#23 Allyson Rutledge
guard • 5-8 • junior • kennesaw, ga./sprayberry high school
2001-02: Started all 28 games ... Averaged seven points and three rebounds per game ... Second on the squad with 80 assists and 37 steals ... Shot 74 percent from the free throw line ... Named Most Valuable Player of the Heritage Bank Tip-Off Tournament after scoring 11 points and pulling 10 rebounds in the championship game against Brewton Parker (11/17) ... Had nine double-digit scoring games ... Scored a season high 18 points Augusta State, hitting 5-of-8 from the floor, 1-of-2 from three-point territory and 7-of-9 from the free throw line to go along with five assists ... Scored 16 points against Columbus State (2/16) and 15 points against GC&SU (2/6) and 15 points against Columbus State (1/30).

2000-01: Played in 26 games, starting 12 ... Averaged seven points and three rebounds ... Scored a season high 18 points to along with six rebounds and three assists against No. 1 ranked Columbus State (2/7). Hit 4-of-5 from field and 9-of-11 from the free throw line in the game ... Scored in double-digits in six games ... Scored 17 points against Wingate (12/30), which included making 12-of-16 free throws ... Had 16 points and season highs in assists and steals with six and four, respectively, against Clark-Atlanta (12/2).

Pre-CCSU: Averaged 23 points and six assists as a senior at Sprayberry ... Named Sprayberry's Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior ... Member of the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Team of the Month in December and January of 1999 ... Received Marietta Daily Journal first team All-County honors as a senior and second-team as a junior ... Member of the Atlanta Tipoff Club's 6AAAA All-Region team and Metro Team of the Year ... Member of the GACA's North All-Star team.

Personal: Born Allyson Brooke Rutledge on December 16, 1981 in Memphis, TN ... Daughter of Sherri and Terry Rutledge ... Majoring in nursing.

Coach McCullers says: 
"Allyson is a smart, gritty player, who does all the little things that it takes to win. She is one of our top ballhanders and will be one of the leaders on and off the court this season."

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