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Tesia Harris
Junior
Guard
Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills West

2008-09 Season: Third Team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection • earned UD Alumni Association Team MVP Award and Blue Hen Basketball Club Outstanding Achievement Award • ranked sixth in the CAA with a 76.6 free throw percentage, eighth with 13.6 points per game, and 10th with 32.3 minutes played per game • went 51 of 156 from the three-point line, both UD single-season highs • appeared in all 30 games while starting 29 • led the team with 13.6 points per game, a 76.6 free throw percentage, and 51 three-pointers made • ranked third on the team with 5.2 rebounds per game • posted 20 double-figure scoring performances, including five games of 20+ points • set a career-high with a 29-point performance against Towson (2/1) and again torched the Tigers with 27, including a career-high tying five three-point field goals on 2/22 • scored 21 points against VCU (2/8) and added 22 the following game versus William & Mary (2/1) • named Courtyard by Marriott LA Westside Holiday Classic at Loyola Marymount MVP after scoring 13 points against Stony Brook (12/28) and adding 21 versus LMU (12/29) • those two performances also earned her CAA Player of the Week honors on Dec. 30 • recorded a career-high 10 rebounds against Quinnipiac (11/25) • dished out a career-high five assists against Stony Brook (12/28) • recorded a career-high three blocks against Columbia (11/16) • named Wilmington Trust Best of the Blue Hens Athlete of the Week on Nov. 16 and Dec. 29.

2007-08 Season: Appeared in 29 games while starting 12 during freshman campaign • averaged 5.4 points and 2.0 rebounds on the year • ranked second on the team with 19 three-pointers made and third with 66 field goals made • scored a career-high 21 points and hit a game-winning three-pointer with six seconds remaining in Delaware’s 54-53 win over Hofstra (2/17) • went 9 of 18 from the floor against the Pride including 3 of 6 from behind the arc and grabbed five rebounds • scored 17 points while going 5 of 7 from three-point range versus UNC Wilmington in the CAA Tournament First Round (3/13) • tallied 14 points at William & Mary (1/13) • recorded 12 points against Arkansas (12/29) • scored 12 points and posted a season-best four steals versus Drexel (1/10) • had 10 points and a season-high six rebounds versus La Salle (11/28) • also scored 10 points against Towson (2/21) • tied a season-high with six rebounds versus Georgia State (2/28).

High School: Named to Street & Smith’s All-America Team as a senior • named to all-county and all-state team in 2006-07 • averaged 19 points, 15 rebounds, four assists and four blocks per game as a senior at Half Hollow Hills West High School • averaged 19 points, 16 rebounds, four assists, three steals and four blocks per game as a junior • named to the 2006 and 2007 Newsday All-Long Island Team • all-league selection final three years of high school • led St. John The Baptist to league championship as a sophomore • was ranked the 14th best swing guard and the 104th best player in the country by Allstar Girls Report.

Personal: Tesia L. Harris • daughter of Torrel and Lisa Harris • has brothers Torrel Jr., Tobias, Tyler and Terry, and a sister Tori • cousin of Channing Frye, who plays for the NBA’s Phoenix Suns • father played basketball at Duquesne • English major at Delaware with a minor in journalism • worked as a basketball counselor at camps over the summer.