General: Is the Stags top returning scorer, and active career points leader … Enters the year with 683 career points, a 10.5 per game average over her 65 appearances – 64 of which have been starts … Her 271 points as a rookie was the seventh most of any Stags player during a freshmen season at the Division I level … Off The Court: Business major ... Is one of the Stags representative to the Student Athlete Advisory Committee … 2009-10: All-MAAC Third Team … MAAC All-Tournament Team … Finished the campaign second on the team, 13th in the league, in scoring, at 12.1 a game … Dished out a team-best 98 assists, good for seventh in the MAAC … Went over 20 points three times on the year, scoring a career-high 22 points on two occasions – at St. Francis (NY) and at home versus Niagara … Averaged a league-leading 38.1 minutes per game for the year, playing the entire 40 minutes on 15 occasions … Shot 75.4 percent from the free throw line, 107-142, for the year, including seven games in which she did not miss from the stripe … Tied a career-high with six assists in the WBI win over Towson, her 11th game of the year with four or more assists … Scored 14 points in that home victory, her fourth double-digit postseason average, having scored 16 points per game in MAAC Championship play … Was 13-16 from the line during the tournament … Posted a career-high five steals, giving her 41 for the season, at Appalachian State … Equaled a career-high with nine rebounds in the Stags win at Niagara in the final weekend of the regular season, scoring 10 and handing out five assists … Averaged 4.2 boards per game for the season … ... Hit a career-best 11 free throws in the home win over Rider, scoring 16 points ... Knocked down 8-8 from the line, on her way to 14 points, in a home win over Iona … Recorded nine rebounds for the first time in her career, scored the game-winning basket, and blocked a last-ditch effort by Marist, in a win at the Arena at Harbor Yard … Went 6-6 from the line in the final 62 seconds to finish with 16 points at Loyola … Sank a career-best four three-pointers on her way to 21 points, with three assists and two steals, at Marist ... Committed just two turnovers (77 minutes) at the Cyclone Challenge ... Scored 18 points, 6-12 from the floor, against Lafayette in the home opener ... Hit 6-10 from the floor for 14 points in the season opening win at URI ... 2008-09: All-MAAC Rookie Team … MAAC Rookie of the Week (11/24) … Played in all 31 games, starting every game except when she stepped aside for Senior Day … Scored in double digits on 15 occasions with a career-high 16 coming in the win over Sacred Heart … Shot 37.8 percent from the field, hitting 40 percent or better in 18 contests, including the final three games of the year … Shot 13-29, 44.8 percent, in those final three games, scoring 34 points … Hit 24-72 from behind the arc for the year … Converted three-quarters of her free throw attempts on the year, 57-76 … Averaged 12.5 points in her first two MAAC Tournament games, shooting 9-21 from the field … Hit 4-8 from the field for 11 points in the regular season finale at Manhattan … Was 5-6 from the free throw line on her way to nine points at home versus Rider … Scored 11 in a home overtime win over Niagara, hitting 3-6 from downtown … Went 4-4 from the line for eight points, and a season-high five steals, in a win at Rider …Had 13 points, including 3-4 from behind the arc in a win at home over Siena … Was a perfect 4-4 at the line and scored 13 at Niagara … Started January with three consecutive double-digit scoring efforts, averaging 13 points and shooting 10-25 in games versus Loyola, Kansas and Saint Peter’s … Had 15 against Loyola, going 5-6 at the free throw line … Had her second six-rebound game, along with a season-high five assists, in the win over Wagner … Tallied 11 points, to go along with three steals at Maine … Started the stretch with a four-steal effort at Mount St. Mary’s … Started the year with five consecutive games of 11 or more points … Shot 44.7 percent, 21-47, from the field in those games … Was 6-8 from the field against the Pioneers in scoring her career-high … Shot 8-14 from behind the arc in the first five games of the year … High School: Earned four varsity letters while leading her team to an 84-11 record in those years … Served as team captain as a senior … Averaged 20 points, seven rebounds and five assists per game as a senior … Three-time All-State selection … Named All-Northwest Conference four times … An All-America nominee …Personal: Desiree Michelle Pina … Is the daughter of Susan and John Pina … Has two brothers.
