USD Women's Basketball 2003-2004

MARTA MENUEZ

6-1 * Senior * Center * Bodega, CA Jun ior in 2002-03: Completed a stella r junior season ranking second among all Toreros with a scoring average of 11.6 points per game ... Established herself as one of the best post players in the West Coast Conference and was honored as an All-WCC Honorable Mention selection ... Menuez also grabbed 5.7 rebo unds pe r contest and a team-high 83 offensive boards.. He r scoring and rebounding averages were both top-10 fi gures amo ng WCC players.. . Her offensive rebounding average of 2.77 pe r contest was fourth highest in the WCC ... Led the Toreros in rebounding on ten different occasions... Scored a career-high 26 po ints at Gonzaga and she tied her career-high of 11 rebounds against Kansas she set as a sophomo re ... Poured in 20 po ints against Denve r in the second game of the season ... Shot 48% from the fl oor which was a team-high and good for fourth in the WCC.

Sophomore in 2001-02: A big presence in the paint. . Led the Toreros in offensive rebounding and finished third in the WCC in that category... Started in 26 of USD's 28 games as a sophomo re ... Posted career numbers averaging 11.7 points per game and 5. 1 rebounds.. Set a career-high scoring 20 points against Gonzaga (1-12-02) .. . Recorded a double-double scoring 17 points and grabbing 11 rebounds at Portland (2-9-02) ... Her 84 offensive rebounds was a Torero high ... Posted double figures in scoring on 20 occasions .. Scored 19 po ints at San Francisco (2-16-02) ... Set a ca reer-high with 11 rebounds (twice) first at Portland (2-9-02) and at St. Mary's (2-15-02) .. Blocked a career-best three shots vs. Peppe rdine (2-21 -02) .. . Totaled 17 blocks on the season which was second highest for any To rero in 01 - 02. Averaged 23 minutes per game .. . Shot .456 percent from the field which was good for second highest on the team ... Her 11.7 point average was third highest for any Torero in 01-02.. . Also ranked in the WCC's top-ten in field goal percentage (.456). Freshman in 2000-01: Menuez comp leted a solid freshman season... Playing in all 26 games in her first season at USD, Menuez averaged 4.4 po ints and 2.5 rebounds per game ... Shot a team-high 53.1% from the field ... She scored a career-high 11 points at Gonzaga (2-24-01) .. . Scored

10 points against UC Riverside o n (12-30-00) ... Was second on the team with 36 offensive rebounds.. Once led the team in rebounds in a game and twice in blocks. High Schoo l: Led El Molino High School to a 12-0 league championship and a second round play-off appearance .. . Named All-Emp ire Co-Player of the Year, First Team All-League, All-State, League MVP and Scholar Athlete in her senior campaign .. Earned First Team All-League , Co-MVP, and First

Team All-Empire honors as s h e led h e r team to a leagu e champ io ns hip in her junior season... During her sophomore year she re– ce ived Firs t Tea m All – League ho no rs .. Also let– te red in socce r ea rning team cap ta in a nd th e Coaches Award. Off th e court: Chose USD for its bea utiful campus, academ ics, team an d coaches. .. Also recruited by San Francisco, New O r– lea ns and Bo ise State. Parents are Eric and Buffy Menuez & Nick Peck and Ba rba ra Pe te rso n .. He r mother, Barbara Peterson, competed in fencing at the University of Mich igan ... Marta was born o n Febru– ary 13, 1982 in Sebastopol, CA. Marta Menuez's Career Stats Total Yue liJllGI Min 1:9.:.w 02-03 30-23 742 131-276 01-02 28-26 667 120-263 00-01 26-0 271 43-81 Totals 84-46 1680 294-630

Nickname: Big Mart, Tooch Nobody knows that: I want to be a movie star I chose USD because: Great location, team, and coaches Things I like to do in my spare time: Reading novels Sport I would play if I did not play basketball: Softball Favorite childhood memory: Standing on top of my father's truck to pick plums off the tree in front of our house Three words that best describe me: Compas– sionate, fun, and gentle I am the basketball player that I am today because: My family believed in me and I pushed myself Favorite childhood game: Four Square If I could change one thing about the world it would be: World hunger Pet peeve: Unnecessary swearing If I could have dinner with any three people in history, they would be: Brad Pitt, Madonna, and Margaret Thatcher When my college basketball days are over, I : want to travel to Europe and play professional basketball The reason I wear my jersey number: There was no number thirty one and Jessica Gray's number was a challenge for me to step up to The title of my autobiography: The risks I took and how they helped me discover who I am If you had a movie made of your life, what actor would you want to play you: Michelle Pfeiffer

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