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A smart leader on and off the court... A two-time WCU Scholar Athlete of the Year... Also a two-time Verizon Academic All-District III honoree, earning first team recognition in 2003 for her 3.98 GPA as a triple major in Sport Management, Business Administration & Law, and Marketing... A two-time Arthur Ashe, Jr., Sports Scholar first team member... Also named the league's first ever TIAA-CREF SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week on Dec. 11, appeared on the TIAA-CREF Academic All-SoCon list and SoCon Honor Roll, and was an Arby's/Catamount Student-Athlete of the Month for December... Career 3-point FG total has now reached 113, placing her in third on Western's list... Has racked up 335 attempts as well, to rank fourth on WCU's all-time list.
2002-03: Surpassed 500 career points in the win over ETSU (2/15), now with 565... Also surpassed 300 for the season after the win over App State (2/25), finishing with 331... Hit a career-high 8-of-8 from the free throw line against ASU... Broke her career-high mark in points on three occasions during the year, most recently recording a career-high 23 points to lead all scorers in the win over Furman (1/27)... Continued to shine beyond the arc, posting 19 points in the win at UNCG (2/22), 15 of which came from 3-point land... Was the only Catamount to start every game for the season... Finished the season as the league leader in 3-point FG with 67, which ties the WCU single-season record, to average 2.39 per contest, which also ties the school's single-season record... Attempted 187 shots from 3-point range on the season to set a WCU record... Additionally finished 13th in the SoCon for 3-point FG percentage at 35.8 percent (ninth on WCU single-season list), 12th in scoring (11.8 ppg) and ninth in free throw percentage at 78.4 percent, which puts her in seventh on the school's single-season list... Served as a team co-captain.
2001-02: Was a valuable asset to the team on and off the court, voted a team co-captain by her teammates... Named to the 2002 Verizon Academic All-District III team, an Arthur Ashe, Jr., Sports Scholar and WCU's 2002 Female Scholar Athlete of the Year for earning a 3.934 cumulative GPA for the fall and spring semesters as a triple major... Averaged the most minutes on the court at 32.0 per contest and started in 25 of 26 games played... Was the third leading scorer for the team, averaging 9.0 per game (234 total)... Was the top scorer for the team in the match at UNCG (1/22) with 17 points... Led the team in 3-point FG made with 46 and in attempts with 148... Ranked seventh in the SoCon in 3-point FG made and 13th in 3-point FG percentage (.311)... Added 68 rebounds, 53 assists and 22 steals for the Cats... Allen was also a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Council.
2000-01: Completed a redshirt year after transferring from Clemson.
1999-00: Played in 13 games at Clemson University... Tallied 14 points and four assists for the season.
High School: Played for Coach Travis Langford... Scored 1,580 career points... Averaged 14.5 points in her career... Had 438 rebounds for a 4.0 per game average.. Averaged 2.5 steals per game and 2.2 assists during her career... Hit 246 of 852 3-point goals during her career for a .288 average... Tied the state record for most 3-point field goals made in a season with 88... Selected to the all-region team three times and to the All-State team twice... Named State Player of the Year in 1998 and 1999... Led her team to a 56-0 record her junior and senior year... Team ranked 11th in the nation by the USA Today her senior year... Helped her team to the state championships in 1997-98 and 199899... Named the Carolina's All-Star Classic MVP in Rock Hill, S.C. on April 11, 1999.
Personal: Full name is Yoneko Katrice Allen... Born June 8, 1981... Is the daughter of Melvin and Gwen Allen... Triple majoring in Sport Management, Business Administration and Law, and Marketing.
