5  Angie Bjorklund Class: Sophomore Hometown: Spokane Valley, Wash. High School: University H.S. Height: 6-0 Position: F/G Birthdate: 07/14/1989

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 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 11th Lady Vol of all time to start in the first game of her freshmen campaign...Drained nine three-pointers (six against the Lady Eagles) in the two exhibition contests against Carson-Newman and the US National Team, during which time she shot a sizzling .643 from beyond the arc...Led the team in scoring (19.5 ppg) against the two preseason foes...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:

Currently enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences...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, 20, is a junior 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.

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