Bowling Green State University Athletics
2001-02 Women's Basketball Roster
Dana Western
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Lebanon
- Hometown:
- Whitestown, Ind.
Was a Falcon co-captain in 2001-02.
2001-02: Started all 28 games ... averaged 6.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.8 steals ... second on the Falcons in steals and boards, and third in assists (1.7) ... led the team with 23 blocked shots (0.8 bpg) ... earned the team[apos]s Falcon Award, given to the player who exemplifies commitment, dedication and loyalty to the program ... played in 106 career games, the most among current Falcons ... had 603 career points ... scored five points and grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds in the MAC Tournament game at Ohio ... also blocked two shots ... on [quote]Senior Day[quote] vs. EMU, had her first double-double of the season, and the second of her career ... had 10 points, a career-high 13 rebounds and four assists ... assist total was one away from her career standard ... had five points, four boards and two steals at OU ... had eight points, five rebounds, three assists, three steals and two blocks in a career-high 41 minutes vs. Ohio ... scored 11 points in first Marshall meeting ... had 10 points at KSU, and tied her career best with three blocks ... 13 points and six rebounds vs. Akron ... five points, a team-high eight boards and three steals vs. NIU ... six points and a team-high eight rebounds at CMU ... scored 10 points and had six rebounds, a team-high five assists and two blocks in win over Lehigh ... had six points, 10 rebounds and a whopping eight steals in the Yale rematch ... steal total was just one off the 21-year-old-school record ... seven points, nine rebounds and a career-high four assists vs. Wright State ... also blocked two shots in that game ... nine rebounds vs. IPFW ... had three assists and three blocked shots, tying her career best in each category, in that game ... nine points, five rebounds and three steals vs. EKU ... scored a team-high 16 points and added seven rebounds in first Yale game ... made four three-pointers, tying her career best, in six attempts in that game.
2000-01: Played in all 29 games, starting 13 ... came off the bench in the first five games before starting the next 10 ... averaged 24.6 minutes played, second on the team ... was sixth in scoring, with 6.8 points per game ... led the team in both rebounds (4.8 per game) and blocked shots (25; 0.9 per game) ... also averaged 1.5 assists and 1.2 steals ... had 29 three-pointers and 43 assists this year after totalling 24 treys and 27 helpers in her first two years at BG ... had 10 double-digit scoring games as a junior ... had seven points, going 3-of-3 from the field, vs. Ohio ... scored 13 points off the bench vs. Buffalo ... had six points, going 2-for-2 from three-point range, at NIU ... held without a blocked shot in that game, after nine-straight contests with at least one ... 13 points and a team-high eight rebounds vs. CMU ... had 13 points and five boards at Ohio ... her 5-of-7 shooting day vs. the Bobcats included a perfect 3-for-3 effort from three-point land ... scored 10 points and added six rebounds and two blocks vs. Akron ... had a career-high three blocks at Wright State ... scored four points and led BG with eight rebounds vs. Ohio State ... also had two blocks in a career-high 37 minutes in that game ... had a career-best 17 points vs. Fresno State ... went 6-of-10 from the field, including a 3-of-4 effort from three-point land ... also had six rebounds, three assists and a pair of blocks vs. the Bulldogs ... had her first career double-double, with 11 points and a career-high tying 12 rebounds in 34 minutes at Arizona ... had a then career-high 16 points at St. Bonaventure ... had a career-best four three-pointers in that game, and added three steals ... went 6-of-10 from the floor and 4-of-6 from three-point land at SBU ... had 10 points, four boards and three assists vs. UDM ... just missed a double-double vs. Charleston Southern ... had 11 points and nine rebounds ... had a team-best 11 points at EKU, going 5-of-8 in that game.
1999-2000: Played in every game, starting six ... averaged 6.9 points and 3.0 rebounds ... tied for second on the team in blocked shots ... scored nine points, including a pair of three-point field goals, in MAC Tournament quarterfinal game vs. Western Michigan ... went 21-of-63 from long range on the year ... hit at least one triple in each of the last four games ... had 11 points, going 4-of-6 from the field, in the MAC tourney triumph over Ohio ... scored six points and added five rebounds in the win at Buffalo ... had 14 points off the bench at Akron, just one off her career high ... went 5-of-6 from the field, adding four rebounds ... four points and seven rebounds vs. Ohio ... nine points and three boards vs. EMU ... scored 10 points at Marshall, adding a career-high three steals ... had a then career-best 15 points off the bench vs. WMU, including a 3-of-5 performance from three-point land ... had eight points in 21 minutes at Kent ... went a combined 9-of-10 from the field over the Buffalo and Toledo games, including 4-of-5 from three-point land ... scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds at UT ... made four of her five shots, including a 2-for-3 long-range effort ... had 13 points vs. UB ... went 5-of-5 from the field, including a pair of treys, in that game ... scored eight points and grabbed four rebounds at CMU had 10 points at Detroit ... was perfect in two three-point field-goal attempts ... eight points and eight rebounds at Ohio State ... also had career highs with two blocks and 28 minutes played, and added two steals vs. the Buckeyes ... had eight points on 4-of-7 shooting at Xavier ... four points and seven rebounds vs. Morehead State ... had 10 points vs. SBU ... played 27 minutes in that game, her first career start ... exploded for 32 points in BGSU[apos]s exhibition game vs. the Premier All-Stars.
1998-99: Saw action in 21 games off the bench ... had five points vs. both George Washington and Miami ... in the MU game, went 2-of-3 from the field, including the first three-pointer of her career ... had five rebounds (three at the offensive end) in just nine minutes of action at WMU ... four points and two boards in her collegiate debut, at Wisconsin ... made a nice recovery from an anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered late in the winter of 1997-98 ... wore uniform #25 in her first year on campus.
High School: Earned four letters at Lebanon High School for coach Tracey Hammel ... led the team in both scoring and rebounding every year ... helped the Tigers to an 18-8 record and a Sagamore Conference title as a senior ... LHS also captured a regional title ... a three-time First-Team All-SC pick after earning second-team honors as a frosh ... posted career totals of 1,523 points and 864 rebounds ... averaged 16.2 points and 9.0 rebounds as a senior ... incredibly, both of those averages were the lowest of her career ... earned her second consecutive All-Metro North Player-of-the-Year honor ... made the Indianapolis Star/News [quote]Super Team[quote] as a senior ... also named to Hoosier Basketball Magazine[apos]s Top 40 ... averaged 20.2 points and 10.9 boards as a junior ... scored 18.6 points and grabbed 10.4 rebounds as a sophomore, after posting averages of 17.5 points and 11.6 caroms as a frosh ... a two-year National Honor Society member.
Personal: Dana Lynn Western was born June 7, 1980, in Indianapolis ... daughter of Phil and Ceil Western ... a sport management major at BGSU ... member of BG Christian Students ... played AAU ball for the Mount Vernon Magic (1996) and the Mohr Magic (1997) ... the youngest of four children ... has two sisters, Cindy and Julie, and a brother, Rob ... was the first left-handed player to join the Falcon roster in the decade of the 1990s.
DANA WESTERN - YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Year Min. G-GS FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Reb.-Avg Ast. TO Bl. Stl. Pts-Avg. 2001-02 713 28-28 62-165 .376 35-109 .321 16- 25 .640 144-5.1 47 56 23 51 175-6.3 2000-01 714 29-13 73-169 .432 29- 73 .397 21- 25 .840 138-4.8 43 56 25 34 196-6.8 1999-2000 511 28- 6 75-174 .431 21- 63 .333 23- 33 .697 85-3.0 19 26 8 17 194-6.9 1998-99 137 21- 0 12- 35 .343 3- 11 .273 11- 21 .524 28-1.3 8 10 0 6 38-1.8 Career 2075 106-47 222-543 .409 88-256 .344 71-104 .683 395-3.7 117 148 56 108 603-5.7
