| TENNESSEE 2001-02: |
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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…
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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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…
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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 |
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| 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
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| 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 |
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