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Breanna Stewart
Breanna  Stewart

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
North Syracuse, N.Y.

High School:
Cicero North

Height:
6-4

Position:
Forward

Experience:
SR


05/10/2016

Huskies Recognized By President Obama With Trip to White House

Huskies Make Sixth Trip to White House in Last Eight Years

04/05/2016

Perfection Achieved!

Huskies Cap Undefeated Season With Fourth-Straight National Championship

04/03/2016

Tuck and Stewart lead UConn Back to the Title Game

Morgan Tuck scores 21 points

03/28/2016

UConn Defeats Texas in Elite 8, 86-65

Morgan Tuck scores 22 points and Breanna Stewart adds 21

03/26/2016

No. 1 UConn Routs Miss State 98-38 in Record Fashion

Breanna Stewart records a double-double with 22 points and 14 rebounds.

04/05/2016

National Championship: UConn vs. Syracuse

National Championship: UConn vs. Syracuse April 5, 2016

04/05/2016

UConn vs Syracuse National Championship

UConn vs Syracuse National Championship (photo by Stephen Slade)

04/04/2016

Women's Basketball Day 5 in Indianapolis

Women's Basketball Day 5 in Indianapolis (photo by Stephen Slade)

04/03/2016

UConn vs Oregon State NCAA Semifinal

UConn vs Oregon State NCAA Semifinal (photo by Stephen Slade)

04/03/2016

UConn, 80 vs. Oregon State, 51

Tuck and Stewart lead UConn Back to the Title Game

Breanna Stewart Photo Gallery

• 2016 Associated Press Player of the Year
• 2016 Naismith Trophy Winner
• 2016 Wade Trophy Winner
• 2016 John R. Wooden Award Winner
• 2016 USBWA Player of the Year
• 2016 Sullivan Award Winner
• 2016 Unanimous First Team All-American
• 2016 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year
• 2016 Final Four Most Outstanding Performer
• 2016 Bridgeport Regional MOP
• 2016 American Athletic Conference Championship MOP

• 2015 Associated Press Player of the Year
• 2015 Naismith Trophy Winner
• 2015 Wade Trophy Winner
• 2015 John R. Wooden Award Winner
• 2015 USBWA Player of the Year
• 2015 Unanimous First Team All-American
• 2015 Final Four Most Outstanding Performer
• 2015 Albany Regional MOP
• 2015 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year

• 2014 Associated Press Player of the Year
• 2014 Naismith Trophy Winner
• 2014 USBWA Player of the Year
• 2014 Honda Sports Award Winner for Women's Basketball
• 2014 Consensus First Team All-American
• 2014 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year
• 2014 Final Four MOP
• 2014 American Athletic Conference Championship MOP

• 2013 Final Four MOP
• 2013 NCAA Tournament Bridgeport Regional MOP
• 2013 All-BIG EAST Tournament Team
• 2012-13 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team
• 2012-13 All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention

AT FIRST GLANCE
The only player in history to be honored as the Final Four Most Outstanding Player more than twice, Stewart earned the honor in each of her four years at UConn ... Diana Taurasi is the only Husky to win the prestigious honor multiple times ... Selected as the National Player of the Year by the Associated Press, the Atlanta Tip-Off Club (Naismith Trophy) and the United States Basketball Writers Association in each of her final three seasons and earned National Player of the Year accolades from the WBCA (Wade Trophy) and the L.A. Athletic Club (John R. Wooden Award) during her junior and senior seasons ... Finished her in second place on UConn's all-time scoring list with 2,676 career points ... Earned American Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors in each of her last three years at UConn, marking the fifth time a Husky has been selected as the conference player of the year multiple times ... The only player in NCAA history to block at least 400 shots and dish-out at least 400 assists ... Earned 2014 and 2016 American Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors, marking the 19th and 21st time a Husky has been so honored ... Finished her career as UConn's all-time leader in blocked shots at 414, surpassing the record held by Rebecca Lobo for over 20 years ... Concluded her career in fourth on UConn's all-time rebounding list with 1,179 career boards ... Established a new single-season school record with 147 free throws made during her sophomore year ... Finished her career with 133 double-digit scoring performances and 65 games in which she scored at least 20 points ... Only the third UConn freshman, along with Maya Moore in 2008 and Diana Taurasi in 2001, to be selected as the NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player. Also joins Diana Taurasi (2003 and 2004) and Maya Moore (2010) as the only Huskies to be selected as the NCAA Regional and Final Four Most Outstanding Player in the same season. Stewart earned NCAA Regional and Final Four Most Outstanding Player honors in 2013, 2015 and 2016 ... Scored 169 points in her first 10 games to establish a new UConn record for most points scored by a player in her first 10 games ... A member of the 2012-13 All-Freshman and 2013 All-BIG EAST Tournament teams while also garnering All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention accolades ... Her 497 points during her freshman year are the fourth-most ever scored by a UConn freshman and her 74 blocks are third all-time amongst Husky freshman.

2015-16 SEASON
Played in 37 of UConn's 38 games and was in the starting lineup on 36 occasions ... Averaged team highs with 19.4 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per contest while shooting 57.9 percent from the floor and 42.6 percent from deep in only 29.1 minutes per game ... Her 126 blocked shots marked the third-highest single-season total in school history and her 716 points mark the fifth-highest single-season total in UConn history ... One of four Huskies to dish-out at least 100 assists as Stewart recorded a career-high 147 helpers against only 60 turnovers ... As was usually the case, the North Syracuse, N.Y. native saved some of her best play for March and April and averaged a team-high 20.3 points per game in NCAA Tournament action. She also shot 56.6 percent from the floor, 89.3 percent from the free throw line and 47.8 percent from long-range while averaging a team-best 11.0 rebounds per contest during the Huskies' six-game run to their fourth-straight national championship ... Nearly notched her first triple-double when she posted 15-points, 12-rebounds and blocked nine shots in only 26-minutes of action at SMU on January 23 ... Scored a season-high 29-points and snared 12-rebounds in the win at DePaul on December 2 and followed that up with 28 points, on 12-18 shooting, to go along with 10-rebounds in the win over Notre Dame on December 5 ... Posted a double-double in 17 of the 37 games she played and scored at least 20 points in 20 games ... Scored 22 points and dished-out a career-high 10 assists in her homecoming game at Colgate on December 9. She was 7-9 from the floor and also recorded four steals for the home folks.

2014-15 SEASON
Started in all 39 games for the Huskies and led the team at 17.6 points and 7.8 rebounds per contest ... Her 303 rebounds marked the fourth-highest total in school history for a UConn junior ... One of five Huskies to dish-out at least 100 assists and was third on the team with 122 helpers, including a career-high eight in only 21 minutes of action against Tulsa on January 7 ... Buried a team-high 128 free throws on a team-best 159 attempts from the charity stripe ... Elevated nearly every aspect of her game during UConn's nine-game run through the postseason, averaging 18.1 points on 53.3 percent shooting to go along with 10.7 rebounds ... Made 42.1 percent (8-19) of her attempts from beyond the 3-point arc during postseason action ... Scored 25 points on a perfect 10-10 shooting performance during UConn's victory over Creighton on November 23, which was the second-best field goal shooting effort in school history and fell just short of Rebecca Lobo's 11-11 performance on December 23, 1994 in a win vs. Iona ... Scored 28 points, on 13-18 shooting, in only 27-minutes of action in the Huskies' win at Tulsa on February 21 ... Stewart also snared nine rebounds and swatted six shots against the Golden Hurricane ... Poured in a regular-season high 29 points, corralled 11 rebounds and was three blocked shots from a triple-double in UConn's win at USF on March 2 ... Scored a season-best 31 points, grabbed 12 boards and dished-out seven assists against only one turnover in Connecticut's NCAA Regional Semifinal victory over Texas on March 28 ... Blocked at least four shots on 13 occasions, including each UConn's last three games of the NCAA Tournament.

2013-14 SEASON
Started in all 40 games ... Led the team at 19.4 points and 2.8 blocks per game ... Second on the team with 8.1 rebounds per contest. Her 324 boards marked the 12th-highest single-season total in school history and her 110 rejections was the third-highest mark ... Fourth on the squad at 49.7 percent shooting and her 291 field goals made was the third-highest single-season total in UConn annals ... Established a new school record with 147 free throws made and led the team with 190 attempts from the charity stripe ... One of four Huskies to total at least 100 assists, Stewart dished-out 122 helpers against only 67 turnovers after posting 35 assists and 54 turnovers during her freshman season ... Scored a career-high 37 points during a 93-56 victory at Temple (Jan. 11). The 37 points marked the eighth-highest single-game total in school history ... Recorded double-figure scoring in all but two games, including UConn's last 31-straight, and scored at least 20 points on 21 occasions ... Averaged 21.3 points and 7.0 rebounds per game during UConn's run to the 2014 American Athletic Conference Tournament Championship and was selected as the event's Most Outstanding Player ... Averaged a team-high 18.0 points per game and shot 48.8 percent from the floor during UConn's six-game march through the NCAA Tournament ... Led the team in scoring 22 times and in blocks on 17 occasions.

2012-13 SEASON:
Played in 36 of UConn's 39 games, earning 14 starts ... Second on the team at 13.8 points per game and third on the squad with 6.4 rebounds per contest ... Led the team with 74 blocks and was one of four Huskies to shoot at least 50 percent from the floor ... Fourth on the team with 28 made 3-point field goals while leading the team with 87 made free throws on a team-best 112 attempts ... Recorded four double-doubles, the first coming in a 20-piont, 10-rebound performance during the Paradise Jam against Maris (Nov. 23). Stewart became the only freshman ever to be named MVP of the Paradise Jam ... Scored in double-figures 27 times and totaled at least 20 points 10 times including each of UConn's final three games of the season ... Made her collegiate debut in style, scoring 21 points on 8-11 shooting while making all five of her free throw attempts and posting four steals in the Huskies' 103-39 win over the College of Charleston (Nov. 11) ... Had one of the great NCAA Tournament performances of all-time in the Huskies' 83-65 win over No. 2/2 Notre Dame in the National Semifinal, scoring a career-high 29 points on 10-16 shooting (including 4-5 from deep) to go along with five rebounds and four blocked shots ... Jump started her season with a 21-point effort in UConn's 94-61 win against DePaul in the BIG EAST Tournament Quarterfinal. The Syracuse, N.Y. native would not score less than 14 points during the postseason and averaged a team-high 19.4 points per game during the Huskies' postseason run to their eighth national title ... Stewart led the team in scoring nine times, in rebounding nine times and in blocked shots on 21 occasions.

HIGH SCHOOL
Honored as the national player of the Year by Gatorade, USA Today, Parade Magazine, McDonald's (Morgan Wootten Player of the Year Award), the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and the Naismith Trophy following the 2011-12 season ... Named to the 2012 USA Basketball U18 National Team ... Was the youngest member of the 2011 USA Pan American Games Team, becoming just the second high school player to compete for Team USA in the Pan Am Games. Stewart started all four games and averaged team highs of 15.3 points, 11.3 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per contest ... Averaged team-highs of 11.2 points and 7.3 rebounds to help Team USA to a 7-1 record and gold medal at the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship in Chile ... Shot 46.8 percent from the field (36-77 FGs) for the US ... Named to the five-member All-FIBA U19 World Championship Team and was honored as the USA Basketball Female Player of the Year in 2011 ... Gatorade New York Girls Basketball Player of the Year in 2011 ... Played five seasons at Cicero-North Syracuse High School (N.Y.), where she has competed in 119 games and compiled 2,367 points, 1,389 rebounds, 337 assists, 325 steals and 634 blocks ... Cicero posted an 83-13 record over the past four seasons ... Averaged 26.4 points, 13.9 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.8 steals and 4.2 blocks per game to lead Cicero North to a 22-3 record and the New York Class AA State Title and the Class AA Federation Crown ... Led her team to a 22-3 record, the New York Section 3 and New York Class AA state titles during the 2010-11 campaign ... Started all 25 games during her junior season and averaged 24.3 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.8 steals and 4.2 blocks per game ... As a sophomore, Stewart started in all 22 games and led the team to an 18-4; averaged 22.1 points, 13.2 rebounds and 7.2 blocks per game ... As a freshman, averaged 17.0 points, 9.3 rebounds and 7.0 blocks per game to help North Syracuse to a 21-3 record and the 2A regional final ... Also competed with the Cicero North varsity squad during her eighth-grade year of 2007-08 and averaged 9.1 points, 8.7 rebounds and 5.8 blocks per contest.

USA BASKETBALL EXPERIENCE
2015 Pan American Games Team (Silver Medal)
2014 FIBA World Championship Team (Gold Medal)
2013 U19 World Championship (Gold Medal)

2012 U18 National Team (Gold Medal)
2011 U19 National Team (Gold Medal)
2011 Pan American Games Team
2010 U17 National Team (Gold Medal)
2009 U16 National Team (Gold Medal)

PERSONAL
Born on Aug. 27, 1994 in Syracuse, N.Y. ... Parents are Heather and Brian Stewart ... Is a Scholar-Athlete and winner of Cicero North's Outstanding Character Award ... Individualized sport in society.

CAREER HIGHS (through April 5, 2016)
Points 37 at Temple (January 28, 2014)
Field Goals Made 15 at Temple (January 28, 2014)
Field Goals Attempted 25 vs. USF (February 29, 2016)
3-Pt Field Goals Made 5 vs. USF (January 26, 2014)
3-Pt Field Goals Attempted 9 vs. USF (January 26, 2014)
Free Throws Made 10 at Baylor (January 13, 2014)
Free Throws Attempted 11 Twice
Rebounds 16 Twice
Assists 10 at Colgate (December 9, 2015)
Blocks 9 at SMU (January 23, 2016)
Steals 8 vs. Robert Morris (March 19, 2016)

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