Tyra Grant Class: Junior Hometown: Youngstown, Ohio High School: Youngstown Ursuline Height: 5-11 Position: G Experience: SO

2007-08
Named All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches and media)...Four 20-point games...Led the team and was ninth in the Big Ten in scoring (13.8)...Ranks 17th on PSU's career three-pointers list with 75 triples...Reached the 800-point plateau for her career with 17 tallies against Iowa (2/10)...Dec. 17 Big Ten Player of the Week after averaging 22.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists in two Lady Lion wins...Tied her career high with six assists to go along with 11 points and five rebounds in a loss to Ohio State (2/28)...Had a game-high 18 points on 4-of-7 shooting from the with an 8-for-8 mark from the free throw line against Michigan State (2/17)...Led the Lady Lions with 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists at Ohio State (1/28)...Had a game-high 18 points to go along with four rebounds, three assists, three steals and two blocked shots against Purdue (1/17)...Posted her fourth 20-point game of the season with 20 tallies on 8-of-15 shooting in a home win over Northwestern (1/10)...Drained two free throws with 9.9 seconds remaining to lift Penn State to a 49-48 victory over Illinois (1/2). Finished the game with 13 points and six rebounds...Notched her 10th career 20-point performance with 20 points on 10-of-19 shooting in the road win over Bucknell (12/15)...Had a season-high 24 points on 9-of-16 shooting in the win over Mississippi (12/13). Set career highs with six assists and three blocks...Tied for the game-high with 17 points and a career-best four assists in road win over South Carolina (11/20)...Registered a game-high 19 points in upset win over #20/21 Pittsburgh (11/11)...Set a career-high with a 8-for-12 mark from the field against the Panthers...Selected to WBCA Classic All-Tournament team.

2006-07
Immediately paid dividends as a member of the Lady Lion roster, appearing in all 31 games with 16 starts...Led the team and was sixth in the Big Ten in scoring (14.6)...Selected to the Big Ten All-Freshman team...Named All-Big Ten honorable mention by the coaches and the media...Finished third on Penn State's freshman season scoring chart with 452 points...Tied for sixth in school history in blocks by a freshman (20)...Only player on the team to have at least one field goal in every game...Ranked 13th in the Big Ten in three-point field goals per game (1.26)...Reached double figures in the scoring column 20 times...Seven games with 20 or more points...Scored a career-high 33 points at Iowa (2/18), the highest single-game total by a PSU freshman since Kelly Mazzante had 38 tallies against Illinois (2/15/01)...Was the first Big Ten freshman to reach the 30-point plateau since Purdue's Katie Gearlds in 2004...Her 33 points versus Iowa were tied for the second-most by a Big Ten player during the season...First Penn State freshman since Mazzante to reach the 20-point mark in consecutive games with 20 tallies against Xavier (12/7) and 29 tallies versus Old Dominion (12/3)...Had three-straight 20-point games with 22 points at Michigan State (2/1), 28 markers versus Wisconsin (2/4) and 24 points at Northwestern (2/11), a feat that was never accomplished by Mazzante as a rookie...Scored first career point in season-opening win over Drexel (11/10)...Career-high six rebounds against Northwestern (1/4)...Had two or more blocks in a game on seven occasions...Swiped a career-best four steals versus Michigan (1/14)...Started her career by making 22-of-23 free throws.

High School
Averaged a double-double with 30.8 points and 10.2 rebounds to lead Youngstown Ursuline to a 22-5 record senior year...Scored a school record 2,292 points in her career...Led the Fighting Irishmen to a state title in 2004 and a runner-up finish in 2006...Named Miss Ohio Basketball senior year...Named the 2006 Ohio AP Division III Tri-Player of the Year...Earned AP Division III first-team all-state honors as a senior...Scored 52 points in one game to set a school record...Holds 10 records at Youngstown Ursuline...Scored 33 points, including five three-pointers in the 2006 Division III state championship game to set records for most points and most three-pointers...Played AAU basketball for Johnny Bethea...Also ran track.

Personal
Full Name is Tyra Angelia Grant...Born on August 27, 1988 in Youngstown, Ohio...Parents are Faith Grant and Joseph McRae...Father was an All-American at Ashland College in 1976 and 1977...Aunt Wanda Grant was a multi-record holder at Youngstown State...Planning to major in recreation, parks and tourism management.