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2017-18 Women's Basketball

10 Anna Ross

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Westhill
  • Hometown Syracuse, N.Y.

Biography

Career Honors: 2017-18 Big 5 champion ... 2018 second-team All-Ivy ... 2018 second-team All-Big 5 ... 2017-18 team captain ... 2017 Ivy League regular season and tournament champion… 2017 Ivy League All-Tournament Team... 2017 second-team All-Ivy… 2016 honorable mention All-Ivy… 2016 Ivy League Champion… 2014-15 Big 5 champion ... Big 5 Player of the Week (Feb. 2, 2015) ... Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Dec. 15, 2015) ... First in Penn history in both career (491) and single-season (151) assist marks ... Seventh in Ivy League history in career assists ... First in program history in career starts and games played at 120, having started and played in every game of her career ... First player since 2007 to record a double-double on points/assists, vs. Rhode Island (Dec. 22, 2017) ... Fifth in program history in career free throw percentage at 79 percent ... 11th in program history with 119 career 3-pointers.

2017-18: 2017-18 Big 5 champion ... 2018 second-team All-Ivy ... 2018 second-team All-Big 5 ... 2017-18 team captain ... Played and started in all 31 games on the year, averaging 33.2 minutes per game, ranking second on the team and ninth in the Ivy League ... Averaged 8.0 points, 2.8 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game ... Ranked second in the Ivy League and 61st nationally in assists per game ... Finished first in the Ivy League with an assist/turnover ratio of +2.1 ... Ranked sixth in the Ivy League, averaging 1.7 steals per game ... Opened the year with a season-high 21 points at Binghamton ... Became the first player at Penn since 2007 to tally a double-double on points/assists with 11 points and 10 assists against Rhode Island (Dec. 22) ... Dished at least five assists in 20 games on the year ... Ranked third on the team with 28 3-pointers made ... Notched a season-high six rebounds at Harvard (Feb. 23) ... Also swiped a career-high five steals against the Crimson ... Played the full 40 minutes in two games: at Binghamton and vs. Harvard in the Ivy League Tournament (March 10) ... Hit the game-winning layup with 1.7 seconds remaining to defeat Villanova 79-77, the program's first win against the Wildcats since 2001 ... Sealed a victory against Harvard in the Ivy League Tournament semifinals with a 3-pointer in the final two minutes ... Broke the program record for career assists with the 429th of her career against Gwynedd Mercy (Jan. 28) ... Broke the program record for single-season assists with 142 on the year vs. Princeton in the Ivy League Tournament championship. 

2016-17: 2017 Ivy League regular season and tournament champion ... 2017 second-team All-Ivy ... 2017 Ivy League All-Tournament Team ... Started in all 30 games of the season, averaging 35.2 minutes per game, 9.3 points per game, 3.6 rebounds per game, and 4.2 assists per game ... Tied for first in the Ivy League with 127 assists on the season (4.2/game) ... Fourth in the Ancient Eight with an .824% conversion rate from free throw line (70-85) ... 12th in the conference in steals (1.2/game) with 37 on the year ... Tied for 11th in the Ivy League with 39 treys on the season (1.3/game) ... Led the conference with a 2.0 assist/turnover ratio ... Led the conference in total minutes played, logging 1,057 minutes on the court in 2016-17 (35.2/game) ... Played at least 30 minutes in 27 of 30 games of the season ... Third on the team with 279 points (9.3/game) ... Went 39-121 (.322) from three-point range ... Hit 85-234 (.363) attempts from the field on the year ... Third on the team with 107 rebounds (23o, 84d) ... Grabbed a career-high nine rebounds in the NCAA Tournament game vs. Texas A&M ... Took a career-high eight 3-pointers vs. Princeton (Mar. 12).

2015-16: 2016 Ivy League champion ... 2016 honorable mention All-Ivy ... Started in all 29 games of the season ... Averaged 32.7 minutes per games, 9.4 points per game, 3.6 rebounds per game and 3.5 assists per game ... Led the Ivy League and was 23rd in the NCAA in assist to turnover ratio (2.35) ... Third in the conference in three-point FG percentage (.402) ... Tied for fourth in the conference with 101 assists (3.5/game) ... Sixth in the Ivy League in with 49 steals (1.7/game) ... Led the team with 101 assists (3.5/game) and steals (49) ... Third on the team in points (273), scoring average (9.4/game), and rebounds (103) ... Posted a career-high 25 points in a win at New Hampshire (Nov. 22) ... Recorded double-figures in 15 games on the season ... Went 4-for-5 (.800) from three-point range and had 16 points and six rebounds in a win over Yale (Jan. 29) ... Grabbed a career-high eight rebounds vs. Colorado State (Nov. 24) ... Dished out a career-high nine assists in a win against Harvard (Feb. 5) ... Matched a career-high by making four steals in contests vs. UMBC (Nov. 15), Drexel (Dec. 19), BYU-Hawaii (Dec. 31) and Harvard (Mar. 5) ... Played a season-high 39 minutes in a loss at Cornell (Feb. 26).

2014-15: 2014-15 Big 5 champion ... Big 5 Player of the Week (Feb. 2) ... Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Dec. 15) ... Led Ivy League in assist-to-turnover ratio (+2.0), and finished second in Ivies with 112 assists ... Second on the team in steals (28) ... Third on the team in three-point percentage (.394) and free throw percentage (.716) ... Started all 30 games ... Season-high seven rebounds in addition to two assists and six points in collegiate debut at No. 4 Tennessee (Nov. 14) ... Seven points and three steals as well as four rebounds and four assists in Big 5 win over La Salle (Nov. 19) ... Led team with five assists against Hampton (Dec. 5) ... Added five points and four assists in Big 5 win over Saint Joseph’s (Dec. 9) ... Scored nine points in addition to five assists at Drexel (Dec. 20) ... Season-high seven rebounds and added six assists in Big 5 title-clinching win over Temple (Jan. 5) ... Made game-winning three with 24.3 seconds left in win over Richmond (Jan. 14) ... Led team with six rebounds, four assists, two steals and a career-high 19 points in win at Harvard (Jan. 31) ... Scored 14 points and added four rebounds and four assists in win over Harvard (Feb. 20) ... Seven points and season-high eight assists in win over Dartmouth (Feb. 21) ... Matched a career-high with eight assists in win over Brown (Feb. 27) ... Game-high 12 points in win at Columbia (March 6) ... Dished six assists and added seven points in win at Cornell (March 7) and in WNIT first round win over Hofstra (March 19).

High School: Five-year letterwinner in basketball ... Served as captain for three seasons ... Three-time All-Central New York by The Post-Standard ... 2014 second-team all-state ... Also lettered in track and lacrosse ... Won the 2014 sectional championship in the high jump.

Personal: Daughter of Kate and Jim Ross ... Has five older siblings ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences ... Brother, Jim, played basketball at Virginia Intermont ... Brother, Daniel, played basketball at SUNY Oswego ... Brother, Dale, played football at SUNY Morrisville.

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Historical Player Information

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    2014-15Freshman

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    2015-16Sophomore

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    2016-17Junior

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    2017-18Senior

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