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HIGH SCHOOL: One of the nation's heralded recruits in 2003, Dominique garnered numerous accolades during her career at Clearwater H.S...Earned invitations to participate in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) High School All-America Game and the McDonald's All-America East-West contest following her senior season...Named to the 2002 adidas National Top-10 List...Earned honorable mention All-America accolades by Street and Smith her junior season...Selected first-team all-state following her sophomore, junior and senior seasons...Collected her county's player of the year award on three occasions...Named All-Suncoast Conference in each of her four seasons...Recipient of the Henry Deck Pinellas County Senior Female Athlete of the Year Award...Twice named the Hooters Classic Most Valuable Player...Awarded Christmas Holiday Tournament MVP honors as a freshman...Also earned Clearwater H.S. Most Valuable Player distinction all four years...Helped C.H.S. to 113-21 mark during her prep career, during which the Tornadoes made it to the State Final Four three times and finished runners-up once...Her squad also captured district titles all four years and conference championships three times...Finished career as the school's all-time leading scorer with 2,648 points...Holds school records for points in a season (732) and career double-doubles (49)...Her final prep totals also include 1,096 rebounds, 141 assists and 227 blocks...Career averages of 19.8 ppg and 8.2 rpg.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: Dominique was invited to the 2002 USA Basketball Women's Youth Development Festival, where her team earned the silver medal...She played AAU basketball with the Clearwater Green Wave between 1996-2001...Named to the all-tournament team at the 2001 AAU National Championships, while helping her team to a ninth-place finish...Led the club to six consecutive Florida state championships and was the team's leading scorer every year...The team never lost to another Florida team in its age division during the successful run...The Green Wave was nationally ranked in five of the six years she competed...The 16-under team finished second in the 48-team division at the Deep South Classic, a nationally competitive tournament in North Carolina...Collected MVP honors while at the 10-under and 11-under AAU state championships...Received her first recruiting letter at age 10 after her team claimed ninth place at the 1996 AAU National Championships in Ogden, Utah.
PERSONAL: Dominique is currently pursuing a degree in sociology...A member of the UT Dean's List and SEC Academic Honor Roll...Excelled in the classroom at Clearwater High School, as she was a member of the honor roll each semester all four years...In her spare time, she enjoys fishing, swimming and watching movies...Cites her biggest basketball-related thrill as signing with the Lady Vols... Has one brother, Leman, 35, and three sisters, Felecia, 33, Aquila, 32, and Barbara, 30...Dominique Zerica Redding was born on Feb. 10, 1985, in Clearwater, Fla...Her mother is Mary Adams and her grandmother is Trudy Cloud.
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