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Named to the first ever TIAA-CREF Academic All-Southern Conference team for winter 2003, holding a 3.90 GPA in Business Administration and Law... Also named an Arthur Ashe, Jr., Sports Scholar first team member as well as to the SoCon Honor Roll.
2002-03: Made her comeback year a stellar one, dishing out 79 assists on the season to give her 278 for her career, which ranks fifth on WCU's career list... Also grabbed 46 steals for the year to give her 206 total, making her only the sixth Catamount to ever reach 200 for a career... Finished the season ranked 14th in the league in steals per game at 1.64 and tied for 10th in assists, handing out 2.82 per contest... Had a huge game against Chattanooga on the road (2/6) with 13 points and four key free throws in the last nine seconds of the game, giving Western the win against the SoCon leader... Started in eight of 27 games for the Cats.
2001-02: Sat out the year.
2000-01: Voted by her teammates as a co-captain... Started in 26 of 28 games played... Led the SoCon in assist average (4.8) for the year and in steals with 90 on the season, both of which stand as a WCU single-season record... Netted 178 points for the year, averaging 6.4 per contest... Added 88 rebounds, 134 assists and... Scored a career-high 19 points at East Tennessee State (1/16) and a career-high free throws made and attempted, with nine and 13 respectively, in the same game... Also dished out a career-high 10 assists at Coastal Carolina (11/25)... Recorded a season-high six steals at UNC Asheville (12/21) and at College of Charleston (1/20).
1999-00: Recorded a career-high nine steals at Southern Louisiana (11/29)... As a true freshman she played in 27 games and started in 22... Averaged 4.6 points per game... Was second on the team in both assists (65) and steals (70)... Scored a season-high 14 points in a win over Winthrop (12/30)... Also handed out a season-high seven assists against High Point University (12/11).
High School: Graduated from Laurens High School... Named to the North-South All-Star team as a senior... Named all-region for two seasons and to the All-State team her junior year... Participated on the USA Junior National team in 1999... Led her high school team to two 4-A State Championships with an average of 10 points per game... Shot 84 percent from the free throw line and recorded eight steals and eight assists for the 1998-99 season... Named Most Valuable Defensive Player under coach Travis Langford three times... Also played with teammate Yoneko Allen... Led her team to a 58-0 record her last two years, to put them at 11th in the nation... Lettered in track for one year... Finished in the top 10 of her class academically and was a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Full name is Christy Michelle Blackwell... Born July 13, 1981... Is the daughter of Doreen Blackwell... Majoring in Business Administration and Law... Has a two year old son, Jordan.
