2006)...As a senior in 2006-07, she started in all 29 games and averaged 25.8 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 5.4 apg, 2.7 spg and 1.0 bpg, leading her team to a 26-3 record and a second-place finish in the state tournament...She shot an amazing 61.0 percent from the field, 55.0 percent from three-point range and 85.0 percent from the free throw line...The previous season, she started in 23 of 24 games played and averaged 20.6 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 4.2 apg and 1.7 spg to help her squad to a 25-4 record and a third-place finish as a junior in 2005-06...Averaged 19.9 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 3.9 apg and 2.8 spg and started in all 29 games played to help her squad to a 26-3 record and a sixth-place finish in the state tournament as a sophomore in 2004-05...As a freshman in 2003-04, averaged 11.5 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 3.7 apg and 2.6 spg to help her squad to a 23-6 slate...Angie garnered a truckload of honors during her high school career, including: selection as a 2007 McDonald's and WBCA All-American...Tabbed as the 2006 and 2007 Gatorade State Player of the Year...The Associated Press State Player of the Year and the Greater Spokane League MVP in 2006 and 2007...Honored as a first-team All-America selection in 2007 by USA Today, Parade Magazine and EA Sports...Additionally, she was named to the 2006 Parade Magazine All-America second team and to Sports Illustrated's High School Top 10...In 2005, she was named to the Parade Magazine All-America fourth team and Street and Smith's All-America third team as well as her being named the 2005 Tacoma New Tribune's State Player of the Year...Wore jersey #12 in high school, same as Spokane native, and former NBA All-Star, John Stockton.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: Earned a gold medal as a member of the 2007 USA U19 World Championship Team in her first international experience...Played with future Lady Vol teammate Vicki Baugh...Angie was a key contributor on the U19 World Championship team that went undefeated (9-0)...She averaged 7.4 ppg and 2.0 rpg while averaging 17.4 mpg...On the AAU circuit, she played for the Spokane Stars - a team she played on since the third grade...Placed second at the 2005 Nike Nationals and won the 2004 End of the Trail tournament...End of the Oregon Trail Co-MVP in 2005.

PERSONAL: Majoring in psychology...Was an academic standout and member of the honor roll at UHS, where she posted an incredible 3.99 GPA for her prep career...She has aspirations of playing in the WNBA...Enjoys playing the guitar, hiking and traveling...Comes from a very athletic family: uncle Steve Ranniger played basketball at Oregon; grandpa Duane Ranniger played basketball at Washington State; and grandpa Leon Bjorklund ran track at Washington...Her sister Jami, 22, played on the women's basketball team at Gonzaga...Angela Deanne Bjorklund was born on July 14, 1989, in Spokane, Wash....Her parents are Jim and Kris Bjorklund.