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Heather Turner Senior Forward 6-0 West Seneca, NY Mount Mercy Academy

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Overview: Became just the third junior in UB women’s basketball history to record 1,000 points during her junior season and the first player in school history to have 1,000 points and 600 rebounds after her junior season...an All-MAC performer, Turner was named All-MAC honorable mention after the 2006-07 season.

2006-07: Was a Preseason All-MAC East selection and an All-MAC honorable mention selection following the season...reached the 1,000-point milestone against Miami (OH) (2/14)...finished the season leading the MAC in field goal percentage at .606...it was the second straight season that Turner finished with a field goal percentage over 60 percent...led the Bulls in both scoring and rebounding....joined Stephanie Bennett and Belinda Gibb as the only three players to start every game...was named MAC East Player of the Week after averaging 15 points and 13 rebounds in victories over Western Michigan (2/7) and Central Michigan (2/10)...had a season-high 24 points against Miami (OH) (1/2) on nine of 10 shooting as she also added 14 rebounds against the RedHawks...also had 20 points against Albany (12/6)...had seven double-doubles on the season, including a stretch in the season where she had three in a row...had a season-high three blocks against Kent State (1/17)...UB Scholar Athlete.

2005-06: All-MAC Third Team and two-time MAC East Player of the Week...joined Stephanie Bennett as the only two players to start each of the 28 games...was named team s most Outstanding Player for a second consecutive season...finished sixth in the nation in field goal percentage at .611 (157-for-257)...that mark eclipsed the old school record for field goal percentage, which was set by Turner following her freshman season...led the MAC in field goal percentage as well as offensive rebounds...led the team in scoring overall and was the team s leading scorer in 10 games on the season...recorded a career-high 25 points against Bucknell (12/28)...scored over 20 points in three straight games, including 21 against Akron (2/25) and Kent State (2/28)...recorded nine double-doubles on the season, including finishing the year off with three in a row....set a carer high in free throws with an 11-for-16 performance at the charity stripe against Texas-San Antonio (12/30)...went a perfect 7-for-7 from the field against Northeastern (12/18)...scored double digits in 14 of UB s 17 conference tilts...began MAC play by scoring double digits in the first eight contests.

2004-05: Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year and a MAC All-Freshman Team selection...also named team's Most Valuable Player and Top Newcomer...appeared in all 28 games, starting 24 and averaging 32.8 minutes played per game (12th in the MAC)...led the team in both scoring (11.1 points per game, 19th in the MAC) and rebounding (7.7 rebounds per game, sixth in the MAC)...was the only freshman to appear among the league's leaders in both scoring and rebounding...averaged 11.2 points (20th) and 8.4 rebounds (tied for second) per game in MAC games only...became the first UB player to average double digits in scoring during her freshman campaign since Kim Kilpela who averaged 10.3 points per game in 1999-2000...her 11.1 points per game are the most by a freshman at UB since Brandie Karhoff averaged 12.7 points per game in 1988-89...also led the MAC in field goal percentage, and her 57.1 mark (128-for-224) broke the UB single-season field goal percentage record that had stood since the 1989-90 season (Heidi Steckstor, 53.9 percent, 188-for-349)...led the Bulls in scoring in nine games and in rebounding in 19 games...scored in double figures in 16 games and had a team-high six double-doubles on the year (tied for the third-highest total among all MAC players and the highest by a MAC freshman)...scored six points and grabbed a team-high five rebounds in her collegiate debut at No. 4 Connecticut (11/19)...scored the Bulls' first bucket of the game against the defending national champions...had her first career double-double against Maine (12/4) with a team-high 17 points and a game-high 11 rebounds...followed that performance with game highs of 19 points and eight rebounds at Bucknell (12/7)...had a double-double with 13 points and 16 rebounds, 10 offensive, in an overtime loss to Niagara (12/11)...also had a double-double at Canisius (14 points, 12 rebounds)...had her fourth double-double of the year with 18 points and 14 rebounds in a win over Akron (2/1)...also had a team-high six steals against the Zips...followed that performance with 20 points and 13 rebounds against Western Michigan (2/7)...had game highs of 24 points and 13 rebounds at Miami (2/23)...UB Scholar Athlete.

High School: A two-year letterwinner and one-year team captain at Mount Mercy Academy, playing for head coach Chris Massey...Buffalo News Western New York Player of the Year and Co-Most Valuable Player of the Monsignor Martin League as a senior in 2003-04...had 22 double-doubles in 28 games as a senior while averaging 16 points and 11 rebounds...led her team to a combined 49-7 record and to a pair of league championship titles in her two years...was a second-team All-Catholic selection as a junior.

Personal: Born October 25, 1985...daughter of Leamon and Lisa...has one brother (Aaron) and one sister (Jessica)...older sister Jessica played basketball for Niagara University...chose UB over Maryland, Wagner, California University of Pennsylvania and Daemen because of the players and the overall atmosphere...calls her dad her greatest athletic influence because he got her started playing basketball...says her proudest accomplishment is earning an athletic scholarship...her favorite thing about Buffalo is her family and friends...currently majoring in sociology.

CAREER HIGHS

Points:	25 vs. Bucknell, 12/28/05
Rebounds:	16 vs. Niagara, 12/11/04
Field Goals:	11 vs. Bucknell, 12/28/05
3-PT Field Goals:	1 vs. Kent State, 1/17/07
Free Throws:	11 vs. UTSA, 12/30/05
Assists:	4 vs. Ohio, 1/14/06
Steals:	6 vs. Akron, 2/1/05
Blocked Shots:	3, two times