52 Whitney Bays

Class: Junior Hometown: Huntington, W.Va. High School: Huntington Last College: Maryland Height: 6-2 Position: Forward

Maryland Highlights
Redshirted in 2010-11 to fully recover from knee injury suffered the summer before her senior year of high school ... In 2011-12, saw action in 26 games ... Led team with eight rebounds vs. Loyola ... Tied career high wth eight points vs. Lafayette ... Averaged 2.3 points and 2.7 rebounds in 10.1 minutes per contest.

Huntington H.S. Highlights
Averaged 24.4 points and 11.1 rebounds as a junior ... Scored career-high 37 points as a junior in win over Princeton ... Led Huntington to three-straight state finals ... Surpassed the 1,000 career point plateau as a junior ... Missed her senior campaign after tearing her ACL the summer prior.

Personal
Full name is Whitney Nicole Bays ... Born June 6, 1992 ... Parents are Susan Bays and Gery Strickland ... Has an older sister, Brittany ... Father played basketball at Marshall ... Plans to major in sociology.

Notables
Will sit out this season due to NCAA transfer rules and will have two seasons of eligibility remaining ... In high school, was ranked No. 13 in her class by ESPN and the No. 3 forward ... 2009 West Virginia Player of the Year ... Two-time Gatorade Player of the Year for West Virginia (2008, 2009) ... Three-time first team All-State (2007, 2008, 2009) ... 2009 MSAC Player of the Year ... Regarded as one of the top combo forwards in the country in the 2010 class ... Is the third tranfer from Maryland for head coach Sharon Versyp; Kalika France was the first and Drey Mingo was next.