Courtney Hawkins Class: Senior Hometown: Greer, S.C. High School: Greer Height: 5-4 Position: G Major: Communications

Outlook: Preseason All-A-Sun ... Will move back to natural shooting guard position after serving as the team's point guard for the final 14 games of 2007-08 ... One of the best offensive players in the Atlantic Sun Conference ... Has ability to hit a 3-pointer, draw a foul or stop-and-pop a jumper ... A slash-and-drive specialist ... Has a dead-on baseline jumper ... Has active hands that can force many opponent turnovers.

2007-08: Appeared in 29 games and started 25 ... Led the A-Sun in scoring, averaging 16.4 points per game ... Was also 14th in assists (2.52), sixth in free throw percentage (.790), second in steals (2.34), fifth in 3-point field goal percentage (.358), eighth in 3-point field goals made (1.48) and fourth in minutes per game (34.55) ... Was even better in A-Sun play, averaging a league-best 19.7 points per game and also finishing second in free throw percentage (.856), third in steals (2.38), 13th in 3-point field goal percentage (.364), eighth in 3-point field goals made (1.50) and second in minutes played (36.81) ... Had the only two 30-point games in the A-Sun last season ... Posted 23 double-digit scoring efforts ... Added five rebounds in 11 games and three or more steals 14 times ... Scored 10 points and added three rebounds at Wake Forest (11/13) ... Followed that by earning first start of the year, scoring 26 points and notching a season-high nine rebounds in Spartans' first Division I win at Charleston Southern (11/16) ... Added 16 points against IUPUI (11/21) ... Notched 10 points, five rebounds and three steals against Limestone (11/24) ... Had 21 points and six rebounds to go with four steals at College of Charleston (12/3) ... Posted career-high eight assists at Georgia Tech (12/6) ... After a five-game stretch in which she averaged 8.6 points, she started a run in which she scored in double figures in 15 of the last 16 games ... Started stretch with a 30-point, five-rebound, three-steal game against Campbell (1/12) ... Added 16 points, thanks to a 9-for-11 performance at the charity stripe, at Winthrop (1/16) ... Posted 18 points and six assists at Belmont (1/19) ... Added 18 points at Lipscomb (1/21) ... Notched 25 points, including a 13-for-14 performace at the free-throw-line, against defending A-Sun champions, Jacksonville (1/25) ... Added 20 points and six rebounds against Mercer (2/2) ... Was 13-for-14 at the free throw line ... Added 18 points against Kennesaw State (2/4), 19 points at FGCU (2/9), 16 points at Stetson (2/11) and 18 points against Belmont (2/16) ... Scored a game-high 26 points, canning three 3-pointers, and adding four rebounds and two assists to lead Upstate to its first A-Sun win against Lipscomb (2/18) ... Added 18 points and six rebounds at Gardner-Webb (2/23) ... Notched a career-high 35 points on 12-of-17 shooting from the floor and an 8-for-9 performance at the free throw line at Campbell (2/25) ... The 35 points is second-best in Upstate history and was just the second 30-point game on the road in program history ... Finished season with 27 points and eight rebounds against ETSU (3/1).

2006-07: Appeared in 24 games and started 13 ... Averaged 21 minutes, 7.8 points - the sixth-best mark on the team - 3.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game ... Connected on 14 3-pointers ... Scored 20 or more points three times, including a career-high 25 at Armstrong Atlantic State (2/17) ... Hit 10-of-22 shots in the game to go with three 3-pointers and added five rebounds, two assists and three steals in the game ... Posted 21 points, including an 8-for-9 performance at the free-throw line, and five assists against Georgia College & State (1/27) ... Averaged 16.8 points and 7.3 rebounds during the last four games.

High School: Earned five letters at Greer High School ... Averaged 20.1 points, 7.5 assists, 4.6 rebounds, and 3.4 steals per game as a senior ... A Wendy's High School Heisman nominee ... A WYFF High School Hero ... A two-time All-State selection ... Also earned three all-region and two first-team all-county honors ... Named the Player of the Year by the Greer Citizen twice ... Won Player of the Week honors 10 times by different newspapers and organizations ... A three-time all-tournament selection at the Lady Sandlapper Tournament ... Named the team's Most Valuable Player twice ... Broke the state record for consecutive free throws made with 43 during her senior season.

Personal: Born on Dec. 5, 1987 in Greer, S.C... Daughter of Richard and Katrina Hawkins ... Has four brothers, Rick, Jerrell, Mark and Tonio, and two sisters, Angie and Jasmine ... A communications major ... Favorite food is shrimp pasta ... Favorite TV show is "Martin" ... Favorite musical artist is Musiq Soulchild ... Favorite song is "Song Cry" ... Favorite sports figure is Tamika Catchings ... Hero growing up was her grandmother ... Dream job is to be a radio host.