Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 9 No. 6

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CHANETTE

HICKS

enny Brooks’ first season at Virginia Tech was a success, as the Hokies went 20-14

and advanced to the quarterfinals of the WNIT. Chanette Hicks served as a main catalyst

for a lot of that success.

Hicks led the Hokies in scoring and assists, averaging 16.1 points and 5.2 assists per

game. She ranked third in the ACC in assists this past season and eighth in the league in

scoring. Her 1.8 assist-to-turnover ratio ranked seventh in the league. Her 13 assists in

the Hokies’ overtime win at Auburn tied a Tech single-game record.

Hicks’ best scoring games came when she scored 29 points in a home win over Wake

Forest on Jan. 16 and a loss at Georgia Tech on Feb. 5. She scored in double figures in

30 of 34 games, and shot a respectable 45.1 percent from the floor and 63.9 percent from

the free-throw line this season. She even chipped in 3.7 rebounds per game.

Hicks, though, had just as big of an impact on defense. She set the Tech single-season

mark for steals with 123, and she led the ACC in both steals and steals per game (3.6).

Those numbers ranked second and fifth, respectively, among NCAA Division I programs.

Following the season, Hicks earned first-team All-State honors by the Virginia Sports

Information Directors Association (VaSID). With two more seasons remaining, she could

become the career leader in several categories at Tech.

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