Tiffany Whiting Hometown: Troutman, N.C. High School: South Iredell Height: 5-9 Position: G Major: Nursing

Outlook: Returns as one of the team's top 3-point threats ... A steady influence on the team ... Can hit the big shot late in the game ... Game is perimeter-oriented, but can dribble-drive ... Will compete for time at the No. 2 and No. 3 slots and will factor into a rotation of six different players at those positions.

2007-08: Appeared in all 29 games, starting 22 ... Averaged 23.8 minutes per game ... Started season by posting three straight double-digit performances ... Posted seven double-digit scoring performances and eight games with five or more rebounds ... Hit two or more 3-pointers in 12 games ... Played 30 or more minutes in 10 games ... Scored 11 points, hitting two 3-pointers, at Kentucky in Upstate's first Division I game (11/10) ... Added 11 points and three 3-pointers at Wake Forest (11/13) ... Added five rebounds ... Posted 10 points and five rebounds in Spartans' first Division I win at Charleston Southern (11/16) ... Added eight points and six rebounds against IUPUI (11/21) ... Posted nine points, hitting three 3-pointers, as Upstate beat College of Charleston for the first time in school history (12/3) ... Added 11 points, including three 3-pointers, at Georgia Tech (12/6) ... Posted five points and five rebounds at Winthrop (1/16) ... Notched seven points at Belmont (1/19) and nine points at Lipscomb (1/21) ... Had a career-high 12 points against defending A-Sun champion Jacksonville (1/25) ... Posted 10 points and four rebounds at FGCU (2/9) ... Added six points and seven rebounds at Stetson (2/11) ... Notched six points and five rebounds against Belmont (2/16) ... Added 11 points on three 3-pointers to go with five rebounds at Gardner-Webb (2/23) ... Added a career-high eight rebounds at Campbell (2/25) ... A member of the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic Team.

High School: Earned Charlotte Observer Player of the Year honors after averaging 26.3 points, 13.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 5.2 steals as a senior ... Helped South Iredell to the second round of the state tournament ... Also named the Southern Piedmont Conference Player of the Year ... Earned a spot in the North Carolina Coaches Association East-West All-Star girls' basketball game after earning all-state honors as a senior ... Posted a 55-point game against East Lincoln during her senior year and was one of Hoop Gurlz Top Prospects in North Carolina ... Also lettered in volleyball.

Personal: Born on Sept. 14, 1989 in Troutman, N.C. ... Daughter of Frank and Wanda Whiting ... Has a sister, Jackie ... A nursing major ... Favorite food is chicken wings ... Favorite movie is "Remember the Titans" ... Favorite TV show is "Grey's Anatomy" ... Admires her mom ... Wants to be a nurse anesthetist.