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  Allyssa DeHaan
Allyssa DeHaan

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Grandville, Mich.

High School:
Grandville

Height:
6-9

Position:
Center

Experience:
2L

Career Stats
2006-07 Game-by-Game Stats
2007-08 Game-by-Game Stats
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DeHaan, the tallest player in MSU women's basketball history, had another record-breaking season as a sophomore...she set the Big Ten single-season record with 150 blocks, which also tied for fifth most in NCAA single-season history...she previously set the record as a freshman with 145...her 295 career blocks are first in MSU history and third in the Big Ten record books...the first-team All-Big Ten selection by the media became just the fourth player at MSU to score more than 500 points in a season, tallying 531 points, good for fourth most in a Spartan season...named Big Ten Player of the Week three times in 2007-08 and has won the award five times in her career...named MSU Co-Player of the Year in 2007-08 after leading the team in scoring (14.4 avg.) and rebounding (7.3 avg.)...after just two seasons, DeHaan is one of only 17 players in MSU history to collect at least 900 points and 500 rebounds...named to the Big Ten All-Defensive Team for the second straight year...first player in Big Ten history to record 100 blocks in two different seasons...fourth Spartan to be named Big Ten Freshman of the Year...set the MSU single-game blocks record with nine against Indiana on Dec. 28, 2006 and again with nine at Indiana State on Dec. 8, 2007...made 30 consecutive free throws during one stretch in 2007-08, the fourth-longest streak in MSU history.





• All-time MSU leader in blocks with 295.

• Set Big Ten single-season blocks record back-to-back seasons (145 in `06-07; 150 in `07-08).

• Her 150 blocks in 2007-08 tied for fifth most in NCAA single-season history.

• 2007-08 All-Big Ten First Team (Media); Second Team (Coaches)

• Five-time Big Ten Player of the Week

• Fourth Spartan to win the Big Ten Freshman of the Year.

• Third in Big Ten history in blocks after just two seasons.



AS A SOPHOMORE (2007-08): Started season with a strong effort vs. IUPUI (11/9), scoring a team-high 18 points with seven rebounds and seven blocks...nearly posted a triple-double vs. Evansville (11/11), scoring 16 points with nine rebounds and eight blocks...led team with 12 rebounds and scored eight points with four blocks at No. 4 LSU (11/15)...averaged 20.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 blocks in wins over Northern Illinois (11/21) and Kansas State (11/22) at Caribbean Challenge...scored 17 points on 7-for-11 shooting in victory over NIU...shot 8-for-11 from the field and 7-for-8 at the line to score 23 points in win against Kansas State...collected her first double-double of the season and eighth of her career with 26 points and 13 rebounds in win over Clemson (11/29)...named Big Ten Player of the Week Dec. 3 after averaging 18.0 points and 8.7 rebounds in MSU's three games that week...named Big Ten Player of the Week (Dec. 10) for the second straight week after nearly collecting a triple-double at Indiana State (12/8) with 24 points, 10 rebounds and nine blocks...broke previous school record of 194 blocks while recording five blocks against Oklahoma (12/16)...had 13 points and five blocks at Hartford (12/22)...recorded 10 rebounds against Minnesota (12/28)...scored 18 points and recorded six rebounds against Ohio State (12/30)...scored 27 points, collected 13 rebounds and went 11-for-11 from the free-throw line at Wisconsin (1/2)...became just the third player in Spartan history to make all 11 of her free throws in a single game...recorded second consecutive double-double and fourth of the season scoring 14 points and pulling down 10 rebounds, while blocking six shots against Penn State (1/5)...scored 19 points and hauled in seven rebounds, while going 5-for-5 from the free-throw line, at Northwestern (1/17)...had fifth double-double of the season, scoring 15 points, hauling in 11 rebounds and adding four blocks against Indiana (1/20)...scored 14 points and recorded nine boards at Illinois (1/24)...had 10 points, seven rebounds, and two blocks at Minnesota (1/27)...scored 15 points, pulled down seven rebounds and added four blocked versus Michigan (1/31)...finished with six blocks, recording 100th block of the season and 250th block of career, while adding 15 points and five rebounds against Purdue (2/11)...hauled in a season-high 15 rebounds and scored 16 points, while going 4-of-4 from the free-throw line and recording four blocks at Indiana (2/14)...scored 16 points, recorded three blocks, and went 6-of-6 from the free-throw line in a win at Penn State (2/17)...went 10-for-16 from the field, scoring 20 points, hauling in six rebounds and adding two blocks against Northwestern (2/21)...scored 15 points, grabbed five rebounds and went 5-of-5 from the free-throw line at Purdue (2/24)...went 6-for-10 from the field, scoring 12 points, collecting four rebounds and four blocks in win Minnesota at the Big Ten Tournament (3/7)...scored 12 points, grabbed nine rebounds and swatted four shots vs. Bowling Green in the second round of the WNIT (3/22)...scored 16 points, added seven rebounds and four blocks vs. Kansas in the third round of the WNIT (3/27)...recorded 13 points, six boards, and four blocks against Michigan in the quarterfinals of the WNIT (3/30)...recorded 15 points, six rebounds and added five blocks, tying her own Big Ten single-season record in blocks with 145, against North Carolina State in the WNIT semifinals (4/2)...went 9-for-10 from the line and scored 11 points in the WNIT title game against Marquette (4/5).


SUMMER 2007: Played for gold-medal winning Team USA at the FIBA U19 World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia...led team and ranked second among all players at the tournament with 19 blocks...averaged 5.0 points and 6.6 rebounds in the tournament...best game of the tournament came against the Czech Republic as she scored 12 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and had five blocks on 4-for-8 shooting from the field...shot 47.2 percent from the field for the tournament.

AS A FRESHMAN (2006-07): Shattered the Big Ten record for blocks in a season with 145...it set an NCAA Division I freshman record and was seventh-best mark in NCAA history at the time...ranked second in the nation in blocks, averaging 4.4 a game...fourth Spartan to be named Big Ten Freshman of the Year...named Big Ten Player of the Week twice...a second-team All-Big Ten selection...also named to the Big Ten All-Defensive Team and All-Freshman Team...named to GBallMag.com Young All-America Team...ranked among the Big Ten leaders in rebounds (seventh with 7.5 rpg), field-goal percentage (fifth at .535) and scoring (17th with 12.6 ppg)...tied for fourth in the conference with seven double-doubles...set the MSU single-game blocks record with nine against Indiana on Dec. 28, 2006...posted eight or more blocks in five games...set the school record for blocks in a season just 12 games into her career...set MSU freshman records for points (412) and field goals (166), and was third in rebounds (247)...ranked second on the team with 12.5 ppg and first with 7.5 rpg... started 27 of the team's 33 games...in her collegiate debut, scored a team-high 15 points against Bucknell (11/17)...set a then-school-record with eight blocked shots, seven in the second half, against UT Arlington (11/19)...posted first career double-double in the game, posting 11 points and 11 rebounds...scored a career-high 28 points and posted 10 rebounds for second career double-double against Rhode Island (11/29)...the 28 points was the second-highest game total for a freshman in school history...had 20 points, nine rebounds and eight blocks in win over South Florida (12/3)...won Big Ten Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 3...collected third double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds against seventh-ranked LSU (12/17)...recorded 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting to go along with nine rebounds and eight blocks against UC Santa Barbara (12/20)...double-double with 12 points and 18 rebounds at Northridge (12/22)...the 18 rebounds at Northridge were the most by a Spartan since Liz Shimek had 19 against Pepperdine on Dec. 17, 2003...broke her own school-record with nine blocked shots against Indiana (12/28)...had fifth double-double of the season in the game, recording 10 points and 10 rebounds, and was one block shy of a triple double...14 points and 13 rebounds against Wisconsin (12/31)...recorded her seventh double-double of the season against No. 13 Purdue (1/11), tallying 14 points and 13 rebounds...posted 20 points at Iowa (1/14)...a week later against Iowa (1/21), scored a game-high 16 points while blocking seven shots, tied for fifth best in MSU history...recorded five blocks at No. 13 Purdue (2/11)...posted game-high 25 points, eight rebounds and five blocks in win at No. 5 Ohio State (2/18)...eight blocks against Minnesota (2/25)...posted 27 points and eight rebounds in first career Big Ten Tournament game, a quarterfinal win over Minnesota (3/2)...also had a career-high five assists and tied Big Ten Tournament single-game record with six blocked shots...16 points vs. Purdue in Big Ten Tournament semifinals (3/4)...earned All-Big Ten Tournament honors...finished sixth in Big Ten Tournament history with nine blocked shots in the session...in first career NCAA Tournament game, recorded 13 points, nine rebounds and six blocks in the first round against Delaware (3/18).

HIGH SCHOOL: Was ranked among the top 25 centers in the nation by All-Star Girls Report...named 2005 Michigan Miss Basketball...also named to the All-State team and was the Gatorade Player of the Year...averaged 24 points, nine blocks and nine rebounds a game...led Grandville to conference, district and regional championships as a senior...named first-team all-state her last three years...also an all-league (OK Red) selection her final three seasons...averaged 27 points, 13 rebounds and nearly 10 blocked shots a game her junior year, leading Grandville to the state quarterfinals for the first time in program history...named to The Grand Rapids Press all-area team...set the Michigan single-season blocks record with 236 her junior season...also was a member of the volleyball team, earning honorable mention all-conference honors...carried a 3.85 GPA.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Brandon and Tracie DeHaan...a pre-med major.

CAREER HIGHS:
Points: 28, vs. Rhode Island (11/29/06)
Field Goals: 12, vs. Minnesota (3/2/07)
Free Throws: 11, at Wisconsin (1/2/08)
3-Point Field Goals: 1, twice (last vs. Indiana, 1/20/08)
Rebounds: 18, at Cal State Northridge (12/22/06)
Assists: 5, twice (last at Ind. St., 12/8/07)
Blocks: 9, twice (last at Ind. St., 12/8/07)
Steals: 2, twice (last at Northwestern, 2/8/07)

DOUBLE-FIGURE EFFORTS:
Scoring: 50
20-Plus Points: 10
Rebounding: 16
Double-Doubles: 13


 
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