#30 Simone Ryan

POS. F
HT. 5-11
CL. FR
HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (LAST SCHOOL) Byhalia, Miss./H.W. Byers HS

2011-12 (JUNIOR): Earned Second Team All-TranSouth Conference honors, averaging 10.4 points and 7.3 rebounds along with 1.2 steals in 26.7 minutes per game … Scored in double figures 13 times with eight double-digit rebounding efforts and five double-doubles … Made 6-of-11 shots for 16 points versus Talladega College and added 15 points at St. Catharine College … Grabbed 10 rebounds and netted 16 points with 13 boards at Campbellsville University … Pulled down season-high 15 rebounds versus Purdue University-Calumet … Posted 15 points at Lyon College and 16 against Freed-Hardeman … Registered 17 points and 14 boards versus Blue Mountain and grabbed 15 caroms at Trevecca Nazarene … Recorded 15 points and 11 boards against Martin Methodist and 17 points and 10 rebounds versus Lyon College … Posted 15 points and 10 caroms in second meeting against Trevecca Nazarene … Netted 16 points at Martin Methodist and 17 against Mid-Continent.

2010-11: Redshirted.

2009-10 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 27 contests with 16 starts, averaging 7.2 points and team-best 6.5 rebounds … Added 22 steals and 17 assists for the year … Averaged 25.0 minutes per outing … Ranked second on club with 21 blocks … Tallied three double-doubles during the year, the first with 17 points and 11 boards at Fisk Univ. … Registered 12 rebounds in season opener versus Talladega College … Grabbed season-high 14 rebounds versus Tennessee Wesleyan and 10 versus 13th-ranked Univ. of the Cumberlands … Scored 11 points at No. 19 Bethel Univ. … Totaled 11 points and 12 rebounds in consecutive outings, versus King College and Lyon College … Netted 10 points at Blue Mountain … Posted season-high 21 points on 9-of-12 shooting at Martin Methodist … Recorded 14 points versus Mid-Continent.

2008-09 (FRESHMAN): Played in 30 games and scored 230 points … Led team in rebounding with 211, an average of more than seven per game … Notched team-leading five double-doubles … Reached double figures in scoring eight times and rebounds eight times … Scored 17 points on 8-of-11 shooting in win over Blue Mountain (12/4) … Snagged 11 rebounds versus Freed-Hardeman (12/6) … Totaled 14 points against Shorter College (12/13) … Recorded double-doubles on consecutive days against Cal State-Maritime (14 points, 12 rebounds) and Cal Baptist Univ. (18, 14) during Las Vegas Shootout … Scored 10 points and pulled down 11 rebounds versus Lambuth Univ. (1/15) … Contributed 13 points in loss to Bethel College (1/19) … Registered double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds against Martin Methodist (1/22) … Snared 11 boards and chipped in season-high 22 points versus Bethel College (2/26) … Collected 13 rebounds against Trevecca (2/28) … Pulled down 10 boards versus Freed-Hardeman (3/4).

HIGH SCHOOL: Played basketball for coach Jason Thompson at H.W. Byers HS in Holly Springs, Miss. … Named All-State, All-Area and All-Region three consecutive years … Selected as Blue-Chip All-Star and Northeast Mississippi All-Star … Named Rookie of the Year, Best Rebounder and Defensive Player of the Year … Also competed in track and field … Selected All-State and finished fifth in the state in high jump competition.

PERSONAL: Simone D’Nette Ryan … Daughter of Booker T. and Gertie Ryan … Born February 8, 1990 … Majoring in Business Management.