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Najmah Fauntleroy

SR     F/C     6-1
Arundel HS
Physical Education
Odenton, MD

One of the top rebounders in MEAC. Has improved her offensive skills the last two seasons. A threat to reach double figures in scoring and rebounds each game.

Pre-season All-MEAC Second Team

2004-05: Starting forward in all 28 games … team’s leading rebounder (7.2 pg) and third in scoring average (9.3 ppg) … second on the team in total points (261) … team leader with 60 steals … sixth in the MEAC in rebounding, ninth in field goal percentage, 11th in steals and 20th in scoring during the regular season … third on the team with 10 three-point field goals … tops on the team with six “double-doubles” … selected as MEAC Player-of-the- Week on January 31 after tallying 24 points and grabbing 23 rebounds in two games … scored career high 21 points in two games (Dec. 4 vs. UMES and Feb. 21 vs. NCA&T) … was eight-for-12 from the field, including three-for-three from three-point range in 58-56 loss to MD-Eastern Shore (Dec. 4) … was nine-for-12 from the field in 55-53 win over NCA&T (Feb. 14) … also grabbed 10 rebounds in Dec. 4 contest … scored 19 points and grabbed 18 rebounds in 46-45 loss to Yale (Jan 12) … tallied 15 points and 13 rebounds in 64-51 win over Morgan State (Jan. 10) … had 14 points and 13 rebounds in 56-37 win over Norfolk State (Jan. 24) … scored team-high 16 points (7-14 FG) in 71-47 loss to Florida (Dec. 6) … recorded 11 points and 11 rebounds in 51-50 win over Coppin State (Feb. 12) … reached double figures in scoring in 12 games, and had 10 or more rebounds in six games … team rebounding leader in 15 games, and high scorer in seven contests … matched her career high with six steals in 56-49 victory over Marist (Nov. 20) … second on the team with 799 minutes played … 2003-04: Competed in 27 games, starting six … missed three games due to a late-season knee injury … team rebounding leader (6.3 pg) … 12th in the MEAC in rebounding … team leader with five “doubledoubles” … recorded “double-doubles” in three consecutive games (Feb 2 vs. SC State, Feb. 7 vs. UMES, Feb. 9 vs. Savannah State) … team rebounding leader in 12 games and scoring leader in four games … grabbed 10 or more rebounds in 11 games … reached double figures in scoring in five games … scored 15 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in 66-56 win over Iona in first round of Retriever Classic at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (Nov. 22) … recorded 14 (7-9 FG) points and 10 rebounds in 64-58 over Maryland-Eastern Shore (Feb. 7) … scored a career-high 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds in 55-37 victory over Morgan State (Feb. 16) … tallied a team-high 18 points (7-10 FG) in 65-55 win over Bethune- Cookman (Jan. 19) … contributed 14 points and 10 rebounds to 49-48 win over Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 23) … scored 10 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in 78-41 win over South Carolina State (Feb. 2) … 2002-03: Appeared in 28 games, starting five … team leader, and second in the MEAC, in rebounding (9.5 pg) … third on the team in scoring (8.6 ppg) …among MEAC leaders with nine “doubles-doubles” … named MEAC Rookie-of-the-Week after scoring 24 points and grabbing 26 rebounds in wins over Maryland-Eastern Shore and Howard (Jan. 23, 27) ... scored a season-high 19 points (11-15 FTs) and grabbed 13 rebounds in win over Howard (Mar. 3) in regular season finale … grabbed a DSU season-high 19 rebounds (seventh-best in school history) in loss to Rider (Dec. 20) … team rebounding leader in 20 games … reached double figures in rebounds in 16 games … had 13 double-figure scoring games …hit seven of 10 shots (15 points) and grabbed 10 rebounds in win at Bethune-Cookman (Jan. 10) … nailed six of eight field goal attempts (14 points) and grabbed 10 rebounds in win over South Carolina State … is 65 of 87 at the free throw line (74.7%) … fourth on the team with 44 steals. At Arundel HS: Averaged 15.1 points 14.3 rebounds during scholastic career … scholastic All-America nominee … three-time All-County selection … County Player-of-the-Year … helped lead team to two state championships … scored more than 1000 points and grabbed 1000 rebounds … played for head coach Lee Rogers … also an all-county volleyball selection … Personal: Daughter of Vincent and Janette Fauntleroy … pronounced “nah-jee-muh” … born 1/26/83.

Career Highs
Points 21 vs 3 teams — last vs NC A&T, 2/19/05
FG Made 9 vs NC A&T, 2/19/05
FG Attempts 15 at YAle, 1/12/05
3PT FG Made 3 at UMES, 12/4/04
3PT FG Attempts 5 at Florida A&M, 1/17/04, vs Iona, 11/22/03
FT Made 11 at Howard, 3/3/03
FT Attempts 15 at Howard, 3/3/03
Off Reb 8 vs. Rider, 12/20/02
Def Reb 12 vs Iona, 11/22/03
Tot Reb 19 vs Rider, 12/20/02
Assists 4 at Morgan State, 2/14/05 vs UMES, 2/5/05
Blocks 3 vs NC A&T, 2/19/05
Steals 6 vs 5 teams — last vs Marist, 11/20/04
Minutes 39 vs Hampton, 1/22/05

Career Stats for Najmah Fauntleroy
                            Total        3-Pt                  Rebounds
Year    GP-GS  Min/Avg   FG-FGA  Pct FG-FGA Pct  FT-FTA  Pct Off-Def Tot Avg  PF-FO Ast  TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg
2002-03 28- 5  694/24.8  83-196 .423  5-17 .294  71- 95 .747 126-141 267 9.5  80-3   25  70   9  50 242/8.6
2003-04 27- 6  611/22.6  78-180 .433  8-26 .308  59- 84 .702  64-107 171 6.3  67-2   20  49   3  31 223/8.3
2004-05 28-28  799/28.5  98-241 .407 10-54 .185  55- 79 .696  80-121 201 7.2  75-1   38  73  11  60 261/9.3
TOTAL   83-39 2104/25.3 259-617 .420 23-97 .237 185-258 .717 270-369 639 7.7 222-6   83 192  23 141 726/8.7

2005-06 Individual Statistics
2004-05 Individual Statistics
2003-04 Individual Statistics