Marshall University Athletics
2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 4
Savannah Wheeler
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Boyd County
- Hometown:
- Catlettsburg, Ky.
Bio
2021-22 (Sophomore)
2021-22 First Team All-Conference USA
2021-22 Conference USA Player of the Week: Dec. 27
2021-22 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 28/28 … Retained sophomore standing due to 2020-21 COVID season … One of three players to start all 28 games … Led Conference USA and ranked 17th in the nation with a career-best 20.3 points per game … Named First Team All-C-USA for first time in career … Season ranked among some of the best in team history with several career-highs … Put up 568 points, tied for ninth-most in a season in team history, 185 made field goals (tied for 12th), 432 field goal attempts (11th), 60 made three-point field goals (8th), 174 three-point field goals attempted (tied for 8th), 138 free throws made (tied for 7th) and 169 free throws attempted (10th) … Recorded 123 rebounds (4.4 rpg), 64 assists, 37 steals and six blocks … Became the 23rd member of the Marshall 1,000 Career Points Club at Rice (Jan.15) … Just the fourth player in team history, and the first since 1999 to score 40 points in a game (Dec. 20) … In three years, 77 games, already ranked in career categories second in free throw percentage (.834), third three-point field goals made (143), fourth three-pointers attempted (425), fifth free throws made (367), eighth free throws attempted (440), ninth in points (1,294), tied for 13th three-point field goal percentage (.336) and 14th field goals attempted (967) … Scored in double-figures in 27-of-28 games (nine pts at Charlotte 2/19), and in 66-of-77 career games … Put up 20 or more points in 12 games, and 21 times in career … Scored 30 or more points five times with six in career … Pulled down at least five boards 12 times during season … First 20-point game of the season, 22 in win over Morehead State (Nov. 19), was 11-of-12 from the line and added eight boards … Scored 30 points at Michigan State (Nov. 28), 4-of-8 from three and 8-of-9 from the line … Had 16 points, seven assists and zero turnovers versus Alderson Broaddus (Dec. 15) … Lit up the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic with 40 points in win over Oakland (Dec. 20), 14-of-18 from the field, 2-of-4 from three, 10-of-12 from the line, added five assists, four steals and four boards … First Herd player since Hall of Famer Kristina Behnfeldt on Feb. 10, 1999, with a 40-point game, also joined Hall of Famer Karen Pelphrey (three times) and Saundra Fullen as the only other 40-point single-game scorers in team history … Named C-USA Player of the Week after performance in Las Vegas … Game versus Oakland started 10-straight games of at least four rebounds (Dec. 20-Jan. 29) … Converted five three-pointers and 9-of-10 free throws scoring 30 points versus Southern Miss (Jan. 1), added a season-best nine rebounds and also five assists … Scored 11-of-24 total points in fourth quarter at Florida Atlantic (Jan. 8) on the way to comeback win, added six boards … Went into game at Rice (Jan. 15) needing eight points for 1,000 in career, scored her 1,000th point on a fast break layup after getting a steal with one second left in the second period, finished game with 13 points … Played season-high 43 minutes in home overtime win against Florida Atlantic (Jan. 22), scored 18 points and had six rebounds … Put up 31 points and a career-high two blocks at UAB (Jan. 29) … Hit 11 field goals on the way to a 28-point performance at FIU (Feb. 10) … Final 30-point game of the season came at Old Dominion (Feb. 17) with 30 points, was 9-for-9 at the line, and had six boards … 10-for-10 at the line versus Middle Tennessee (Feb. 24) finished game with 22 points and seven rebounds … Put up 27 points on 11-of-19 shooting in Herd’s first win at WKU (March 2) … Scored 27 points versus Rice in first-round of Conference USA Tournament.
2020-21 (SOPHOMORE):
2020-21 Second Team All-Conference USA
2020-21 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Started all 19 games for the Thundering Herd … Named second-team All-Conference USA … Was Marshall's leading scorer at 17.0 points per game, to go with her team-high 36 3-pointers … Finished the season as the conference's sixth-leading scorer … Was third in the conference in free throw percentage (85.3), actually leading in league-only tilts (87.5 percent) … Set career-highs with 18 free throws made and 35 points against Old Dominion on February 6 … Tied for eighth in the league with seven 20+ point scoring efforts.
2019-20 (FRESHMAN):
2019-20 Conference USA Freshman of the Week: Nov. 11
2019-20 Conference USA Freshman of the Week: Feb. 17
2019-20 Conference USA Academic Medalist: GPA 3.75 or better
2019-20 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Turned in one of the program's best freshman campaigns in recent memory, garnering Conference USA All-Freshman team honors at season's end ... The only freshman nationally to rank in the top 40 in free throws made (T-37th, 130) and free throw percentage (40th, 83.9) ... Led Marshall in scoring per game (13.4), field goals (113), free throws (130), assists per game (2.8) and steals per game (1.4) ... Scored 25 points in the Feb. 1 win over Florida Atlantic, the most of any Marshall player all season ... Dished seven assists against Bowling Green (Dec. 7) and made 13 free throws versus Southern Miss (March 11) in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament, which was C-USA Tourney program record ... Had five 3-pointers against Norfolk State (Nov. 9) and five steals against Evansville (Nov. 24) ... Was named C-USA Freshman of the Week twice.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Boyd County High School … Played for coach Pete Fraley father of former Herd player Logan Fraley … Honored as the 2019 Kentucky’s Miss Basketball after averaging 31.1 points per game as a senior … Finished prep career with 3,621 points including scoring 947 as a senior, career total is sixth in KHSAA history … Named to the All-Regional Tournament Team 2015-18 and was honored as the MVP in 2017 & 2018 … All State Tournament Team in 2018 … Named All-State three times … Honored as 2018 First Team Lexington Herald-Leader … Named 2018 Second Team Louisville Courier Journal … Honored as All-Area Team 2015-18, Player of the Year in 2018 … Played in the Kentucky and Indiana Junior All-Star, Kentucky and Indiana Senior All-Star, and Ohio and Kentucky All-Star games … Lettered one year in soccer … Named winning 2019 Kentucky Miss Basketball as favorite moment in athletics because, “it was something I’ve always dreamed of.”
PERSONAL: Born April 27, 2001 … Daughter of David and Tracy Wheeler … Has one older sister Taylor who played softball for Walters State and then junior and senior seasons at Morehead State recording 73 hits and nine home runs for the Eagles graduating in 2018 … Father played baseball for Morehead State and was named OVC Second Team in 1990, also played 38 games in 1990 for the Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League in the Cincinnati Reds organization and recorded 16 hits and two home runs … Uncle Brad Taylor played baseball at Morehead State and uncle Todd Borders played baseball for Marshall and led the team in walks in 1992 and 1993 … Chose Marshall because, “it is close to home and the direction the program is going.” … Currently undecided on major.
2021-22 First Team All-Conference USA
2021-22 Conference USA Player of the Week: Dec. 27
2021-22 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 28/28 … Retained sophomore standing due to 2020-21 COVID season … One of three players to start all 28 games … Led Conference USA and ranked 17th in the nation with a career-best 20.3 points per game … Named First Team All-C-USA for first time in career … Season ranked among some of the best in team history with several career-highs … Put up 568 points, tied for ninth-most in a season in team history, 185 made field goals (tied for 12th), 432 field goal attempts (11th), 60 made three-point field goals (8th), 174 three-point field goals attempted (tied for 8th), 138 free throws made (tied for 7th) and 169 free throws attempted (10th) … Recorded 123 rebounds (4.4 rpg), 64 assists, 37 steals and six blocks … Became the 23rd member of the Marshall 1,000 Career Points Club at Rice (Jan.15) … Just the fourth player in team history, and the first since 1999 to score 40 points in a game (Dec. 20) … In three years, 77 games, already ranked in career categories second in free throw percentage (.834), third three-point field goals made (143), fourth three-pointers attempted (425), fifth free throws made (367), eighth free throws attempted (440), ninth in points (1,294), tied for 13th three-point field goal percentage (.336) and 14th field goals attempted (967) … Scored in double-figures in 27-of-28 games (nine pts at Charlotte 2/19), and in 66-of-77 career games … Put up 20 or more points in 12 games, and 21 times in career … Scored 30 or more points five times with six in career … Pulled down at least five boards 12 times during season … First 20-point game of the season, 22 in win over Morehead State (Nov. 19), was 11-of-12 from the line and added eight boards … Scored 30 points at Michigan State (Nov. 28), 4-of-8 from three and 8-of-9 from the line … Had 16 points, seven assists and zero turnovers versus Alderson Broaddus (Dec. 15) … Lit up the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic with 40 points in win over Oakland (Dec. 20), 14-of-18 from the field, 2-of-4 from three, 10-of-12 from the line, added five assists, four steals and four boards … First Herd player since Hall of Famer Kristina Behnfeldt on Feb. 10, 1999, with a 40-point game, also joined Hall of Famer Karen Pelphrey (three times) and Saundra Fullen as the only other 40-point single-game scorers in team history … Named C-USA Player of the Week after performance in Las Vegas … Game versus Oakland started 10-straight games of at least four rebounds (Dec. 20-Jan. 29) … Converted five three-pointers and 9-of-10 free throws scoring 30 points versus Southern Miss (Jan. 1), added a season-best nine rebounds and also five assists … Scored 11-of-24 total points in fourth quarter at Florida Atlantic (Jan. 8) on the way to comeback win, added six boards … Went into game at Rice (Jan. 15) needing eight points for 1,000 in career, scored her 1,000th point on a fast break layup after getting a steal with one second left in the second period, finished game with 13 points … Played season-high 43 minutes in home overtime win against Florida Atlantic (Jan. 22), scored 18 points and had six rebounds … Put up 31 points and a career-high two blocks at UAB (Jan. 29) … Hit 11 field goals on the way to a 28-point performance at FIU (Feb. 10) … Final 30-point game of the season came at Old Dominion (Feb. 17) with 30 points, was 9-for-9 at the line, and had six boards … 10-for-10 at the line versus Middle Tennessee (Feb. 24) finished game with 22 points and seven rebounds … Put up 27 points on 11-of-19 shooting in Herd’s first win at WKU (March 2) … Scored 27 points versus Rice in first-round of Conference USA Tournament.
2020-21 (SOPHOMORE):
2020-21 Second Team All-Conference USA
2020-21 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Started all 19 games for the Thundering Herd … Named second-team All-Conference USA … Was Marshall's leading scorer at 17.0 points per game, to go with her team-high 36 3-pointers … Finished the season as the conference's sixth-leading scorer … Was third in the conference in free throw percentage (85.3), actually leading in league-only tilts (87.5 percent) … Set career-highs with 18 free throws made and 35 points against Old Dominion on February 6 … Tied for eighth in the league with seven 20+ point scoring efforts.
2019-20 (FRESHMAN):
2019-20 Conference USA Freshman of the Week: Nov. 11
2019-20 Conference USA Freshman of the Week: Feb. 17
2019-20 Conference USA Academic Medalist: GPA 3.75 or better
2019-20 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Turned in one of the program's best freshman campaigns in recent memory, garnering Conference USA All-Freshman team honors at season's end ... The only freshman nationally to rank in the top 40 in free throws made (T-37th, 130) and free throw percentage (40th, 83.9) ... Led Marshall in scoring per game (13.4), field goals (113), free throws (130), assists per game (2.8) and steals per game (1.4) ... Scored 25 points in the Feb. 1 win over Florida Atlantic, the most of any Marshall player all season ... Dished seven assists against Bowling Green (Dec. 7) and made 13 free throws versus Southern Miss (March 11) in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament, which was C-USA Tourney program record ... Had five 3-pointers against Norfolk State (Nov. 9) and five steals against Evansville (Nov. 24) ... Was named C-USA Freshman of the Week twice.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Boyd County High School … Played for coach Pete Fraley father of former Herd player Logan Fraley … Honored as the 2019 Kentucky’s Miss Basketball after averaging 31.1 points per game as a senior … Finished prep career with 3,621 points including scoring 947 as a senior, career total is sixth in KHSAA history … Named to the All-Regional Tournament Team 2015-18 and was honored as the MVP in 2017 & 2018 … All State Tournament Team in 2018 … Named All-State three times … Honored as 2018 First Team Lexington Herald-Leader … Named 2018 Second Team Louisville Courier Journal … Honored as All-Area Team 2015-18, Player of the Year in 2018 … Played in the Kentucky and Indiana Junior All-Star, Kentucky and Indiana Senior All-Star, and Ohio and Kentucky All-Star games … Lettered one year in soccer … Named winning 2019 Kentucky Miss Basketball as favorite moment in athletics because, “it was something I’ve always dreamed of.”
PERSONAL: Born April 27, 2001 … Daughter of David and Tracy Wheeler … Has one older sister Taylor who played softball for Walters State and then junior and senior seasons at Morehead State recording 73 hits and nine home runs for the Eagles graduating in 2018 … Father played baseball for Morehead State and was named OVC Second Team in 1990, also played 38 games in 1990 for the Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League in the Cincinnati Reds organization and recorded 16 hits and two home runs … Uncle Brad Taylor played baseball at Morehead State and uncle Todd Borders played baseball for Marshall and led the team in walks in 1992 and 1993 … Chose Marshall because, “it is close to home and the direction the program is going.” … Currently undecided on major.
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